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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1942-02-12, Page 6’1'III’KSIMT, CT3J. »s, «M8 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVQCATE A Woman's Workshop MOG £4 STILE THE MAKY’S AND THE MARTHA’S There 19 one war that never seems to end—-the age-old conflict be­ tween the Martha’s and the Mary’s. Wherever two or three women gather together, there is battle joined. The tired housewife, feeling a little martyred by her long day’s work, openly envies the teacher, who, she says, has such short hours and light duties. Whereupon the exasper­ ated teacher replies, with mere truth than tact, that some mothers would feel a lot worse if they had to put up with theix* own obstreperous young­ sters all day, Another lady, feeling a quite understandable pride in the ■ten good quilts she has made for hex' unit, audibly sighs for the secretary’s job, where there are only a few reports to read*(she has no idea that it •took two -days to get that statement ready). And so we keep it up from generation to generation, irritating one another, so slow to realize that all alabaster boxes do not hold the same perfume, but that each is very precious. Can we never understand that we are all playing oux* parts in the furthering of one great plan, and that what any individual accomp­ lishes, is only important in its relation to the whole? One achievement­ may be more spectacular than another, but that does not make it more important. The order of merit which is the prize of all desiring, bears as its inscription these words, “She hath done what she could.” Shamgar had an ox-goad, David had a sling, Sampson had a jawbone, Rahab had some string'. Boreas had a needle, Moses had a rod, Mary had sweet ointment-—All were used of God. What have I? If Your Child Catches Cold Listen- -—listen tp millions of experienced mothers and relieve miseries with the IMPROVED Vicks treatment that takes only 3 minutes and makes good old Vicks VapoRub give better than ever RESULTS! IT ACTS 2 WAYS AT ONCE to bring relief, ^u^Y5ATONCE ^PENETRATES to upper f I I %V ■The Missus UPON THE SERVING OF TEA UNSUNG HEROES in it mak-A house, wjth a woman ing tea, Seems sweet to joe. There are so many houses in all lands Where women’s hands Move deftly, sure, among the cups and spoons' Of afternoons, Dispensing gracious Through little cakes hospitality and tea. teas glow, where colored Canadian Editors Visitors Headquarters of Corps This is the tenth in the series of articles written exclusively for the weekly newspapers of Canada, by Hugh Templin of the Fergus News* Record, .. Teniplht flew, bo Great Britain as a guest of the Bri­ tish Council and was given an op* portunity to see what is being done in Britain in wartime. ■w gm- • e <jr mPoisoning You? Are you sick and tired out every morn- Mr *‘111 since 12> Always Fine Now”— **111 since 12, Always Fine How' Since I was twelve J suffered from constipation and never felt well, I started taking "Fruit-a-tives” ani<J I can truly say they gave me wonderful relief. Every one should try “Fruit^a- Are you sick and tired out every morn-- ing — always constipated — can’t eat Without pzdn and distress? Your liver is poisoning your system—permanent ill health may be the resultl > Your liver is the largest organ in yoyr body and most important to your health. It supplies energy to muscles, tissues and glands, If unhealthy, your body jacks this energy and becomes enfeebled—youthful vim disappears, Again your liver pours out bile to digest food, get rid of waste and allow proper nourishment to reach yoyr blood. When your liver gets out of order proper digestion and nourishment stop—you’re poisoned with the waste that decomposes in yonr intestines. Nervous troubles and rheumatic pains arise from this poison. You become constipated, stomach and kidneys, p^n’t work properly, The whole system is affected and you feel "rotten,” head­ achy; backachy, dizzy, tired out-^a ready prey for sickness ana disease. Thousands of people are never sick, and have won prompt relief from these miseries with "Improved Fruit-a-tives Liver Tablets.” The liver is toned up, the other organs fuhetion normally and lasting good health results,* Today ‘Improved Fruit-a-tives” are Canada’s largest selling liver tablets. They must be good! Try them yourself NOU5'. Let "Fruit-a-tives” put you back op the road to lasting health-— feel like a new person. 25 c, 50c. the work of the >Cana- in the Aidershot area, a formal inspection of . Canadian Regiment, of to in of Uvea” and enjoy Uf® as I do now. I liave never been sick for years. Mrs. Florence Williamson, Montreal, Que, remarked: “Oh well, you can’t eat you’re puixxt and have it tbo!’’ To complete the homelike atmos­ phere, thei'e was a white table cloth and a great bowl of lovely English roses, picked from the garden be­ side the house, Second Division Demonstrxxtes That afternoon ,J saw a demon­ stration of dian Corps There was the Royal drawn up with its motorized equip­ ment in the background. In near­ by fields, I saw the soldiers using trench mortal’s, a wide variety of tpnymy guns, once the favorite weapons of the American gangsters, now useful ip close-range fighting. There weye portable wireless units-, some smiall enough to be carried on a xpan’s back, others mounted in trucks. The regiment had plenty of Bren guns and larger apti-tank weapons, Even the rifles with their shorter bayonets, have several uses now. About ope quarter of the troops were living in houses at that time. Some of these were nearby.' They seemJed to be quite new and they were certainly modern. They were used for sleeping only, and every room, except the bathrooms, had blankptst and other equipment neatly piled up where soldiers had lain. There were other things I saw that day. The Canadians have 'been building roads to eliminate' hazards and obstacles that might Slow up an army speeding towards the coast. We drove along the wide Ridge Road with broad valleys and chalk hlls on either side. There was no speed limit. Then We came to an ancient towxi with narrow, winding streets. The ef­ fect could be imagined. To eliminate the worst of these, two sweeping by-pass roads have been built around English towns. They lack the picturesqueness of the pld roads but they do speed up the through traffic. ' . • Finally, Colonel Mann gave us a demonstration of the efficiency and speed ' of the . Reconnaissance Battalion. He stepped ovei’ to one of the wireless units and said a few words, Inside of three minutes, a stream of- universal carriers and. armoured cars was tearing down for a cornei’ and turning out of sight. I don’t no how far away it was when that -wireless call went out but that battalion must be trained to standards that would do credit to a fire brigade. Conference with Gen. McNaughton It was in the late afternoon ‘that! our cars filled up a driveway bord-. ered with hedges clipped in fancy.' shapes and stopped in front of an-| other large mansion, this tim,e the. headquarters of General McNaugh­ ton—Lieut.-General McNaughton to I be more precise. The ensuing two * hours were Among the most inter­ esting in. England. While we ate tea and sand­ wiches, standing around a table in a room whose windows looked out on what must have been wonderful gardens in peacetime General Mc­ Naughton moved from one to an­ other. He was .particularly inter­ ested in relatives and friends dn Ot­ tawa, for he had been head of the National Research Council there. As a noted scientist as well. as a soldier, I believe that the General has a right to place almost the whole alphabet after his name to indicate degrees and decorations. He did not look well at that time, and since then has been forded toi take a month off to rest and recup-! erate. I have never met anyone Who knew him, who did not char­ acterize him as “a fine fellow.” After that day, I could understand. Having fed us the customary English afternoon tea, General Mc­ Naughton took us upstairs to his o\vn office. It was large and airy. Maps hung on all the walls. A dozen editors and a few staff of­ ficers sat dowii^ at tables, with the General in the epntre of the horse­ shoe, and he gave a short address and then., answered every question. There was no hesitation and evasion. Occasionally having us something, he would say was not for publication, but Was the only restriction. He no secrets from his visitors. Of ,all the editors I seemed the only One taking notes afternoon. They were fairly plete, Looking over them some months later, I find that ate still timely and valuable, the same time,. Moscow and Petro­ grad were both threatened by the enemy. Since then, that situation has changed, but without what General MsNaughton the iRussians and of tha general. It was in this talk coined the famous phrase about tile Canadian Corps jbeing “a daggex4 pointed at the heart of Berlin/* but more valuable, perhaps, were his re- breathing passages with soothing me­ dicinal vapors. STIMULATES chest and- back surfaces like a x^arming poultice. RELIEF ** WORKS FOR HOURS to ease coughs, relieve muscular soreness pr tightness, and bringreal,honest-to-goodnesscomfort. To get this improved treatment... just massage VapoRub for 3 minutes ON BACK as well as throat and chest, then spread thick layer on chest and cover with warmed cloth. Iky it! The south of England is full Canadian soldiers. One is as apt see a Canadian military uniform any part, of the countryside south London as in Trafalgar Square itself —and Trafalgar Square is the 'meet­ ing place fox* all Canadians on leave. I was up early on the morning of Friday, September 26th. Breakfast in the Savoy consisted of tomato juice, excellent rolls, tea, buttex* and marmalade. Breakfast was always a difficult meal. There were no eggs. The coffee didn’t taste like coffee and probably wasn’t The butter was exit in pieces the diameter of a slxilliixg but about half as thick. The waitex* said the supply of mar­ malade was just about done. Next month, there wouldn’t be any. The Humber cai' was waiting at the door, with a Canadian flag over the radiator. The driver crossed Westminster bridge, skirted a noted cricket ground and drove through a part # of London where there was about one building destroyed in •every block;. The great Croydon aerodrome showed less damage than might ha-ve been expected, for it was one of the first targets London to be bombed. Troops on the Move was not long till we were area on the move. when was- trying out In theory, in the Southeast but had been repel­ led. Then it was supposed that an­ other landing had been accomplish­ ed south of Hull and the defenders were moving up to the East Coast Id. order to leave the life of the “Run Down For Years, Has Perfect Health” I was badly run down and terribly nervous. M y diges­ tion was poor and I was always con­ stipated. ♦‘Fruit- a-tlves” soon made me better and there is nothing Uke it for making you well and giving you new pep and energy. After years of bad health "Fruit-a-tives’’ made me feel fine. Mr, Roy Dagtieau, Chatham,Ont- For Better Results VICKS W VapoRub The Improved Via)Thinking of those who might quality for the above title, the name of Fred Sloman comes to mind. One of the pioneer teachers in the Ontario School Cax* work, Mr. Sloman brings soixie measure of ed­ ucation to the children who live in the far and scattered settlements of the northern parts of the province, A few days in one place, lessons heard and new ones laid out, and on goes the travelling school, which is also the Sloman home. Friend he is as well as teacher, and many a sorrow and many a problem are brought to his sympathetic consid­ eration. ■Fred Sloman has two girls own. He says, ‘They are Guides. I have worried at because they are very much ‘lone’.” The gorgeous candles And women go To greet each other, exquisitely ■dressed In their best; ■Where silvex* gleams through dark­ ness, and the room Is bright with, bloom, ________ ___________ _____ ___ Where daintily the smiling lips siix. breakfast time and at dusk these tea— Are beautiful to me. •of his Lone tim.es i But, oh, the little houses near and far Where women are; The bubbling kettle, and the coarse cloths spread, | Grace is said; dignity of sharing simple fare And The With someone there; ; The quiet converse with a welcome guest— Their tea, I think, tastes ibest. Grace Noll Crowell in the Sunday Companion * * * A CUP OF TEA and new and very ■the who It the were time in in where Canadian troops That was the most of the Army in Bri­ en gaged in manoeuvres, plans to repel invasion, the Germans had landed General It will visit in of the One marks on equipment, training and reinforcements. Feeling that the ini,portant mes­ sage that he gave us must not be condensed, I will devote a separate article to the things which McNaughton said t,hat day. appear later. On other days during my Britain, I met members Headquarters staff in London, evening, I had dinner with Major Charles Stacey, whose task is to write the official history of the part which the Canadian Corps takes in the war. He is a nephew of Mrs. Perry former editor of the Elora Express. Before he took over this present work, he was a professor ot a good job. story of the well looked to be no Can­ job, That is a lack that should be remedied. I believe two young painters are with a unit in Canada, but apparently there are land. ped from a plane, broke away from its parachute and struck him below the knee, ,V- One Better In the dressing room of the train the Scot had been boring everyone with tales of the great deeds he had • done. Englishman you can tell do, and by . do it myself." "Thank ye," replied the Scot: "I canna pay my railroad fare." "Well,, now," said an at last, "suppose you. US something you can’t Jo’ve, I’ll undertake to ." "Thank ye," Nothing, of all the products that come to us from the East, has made itself as necessary to our comfort as tea. If the interruption of its cultivation oi' shortage of shipping- should take it off the market, it would entail real hardship fox4 the many who -depend upon it fox* the warmth of it did not come into general use .until the Pepys, that a light pick-up. Yet girls flag the trains that pass so long apart. “One stands at the Lone Guide salute, and the other lowers or raises the -colors. A mil­ lion scrub poplars and pine trees watch them at theix* ceremony, that is all.” Mr. Sloman intends to get a flag. The -old one is faded tattered. He thinks the flag is important. “The trapper and trackman and the transient pass once in a whole were horn in Finland and in Slovakia and Poland ■and Austria. I want them to ask, ‘What means this bit of bunting that is flapping in the storm?” Then he will tell them. Not a thrill in the whole story but it is eloquent. # ate * .Above alls endeavor to grasp the distinction betweeji the gi’eat pri­ mary ideas and the small second­ ary ideas which ‘jostle each other in the turmoil of thought.—'Dean Stanley. Hay Twp. Woman Dies in 99th Year Hay Township lost one of its old­ est residents in the person of Mrs. Margaret Becket*, who passed away at the home of hex* daughter, Mrs. Willijam Beiber, on the third conces­ sion of Hay Township, on Saturday in her 99th year, She had been in ixer usual health until Monday when she suffered a fall causing injuries to her leg which hastened her death. Mrs. Beekei* was born in Willofsl Kreis Lauderback, Hessen-Darnx-j stadt, Germany, and came across the Atlantic in a sailing boat when she was 21 years old, On her ar- rical she was married to John Becker, who had come across sev- j eral years earlier and settled I around what is now called Kitchen-1 er. They lived for a few years I around Elmira and in 18 66 moved, metropolis undisturbed, the Cana- to Hay Township and farmed on the ’ dian Corps ’ was working its way Bronson line. Besides farming they; around behind London and Reading operated a loom, although not in" and then heading northeast use is still in the possession of her! The day before we had passed the son Henry. j artillery and the tanks, hour aftei* Her husband, John Becker, pre-;boui, on the broad roads north of deceased hei* in 1914 and since that I London. . On this fine morning, we time she has made hex* home with1 ga/w ^ie infantry on the move, truck several of hex* daughters. She is I a^er truck. survived by four daughters,- Mrs. j The fine car in which I was rid- ' London; Mrs. "Mary ing developed ignition trouble in a I seventeenth century, great historian Of little and big events, writes, "I did send fox* a cup of tea (a China drink, of which I .had never drank before)” About that time magistrates in Scotland tried to interfere with a "growing custom whereby the house­ wives were meeting together in sec­ ret to sip this new and dangerous beverage. This same cup of tea has come to be not merely something to satisfy a thirst, but a symbol of gracious hospitality and a token of good-wilL * * sjs WASHING RAYONS All Canada’s raw silk is locked up for parachutes; most of the wool is being tailored into battle dress. Which leaves Canadian dress manu­ facturers just one fabric to work on-—rayon. The life ana beauty of fabrics made from this substitute for wool and silk depends greatly on the manner in which they are laun­ dered. Attention to the following rules should pay dividends in wear and 1. •belt 2. and before washing, rub. (This is 1 .become “weak” in three warm 3. Roll the " thick*bath towel and knead out ex­ cess moisture. Do not leave in towel, but unroll at once and hang up. Iron when slightly damp. 4. Use a moderate iron. Some tayoxis advertise that they can be droned at any temperature safe for silk, but generally speaking moder­ ate heat is safest. Iron on the wrong Side, lengthwise with the thread. N.ever sprinkle, too dry spread ■on the garment, * 4 * i appearance. Remove white trims, buttons, buckle. Close zipper. Dip in warm creamy soap suds squeeze gently. Do not soak Do not twist or because rayon ' when wet.) waters. "dress at once fibres Rinse in a If fabric becomes white tissue paper then a damp cloth. « » «- * # *& # « •# ♦ KITCHEN KINKS When washing and rinsing colored materials, add a tea­ spoonful Of Epsom salts to each gallon of water, and even the most delicate shades will neith* er fade* nor mtn, < . * #• #• < * #• # * ♦ "Hr #’ w * * *** * * * * I hold that to .'need nothing is ■divine, and the less a man need the nearer does he approach divinity. —Socrates. >?C « * KETTLE AND PAN As a result Of conditions imposed by war it becomes -daily more ne­ cessary for the housewife to con­ centrate on the providing of the W. Heckman, Martene, 'of Dashwood; Mrs. Wil­ liam Bieber, of Concession 3, Hay Township, and Mrs. Ed. Stire, of Concession 14, Hay Township; also five sons, Henry, John, George and Charles, of Hay Township, and Wil­ liam, of Stephen Township. are also 40 grandchildrens and 54 great- grandchildren and five great- great-grandchildren. Mrs. Becker was a faithful mem­ ber of Zion. Lutheran Church, of Dashwood. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. T, Luft and were held from the home of Wil­ liam Beiber on Monday afternoon at' 1.30 p.m. Daylight Saving Time fol­ lowed by a .membrial service at There ed around his neck. centrate on the providing of the maximum of nourishment to be had | zi°n Lutheran Church at 2.30 p.m. for the minimum of cash outlay. Milk is very high in nutriment, is digestible and easy an -the sugar. Remember the allowance, fox4 child­ ren a quart, for adults a pint per •day. Most children, like cold milk to drink, but if they don’t there are many milk beverages to tempt them; and if they do, the milk beverages will keep- their interest alert, and plain milk, will prove home: luterment was in Lutheran Cecetery on the Bronson line. •V- JOSEPH REED BURIED IN MITCHELL prevent theix4 tiring of The following recipes favorites in nearly 1 3 2 A Combine shake vigorously. 3 any and make • Orange Milk cup rich milk tablespoons sugar cups orange juice few grains salt the ingredients This will generous glasses. Pineapple Milk 2 cups whole milk 1 cup pineapple juice , 1/3 cup lemon juice 3 tablespoons sugar A few grains salt. the ingredients a rotary beater This will make three glasses. » Prune Milk whole milk sweetened prune juice Combine Whip with shake Well, generous and or cups cups teaspoon lemon juice the ingredients This Will make 4 2 2 1 Combine i shake well. ‘ erous glasses. As an accompaniment to beverages the following is suggest­ ed: Mash one ripe banana with one teaspoon honey and one-half tea­ spoon lemon juice, ed bread with hot sweet for and gen- milk Serve on toast* for breakfast. Delicious biscuits. A very good children,. ' ■ ■. 8 The funeral service for Joseph Reed was ’held at his home, lot 11, concession 3, with Rev. W. E. Aidworth, of Staffa, officiating. A Hibbert ’township, _ niece, Mrs. Oliver Anderson, Londesboro, presided at the piano while two hymns were sung, "Rock Of Ages" add "Nearex* My God to Thee.” Six neighbors acted as pallbearers, John McGrath, Robert Burchill, John Stacey, Geo. Robinson, Mowat Stacey and Alex Roney. Interment vas made in Woodland cemetery, Mitchell. Friends were present from Clinton-, Goderich, Londesboro, Fullarton, and the surrounding district. Backache-Kidneys Most people fail to recognize the seriousness of a bad back. The stitches, twitches, and twinges are bad enough and cause great suf­ fering, but baek of the backache and the cause bf it all is the dis­ ordered kidneys crying out a wag­ ing through the back. A pain in the back is the kidneys ’ cry for help. Go io their assistance. Get a box of Doan’s Kidney Pills. A remedy for backache and sick kidneys. **t)oan’s” are put up in an oblong grey, box with our trade mark a ‘‘Maple Leaf” bn the wrapper. Refuse Substitutes* Get ‘ ‘ Doan ’fl. ’ ’ The T. MUbnrn Co., LU., Toronto, Ont. ►ack of the backache and the cause Of it all is the dis- liitle English village. A Chevrolet station wagon picked xne up. The drivei' was a chap from Hamilton. Laurie Aubrain official photograph­ er, sat in the back seat, with his cameras and his light meters drap- He hoped to comie back to Canada after the wax' and edit a weekly newspaper. I an­ swered all his questions as well as I could. •Captain Gillis Purcell waved to us and we stopped at a little park. The other Canadian editors were 'there already. n ' , Down the narrow street, a steady streaxn of 'Canadian built motor trucks passed, toward the West. A soldier in uniform directed traffic, keeping it moving, and motorcyclists buzzed up and down the lines, watching that everything was in order. Evidently the Canadian Army had done this' kind of thing before1*, for there was nevex* a hitch. On the cornex* stood a little bake­ shop, but there wasn’t a sign of any­ thing to eat in the windows or on the counters. Two girls stood in­ side the door and an occasional sol­ dier, riding with his legs ovex* the back of an army truck, saw them and. waved. Lunch With Major General Odium At noon, I was one Of the six edi­ tors who climbed out of the cars in front of the fine old liOUSe which was then the headquarters of the 2nd Canadian, Division, I heard later that it whs at ope .time a sum­ mer home of Queen Victoria. There I. met Major General V. W. Odium, who has scince gone to Australia, as Canada’s commissioner to that country. Many of his staff ofifeers were with him, in spite of the fact that they were more than busy With manoeuvres, to talk to a Canada. * T,lie meal the* exotic cooking at the big this was like Canada, soup, followed by steak (the only beefsteak I saw in Blnglan.fi), mash­ ed potatoes, carrots, crackers. marvelous, there was a half-pound of buttex4 In each of the dishes. The ofifeer beside me told me it Was margarine but I Wouldn’t have known the difference. Latex4, was a discussion about paint, body said the English paint last anymore: the oils were used to make margarine. No doubt they group just ovex4 tasted good liked from i no told that that kept After hotels, There • was to be that com- no w, , they At jam, rolls and apples, cheese, More there Some- didn’t being * Another altering said of war in that he Magazine With The iGillis 'Purcell, oux* guide is -back in .Canada. 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