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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1942-05-21, Page 61942 MW! ft! Notes from ——» i A Woman's Workshop |j 2S/ SERENE AND UNAFRAID spring light is pulsing with the blazing of the tulips round about. Qnb thinks about the poor Dutch folk, whose business it was to clothe the world in beauty. How sadly they must wander in their barren gardens, ■remembering what once was growing there. Speaking of this, a friend who had visited the Netherlands in springtime told me that, looking across the countryside, one could see nothing but endless stretches of waving grass. But coming closer one saw that every precious plot of bulbs was hedged about with rank strong grass to protect it from the cold sea breezes, So one is reminded of all those lovely human qual­ ities that lie concealed in the long reaches of rhe commonplace. Planted by necessity, cultured by difficulty, sheltering behind the stern ramparts of uncompromising circumstances, they make their growth. There one may discover, in rare perfection, the bright unfoldings of the .spirit. —The Missus TO A DANDELION I FLOIVERS AND WEEDS THE EXETER TOE3-APVPCATC W1NCHELSEA j Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Batten and Gladys and Mr. Alf Brook spent j Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. E. Wil- i. { and with on Newman Baker, of on Mr. and Mrs. on Sunday. Phin. Dickens and lard, of Hensail. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Johns family, of Elimville, visited Mr. and ’Mrs. John Hern, Sr., Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Welburn, called Freeman Horne Mr. and Mrs. Mr. Frank Dickens, of Ailsa Craig, visited on Sunday with Mr, and Mrs. George Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Cooper, of Elimville visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Horace Delbridge. Shower for Bride-Elect On Wednesday evening of Caven Congregational Circle The meeting of Caven Congrega­ tional Circle was held at the home of -the Misses Oke on Tuesday, May 5th, with a good attendances Mrs, Moil* presided and opened the meeting with a hymn. Devotional period was taken by Miss Hatter, aftei’ which another hymn was sung. Roll call was answered by the uses of common salt. Roll call for next month will be "A flower or tree native to Canada, mittees for the mouth be: Sick and shut-in, program, Miss Jeckell Simmons; lunch, Mrs. Mrs. Willert, Readings were given by Mrs. Hatter and Mrs. Mason on “Mother’s Day” and were very in­ teresting. Lunch was then served by the committee and the meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the hostess and all those taking part. ” iCom- of June will Mrs. Whyte; and Mrs. W. Easton and Dear common .flower, that grow’st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harm­ less gold, First pledge of blithesome May, Which ' children pluck, and full of pride behold, High-hearted buccaneers, o’erjoyed that they An Eldorado in the grass have found Which not the rich earth’s ample round May match in wealth—thou art more dear to me Than all the prouder summer blooms may be. Nature so com- Thou More ■human How like a prodigal doth seem When thou, for all thy gold, mon art! teachest me to deem sacredly of every thing each reflects in joy its scanty gleam Of heaven; and could some wond­ rous secret show Did we but pay the And with a child’s ■ dom look On all the living book. Since love we owe undoubting wis- pages of God’s -Lowell * ** QUEEN VICTORIA This week-end we celebrate the birthday of a woman who has come to represent an era and a tradition of national life. During her long .reign, which reached its glorious climax in the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee* England had at­ tained to the height of her'Empire’s stature, had reached a degree of prosperity which it seemed nothing could shake. Symbolic of all this ’was the small, plump lady whose tiny hand had so long and so firmly guided the destinies of her people. Somewhat unpopular in early years, she had-come to be literally the idol of the English, and her death came ns a shock to those who had come to think of her as part of the con­ tinuity of Empire, as indeed she has proved to be. Speaking of her death Andre Maurois writes: “All England went in mourning after her death. It was impossible, to buy a single piece of black cloth in London. Tons of crepe had to be ordered from Germany. For the funeral, battleships and cruisers lay in double column along the route of the yacht Alberta with Queen’s remains on board. The ship’s bands played Chopin’s Fun­ eral March. Their guns boomed out. A proud scene, those eight long miles of sea, thronged with ves- b owing revers- mouths salvos, exalted sels-of-war; the Marines their heads ovei’ their rifles ed; the red flashes from the of guns; and between the those bursts of melancholy, music. The last i;ays of the set­ ting sun had laid a gleaming car­ pet of gold across the waves. When ■the King came aboard his yacht, he found the flag at half-mast, asked the commander what meant. ‘The Queen is dead, answered the officer. ‘But the King ’ is alive,’ replied Edward VII and had the standard hoisted. The cur­ tain was falling on a century of history. and this sir,* 'J * * * HERBS ARE SCARCE We have been' warned that sonings may be hard to obtain year. While not necessities, stimulate the appetite and pep up foods in thexnselves flavorless, so why not put in a few herbs for home consumption. Savory, sage, mar­ joram chives and mint we* easy to grow, and having once grown your own you will realize how»much more pungent they are than the mixtures you have been buying. * * sea- this they Cultivate your talents and you’ll find many opportunities to them. use * * ♦ * * * *ife * * ■# * * * * *’ Hl * * * KITCHEN KINKS Sprinkle. the inside of hot water bottles or ice bags with talcum powder befoi’e storing them away. The powder will keep the rubber from sticking together.#■ * # « 4 t # ■* * # * * * * ♦ * sk ** * * Pluck the flower, but spare the root, Wanderers of the countryside! Spring hath such prolific fruit That no gatherer is denied. Only , take a little less, Do not gather to excess. Some wild flowers should never be picked at all; others may be tak­ en at will. Of the latter kind, like' violets and hepaticas, are the plants whose flower stem rises directly from the roots, and (provided the body of the plant is left undisturb­ ed, no daxnage will have been oc­ casioned, In any. case, tearing up a plant by the roots merely to gain a bloo<m is wanton destruction. Other wild flowers that should nevei* be plucked at all are those which cannot be picked without re­ moving the foliage upon which de­ pends the flowering of the bulbous root for the following season’s crop of flowers. Of this species of flow­ er is the White Trillium, the of­ ficial emblem of Ontario. Instead 'of plucking the White Trillium, it would be fax’ better to transfer the entire plant to thus perpetuate the emblem.* one’s garden, and the significance of * * r last week about eighty of the ladies of the community gathered at the home of Mildred Veal in honor of Miss Jean Davis. The bride-elect enter­ ed with hex’ mothei- and took hex* place in the chair decorated for the occasion. Then a daintily de­ corated wagon loaded with kitchen utensils and othex1 gifts was drawn in by Misses Norma Veal and Jane Dykeman. Jean expressed hex’ ap­ preciation to her many friends, af­ ter which everyone joined in sing­ ing “For She’s a Jolly Good Fel­ low”. The remainder of the eve­ ning was spent in contests and a social time. Lunch was served at the close. On Tuesday afternoon and eve­ ning xnany of Jean’s friends called at her home to see her trousseau which was displayed by Misses Wil­ ma McCurdy, Mildred Veal and Eth­ el Pooley. THE GIRLS FROM D. I. L. Mrs. Jas. Green is in receipt of the following poem from Miss Gert­ rude Stewart, formerly of Usborne, who is now engaged in wax’ work at The em- Ajax, Ont., near Pickering, poem was written by one of the ployees. There’s heartless war across sea, Where fine young healthy men Toil the on and fight and give their lives, right may live again. need the tools COLEMAN—TREFFRY That They So send them shot Step u|p. and share bear, You girls in D. I. L. to do the job, and shell, the load they KETTLE AND DAN and Mr. Treffry, William Mr. Ro­ the late CUPBOARD QUISLING! •• Cupboard Quislings"! Is that too hard a name for people who selfishly lay in unnecessary stocks of clothes or food, or other goods for fear of shortages? No! The name is not too hard, even though it may be earned through thoughtlessness. For in reality they are doing, in a petty, mean way, what the Quis­ ling does in the open. • Anyone who buys more than is necessary for current needs— ' ■5 1 Anyone who is familiar with Ger­ man cookery knows the delicious flavor of the sour dressing served hot with so many green foods. Un­ able to give an exact recipe, I re- membex’ that bacon was first fried out and onions cooked slightly in the fat. To this was added a small quantity of vinegax- and sometimes sour cream. Thoroughly hearted, this was poured over spinach, let­ tuce or sliced potatoes. A reader wants the. recipe and we would be so much obliged to anyone who would send it to “The Missus” care of this office. The following is as near as \bave been able to come Pennsylvania Dutch Four slices bacon, 3 flour, cups water water, 2 tablespoons in we Is breaking his country’s law for personal advantage. Is betraying his loyal neighbours and those who ar® not so well off as he. Is, in effect, depriving our fighting men of th© munitions and supplies they must have to defend us, Is hindering our war effort and helping our enemies. You’re badly mixed, you’re young, you’re old, You’re weak, you’re strong and lame, But you can work, and work you will— You get there just the same. Each shell you send to Hitler’s men Your thoughts and The slant-eyed Japs match— The girls from D. I. views will tell; have met their lioyal citizens avoid putting unnecessary and abnormal strains on our factories. In time of war9 loyal citizens do not spend one dollar more on civilian goods than is absolutely necessary for current needs. The law provides for fines up to $5,000 and imprison­ ment up to two years’for hoarding; and hoarding is just another word for unnecessary selfish buying. Prettily decorated with, pink white streamers, the home of and Mrs. Earl Treffry, of Cromarty, was the scene of a May wedding at ■high noon on Saturday when their ’daughter, Erla Gertrude became the bride of Mr. Clarence Coleman, son of bert Coleman, Staffa, and Mrs. Coleman, Rev. R. A. Brook, Hervsall, performed the ceremony! under an arch of' evergreens inter­ spersed with white lilacs and tulips. Miss Edna Mills played the Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin as the bri­ dal party entered the church. Giv­ en in marriage by her father, the bride wore a gown of white geor­ gette with quilted satin bolero and her finger-tip veil was caught with orange blossoms. She .carried Am­ erican Beauty roses. Miss Margar­ et Treffry attended her sister as bridesmaid, gowned in pink geor­ gette with quilted’bolero of satin. Her bouquet was of Briarcliffe roses, and white earnations. Mr. Harold Coleman was his brother’s groomsman. A reception and wed­ ding dinner was held following the ceremony, the bride’s another wear­ ing a dress of Pacific blue with cor­ sage of sweet peas and roses. The bride’s table was centred with the wedding cake and the assistants were Miss Hazel Laing and Mrs. E. Deering. Mr. and Mrs. Coleman leflt on a trip to Niagara Falls, xthe bride donning for traveling a havy blue suit with white accessories. They will reside jin iCi'omarty. Guests from ’out-of-town were pre­ sent from Stratford, Flint, Mich., Buffalo, London, Atwood and Staffa. Ito it: Spinach tablespoons or potato vinegar, 2 tablespoons corn syruipi, % teaspoon dry mustard, teaspoon salt, dash of pepper, 3 cups chopped cooked spinach, 2 hard-cooked eggs, paprika. Dice bacon and cook until crisip-. .Remove bacon, and add floui' to the ' bacon fat. Stir -until smooth. Mix water, sugar and vinegar and add this to the flour mixture. Cook to­ gether until thick. Remove from heat; stir in the beaten egg-yolk and seasonings. Stir and cook about 2 minutes. Combine this sauce and the diced bacon with the chopped spinach. Heat through.. Serve gar­ nished with hard-cooked eggs which have been sprinkled with paprika. And here’s one that will help out the meat ration: Beef Crumble in Bread Case 1 loaf bread 1 pound ground beef 1 medium-sized onion Salt -and peppex* 2 tablespoons fat • To make the bread crusts move bottom Brush brown in moderate oven (375 deg. j F.). To make the filling for the bread case, -melt the fat in frying pan, add finely minced onion, and brown. Crumble the bread removed froxn the centre of the loaf. Mix with meat and add to onions in pan. Add salt and pepper. Brown. When cooked, pile lightly into bread case and serve hot. gravy or tomato sauce. Serves Meat or Fish Roll 2 cups sifted floui’ % teaspoon salt 3 teaspoons baking powder 2% teaspoons shortening 2/3 to % cup of milk, depending on the type of flour used 2 cups corned beef or cooked ground meat Sift together the flour, salt aiid baking powder. Cut or rub In short­ ening. Add milk to make a soft dough, stirring just enough to make Ingredients hold together. Turn Out, oil lightly floured board, knead gently for half a minute. Holl in­ to a rectangular sheet % inch thick. Spread with seasoned, chopped meat or fish. Roll up and bake at 400 deg. F. for 20-25 minutes. Slice and serve hot with sauce or gravy. from loaf of centre, leaving about half an with melted case, bread. walls inch thick, butter and trim Re- and Accompany with 6. L. I know it’s hard, you’d like to let The weary job just drift On chilly days, and stay in bed To miss the morning shift. But life is sweet to all the boys Out there you. love so well. There’s wars to win, there’s wrongs to right, girls in D. I. L.You corridors are long and dark, rooms are hot, then cold, soldiers fight and kill and die, young grow grey and old. The The But And So do your bit and be proud of it, ■ Swiftly fill’each shell;* Just show the made, You girls from Dagoes how you’re D. go I. L. YOui’ cax’ won’t Your -uniform gets Youx* low-heeled shoes make louses, You don’t like being bossed. But what is that compared to death On ’battlefields grown red With blood of those who can’t turn, Who went where Honoui’ led. on frosty days, lost, cal- re- less, ENGAGEMENT and Mrs. James G. Hodgins,Mr. Lucan, have announced the engage­ ment of their Alice Kathleen, ley, of London, Alex Daley, of ding to take place May 23. youngest daughter, to Mr. Patrick Da- son of Mr. and Mrs. Winnipeg, the wed- ) Each day you miss—a bullet Each day helps Hitler out, Spaghetti wasn’t meant for you, YoU can’t eat sauerkraut. So fill each shell and fill it right, You’ll drive the Huns to — well, I’m sure you know where they should go You girls from D. I. L. Miss J. 0. Grawberger, A Shift, Line 1 Black Market Trading by Selfish Rich Everyday Folks By Margaret Butcher READING, ENG.—No, it isn’t tend that it isn’t there. So easy to write just now. One is so ’ more snug than disturbing I afraid, somehow of swaying too self! much one way or the other; of being thought gloomy or—Worse foolishly cheerful, being quite natural and letting it run on as it comes? And that’s just what I’m going to do. The news, naturally hurts and maddens us—just as it does you, I guess. Who and what is' to blame? And all the while the Pattern goes on working out, and in spite of everyththing that is happening, I hope, a pattern of a better and more sensible world. Plenty of us can see that the world has been a bit of a mess for a long while; personally, I think it’s been rathei’ a mess foi’ centuries, r " terrible spring-cleaning will do what j nothing else has been able to do. i Foi* pity’s sake, let’s MAKE it do so! For my part, I am convinced that, all the trouble started (and always has started) from that shocking habit of refusing to believe un­ pleasant things. All over the world folk have done it; it seems to be inseparable from what we call ‘civ­ ilization.’ If you’re comfortable yourself and don’t want *10 notice “Or think about-—something un­ comfortable . , , well, simply pre- e still— So how about much your- OtherIf somebody tells you the Fellow is going to do a disagreeable act before you can -turn round, you look shocked and assure your in­ formant that he has base ideas, and that the Other F'ellow is a/decent sort of chap, no doubt.- Who ever heard—you think—Of anybody go­ ing to a party with a, knuckle-dus­ ter in his pocket? Well, I xnay be wrong,, but if there are going fo be suspected toughs at that party, it wouldn’t seem to me to he a bad notion. But then, perhaps I have a naughty mind. All the same, I know, there might not be any oc­ casion to whip out your hand and, land somebody one. The party —as long his Perhaps this drastic andL(„h(. v ; .. J . . wi,nJmISht,tu/n out right as nobody grabbed more than share of the cake. Blade Market Business We are hopping mad about own particular spot of cake-grab­ bing that is going on—-this Black Market business. Something will have to be clone about that. Last night I made a man I know promise faithfully that he Would Write to his Member of Parliament, and get a Wad of signatures to his letter. If everybody would do that the stir our * In cases where, it is advisable for you to buy in advance of youx immediate requirements — such as your next season's coal supply — you will be encouraged to do so by direct statement from responsible officials. OTTAWA, CANADA H3W. would be enough to work the mir­ acle. After all, what else can the ordinary, law-abiding citizen do? Here we are, making oux’ rations do theii’ work, trying to save—and these voracious, xnoney-gi’ubbing brutes go on pandering to the folk who just won’t play ball. What’s the use of punishing 'the .small man? It’s the Big Boys at the top who4’ve got to catch it. No, you’ve simply no idea how angry we are. I wonder how they would react to the promise of a firing squad? Anyhow, if this sort of thing ’should stax-t on your side, don’t stand any nonsense—from the word ‘Go.’ If there is food it should be available to all, and at a reason­ able price. And these folk who* ■have always gorged themselves two or three times a day should learn that war—no mattex’ who and what ■they are—means a salutary tighten­ ing of the belt. Oh, we know a good bit of what goes on, believe There is a nest of ’em, and it have to be smoked out. ■I’ve spilled that I Don’t Trust And feel better. me! will now Today—early in shines warmly- a terrible winter; don’t' trust it. sun live April—the •at last. It has been and even now I The frosts are still hard, aiid the poor Allotment lies there helpless. My warmest dress­ ing-gown—carefully patched—cov­ ers me in the house; for we must save fuel, of course. The nice, kindly soul with whom I now looks with an indulgent eye on this bettered relic of better days, and has taken to the habit is a woman who has comfortably well off, ; a beautiful home; yet think of grabbing, ox’ anything. As a matter the people one really pulling their weight. We .have just signed fering shelter ‘for a few hours1 lieighbox’ who may be bombed We We’re there herself. She always been has had does not wasting fact, and she of of knows a paper all are of- to take a share in it for economy’s sake. learn to fit in with the rigoi’ of the times. She has 'two sons in the East, but she shows courage and cheerfulness always. ‘I don’t wear my heart on xny sleeve.’ she says, but I guess there are some rathex’ sad and anxious hours for hex’ down there in her pretty sitting-room. Wasting’ Paper Now there- is- this new order for­ bidding .the wasting of paper — though it simply staggers me that anybody should waste. For the comfort of those dear souls who send me letters, papers ox’ parcels from: Canada, I can assure thexn that not one scrap is lost to the war effort. It is all saved up and once a fortnight, put out in a neat bundle fox* the dustmen. This new order, I hope, will start a good national habit, for I am afraid we* are an atrociously untidy nation. It has always beexi impossible to go any where within ten miles of a town without finding the woods and j fields lit-tered with picnic-remains, ice-cream cups and cigarette pack­ ets. Why on earth peoiple can’t bring back theix’ rubbish—or bury it—I don’t know. One streets of the about ing, of course; make the kids rub­ bish-conscious and the done. Neatness may be olxe of the good things which will come out of this horrible mess of war, I guess we shall learn many things.' And there are folk with a lot to learn, I assure you. Some time ago, in the lounge of an -hotel, I came upon a most unpleasant young man ‘—apparently in a reserved Occupa­ tion, since I had never seen him in uniform. A nasty little bit of work, that young man. There’were just Thus, gradually, does one never sees rubbish in the in Scandinavia. That is one- first things that struck me the place. It’s early train- a few of us present and, for our ; entertainment and enlightenment, he started telling us • how he could, get a good suit without coupons. A wink and a tip, we gathered, in the right done. tioned were smart of doubt, he would knowingly and say give his ipals away; home thinking and worldly person he was. Actu­ ally, silence, flat and disapproving, greeted his announcement. (Per­ sonally, I found myself discounting it as silly boasting, ox’ there would have been some spectacular fire­ works, friends.) He caught my eye and I glared back darkly.’ If he went about with that sort of tale, I said, loudly and firmly, there would soon be trouble for him and the firm in question—and the soon­ er the better. | Yes, the whole story fell very flat and he then drifted out. When he sees me now he fades rapidly from- the picture, realizing that the glove is down between us. He thinks of me, you may. be sure, as ‘that horrible litle woman in the Corner.’ I am so glad. quarter, and the trick was The young idiot even men- tlie store. Of course, we expected to exclaim: “How of you! DO give us the name your friend!”And then, no shake his head that he couldn’t and we would go what a very clever trick is So here’s to the new law. any out. but ter under the of woman with whom one could share such adversity and maintaixi courage and seif-respeef. You re­ member ‘Gran*, who raised her glass at her birthday party and said • that she Was glad, glad to be alive | in these vital times? Well, this is | Gran herself. We keep' to our own! rooms and don’t Worry each other, and I still do my cooking on my own private gas-ring—unless the downstairs oven is going, when I all hope it ready. For is only a stairs; but won’t happen, oui’ own shel- tiny cupboard she’s the sort Do You Suffer1 From Headaches? 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