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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1944-02-24, Page 6'" 117' • ^17,49, , WINORAM ADVANC4-1110$ Thursday, fAruOy 24, 1944- A Few DropS Up Each Nostril,,. Work Fast Right Where ,Trouble k _The second you put Vicks Va-tro-nol (a few drops) up each nostril it starts relieving the sniffly, sneezy, stuffy distress of head colds. Va-tro-not—a specialized medication—is so effec- tive.because it does three important things to relieve discomforts ... (2) shrinks swollen membranes . . . (2) soothes irritation . . , (3) helps clear VA-TR.-SOL up cold-clogged nose ... makes breath- THE MIXING BOWL stir Matt /WM *Ow Now tees•a4s0 SHOO AWAY WASH-DAY BLUES Hello Homemakers! Clothes were once subjected to such brutal treat- ment on wash-day that only the sturd- iest fabrics escaped the ragbag- for very long, Today, homemakers are taking extra precautions with wartime fabrics—this is indicated by the fre-, quent questions asked of The Mixing _Bowl. The information on these problems may "shoo away wash-day blues" for others who have been in the same quandary, What are the proper water tern- peratures for " washing different fab- rics? White cottons and linens can stand the hottest water—right up to boiling; colored cottons and linens are the next hardiest in the fabric family; woollens and rayons are the babes of the family and should be handled in water of the same temperature as you would bathe your baby—never should they be washed in anything but luke- warm water. How long do you soak wartime fabrics? Many people make the mis- take of soaking their clothes overnight. 'Twenty minutes is long enough for white cottons and linens. Never leave clothes soaking in dirty water. If you are side-tracked from the job, wring the clothes and resoak in fresh water. Colored fabrics should not be soaked. Do soaps make a difference today? Decidedly. Rayons, woollens and silks last longer if washed with a mild, neutral soap, Stronger soaps may be used for the general family wash of cottons and linens. How much soap is needed to do a family wash? Use enough soap but do not be wasteful. A standing suds of two, inches is(ideal use a measuring Op to out how much soap is needed, then use the right amount each time to be economical. • Why use water .softeners? Gray and dingy clothes may broadcast the need for a water softener. The min- eral salts of hard water unite with soap to form curds; dirt particles combine with these curds and these get caught in the fibres. Soap can soften water if you use enough of it, but this meth- od is expensive and unless the rinsing is thorough and the water is hot, it is not successful. Better use a water softener, How many clothes make a load? The manufacturers of electric washing machines say: 6-8 lbs. dry clothes make a safe load, For example: 2 sheets, 4 pillow cases and 3 bath towels, Overloading not only puts a strain on the washing machine, but keeps it from producing perfect re- sults. A safe guide is.. never put in more clothes than will circulate freely, Do you advocate rinsing in the machine? Use the electric washing machine if you have one. Operate it five minutes for the 'first rinse and two or three minutes for the second rinse, An extra rinse is necessary if jug easier . . ." and brings such grand' relief! Follow directions in folder. NOTE . , , When used at first sniffle, or warning sign of a cold, Va-tro-nol helps from developing preventurianYPIds. ittiss Written vector!), - for the weekly newspapers of Canada (Article No. 34) By Jim Greenblat They must have been expecting excitement or something around the tag end of the Throne Speech be- cause the galleries circling the House have been filled continuously. It looked to me as if the big majority of ringsiders( were from out of town. At- tendants have had to stop people more than usual from leaning their elbows on the gallery rail, which apparently is against traditional regulations. * * * * N. imiontilionossoommoommomilmoommummommionsoomemisommoommionommonomenTiommonifiliiiimmitimiimed All but the tailored suite of the severely classical type boast softening touches for spring wears, since the trend is in the direction of frankly pretty clothes. This suit is of beige woollen and has softly draped, and detachable collar and cuffs of black and beige dotted crepe, lite jacket is slimly fitted with button closing down the front and the gored skirt has a slight flare. Oft repeated by authorities, again an urgent appeal is sent out to the highways and byways of Canada that Halifax is terribly overcrowded; that dependents, etc., of service personnel try to 'stay put" where they are. Halifax population , has skyrocketed from 65,000 to 135,000. * * If you want to get dizzy, here are Some figures of Canada's bank ac- count. They show that for the fiscal year 1944-45 our non-war appropri- ations at over $702 millions are up 54 millions over the previous year; that war appropriations are down $240 mil- lions from the estimated $3,650 mil- lions. Our national. income for 1943, however, hopped up 17.3 per cent to $8,800,000,000, More movement up- wards; excise, customs and income tax collected federally in January, 1944 was 253 millions, an increase of 63 fillions over the month, a year before that. An added touch: the cash in- come of the Canadian farmer was sure up in 1943 — to-a new high — esti- mated returns from sale of farm pro- ducts being $1.397,000,000; a total of $282 millions over 1942. All provinces shared in the increase. splatter of blood, Tabby looked up, from where she was nursing a litter of kittens and I saw a scratch on the' side of her head. Mouser the first came along looking partly plucked- The cat family at Lazy Meadows looked very perturbed. Then I caught a glimpse of Jesse James sneaking along the passageway in front of the cows, The outlaw is back and so there's bound to be trouble for several days. THEY MARCH BETTER ON TEA. Commandos march better on tea than on water. This fact has been, demonstrated by an official test re- cently carried out in Great Britain.. A Canadian battalion was undergoing a 12-days course of battle training. . The last six days were devoted mainly- to marching, and during the period the foot-sloggers covered more than 28% miles. As an experiment, three out of four platoons were allowed to get all the water they wanted. The members of the fourth platoon were kept entire- • ly off water and were served only with tea. The "water platoons" made good use of their water (bottles; but the "tea platoon" was the only one to finish the course intact. Which only goes' to show that there must be something in- the soldies traditional liking for -"e cup of rosie lee". CONSERVATION CLIPS * * Take 'a Tip 1. Test the safety release on the wringer before you start, 2. Some wringers indicate the pres- sure for silks and woollens and some for cottons and linens—use the wring- er wisely. For wringers without this gauge it is well to make sure that the rollers are not screwed too tightly. A wringer that is too tight may tear the fabric and may lock the rollers and even strip the gears. 3. In order to save the rubber rol- lers, the pressure should be released as soon as the wringing process has been finished., 4, Remember that oil ruins rubber; take care, therefore, not to spill oil on the rubber parts of the machine. 5. Keep the drains clear of lint which accumulates easily. Hose con- nections should be well drained and kept clean. 6, Wipe the machine off thoroughly, then dry-, each time, Anne Allan invites you to write to her c/o The Advance-Times, Send in your suggestions on homemaking problems and watch this column for tepileg. the washer is not used. When and how do you use a bleach? Sunshine will bleach clothes dried out-of-doors. White cottons and linens may occasionally need to be bleached with chemicals in winter time. Mix the bleach with the first rinse water according to directions, Rinse the clothes at least twice after the bleach is used. Silks and rayons should not be bleached as it weakens the fibres Will an artifical bleach affect my washing machine? Yes, certain arti- ficial bleaches may have a tendency to pit the surface of the enamel tub. This in time would roughen theesurface, Tubs with rust spots showing should not be used for bleaching either. What would you do about new fabrics? Read labels carefully!. Soak materials in cool salt water for a few minutes—%cup salt per pail of water., Wash new colored articles separately and as quickly as possible. Dry In a breeze, hen in the orchard.putting up a terrible racket. When I arrived on the scene he was killing baby chickens, I-tried to corner him all that day but it' was no use, Finally 'a load of buckshot from a shot-gun sent him scudding across the pasture field screaming in terror. I was sure that our outlaw cat would never come back. He turned up again however. •One morning while doing the chores heard a racket upstairs. It seemed as if a dozen full-grown cats were hold- ing a reunion, They were wailing and screaming and finally .I went up to see what. was going on. Tabby and her latest family, aided by Mouser 1 and Mouser 2 were going at Jesse James in great style. He was bleed- ing and scratched but still game, When I arrived on the scene he left in a hurry. Jesse has been back on several oc- casions since then, Every time ire comes there's trouble. He has be- come a gray phantom and once back in the bush I saw him stalking a small rabbit. When we're boiling sap in the spring he'll slink up in the night and you can see his eyes peering out from a bush at you: If you go away and leave time shanty door open he'll creep up and steal part of the lunch from the shelf. Yesterday morning when I went out by Harry J Boyle to the stable' I found white fur litter- ing. the floor with an occasional PHIL OSIFER OF LAZY MEADOWS Puff Patter Powder puffs last longer than you think . . . if you wash them! Swish through good lukewarm suds. rinse carefully and when dry use a soft brush to raise the nap. Keep puffs fresh and , dainty too. Kitchen Policing Saboteurs in your kitchen? Never! Not if you watch: —the paring' knife—peel vegetables' only when necessary = and peel . thinly, —soakifig Water — prepare (vegetables just before mealtime, —long slow cooking — put vegetables on to cook in a small amount of boiling water — cook quickly. —air—cover vegetables when cooking. —overcooking—vitamins can't be kept waiting, cook vegetables only until tender. —throwing out vegetable water—save it for sauces and soups. Fresh While They Last Hard to keep dried raisins, apples ill$1111k ...... I ttttttttttttttttt tttttttttttt llibltifFM17000111J11; Household Hints By MRS. MARY MORTON ill, JJJJJJJJ tiil JJJJJJ 1 ttttttttt 1111- The outlaw of Lazy Meadows has returned. Perhaps I better explain, Tabby is the fierce old matron cat responsible for the cat family around our farm. She changes her affections quite rapidly so it's rather difficult to determine just who the fathers are for time respective groups of kittens, We can't possibly keep all the kit- tens around the place that Tabby pre- sents us with. Many are given away and others are eliminated. In about every second or third group is a kitten with a very strong personality. Such A pussy was Jesse tames, Prom the time Ire was big enough to pad around by himself he was in trouble, It started with a passion for climbing into the milk house through a small Opening at the back and upsetting the cream pitcher. We stopped that but he discovered a way to get into the cellar and war was declared when he upset two jars of preserved straw- berries off the hanging shelf. He disappeared for three weeks and We thought he had gone for good, Then one morning I saw him come trotting up the laneway to the barn. He was a pretty fair size by then but he had brie ear chewed off and hiS white silky front fur was torn and gouged by scratch marks. Jesse James had (been away on the first of his regular prowls. We thought that possibly he might have refortned, but our hopes were in vain. One thdrning I heard an old izaLTH LEAGUS o CA)TA1D:A A BARGAIN IN BREAD (or Vitamin El is placed at a rninitnurra of 500 International Units. Generous use of real whole wheat bread helps secure this essential, as it is the rich- est bread source of Bl. A single slice of it yields 30 I.U. while a slice of re- Iron fined white bread yields only one sixth the vitamin potency -- 5 I.U. Recent surveys shoW the ayerage Canadian diet low in calcium content —yet in respect to calcium, the ugeof whole wheat bread can step up the family's supply of . this important min- eral by '6%, which may fake the dif- ference between an adequate daily supply and a diet beiovv' par in this respect. Moreover, whole wheat bread.'has more nicotinic acid and iron than has white bread or enriched bread. Don't forget what a great deal more you get for yotir money When you buy- whole wheat beeadl • Supposing you went to the grocer's tomorrow and, saw a sign over the bread dispia3c that read— .SPECIAL TODAY . Extra Vitamin El Calcium and FREE with each loaf! Could you resist a bargain like that? Yet that very bargain is offered, though not advertised, every day in every store where whole grain bread is sold alongside white. The same bargain can be picked up among the cereals too, for whole grain cereals provide those 'same extra food ele- ments, Canadians are being urged, to eat more bread If we are to do so we should make sure it -is bread. rich in vitamins, Such is real 'whole wheat bread, 'Melt daily requirement of Thiamin Seen around the Capital; Centre of interest is the fine new Post Office here is the new-fangled Mail-O-Mat, a machine which saves you from head- aches at. the wicket trying to figure out -how many twos and three you want. All you do is stick the required amount for stamps in a slot in some- thing which has all the ear marks of a gum-vending machine. turn a gadget and away goes your letter mailed and everything. It's the first of its kind in Canada, although manufactured in Stamford, 'Connecticut. The Post Of- fice Department is trying it out on the public here and it may be some day we'll have- one in every P.O. so the postmaster will be able to go hunt- ing and curling when he wants to. After 'I tried it once I wanted to write everyone in the country a letter just so I could mail it in the Mail-O1Mat. * * e Anyone who feels inclined to do a little harmonized grousing on reason's for rationing/and 'controlled distribu- tion will be surely interested in the figures I got from the Consumer Brandt of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board in connection with parc- els sent to our prisoners-of-war in enemy countries. ,The Red Cross 'western packing centre has, for in- stande, already despatched its million- th parcel to Canadian boys in Ger- many and Japan. Do you ever wonder what' goes into one of these parcels? Well, they've already sent out, a rnil- lion pounds of jam, half a million cans of salmon and half a million pounds of sugar. Besides this, thousands )f pounds' of tea and coffee, biscuits, and other rationed goods. All parcels, they tell me, haye included chocolate bars, raisins, tinned meats, soap. This all tells Canadian at-homes that there is a reason, for some shortages, and rationed distribution; * * * * With the accent liow on pulverising Germany's industriall -centres by over- powering air raids, it is well to keep in mind that the British Common,. wealth Air Training Plan is greatly responsible for putting the pinicir into the big attack. And it"was put over in Canada, which is something we should be proud of, You know, the first class had'169 pupils in it, and to- day we have about f54 schools alone. twice as many as originally ;planned. Ten thousand trairtirtg Planci flew an average of two million.miles daily), got an expanded force of 50,000 air crew graduates, enough to man 15,000 e,om- bat Planes, as well• as training 80,000 in ground crew trades. We've trained Canucks, Aussies, New "Zealanders,. British, Belgians, Creeks, Netherland- ers, but more than 60% were birr own lads. The first plan had its finishing point at March 1948, and in the agreement Canada -was to pay '600 million dollars' of the 900 Million total cost. But a new agreement had to extend the plan to march, 1945, with Canada paying half the estimated cost of a billion and a half, and the United Kingdom standing the other half. ` • * * Women are keeping the home fires burning, aure, but they're also playing a big part in tilt industitial picture, In December, 1040, one woman lit each 180 in Canada was in Industry. Last December 0040, the 'ration had gone to one in t4, .lust 2c a day' ensures sweet, tasty bread WRAPPED AIRTIGHT TO PROTECT STRENGTH. PURE, DEPENDABLE! As I've warned before, don't neglect your fruit and your salads in your menus during the cold weather, The citrus fruits—grapefruit, lemon, or- anges, limes—are all fine to help keep your resistance to colds and flu higher, so are the various greens and such foods as green peppers, celery, etc. /Maybe you'd like a few salad dressing recipes, as a mayonnaise or dressing can make or mar an otherwise good salad combination, Today's Menu Broiled Fish French Fried Potatoes Canned Peas Winter Vegetable Salad Lemon Pie Tea Winter Vegetable Salad 2 c. chopped cabbage 1 c. chopped boiled beets 1 c, chopped celery Yiz tsp, dry mustard 2 hard-cooked eggs (may be omitted.) 1 tbsp, horseradish 1 tbsp, brown sugar Mix all together and serve with French dressing, Serves six. French Dressing 1 small onion or 1 clove garlic 'c. vinegar or lemon juice % tsp. salt % tsp. pepper 1,4, tsp. paprika 1 absp, sugar c, salad oil Add vinegar to onion and let stand 20 minutes; strain. Combine salt. pepper, paprika and sugar in jar or large bottle, add vinegar and oil, cover closely and shake vigorously, or snake in a bowl and beat with rotary egg beater, Store in refrigerator and shake or beat just before ,serving, Makes 1 cup dressing. You can make Preach dressing in large amounts and store in refrigerator. Three Mihtitd Mayonnaise 1 egg thapg, lemon juice or vinegiir % tsp. salt I tsp. dry mustard 1.% taps, sugar m• TW.P.100.104**1.14111101.r. -,* FACit SIX THIS CERTAINLY IS WONDERFUL BREAD! ROYAL a CERTAINLY WONDOFI/L 4‘c14 'YEAST Ma& to Cturnd to a healthy, hungry boy or girl, is the aroma and taste of Nellion's famous ,Chocolate cocoa. try, it, mothers )6,29t, % fit. '19c • iniamommingoommommoommegomommompoologoomigeognoloommovoinomilmil • Ya tsp. paprika 17i2 P. salad oil Put egg, seasoning, 1 tablespoon vinegar, hi, cup salad oil in bowl and beat, Add remaining oil 44, cup at time, beating vigorously, Add remain- ing vinegar a little at a time. 01000 ttt #0 t 0400#00010,0001114010001001mmumnpuninmon t # ttt Hints On Fastiloits* t tt JJJ 0400; and figs? Leave them in paper bags and you'll find mould, weevils, or they'll be as bard as rocks. 'Ea'sy to keep them fresh in glass jars, lids screwed on tightly, Good for crystal- :Wed peel, ,glace eherrica and prunes too, '4 'StepinTime,r,r, Saves a hundred steps a week . or maybe more . if you never leave one room for another without first looking around to sea if there is some, thing that should be taken with you. A WEEKLY EDITOR - LOOKS AT Ottawa Ablo Economkze With HYDRO Long. Life LAM PS .c)FiTAINI THEM AT YOUR HYDRO SHOP ad, amas0111.