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GINGER FARM
By Qwendoline P. Clarke
I called at a nearby farm house
this afternoon and there was a
lady sitting outside on the lawn in
n deck chair busily engaged with
her sewing. It really was too ri-
. dicelous --i hat is, when one re-
members that this is the 25th of
October! of course we 1(11 think
It is just grand to have this pro-
longed Indian summer, but are the
farmers ever praying for rain!
Pastures are withered and brown,
wells running dry, and fall plow-
ing just about impossible. Unless
we get rain soon --and plenty of
it—the outlook is pretty grim,
And yet, at this inauspicious time,
the Royal Commission on Milk
brings in its report recommend -
Ing that no increase in price be
allowed to the produceral
Dear knows we don't want to
see people asked to pay more for
their milk—the cost of living is
too high as it is. On the other
hand feat grain and commercial
feed is both dear and scarce fol-
lowing this year's poor harvest.
And it should also be remember -
cd that it costs more now to feed
cows, pigs and poultry than it did
when the Commission first began
its inquiry. So what is the an-
swer? Some farmers will find a
solution by keeping less livestock
and poultry. After all what is the
sense of working twelve hours a
day just to get enough money to
board your livestock? It is the
same old story—some work too
much and get too little; others
work too little and expect too
much.
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And that reminds rne: There
was a large advertisement in a
Toronto paper today. It was a
well -drawn advertisement featur-
ing an average family group list-
ening to a "Pop" concert abroad.
The picture was good all right,
and very true to life. Unfortun-
ately all too true. If you noticed
it maybe you wonder what I am
driving at—what I found to ob-
ject to in it,
Well, I'll tell you. In the group
was a father and son—but we will
not concern ourselves with them
—they seem to be a privileged
class anyway. There was also a
mother and daughter. The mother,
if you remember, was caning
back in her chair. relaxed, arms
folded. The daughter sat, chin on
hand, pensively looking into
space. The point I want to em-
phasize is this: There were four
adult people in that group -- and
not one of them was doing any-
thing other than listening to the
radio. Their hands were idle. Idle
when the Red Cross is almost
begging for knitters and sewers to
work on garments for overseas.
When the need is so urgent
why, oh why, cannot you and I
work with our hands while we
listen to programs over the air.
Think of the work that could be
accomplished if every woman
made the best possible use of her
spare time. Perhapa I am a bit of
a crank in that respect but I must
confess I have reached the stage
when it worries me to see women
just sitting and talking. Of course
I am sometimes guilty in that re-
spect myself. One evening just re-
cently I was visiting some friends.
I didn't really mean to stay but
I couldn't very well get away
without being rude. You know
how it is. We sat in the hying -
room until about 11 o'clock -
just talking. And we were worse
More Than 100 Dolts ranging from cuddly baby dolls to char ming brides, all dressed in hand -made clothing, are part of the
exhibits of the "run Fete and Food Fair" of the White Oak c hapter, LO.D.E„ at Oakville, Ont. With some of the dolls are
Mrs,Joseph Tomlinson, Nancy Chishol m, Lucy Reid and Carolyn Armstrong.
than the picture in the advertise-
ment because there were five of
us in our group, not countingthe
men—who as I said before seem
specially privileged. Five women
with idle hands for over three
hours! You do see what I mean
don't you? Surely we could all
make a practice of having some
kind of "pick up" work on hand
and thus prevent so nisch wasted
time.
* * *
Don't let us say "I haven't
timel" when asked to knit for any
welfare organization. We all have
the same amount of time, To each
is given 24 hours in every day: It
isn't time we lacic—the trouble
lies in what we do with our time.
Even if we have only our work to •
do wouldn't it be more profitable
to have some pastime—some hob-
by—to occupy our hands. Listen-
ing to soap operas wouldn't then
be altogether a waste of precious
minutes. Surely, the higher rhe
cost of living, the more it behoves
us to stake the best use of our
time. We cannot lose. It has been
said—"Show me what a ratan does
in his spare time and I'll tell you
what manner of man he is."
How Can 1?
By Anne Ashley
Q. How can I make a good
starch?
A. By putting three tablespoons
of wheat starch in %-pup cold
water; put this in one quart of
boiling water and cook for 10
minutes. Add a half -teaspoon of
lard to make the starch smooth,
and then strain through cheese-
cloth and use while hot.
Q. How can I treat a rug that
already has moths in it?
A. Try covering with a wet tow-
el, then applying a hot iron until
the towel is dry. This will kill
both the moths and the eggs. Then
sprinkle with salt every week be-
fore sweeping.
Q. How can I remove acid stains
front marble?
A. Try rubbing with ammonia.
But one should avoid allowing any
acids such as lemon to come in
contact with marble.
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TUN -TOWN TOPICS
By BARRY MURKAR
The old saying, "give a man
enough rope and he will hang him-
self," has been knocked into a hun-
dred pieces, 13y whom? By you, the
teeners of On-
tario. How? By
realizing that the
teen - age situa-
tion, as far as
our moral code
of living was
concerned, had
bit an all time
low. And also
realizing that if something wasn't
lone about it, the next generation,
which would be us, would have
things in very bad, shape.
There is no use denying the fact
that the juvenile crime wave has let
up tremendously during the past few
months. Those kids that used to
hang out evenings at the local drug
store are at home. Many of them
busy at their studies, many of them
just staying at home because they
realized in time that that was the
place for them to be . Several nights
of late the have visited the local
restaurants around 11 at night.
Where we used to find a group of
teeners drinicing cokes, necking in
public, smoking and malting a lot of
noise, we now find older people,
quietly having a cup of coffee, before
going home.
This column is being written in a
hotel room, many miles from the
home port. The time is 10.30 p,nt.,
and we have jest come in from a
tour of restaurants and local hang-
outs. We mentioned that this was a
town. Thnt is wrong. It's a city. We
saw no drunks, we saw no teeners
loitering around anywhere, and that
certainly was not the picture a few
months ago.
There are fewer juvenile crimes
reported in the papers, fewer cases
of car accidents involving teeners at
night. This trust be very encourag-
ing to police, to school teachers and
above all to parents.
The situation, as we see it, is
simply this: The war is over and we
are getting hack to a pre-war stand-
ard of living, even if prices are still
sky-high.
Now don't get us wrong. This
column is not being written just to
make you kids out there believe you
are a bunch of angels. Far from it.
There are still a good many stinkers
among you; many of you will never
be anything else. But for the most
party .juvenile -delinquency is on the
downhill slide, and let's all keep it
going in that direction,
Several weeks ago, we ran an item
in this space about the young Jewish
lad who was insulted and molested
in a city restaurant by a small group
of so-called young men. We heard
quite a bit about that particular item.
1t sectns, and we are not surprised,
that many do not carc too much for
the Jewish people. A minister friend
MOUTHS WATER when
the fragrance of Maxwell
House fills the air. This
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coffees is Radiant Roasted
to.. develop to the full all
its extra goodness.
THERE'S ONE THING FOR
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once told us that the reason the Jews
are persecuted is because they arc
jews. I believe this but, if we teen-
ers are going to make this country
a better place in which to live, we
will have to accept all our brothers
as one of us, regardless of creed or
color.
This feeling that we have for some
of the other nationalities that cross
our path is wrong. One of the main
reasons for this feeling of superior-
ity is not that we are right, or better
than they, but nothing more than
jealousy on our part. We cannot
deny that our foreign brothers work
hard to gain their ends. They con-
trol much of the money, many of the'
better jobs that normally would be
at our disposal — if they were not
here. Don't you think that it gripes
us just a little to know this? On the
other hand, you must admit that we
have only ourselves to blame. This is
a free country where all men are
equal, and if we want to get to the
top, then we will have to work a
little harder.
As you have noticed from the re-
ports appearing in this space, teen
clubs are starting up again. Most of
them are run under adult super-
vision. The kids are having a lot of
fun, They admit that, and I think
that teen clubs can do a lot to make
juvenile delinquency a thing of the
past in Canada and everywhere else
for that matter.
In conclusion, we say hats off to
you young people far the way you
have shown the country that, under-
neath it all, you are not as bad as
many of us would have you. appear
to be .
Modern Etiquette
By Roberta Lee
Q, When making a social call
and you find your hostess just
ready to leave her home, what
should you do?
A. Enter her home, if the host-
tess insists, but do not stay longer
than ten minutes.
Q. Is it considered improper to
add a postcript to a social letter?
A. There is nothing improper
about it, but it is far better to
include everything in the body of
the letter.
Q. Should a girl light a man's
cigarette for him?
A. If she has just lighted her
own and the match is still burn-
ing, it is all right. Otherwise, he
should always light hers.
Q. Is it the man's or the girl's
privilege to suggest how the even-
ing should be spent, when no pre-
vious arrangements 11 a v e been
made?
A. It is courteous for the man
to ask the girl where she would
like to go. But a girl' should be
considerate where expense is con-
cerned.
Q. May a bride wear a white
dress and a veil when being mar-
ried in a magistrate's office?
A. No. The traditional white is
reserved for church and home wed-
dings. She should wear her going -
away suit.
Q. What is the customary tip for
a checkroom attendant?
A. Ten cents is the usual tip.
The Arabian peninsula is half
as large as Europe and has a pop-
ulation of about 11,500,000.
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1Iuw? Well, recently a (treat
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The idea was tried out so success-
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With Variations
6 cups sifted flour
2 tablespoons baking powder
1 tablespoon salt
1 cup (% pound) shortening
Measure flour a cups at a time,
into sifter, add 1 tablespoon bak-
ing powder and 115 teaspoons salt
for each 3 op amount, and sift.
Repeat until full amount of dry
ingredients has been sifted. Cut
in shortening until finely divided
and mixture is litre coarse meal.
Makes about 7 cups. Place in
glass jars or bowl; cover lightly
and store in refrigerator. Beeps
well for 3 or 4 weeks.
For Biscuits add about ,'a cup
milk to 2 cups biscuit blend; stir
to form soft dough. Knead 30
seconds on floured board. Roll %-
inch thick; cut with floured 2 -
inch biscuit cutter. Bake in hot
oven (450 degrees F.) 12 to 15
minutes. Makes JO to 12 biscuits.
For Pancakes or Waffles mix 2
well -beaten eggs with 154 cups
milk, Add gradually to 2 cups bis-
cuit blend mixing only enough to
dampen flour. Balce in hot waffle
oven or on hot griddle.
For Muffins add 2 tablespoons
sugar to 2 cups biscuit blend. Mix
1 well -beaten egg with a/s cup
milk; add to biscuit blend. Mix
only enough to dampen flour. Fill
greased muffin pans 54 full. Bale
in hot oven (425 degrees F,) about
20 minutes.
For Coffee Cake mix !- cup milk
with 1 well -beaten egg. Cnmbinr.
2 cops biaeuit !!lend and 3 table-
spoons sugar. Add ligiiicl and mix
only enough to dampen flor-. '
Turn into greased 9 -inch layer pan,
Spread With mixture of 3 table-
spoons each softened butter, flour;
brown sugar, and ]coney, 155 tame -
spoons hot water, and 51 cull chop-
ped nut meate. Dake in hot oven
(400 degree F.) 25 minutes, or
until done.
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