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The Brussels Post, 1947-12-17, Page 6Ey HELEN PETRONE Janet opened the door to her Apartment, thinking as Elie did so that it had been only a week since Craig and she had shared this apartment they called their "ivory tower," named that be- cause of its odd shape, It had been storageroom ro nt until the hous- ing shortage became prevalent. Then Old Mrs. Root, feeling sym- pathetic toward the plight of Janet and Craig Norris, newly married and homeless, had cleared it out, partitioned it of into two small rooms and rented it to them. That was just 13 months ago, Janet remembered, dropping her gloves on the table and lighting 1 "She sat down at the window and looked out at the dark, starless sky." the lamp with the sante gesture. They had been married only three weeks, just long enough to realize' they were imposing on Craig's family who were cramped for quarters themselves. * * * Just a week ago they had the quarrel that had sent Craig from the apartment It had been a blow to his pride from the day of their wedding that Janet should con- tinue working. She enjoyed her position in the advertising firm where she had risen from a clerk to copy writer in just two years. Since she left the house after Craig in the morning and return- ed before him at night, she never felt het' working interfered in any way with her household duties. But friends had spoiled everything with their snide remarks about "poor Janet still working," and it was more than Craig could bear, "They think I cant support you l" he'd storm at her, but the more he pleaded the more adamant she had become. And now he was gone. * * The whole thing seemed so un- important now. She glanced at the telephone, half -inclined to call him home, but her own recalci- trant nature refused to allow such a move. She turned on the radio instead and pretended the tears that welled in her, eyes at the strains of "Silent Night" were merely tears of weariness after the preparation of the office party that morning. Deliberately she opened the dresser drawer to put away last night's ironing. Her souvenir box loomed temptingly before her. Lifting the cover, she stared at the items she had col- lected: Craig's class ring, ex- changed for a diamond after their graduation from college; a press- ed orchid, one of those she had carried at her wedding; various cards, Christina s, anniversary, birthday, valentine. She picked up a small gift card and read again, "To my dear wife, jaunt on our first Christmas." It was the card with the wateh he had given her last year. * * * Trembling, she closed the box and turned quickly from the dress- er, She had been a fool, she de- ckled. Without Craig, Christmas could never hold the same mean- ing for her as it once had. She didn't stop to lock the door for there was nothing of value any- one could steal from her. Even her $100 Christmas bonus lying on the table went unnoticed. The one thing she must not lose was happiness, and that was no longer in her home with Craig gone. She hurried into her coat as she started breathlessly down the 3/ flights of stairs. Tears coursed down her cheeks and she prayed with fanatic zest that she was not too late. As she reached the last flight of stairs, she crashed into a figure who was hurrying up, as oblivious of his surroundings as she. She gasped at the impact, but the man quickly regained his balance and caught her before she could fall, "Janet!" he cried. * * * She looked at him almost in dis- belief. Then, throwing 'her arms about him she gave vent to her tears. "Oh, Craig! Darling, I was just coming for you." He kissed h er and held her tightly. "Janet, I've been such a fool. I didn't realize until tonight what an awful thing pride can be. Will you ever forgive mer She sighed. "There's nothing to forgive, Craig. I was the one who was wrong. I'm going to quit my job right away." "No, you mustn't. I don't want to deprive you of any happiness and if you want to work, Pm net going to stop you." She laughed shakily. "We'll ar- gue that out later, shall we?" Arm in arm they climbed up the stairs. How A Briton Spends His Money Some interesting figures showing how Britons spend their money are given by Dr. R. F. Rattray of Cam- bridge, Out of every pound the British people spend on goods and services he says that five shillings is for food, two shillings five pence for alcoholic drinks, two pence for tobacco, one shining 10 pence for clothing one shilling 034 pence for rent and rates, 11 pence for fuel and light, 10 pence for travel, 63' pence for entertainment and 356 pence for reading matter. • He Wins A man and a woman were talking about letter writing. "Ah," said the man, "you women can never write a letter without a posteript." "Oh, yes, we can," she replied "I will write one to you and let you see." A few days later the man re- ceived a letter front her, and at the end was written: "P.S.—What did I tell you?" 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You'll in- clude all the family favorites, of course, and here are some new ideas for trimmings for your Christmas dinner. * * * Rice Stuffing cup diced celery 34 cup chopped onion 'A cup fat 1 cup cookeed rice 2 tablespoons minced parsley 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning 1 teaspoon salt cup water 3 cups oven -popped rice cereal Brown celery and onion in fat; stir in rice, parsley, seasonings and water. Crush cereal into coarse crumbs; combine with rice mix- ture. Yield: 234 cups stuffing. Cranberry Christmas Mold 1 cup corn syrup 1 cup sugar 2 cups water 4* Ii 1 2 -inch stir!. cinnamon 1 teaspoon ohrdc cloves 4 cups fresh erarberrics 22 lbs.) 2 envelopes plain unflavnred gelatin ra cup cold water 13011 syrup, sugar, Water and spices together for 5 'Mimics. Re- move spires. Add cranberries, cooly without stirring until cranberry skins pop open. Add gelatin, first softened in cold water; stir to dis- solve. Cool. Pour into HO quart star-shaped mold; chill in refriger- ator until firm. Unsold, garnish with holly sprigs, if desired. Honey Fig Pudding r4 cup shortening Si cup honey 1 egg V.: cup milk is cup bran 1 cop sifted flour 'A teaspoon soda 'Az teaspoon salt 1 cup finely cut dried figs Blend shortening and honey. Add egg and beat well. Stir hi milk and bran. Sift flour, soda and salt to- gether and add to first mixture with figs. Mix thoroughly, 1ri11 greased 1 -quart mold = r full, cover tightly and "steam for 2 hours. Scree with hard sauce or other pudding sauce. Makes 6 servings. Note: If figs are very dry, cover with boiling water and let steam 10 minutes; (Iran) thoroughly be- fore cutting into pieces. CANADA DESTINED FO t',; LARGER WORLD ROLE --CEO " OE SPINNEY BANK OF MONTREAL PRESIDENT URGES VOLUNTARY CURB ON PRICE -RISES B of M Depositors Reach Record 1,600,000, Reports B. C. Gardner, General Manager Ivlontreal, Dec. 1.—"Destiny has inexorably cast this country in a larger role," stated George W. Spinney, in his presidential speech today to the 130th annual Fleeting of .the Bank of Montreal. Tempering his confidence in Canada's future with immediate considerations, Mr. Spinney made two urgent pleas in his address. One was directed to management and labor for "self-imposed restraint from charging what the traffic will bear," as an aid in curbing high prices, and the other was in favor of a "vigorous, imaginative and highly selective" Mimi- gration policy. Speaking at the same meeting, B. C. Gardner, general manager, reported a year of greater activity in all phases of bank operation, with depositors in Canadian branches topping the 1,600,000 -mark, their funds in the B. of M. amounting to an all-time high o $1,783,000,000. Commercial loans in Canada amounted to $382,000,000, showing a marked increase over last year's figure of $277,000,000 Self -Restraint Needed "The year has seen production and employment at high levels," Mr. Spinney declared. "Anything more unlike the widely feared post- war period of deflation and unem- ployment could hardly be imagined. 'Indeed, many of our immediate and pressing problems are of an entirely different nature, arising as they have out of instabilities char- acteristic of a boom." Urging management and labor to help check swiftly -rising prices both in the individual and the community self-interest, Mr. Spinney said that at a time like the present, self- imposed resraint from charging what the traffic will bear, either for goods or the skill required to pro- duce them, is as necessary, as prac- tical and as prudent as fire insur- ance on a highly inflammable struc- ture." No group, representative of labor or industry, could afford to ignore this safeguard, he added. Urges More Immigration "If ever there was artitne when Canada should press forward with an immigration program, that time is now," the president maintained. "An influx of new skills will be of immeasurable aid in bringing In his closing remarks, lir, about the further development of Gardner paid warm tribute to thr our industrial capacity, and thus staff. Noting that numerous re - helping to overcome some of the turned veterans on the staff already instabilities that are the inevitable occupied important posts, he added consequence of our present relative- that many new entrants engaged ly small hone market and our over- since the was were also veterans, dependence on external trade." Mn, Gardner paid special tribute Referring to the slowness of re- to the women employees who com- covery abroad, particularly in Bri- prise some 56 per cent of the total taint Mn, Spinney observed, "It is staff. difficult for us in this comfortable "The organization and arrange. country to realize the weariness and nients, relating to the development, the frustration that are the legacies the progress and the welfare of our of ever deepening austerity. It is staff are under continuous and care - necessary, I think, to remind our- fol study," Mr. Gardner said, "1 selves that economic isolation is no know of 06 feature of our business more possible than its political that has required more care and counterpart. All of us on this conti- consideration over the past year." r.., ry nent may well pray at tins juncture for deliverance both front blindness of vision and from blindness of heart." Another factor retarding recovery was the practical consequences of popular fallacies, the speaker main- tained, particularly "the doctrine that, by some tragical formulae of monetary manipulation and state control. a community may indefin- itely consume more than it is able or willing to produce." General Manager's Address In his address to the meeting, B. 'C. Gardner, general manager, re- marked on the 11, cf .M.'s expanding post-war activities. He referred to the opening of 28 branches and sub - agencies, the increasing of staff to about 8,900 men and women, as compared with 8,400 last year and the adoption of improved operating techniques in handling routine transactions. Enlarging on the B, of \l.'s part in the unprecedented c.cpaesion of Canadian peacetime trade abroad, Mr, Gardner said, "We have found by experience that in utilizing the services of banks which have been long established in their respective countries, we are able to provide our customers with unexcelled fa- cilities for conducting their import and export trade. Up-to-date in- formation and reports on condi- tions and regulations abroad are fully at the disposal of our ettstoni- crs and are being increasingly availed of to facilitate their foreign operations." CHRONICLES OF GINGER FARM By Gwendollne P Clarke Subconsciously, T suppose, we all rrdize that every home is a com- plete unit, and every member of the family apart of that unit; what affects 0135 affects the whole, and 21 . whole is as important to one as the other. We realise this more clearly. when someone in the family is called away t nespectedly; becomes ill or has to attend to business away from home. Then there has to be a readjustment within the unit, other members of the family tak- ing over duties which the ill or absent one has been in the habit of doing. 1f one knows beforehand that such a change will tape place preparations can be made to take care 'of it, but if it comes as a bolt from the blue then the degree of disorganization depends upon the ability of those concerned to rise to the occasion. * * * All of which leads up to the fact that Partner is still on the. side list and we have had a little experience along the lines 1 have mentioned. Normally Partner and the boys do the barn chores between them — the boys. the heavy work and Partner the feeding. in the winter Partner also figures on looking alter the poultry unassisted. And that, in case you don't know, is no small job! RVhen the boys are busy with a trucking job Partner will often say — "Never mind the night chores — I can manage. You go ahead with your trucking." But last weelc he took to his bed — only not that quick. For a day or two he insisted on going to the barn — thinking like the rest of us do, that the heavens would fall if we don't throw in our two cents' worth to keep 'em up. In the end he had to give in and the feeding of the cows and poultry depended then upon the tender mercies of the boys. One day the young cattle did quite a bit of jumping around much to Bob's bewilderment — until he realized he was still wear- ing his driving cap — a Ichaki colour service cap which the heifers felt bad no business in their do- main, * * * The poultry was another worry. Bob looked after them before break- fast but he didn't realize stow much attention they required during the clay, so I was always shouting front the backdoor — "Pick up the eggs before you come in." One night the boys forgot to take a last look in the henhouse before supper — and I forgot to remind them — so there were six eggs frozen and cracked. If Partner had been on the job that wouldn't have happened. * * As for me I have been busy in the house — busy with my usual work, plus caring for Partner. But as soon as he was able Partner was anxious to do things to help Ole. So yesterday I said — "All right, I'm going to make some pies — you can peel the apples," It wasn't long before I saw Partner sort of straightening his back, even though he was sitting. Presently he said — "Good -night, how many pies are you making — haven't I peeled enough apples yet?" I laughed as I answered — "Now maybe you'll understand why I think there is quite a bit of work to making apple pies. And you will notice they take far less time to eat than they do to make." * * * Came that night and I was busy darning socks — fine socks and oversocics. Partner watched for awhile then he said — "I used to darn my own socks in the army, let me have a shot at those heavy ones." So I handed hint a pair of soelcs and he got along very nicely. His only comment was — "I don't know how you tell when to stop darning — after you get through with the holes it seems there are thin places all over the sock!" So with each doing a little of the other's work we learn something of each other's problems. That is the way it should be, but. being human I know that is tilt way it won't be — not around here any- way! Partner will be out again next week and I expect he will take over the feeding once again; the boys continue their trucking, and the heavy chores and I shall be left to battle alone with my Pies and socks. LIFE'S LIKE THAT "I'd like to put two dollars on the winner!" Unveiling the Secrets of the Mind—This queer -looking con- traption is not a new kind of torture, It's one of Science's latest ways of finding out what goes on in the depths of a troubled brain—and is a scene from the Natianal Film Board's gripping picture WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND? What's on your mind? What are you and your next door neigh. hour worried about? Perhaps you as a person may have escaped the gnawing of fear, insecurity and worry—but many people have these symptoms in some degree. If you don't believe it, there is plenty of evidence around you. Look, for instance, at the colossal box-of- fice receipts from films on psy- chology and psychiatry and at the land office business done by astrologers and tea cup readers. But this is not just "one big racket" All these things are indi- cations of insecurity on the part of the public at large, as any goal - fled psychiatrist will tell you. Hence, in an effort to clear the air on these matters for Canadians, the National Film hoard last year produced a film, ''What's on Your Mind?' In this film, which is now going the rounds of the rural film circuits in the counties of Ontario, you will see people—fearful, in- secure and worried people (al- though few of them show this vis- ibly)—attempting to deal with their problems without direction. WHEN VISITING TORONTO MAKE YO1,'R HOME AT TI -I11 WARWICK HOTEL Flory room with bath, shower nod radio. Rates from $11.00 single. CEN'T'RAL Permanent sueata invited. 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