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It's a Problem
To Keep Little
Ones Amused
Keeping the little, ones amused is
often a problem for busy mothers,
but with a little ingenuity interesting
play inaterlais can be provided at
small cost.
For instance there are "rainbow
spools" that are made by coloring
empty thread spools with tablets of
various colors used for dyeing
Easter eggs, or with other dyes for
home use, says a writer in the
Christian Science Ivlonitor, After
the spools are dry give them a coat
of clear varnish. If a few rounded
sticks are dyed and included in the
outfit, tiny children will find amuse-
ment in trying to push them into
the holes of the rainbow spools.
Little girls delight in sewing
cards. They can be made by out-
lining on cardboard animal or flower
designs and then stitching around
with an unthreaded sewing machine
needle. The stitch should be set
long. Odds and ends of bright color-
ed yarn and cord are used for out-
lining the design. A blunt darning
needle answers the purpose and is
safer Ilan a pointed one.
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A box of toothpicks, dyed In
various colors, has great possi-
bilities. All kinds of designs can be
laid with them on the floor or the
play table,
Another thing that never fails to
provide occupation for little girls is
the stringing of puffed wheat. These
puffed grains are easy to string and
make wonderful "necklaces,"
One mother has a box known
as the Post Office, Into this go all
the postcards. of special days as
well as scenic ones sent by vaca-
tioning friends. The children use it
for playing postman. Each child is
given a bundle of letters like a real
mail carrier. These he delivers to
imaginary people who live in,
imaginary houses. Often he delivers
then to members of the family or
other folks who may be in the house.
Care should be taken to put only
cards of an impersonal nature into
the children's "Post Office" box'.
Then there would be no embarrass-
ment if they should happen to dis-
tribute them to the neighborhood as
was the case in one instance when
the small son of the household found
old love letters and played postman
to an amused audience.
* * *
Paste hoard boxes have many
play possibilities. Shoe boxes can
be used for staking houses and
garages. The lid of the box is re-
proved and the sides are painted
with watercolors or papered with
scraps of k•ftover wall paper. .Cut
windows into the walls at the
proper places and turn the flaps
back for shutters. Of course there
must be a door or to. Gaily colored
pictures of rugs can be cut from old
magazines and pasted on she floor.
Simple card board furniture is made
from suit boxes. Cut-out paper dolls
which stand up preside over the
destinies of the play houses. When
children tire of their houses they
can put the lid roof on again and
store them for future use.
ff the children want to play that
the circus is coming to town they
can make cages front match boxes
or cereal boxes, cutting the sides
into bar fashion. Old magazines will
supply animal occupants. Card
board wheels can be cut and attach-
ed. Cereal boxes can also be made
into chariots.
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at the bingo game at the Winona Legion Carnival. Ronald Costen has just shaken cat the
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Threshing ... just one word of
nine letters and yet what action it
covers. Last week we were living'
with that word and all it implies
from Tuesday until Friday night.
Not that we were threshing all that
time -heaven forbid -anticipation
was enough, Each day as it dawn-
ed we expected the threshers; each
day as it closed the machine still
had not arrived. There' were two
big pans of hamburg patties ready
and waiting; apple sauce was made;
pies were baked and extra bread
laid in. And still no threshers.
Without a refrigerator a lot of good
food must have been spoilt. I-Iow-
ever, about one o'clock on Friday
they finally appeared and then
things really began to hum. We
were stook -threshing half our wheat,
the other half having been safely
stowed away in the barn, Our Wren
had already loaded two wagons be-
fore the machine arrived, others
were soon out in the field and the
men working like Trojans filling
them up. Partner was building
loads along with the rest -which
didn't make me feel too comfort-
able. Johnny was driving a neigh-
bour's team; another man was tying
bags and Bob was loading them on
to his truck as fast as they were
filled. And that, believe me, was
pretty fast. Of course there were
also pitchers out in the field. There
wasn't a hitch the whole afternoon,
The machine was never running
idle at any time, nor did it stop, al-
though there was a time or two
when it coughed pretty badly. By
six -thirty the job was done, and
there, on the trucks, was a nice lot
of wheat already to be slipped, the
returns from which will help us
over another winter and to a new
start in tate spring.
* * *
Then of course, carne sapper ...
fifteen hot, tired and hungry men,
whom we were very glad to feed
in return for the work they had
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done. I didn't know how I was
going to scat them all but that little
problem solved itself as the pitchers
came in ahead of the others so we
finished up by serving the supper
in relays. After Cicely and I had
had a bite to eat our big job of
washing dishes began. But as all
jobs do it finally carne to an enil
and nine -thirty saw the end of a-
yes, I'll finish it -"the end of a
perfect day". For what could be
more sperfect than to have a good
grade of wheat ready for sale -
wheat that had never been flattened"
in the field by storms, nor seriously
damaged by rain while standing in
the stooks. Yes, it was surely the
end of a perfect day. and we were
truly thankful for a good crop.
* * *
1Vs' still have two more thresh-
ings ahead of us -one for the rest
of the wheat, the other for our
spring crops, which I suppose will
be light, And here's hoping they
are both perfect days,
* * *
But threshing Inas not been the
only matter of interest this week,
Today Johnny, the young lad who
has worked for us and has made
this his home for over seven years,
departed for points unknown. He
and his brother, and another lad,
decided to try their luck hi the
harvest fields out 1Vest. We shall
miss Johnny but we, think it a
splendid thing for him to see a bit
more of Canada while he still has
the chance. And he will probably
see plenty as the three' boys are go-
ing by car -Johnny's car.
* * *
We got very cheerful letters from
our other wanderer -I mean Daugh-
ter. She likes Fort William and
the people in it and writes inter-
esting accounts of the places that
she has visited. She has even met
someone who comes from the place
where Daughter was born -Chaplin
on the Saaskatchewan prairie. Na-
turally we are wishing she would
get home while Cicely is here but
the only way she could do it in her
"Off" time would be to conic by
air, and that, I found upon inquiry,
would cost the small sum of $721 I
think that expression we so often
use -"free as the air" needs a little
revision, don't you? Or does it?
I suppose tlie air is still free; it is
travelling through' it that hurts
the pocket book.
* *
And that reminds ate-Cicely's
vacation is just about half over and
all too soon she will be taking to
the air again. We seethed to have
oodles of time at first but now we
have to figure things pretty closely
to get id all we want to. Cicely
expects to be quite an expert at
the milking before she goes hone
although site says that every time
she goes to the barn, Jane -her
long suffering cow -looks around
at her with a pained expression as
much to say - "What - you hcre
again!"
OINTMENT
ter"-13utns, Sores, Cuts,. Etc,
NEXT WEEK
Recipe File at
Your Finger Tips
In answer to popular requests
we are introducing a new cook-
ery column, called "The Loose
Leat". Useful recipes for all
occasions will be printed with
large index letters at the bottom,
Alt you need to make your own
file is a standard loop file, which
many of us have around our
homes. Cut the whole column
out and paste it on a heavy pap-
er, or. light. cardboard, mount.
punch two holes at the places
indicated at the top. These are
spaced to fit on the file.
Now, if the file is mounted on
the wall, in a handy place in
your kitchen, you will be able
to simply flip tip the recipe you
want and refer to it as you work,
No Excuse
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"Just because I'm inexperienced
you needn't think you can get
away with anything," angrily com-
plained the young bride to the gro-
cer. 'That flour you sold me yes-
terday is terribly tough."
The grocer, who thought he bad
already heard everything, threw up
his hands in amazement.
"Don't try to deny it," the bride
went on, "I made biscuits out of
that flour and my husband broke
two teeth trying to bite one."
FOR CROWDS
I Won! say young 1)iauta Smith of 1 t111 eu0,1155 Beach. 'fon
Collins, Legion member, promptly awards her the 1tig teddy
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There arc two good tithes for
transplanting evergreens. One is
during the next
heir weeks or so;
the other, the per-
iod in early spring
between the frost
leaving the ground
@7 r ►,fie'.. and the beginning
of a new growth.
Late summer planting should be
followed by regular and thorough
watering till the fall rants start. No
fertilizer is required at this time,
* * *
If you're considering planting a
new hedge, give a thought to the
hemlock -which is versatile enough
to suit almost any location, \l• pile
the native hemlock really rates as a
tree, it can he kept clipped to al-
most any size. Both the Canada
and Carolina hemlock are very
hardy, and attractive throughout the
year.
* * *
Hemlocks will do well in a wide
variety of soil conditions, and al-
though fastest growth will be in
moist, cool earth, you'll get good
results in anything but the barren -
est, driest kind of ground. Either
spring or fall planting should prove
successful; but your new hedge will
need plenty of water through the
first sunnier, until the roots be-
come well set. Fall -planted hem-
lock requires thorough soaking until
Little Lonna Patten, atar of the current Walt Disney produc-
tion "Melody Time' is shown with her chenille robe and spread
with her favorite Disney characters•
the ground freezes --and make sure
you gine hemlocks plenty of space
to spru.d.
* * *
Many amateur gardeners seem to
have quite wrung ideas about the
growing of biennials such as, to
mention only one, biennial Canter-
bury bells -one of the loveliest and
most rewarding of all blossoms.
Actually they are just as easy to
raise from seed as -any annual; but
don't forget that they must be. start-
ed the sunnier before the year you
expect them to bloom.
* * *
Although the seeds may be sown
outdoor, in a finely prepared seed
bed, you'll probably find them
using a mixture of one-third soil,
easier to start in a bulb pan or flat,
one-third sand, and one' -third sifted
leaf mold or peat moss.
This mixture should he thorough-
ly firmed, then the seeds sown, and
more of the mixture added so as
to make a cover about an eighth of
an inch in depth. This is pressed
down firmly, well watered, then
con red with a piece of glass and
newspaper. As soon as the sprouts
appear above ground, glass and
newspaper are removed.
* * *
When the seedlings are big
enough to handle, transplant theta
into a flat, leaving about two inches
space between. When two inches
or so tall, they are ready for moving
to rows in any available space, per-
haps a vacantt-corner of the vege-
table garden, from where they can
be shifted. in the spring, to your
perennial border. Or if you prefer,
the seedlings may be transferred
directly to the place where they
are to blossom.
* * *
Plenty of branches should develop
so rash plant should have about a
foot and a half of space. For
twiner protection inverted baskets
ora little hay around the plant, not
over the crown, should be sufficient.
But in well -drained gardens there
need be little fear of winter loss.
New York was the first city in
the United States to have tracked
vehicles -horse-drawn trolley cars.
New, - And All
Of Them Useful
Two Ear Invisible Hearing Aid.
This new device brings sound to
both ears and is said to have un-
proved the hearing of many who
were unaided ity other devices. By
fitting invisible receivers to both
ears, residual hearing in each Is
brought into use. Receivers- are
attached to a transmitter which
amplifies sound up to 240,000 tithes;
yet it is claimed, with but very little
distortion,
Smoker's Delight. Sntolcing while
driving is made easier by a device
which, by a stere press on a lever,
delivers a lighted cigarette into a
trough where it may be picked up
by the smoker, Contrivance holds
23 cigarettes and fits on either side
of steering wheel.
Easy Windshield Cleaner. This
windshield washer for Ford cars
and trucks features a new design
for immediate cleaning action. It
has floor plunger controls which,
with a slight press of the driver's
toe, immediately sprays two streams
of water or cleaning solution in
the path of the wiper blades. The
spray comes from a single jet in-
stellcrt in center of windshield and
a two quart jar under hood is easily
actu.sible for refilling. Can be in-
etallcd in half ani hour.
Pocket Humidor, TWO days sup-
ply .,f pipe tobacco for an average
sinker is kept fresh in a flask-
tyee humidor curved to fit in small
pockets. Spout with flip -up cover
mak:; pipe filling easier. Made of
plastic, with humidor unit built into
trip section. To service unit a frit
i; removed and dipped in water.
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transportation. Don't miss this
year's C.N,E,
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