The Brussels Post, 1948-12-15, Page 341,
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We told n,.,,. ..cu., L,•1 .tlooday.
When the but er came in and offered
us a price. ,i e accepted, prnvirjing
he took them ail—either that or
none, at all. He agreed. There were
about forty. Then be started catch-
ing them. Presently he threw one
down—"That's a cull," he explain -
.:d. "Just a minute," said Partner,
"you said you would take them all
at the price we agreed on." The
,tan started to hedge but Partner
stood his ground. That kind of
thing has happened before, A buy-
er comes in, takes his pick of the
flock, and then tries to leave us
with the poorer birds. This time
It didn't work. Partner did not try
to force a sale. in fact he repeatedly
told the man to put back what he
had caught and we would sell to
someone else. But no, he wouldn't
do that. Finally he took them all
--and after that he got away in a
hurry. I'm telling you Partner was
really mad, And yet all the birds
weren't sold after all. One got
away and we haven't been able to
catch her since! Now our, Light
Sussex pullets are in the hen -house.
It is going to be interesting to see
which pullets put on the best show
m another pen we have hybrids
---a cross between Barred Rocks and
White Leghorns Both breed are
rteW 10 11h.
Friday just about everything hap-
pened—and it was Partner's birth-
day. He didn't remember it, and
Bob and 1 did not remind him until
we had been dowh town and got
some birthday pipes and cigars.
Then I also produced a card from
daughter which had arrived i11 the
snail that morning. When Partner
same in from the barn I was sing-
ing—"Happy
inging—"Happy Birthday to Youl"
.And what answer clo you suppose I
Surprise : :surprise I -••- \\ hen
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond \Veit-
gel,- newlyweds, return from
-their honeymoon they're apt to
get a shock when they see the
stork friends erected vn top of
their new home.
got: Just the "gall the 'a et :will
you—Queen ie sick I" Oh ... ohl
However, it wasn't as bad as 0
might have been The "Vet", fortun-
ately, was at home and after he bad
given the mare a hypo she was soon
all right again,
•
After stepper came another shock
. a telephone call . "Fort Wil-
liam calling Mr. Clarke." My heart
just about skipped a beat. You
know how you can imagine all
kinds of things in the space cd a
few minutes. But the call wasn't
about Daughter — it was FROM
her—just a call to wish her Dad
many happy returns of the day.
That was her birthday present—
and she couldn't have hit on a bet-
ter one. It was just wonderful to
hear her voice, and from her happy
laughter we knew she was all right.
Daughter could have sent a wire,
and it would have brought her mes-
sage, but there was a lot more satis-
faction in hearing her voice, It was
also doubly welcome since there ie
no possible chance of her being
home for Christmas.
Well, after Partner's telephone
call he went down to the barn again,
just to make sure everything was all
right. FIe always does that some
time during the evening anyway as
he says if there is anything wrong
with the animals that it is the most
likely time for it to show. He
thinks to leave them from one chore
time to chore time next morning
without looking at them at all is too
long altogether. Coming back he
sang out as. he opened the kitchen
door—"What's the use of a birth-
day if you can't have things go
right?" Here's what happened. He
took a warmigh drink of water to
Queen—and she wouldn't touch it.
He gave the brill a pail of water in
his manger—and he promptly up-
set it. He thought one cow was
looking as if she wanted a drink so
he put a pail of water in her manger.
She snuffled around it with her
nose until it, too, was upset. It all
had to be cleaned up. Then Partner
took a look :.t the heifers he has
running loose in the .barnyard—and
they weren't there! Somehow or
other they had nosed open the back
door of the barnyard and were run-
ning around in the muddiest part
of the outside yard.' And it was
muddy after the heavy rain we had
had. So Partner was quite ready
to say with Gracie Fields—"What's
the use of a Birthday?"
Speaking of Christmas . , we
havn't any plans at all—although it
is open house here for any of our
friends who care to come. But I am
thinking, I had better start spring
housecleaning in the middle of
winter! Partner's sister in England
says she hopes to visit us thin sum-
mer—and there is just a chance two
cousins may also be coming.
Secret oaf Health
Grandpa Cartmell was celebrating
his 100th birthday and everybody
complimented him on how athletic
and well preserved he appeared. "I
will tell you the secret of my suc-
cess," he cackled. "My wife and I
were married 75 years ago. On our
wedding night we made a solemn
pledge that ewhenever we had a
fight, the one who was proved
wrong would go out and take a
walk. Gentlemen, I have been in
the open air practically continuously
for 75 years."
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Paris, France, as a contest for the title of "Miss Automobile" gate under tral. in .ate sinalgrly
cares, the car is a Sjmca (.CV.
When the King
Heard and Acted
Are kings worth what they cost?
Pastry -cook Alfred Bell, 48, thinks
so. Recently Alfreg stook looping
through the grubby window of an
empty little shop in the main road
of Bedhampton, a Hampshire vil-
lage. He smiled broadly as he pic-
tured the cookies and cakes and
,,pies he would bake to 011 it. "It's
all fhe King's doing", he cried.
"God bless the King!"
After the First World War, in
which he served as an RAF observ-
er, Alfred had opened up his oten
pastry shop in London's Ealing.
In World War II, Alfred joined the
RAF again. His house at Croydon
was bombed one night while Alfred
was at home on leave. Alfred, his
wife and their six children survived,
although Alfred was left with a
crippled leg, his wife with a weak
heart.
After the war the Ministry of
Labour rated Alfred as "unem-
ployable." Four times he had am
plied for a permit to open a pastry
shop in Bedhampton, to which he
had moved. Four times he had been
refused.
Last April, Alfred sat down in his
red -curtained sitting room and
wrote a letter to the King at Buck-
ingham Palace, telling His Majesty
the whole story.
A few days later, King George
VI -was sitting at his Georgian wal-
nut desk in the lofty blue and white
study of the palace, reading the
morning's mail. Among the let-
ters with embossed headings he
saw Alfred's cheap writing paper
and careful penmanship. He reach-
ed for it, read it twice, then handed
it to his secretary with instructions.
It took four months of bureau-
cratic gear -grinding for the King's
instructions to bear fruit. Last
week, an official buff coloured en-
velope flopped on to Alfred's door-
mat. inside was a letter signed by
Food Minister Strachey's private
secretary: "Your letter ... was re-
ferred by the King to the Minister
of Food who, by His Majesty's
command, has given it careful con-
sideration and has decided that
an exception to the general
rule . , . may be made in your case."
Said Alfred: "When my wife and I
realized what 'the King had done,
we burst into tears."
The Bookshelf .
Corporation Finance
By C. A- Ashley
The Professor of Commerce at
the University of Toronto has writ-
ten a book which, while it may not
have any great appeal to the gen-
eral reading public, will undoubtedly
become a "must" for alt forward-
looking business executives. It will
be all the more welcome because
there is very little Canadian mater-
ial of recent date 'rosily available
on the subject.
In this book Professor Ashley
deals with the forms of business
organization, the formation and
control of companies; the capital
market and the stock market;
shares, bonds, borrowing, financial
structure, combination and mon-
opoly and a host of other matters
and all itt a manner both clear and
concise. Ide is a recognized author-
ity on such'subjects and was elected
a Fellow of the Institute of Mart-
ered Accountants i11 1047.
Corporation Finance .. By C, A,
Ashley , . The Macmillan C6. of
Canada . , Price (2.80.
darng As M Home
An English guide was showing
Kenilworth Castle to some eoldlers
from Ontario. Tot hundreds of
years," he proclaimed, "not a slogle
thing repaired," "Say." observed
ane of the soldiers, "we n,urt hate
the same landlords."
Facts, Not Alibis,
Wanted on Hydro
I he present power breakdown is
the greatest industrial ralatnity that
has ever nit Ontario.
Over wide areas of the most high-
ly developed part of Canada, factor-
ies are shut down for hours daily,
business is disrupted, workers' in-
come is rut, housewives are seri-
ously inconvenienced and property
is endangered. Production is being
lost and employment is being sac-
rificed. And as yet there has been no
adequate or convincing explanation
of this colossal failure from the
authorities who have been respons-
ible, says The Financial Post.
Now this issue has been pitched
into party politics which will furth-
er confuse the issue, and further
postpone its correction. .
CCF'ers are making the Hydro
affair a major weapon in their fight
against George Drew.
This is a precarious limb for them
to go out on.
It was under public ownership.
which means political direction of
Hydro, that Ontario was dragged
into its present mess, and one that
threatens to he with us for years.
Aftermath of the Pennsylvania,
"Smog" Disaster—Patsy Fresa
says goodbye to Itis slaughter,
Carol Lee, in Donors, Pa., be-
fore leaving with 40 other
"smog" victims to recuperate
at Wrightsville Beach,
Net, tile, t.:ll' is tits party that
.cants more public ownership. more
political interference with produc-
tive process•.
So, in effect the CCF is saying:
We'll give you more of the same
thing that has ended in the present
IIydro schemozzle.
The CCF. furthermore, is the
party which so vociferously predict-
ed that depression would set in right
after the war. On that reasoning,
the CCF would have had Hydro in
a worse mess.
Right now. there in a great scurry-
ing around to find a scapegoat.
Municipal, provincial and federal
politicians are leaping into tete mael-
strom, each blaming somebody else.
Daily newspapers are thundering
at each other, each from its own
p..: tisan perch. All this is significant
proof that Hydro is up to its neck
in politics.
And that's the real cause of to-
day's trouble. No further hunt for
alibis and scapegoats need be made.
The culprit is public ownership,
which means, inevitably and irre-
vocably, political control of Hydro.
In the private or stockholder bus-
iness the management has the auth-
ority and the responsibility of doing
all that is necessary to assure the
present and future welfare of the
enterprise. If it mismanages of
miscalculates its reserves, it collaps-
es or goes broke. The same happens
when it fails to give 'its customers
the service they want.
But enterprises run by politicians
inevitably get into trouble because
the interests and problems of the
politicians are different to those of
the businessman.
In the Hydro mess, Canada has a
demonstration of what the Socialists
offer on a scale multiplied many
times.
Much Work, Small Pay
From the archives of the Director
of Education in Manila (quite some
time ago, we assure you) someone
has abstracted, or copied, this heart -
rendering letter of resignation pen-
ned by a harassed native teacher:
"Dear Sir, 1 have the honour to
resignate as my works are many
and my salary are few. Besides
which my supervising teacher
makes many loving to me to which
I only reply, 'Oh, not, 05, not!"
"Very respectfully
"JOSEFI NA."
The art of giving ceramic tile a
lustre finish was a jealously guarded
secret in ancient 1(esopntantfa.
Eiealisa,Soot ling and Antiseptic. Dr. Chase's
Ointment brings quick relief. Regular She
69c, Economy Sire, 6 times as much 92,25,
A healer for over 50 years. ,
Graham -Cracker Crust
+U randy C'rashest Graban,
Cracker*
I 'I'e:a'poret !'hoer
Cup Sugar
!/s Teatpor,n Salt
' 'I`easio ou Nutmeg
la Teaspoon Cirmantm
4 Tablespoons Melted
i4Itorteniag
!:ambits; ingredients and mix well.
Press into an R -inch pie plate Chill
thoroughly.
Any favorite pie filling will do
nicely with that quickly -prepared
,rust. If you have a refrigerator,
I ran strongly recommend this one,
especially timely sow that p'tmp-
kin, are 5o plentiful.
Pumpkin Ice -Cream Pie
�•1
Cup Sugar
I Teaspoon Vanilla
". C:up- _ Light Cream
i Cup Pumpkin
4 Cooked and Masher!
Cup Brown Sugar
Teaspoon Cinnamon
'x Teaspoon Nutmeg
a Teaspoon Salt
(raham-Crack. r- 0 :
Add sugar and vanilla to light
cream. Stir to blend well. Mix
pumpkin, brown sugar, cinnamon,
nutmeg and salt, and add to cream
mixture. !'our into refrigerator
tray and freeze until firm. Remove
to howl and beat with rotary beater
until free from lumps but still a
hard mush. Return to refrigerator
tray and finish freezing. Fill gra-
ham-craekrr crust with ice cream
and sprinkle top with gra ham-
craeker crumbs.
Theft', on, tieing I had better
warn you about regarding this
Banana Cake. It doesn't last long.
a don't mean "keep" but "last").
That's because. whenever it's served,
second and third helpings are the
order of the day.
Banana Cake
;a Cup Shortening
1 Cup Sugar
1 Egg
114 Cups i Approximately h
Mashed Bananas
Ha Cup Sifted Cake Flour
2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
las Teaspoon Salt
2 Tablespoons Milk
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
Cream shortening and sugar to-
gether until light and fluffy. Add
egg and mix well, Stir in bananas.
Sift together the dry ingredients and
add with milk and vanilla. Blend
thoroughly. Pour into two greased
8 -inch layer tins and bake in a
mudrrate netus 4s6U dtgrtes 17.1 46
minutes. Frost with hannna'frosting
And in ronclubion, lure`s the moss
easily resade frosting I've ever rut
across—not only for banana cake
but for almost any other !dud. 1'rs
sure you'll get a surprise as how
much powdered sugar the mashes
bananas will take up, and, by tht
way, you can leave the butter ow
if you choose, although the texture
may not be quite So creamy. Fully
ripe bananas are best.
Banana Frosting
Tablespoon Butter
1~i Cup (Approximately 2)
Mashed Bananas
4 Cups Sifted Cnnfestioners'
Sugar
Cream butter, Add bananas ani
sugar. Mix until creamy and attfooth
Add more sugar if necessary few
proper stiffness. Fills and frost:
two 0 -inch layers.
Wh your
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"Do you love me more than anything else
in the whole wide world?"
"Why sure, Darling! Except, of
course, there's honey -golden ... "
"Honey Golden, eh? I knew it —
a blonde! I'ni going home to
mother!"
"Iiey, wait a minute! I meats
honey -golden, • malty -rich, oh -so -
wonderful Post's Grape -Nuts
Flakes!"
"Oh, that's different!"
"Sure they're different! That
famous Grape -Nuts flavor is dif-
ferent from any other cereal flavor
in the world."
"1 know, T know—because they -'rt
made from two grains instead 01
one."
"Sure — and loaded with carbo•
hydrates and minerals and other
food essentials."
a "You win. Go ahead and have
another bowlful—and I think I'll
join you!"
PENNY
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WHY FATHER, `T
WAS DEFINITELY
GREEBY-----
By Harry Haentgsen
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