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\1au11ta tried to rest her head
against the calf plush setback. my
land, how did it body gct,any sleep
on these trains. 'Mamma glanced at
the girl ,flaring her .sett. She was
etylinh looking, Papa had found this
seat when lie put mamma on the
train. She's young. Shell take
care of you, he'd whispered.
Mamma needed someone to look
after her , , , this was her first train
trip it! years, and she wouldn't be
going now if [tank hadn't wired
that Ir.ne had to go to the hospital,
.'\ml who would lake rare or her
granrlehildren .. '
,
Site waited for the girl to turn her
way. Maybe she was bashful. She
,Hadn't said a word and they'd been
riding an hour. Mamma leaned
back with it sigh. She was tucikered
out and her throat felt funny.
Goodness, was she going to have a
fainting spell? A drink of water ...
where teas it? Site caught'the girl's
eye, "1)o you know where the
drinking water is?" natuna asked.
"At the end of the ear. Pring me
one, too, will you?"
Mamma pulled the gold watch
from her help Eight o'clock. The
me ,chew she and papa always had
a snack. \lanuna brushed at her
eyes. Silly to miss the old coot so.
.\I;unina took the shot box from
her knitting bag. She could feel
the girl watching. "Want a sand-
wich?" mamma smiled, "these are
chicken and these home-made liver
sausage," The girl retched for the
chieken sandwiches, both of then.
Mamma was tired. She twisted
sideways and tried the back of the
seat again, She tried putting up
her arm and leaning her head on it,
but the arthritis in her fingers start-
ed aching. The girt looked so com-
fortable anti mamma sat back and
watched her. Pretty little thing.
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ltanuua remembered when I -lank
was a baby. Big oversized young-
ster, never would let her cuddle hint.
She'd always longed for a girl. But
the sceond baby, the one that didn't
live was a boy too, And so were
the grandchildren.
People were milling about the
car and every time the door opened
a craft swept over manna. She
looked longingly at the girl, nestled
in comfort. As if feeling mamma's
eyes on her, the girl turned and
stretched.
Comfortable?" manna asked.
The girl yawned. "No, it's too hard."
Mantua looked longingly at the
window sill. "You have to share.
Now if we could sort of rest of
each other .. ,"
no sullen mouth curved into a
senile. "All right," the girl said.
She lunched up her knees and rest-
ed her head against mamma.
"fly lands," manna gasped. But
the girl was breathing steadily al-
ready.
Mantua looked down at her. She
Ste looked like a girl to take
Bare of Mamma. Papa thought,
never saw a girl with hair so yellow
and eyes so dark, The lines around
the red nloutlt were soft now, the
lips full. Monona looked about
cautiously, and then slipped a timid
arm around the girl. Site felt cud-
dly as a baby.
Mamma wakened at daylight.
'Olt my goodness, I'm almost
there," She patted her hair and
smiled at the girl.
i l,u:k scooped mamma from tttc
train. "t.ice,ina .. " he kissed her,
"thebaby''s stere and ircne's okay."
Mamma's eyes were watching,
They hustled mamma into the car.
"Was it a rotten trip ma?"
Manana nodded. "The trait' was
crowded and cold, But I sat Wilk
the nicest sit!, If it wasn't for her
1 couldn't of stood the trip, She
did ... so much for me,"
She squeezed .hank's arm and It
was hard and strong, "Another boy,
I suppose," she cigiled,
Hank shook his head. "Girl this
time," And mamma remembered
golden hair, a soft cuddly body .. .
:D.P,'s FIND PEACE,
REFUGE IN
CANADA
11 i'' 50,1101) 1)I''s have fount(
a new lease on life in 'Canada,
which has aclntillcdmore dis-
placed persons than all other
non-European nations p111 to -
ether. 1a11)' thousands more
near DP's" --- persons front
war -wears' localities — hare
swelled Canada's postwar im-
migration. At left is Herman
Boersma, Dutch farmer now in
(Ontario, getting his first experi-
ence with harvesting corn. At
right is Jerry \\lladyslow Meier,
a Polish -trained metallurgist,
now working in Canada's Bur-
eau of Mines, Below, left, a
Norwegian girl learns- English
—tire blackboard has writing in
Go`rntan, Slavic, Polish, Dutch
and Estonian. Below, right,
are three Netherlands' intmi-
grants, Arnoidus, Henrietta and
Wilhelmus van 'Morsel, now
on an Ottawa fat•.m to stay.
!ETESN YOUR
Music Quiz
There are 111a11y songs which ask
a question, then answer it as well.
Below are some such question—you
try to supply the answers. To start
you off right, the answer to No, 1 is
"No, It's Love in Bloom,"
Go on from there. Then check
with the correct answers printed
upside-down, to prevent peeking,
elsewhere on this page.
Questions
1, Can it be the breeze that fills
the trees with rare and magic
perfume?
1, Shall we gather at the river?
3, Ding dong bell, pussy's in the
well; who put her in?
4, Who's tIsat knocking at my
door?
3. A tisket, a tasket, a green and
yellow basket , .. Was It red?
6. What, never?
7. What are the bugles blowing
for? said riles -on -Parade,
8. Oh where, and oh where, is my
highland laddie gone?
9, Where do we go from here,
boys?
10. I joined the Navy to sec the
world, and what did I see?
11. Mother, may I go out to swim?
12. Tell 1ne, pretty maiden, are
there any more at hone like
you?
13. Who stole my heart away?
14. How is dear Ireland, and how
does she stand?
15, Do I. worry?
16. Ant 1 blue?
17, What is that that the breeze,
it fitfully blows, half conceals,
half discloses?
18, Did you ever hear Pete go
tweet -tweet on his piccolo?
IP, Who s Sylvia? What is she?
20, Who's that walking down the
street?
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BY 'IoM GREGORY
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MOTORISTS WHO HAVE BEEN
STRANDED ON DESOLATE HIGH-
WAYS WITH BOILINO RADIATOR$
WILL KNOW THE VALUE OF AN
EMERGENCY WATER
PAIL THAT CAN BE
CARRIED 1N THE
TOOL F(IT. IT CAN
D.E. MADE BY CUT-
TING HANDLES ON
A SECTION OF OLD
INNER TUBE AS
SHOWN,
SPRING
STEEL
.A PIECE OF THIN SPRING STEEL,
SHAPED AS ILLUSTRATED, MAKES A
GOOD HANDLE TO LIFT TIN CANS
USED AS CONTAINERS FOR HEATING
LIQUIDS,
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Animal Stuff
When a Buckiin, Pan., farmer,
investigated a decline in his cow's
milk production, he discovered that
t pig had been beating hint to the,
draw,
1' •0, a
In New Zealand, working oats
which keep commercial warehouses
free of rats and mice get ration tic.'
kets for six -penny worth of meat a
week at the butcher's,
A I-Iarvard survey finds that mar-
ried leen have more Muscles than
bachelors. Probably because baclt-
stors are seldom called upon to un-
screw canning jar tops and beat,
rugs.
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Each year a keoper at the Whip.
snade Zoo in England clips the
wings of the pelican in order to
keep it grounded, But last time
,ke was late. Just as he approached
with his shears, the pelican took off
and at last report, las not returned,
*
Riled by Oita presence of too many
pigeons, Bottle Bostonians recently
fed the birds whisky -soaked grake.
That's one way to destroy the Isom-
lug htatinct.
Otte chiropodist predicts Me
eventual disappearance of the Ie,u-
111515 leg, And witit it, iollywggqd
'stay then have to rely on aetIng•ahli-
Ity.
One t:. 1,, claims he predicts stoats
market u,1,1s by tate Inovement of
the moon. 'flail's more than fitting,
dies priers these days are astt'ot•
attt1 at tt+ayway.
Careful
Mark Twain, in his reporting
days, was instructed by an editor
never, to state anything as a fact
that he could not verify from per-
sonal knowledge. Sent out to cov-
er an important social event goon
afterward, he turned in the follow-
ing story: "A woman giving the
name of Mrs. James Jones, who is
reported to be one of the society
leaders of the city, is said to have
given what purported to be a party
yesterday to a number of alleged
ladies, The hostess claims to be
the wife of a reputed attorney."
Poor Memory
A much -married Hollywood actor
was confronted by a gay damsel,
"Dont you remember me?" she
greeted hint. "Ten years ago you
asked me to starry youl"
".Really?" yawned the actor, "And
did you?"
REC
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CROWD OOIN
wk"
IN FRONT OF
FtB OE
NEW acid
USEFUL TOO -
BLOUSE "ANCHOR." This
simple device keeps blouse in place
and skirt seams straight. By fast-
ening side of blouse and side seams
of skirt directly in line it prevents
slide or twist of skirt and keeps
bloise tucked snug. Elastic tapes
fastened to wedged -shaped metal
clip absor strain to keen blouse
front tearing.
SiMP.LIFIED WAS[.IiNG MA-
CHINE. Por homes, apartments,
self-service laundries, etc. This is
a rectangular jou-coating. 16 -gal.
portable unit which automatically
washes, rinses and damp dries up
to 8 pounds Idry) clothes, then
cleans itself and shuts off. Activat-
ing trashing action cleans clothes
b. soaking, flexing and "rubbing,"
dr to ironing : rages by spinning
11+.1 revolutions a Minute. Water
connection by rubber hose.
TRUCK SIGNAL. Fite !Mildred
foot visibility. clay or night, in nor-
mal weaflter is claimed for t'acuunt-
operated truck and trailer signal
with automatically illuminated plas-
tic arm. the arm consist of two
tapered panels of transparent
amber, set into either side of a
swordlike section of opaque white.
Panels light up along their whole
length, or atm • positions and are
controlled from steering column.
Pilot light on fingertip control indi-
cates to driver when arin is in sig•
nailing position, reminding him to
turn it to neutral.
GLASS MAILBOX. This glass
mailbox is hung on a hinge, with
spring tension which holds maga-
zines and papers against the walL
NO -TWIST HACKSAW. To
beat the old problem of twist when
you tighten a hacksaw blade, this
one-piece steel tube which fits into
a precision -machine handle has
been developed. Tube is held iu
handle by a set -screw arrangement,
By shifting position of tube and
resetting screw you tighten tension
on the blade without twisting it
or warping the frame, -
Boy, was that train slow! A
couple • of newlyweds got• on the
train in New York atsd, when they
got to Niagara, their son carried
their bags.
Bab Hops.
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Joh"Pussea
The popular ditty with the refrain
which started off "Ifow're You
(forma Keep Them Down 011 the
Farm" used to be sung, back in the
faraway days of World War One,
more or leas. a, a joke. But that
very same query today isn't by any
means fumy, as many of my read-
ers`•ould no doubt testify.
w
hor right now, 55 a contempor-
ary has it, there are countless boys
Atha are not staying on the farm—
where, theoretically, they are sup-
posed to belong. What's more they
have 110 intention of ever going
back, if they ran help doing so. In-
stead, they are probably carrying
ration cards in our workshops or
factories, or engaging themselves
in some other weli0paying form of
city or town employment.
'i'his is a coudltion`whicit regular-
ly brings forth gloom and lamenta-
tions from editorial writers in some
of our more ponderous newspapers.
"Why don't they stay where they'd
be so cutch healthier, happier and
more secure?" they say. (A lot of
those same writers probably think
that. to quote another oldie—"any-
body who gels up before 10 a.m. is
a - night w•atchutan"—and would
drop dead at 51,1 inere idea of crawl-
ing out or the quilts before dawn in -
sub -zero weather to go out and
fend a Int of hungry stork.
t' r. #
Every Canadian surely has the
right to seek properly. paid employ-
ment wherever it may be found:
and a lot of those young folks are
going to think twice, or maybe three
tines, before giving up jobs which
hying them a dollar or more an
hour for a 44 hour week to the
farm where the "seven hour clay"
means seven before dinner and sev-
en after.
(Naturally, I am not referring to
those who are what is kaotvn as
"bora fanners" and who. could not
be happy anywhere but "ort the
land". Nor to the fortunate few who
own farms that are well situated,
well watered. well stocked, thor-
oughly machined—and have no
mortgage hanging over them;.
a c r
Perhaps some of those newspap.
er pundits who paint such rosy
pictures of the rural life, and te'to
shake their editorial pons so
gravely over the trend cityward,
have never studied the real waning
of a statement like this—one made
by a man who is not a dairyman and
who does not produce milk for sale.
0
He said, "The average milk driv-
er, who delivers milk front door to
door, gets more money for his ser-
vices than a farmer can get for the
milk of eight average Ontario cows
t
delivered at a processing pians for
the saute day."
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I'm not saying that driving 5 tit 1Ilt:
wagon or truck is in any way to be
described as a "soft touch" or any.
thing of the sort. But there dors
seem to be something slightly
• screwey about such an economical
setup—something that should be
studied closely before even hinting
that there is anything resembling
"profiteering" in connection with
the production of milk."
The need for reasoned thinking,
a. The St. Catharines Standard puts
it, was never greater than today, ea•
pecially with regard to the produe••
tion and distribution of the neces••
sities of life. Milk is one such
necessity, and its production should
be encouraged than than repressed.
The liquidation of dairy herds here
in Ontario has already caused seri-
ous declines in the quantity of milk
produced,
As an esaulple of this decline,
connnereial sales of fluid milk and
cream were nearly ONE MILLION
QUARTS less for September 1948 .
than for the corresponding month in.
1941, Production of cheese for the
same month of September was
THREE MILLION POUNDS
less—while butter dropped more
than HATA, A M I I.. T. I O N
?c'u"dz
a e t
f+r course weather and pasture'
:os!ditions may have had something-
to
omethingto do with such declines—hut by no
means everything. If—as one writer
points out—profits are so great in
the, production of milk as some
poop le like to allege. why the pres-
ent downward trend: Well, try and
figure it out for yortrself: it's too
touttit for ole.
4 is t
Which should bs• about et.oagh
regarding milk for one session. Now
for two or three items culled front
here and there. Here are some re-
garding the shipping of live stock
during cold weather. Large numbers
of commercial live stock of all
kinds go to market during the first
four months of the year—and ate -
less proper cold weather shipping
precautions are taken. great dam-
age can result
Conning out of comfortable bards
small livestock is usually hesitant
about walking up icy chutes into
trucks or sleighs. Such chutes
should be well cleated. and bedded
with a light footing of straw,sand-
or ashes. Damage to pigs, especial-
ly. can be caused which plainly
shows up on the carcass tater.
Trucks should be well bedded
with straw and have partitions to
separate cattle from smalt livestock,
and hogs from Iambs and carves.
How To Get Quick Relief
From Sore, Painful Piles
l can help moat 011e sufterers. 1 be.
here 1 non help you too It you want
relief from elle itching' eoreneae and
burning pain of piles.
118 Hem-RoId treatment la ditterent.
Eleni -Road is an internal medicine — a
small tablet taken with a glass of
water, 15 corrects the conditions IN-
SIDE your body that eause sou salt
lntenne pile soleness and pain.
But 1'11 tie honest with you. Ham
Bold seem. to help Some 'pile sof torero
more than others ao I want to protect
those who are notatisfled. I refuse
to oak people in pay for something that
does not help them as much as they
expect it to. It Hem -Road helps you,
surely It is north the small coat Other -
15100 1 want you to have your money
back. 1'11 take your word. t find people
are honest about auoh things,
All I ask is you use Hem -Rote tut
directed for 10 days, Then if you are
not eatistled return what you did not
use and get your money back. This is
an unusual otter but liem-Rold le au
unusual medicine. It has been sold on.
a refund promise for over 45 years,' 1
am not asked to make many refunds
so It must help most folks who use It.
At all drug stores,
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this simply great to relieve 'PERIODIC'
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