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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1942-12-23, Page 6DESERT MULLIGAN — NOT A PICNIC Huddled around a campfire, members of an an ti -tank crew, on the march near Safi, Morocco, cook up a stew while ono of their members peers through field glasses as he stands guard, ® SERIAL STORY OF BRIGHTNESS G BY HOLLY WATTERSON THE STORY: There is a stormy scene in the Bruce Frazier house- hold when Candace Bech, who has fallen in love with Martin Corby, announces she is going in- to nurse's training. The Fraziers have reared Candace but Belle, Bruce's second wife and the girl's aunt, insists that her niece go, to college and make a "suitable" marriage afterward. Peter Fra- zier, Bruce's son by his first mar- riage, is a roommate of Martin Corby's at medical school. But Peter loves Candace, too. He has jealously hurried Martin away from her on the excuse that he must arrive early for a summer hospital job m upstate New York. * PETER IS PERTURBED CHAPTER VII Driving up to the hospital Peter gave himself a bad time. To drive was second nature to him, the day was clear and there were no road hazards to claim his attention, he had long hours alone in which to do nothing but think; and his thoughts were grim. Now that he was away from him and did not have to see him with Candace, the sudden dislike he had taken to Martin seemed in- explicable, his own violent reac- tion to the fact that Candace liked Martin seemed unreasonable and absurd. Now that he thought about it he realized that most girls did like Martin. Well, why not? He was good- looking, he could be smooth as oil when he chose and girls, Peter imagined, liked 'em smooth. He could, on the other hand, be moody and mean as sin—and they seemed to go for that too. At any rate whereas women, nurses and FOR THE SMALL FRY 4944ey‘Ltta- rye. These mittens are so easy to knit .from gay scraps of yarn. Pattern 494 contains instructions for making mittens in a 4-6-8-10 year size (all in one pattern); illustrations of stitches; materials requirod. Send twenty cents in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern to Wilson Needle- craft Dept„ Room 421, 73 Ade- laMe St. West, Toronto. Write plainly pattern number, your u,i„^e and address. NE patients alike, tended to look on I.imself as a sort of combination big brother -father confessor, Mar- tin they languished after, grow- ing coy and making sheep's eyes at him. He had to admit, though, that it never seemed to matter to Martin one way or another. Cer- tainly he had never returned their interest. But then Candace, Peter thought, was as different from most of the shallow girls one rut as—as bis practical mind, not given usually to such thoughts, bogged down in its search for a suitable comparison; as different as sunlight from electricity, he managed finally. Martin had cer- tainly seemed to like her. He squirmed at the memory of Mar- tin's hand reaching out to coves hers. * * * An uneasy suspicion about his own feelings entered his mind. To test it, he tried substituting other men he knew for Martin. What if Trellaney for instance, whom he had always liked and admired, were to meet Candace and — his mind balked at the comparison and then had to admit it—well, fall hi love with her; how would he himself like that? The honest answer was that he wouldn't like it at all, the thought of Trellaney in the role was •just as odious to him. He knew, then, He was himself in love with Can- dace. Not in the brotherly way that he had always taken for granted, but in the way that makes a man' want a woman for his own. That was one reason, he knew now, why other women had never counted in any of his plans or dreams; because always, in the back of his mind, had been the thought of Candace— Witen he thought of the way he and Candace had parted he was all for turning back; but that would make him look, he thought, even more ridiculous than his jealous pique with Martin that had caused the breach must have made him appear. He remem- bered, squirming, the high-handed way he had ordered her about, to prevent her seeing Martin again in the morning. How she must have despised himl He would abase himself completely if by so doing hs could erase that memory from her mind, t * * On the other hand, there was his appointment to be considered. He had lied, of course, hi saying that he was expected in on Suns day; he wasn't due really until Monday morning. There was a chance that if be wer& to turn back ,immediately, driving like mad all the way, and then turn around and retrace his eourse as furiously he could still make it in time. . But that would leave little time for ,explaining things to Can- dace, and anyway the chance was an extremely slim one. It was a 400 -mile trip; he could consider himself lucky if the pa- thetic piece of junk he was driv- ing made it even one way, and under normal driving, without mishap. If it were to break down completely things would be just too bad. He had not enough money for the train fare; his last allowance hadn't come through, somehow, and he hadn't liked the idea of mentioning it to Brute. And that appointment was im- portant. He didn't want to run the risk of losing it, et of getting off on the wren foot by being late arriving. * * He was in Glens Valls by then, just about the half -way point. Ile drove slowly through the ugly little business streets, then turned and did it again, trying to make up bis mind. He became aware that he was getting light-headed from hunger and he parked the car and went into a lunch wagon. He stoked himself mechanically, not tasting anything, on sand- wiches and milk. There was still this to consider: it would be pointing the thing up, making a big issue of it, if he were to go dramatically back now. Left alone, everybody might for- get it, it would be as though noth- ing had ever happened. Candace was only eighteen after all, still a child. It was only natural, he tried to reassure himself, that she should get an occasional "crush"; she might appear to like Martin a lot at the moment, but she'd get over it. And Martin? He couldn't be too sure of how Martin, would react, of course. But certainly his d.p. assignment ought to keep hini plenty busy; even if it didn't, Peter didn't see where Martin would suddenly get money to go flying around; he'd never had any extra cash before. He felt fairly certain that Martin would be in no position to be seeing Candace —"to do any harm," was how he phrased it to himself. He began to feel ' cur, After all, he'd be away only a couple of months, nothing much could hap- pen in so short a time. He had to go on to the hospital; Candace would be the first to despise him for a fool if he didn't. But just to be sure, first thing he'd do when he got up there was to go feeling around to see what the chances were for getting home on a week- end. Then .. . * * * He didn't know quite what it was that he had expected, but it was scarcely what he walked into. He had arrived soon after seven in the evening, faintly apologetic for being there before he was actually' due. He had just been taken into the staff parlor and was on the point of shaking hands with the bridge -playing group assent. bled there when abruptly they forsook their various lounging poses and shot to their feet. He knew it wasn't for him, the show of deference, and he turned to find that a man who carried with him an aura of authority had en- tered the room. The men mur- mured "Good evening, Dr. Sta- cey," respectfully, and the older. man returned it with careless good humor, waving them back into their seats. Standing there, lean- ing casually on the back of a chair, he reached over and began rearranging the cards held in one of the player's hands. "What's trump?” he demanded. "What tricks have been taken?" The flurry of explanations took a long time and meanwhile Peter had to stand awkwardly by. The chap who had him in tow, s • fel- low named Morrison, seemed to regard it aII as rather a familiar joke, He smiled at Peter reas- suringly and at the first oppor- tunity he broke in, "Dr. Stacey," he said, "here is the first of our au:I ner students, Peter hazier, just arrived,—Dr. Stacey is our Chief," he added to Peter. Peter knew that and he gulped and felt tongue-tied. The Chief stared, as though Peter were a specimen of a rare bug. His easy .genlality faded. "I'm starting on rounds," he said severely. "I want ail of you 'with me.—You too," he barked at Peter. (Continued Next Week) Sugar Savers Serve cooked fruits hot to en- joy their fullest flavor and sweet- noes. Save syrup from canned fruit to sweeten other fruit, pudding sauces, or beverages, A pinch of salt inereases the sweetening power of sugar in cooped food, Be sure all sugar is completely dissolved to get its full sweet- nese. Christmas Eve In Hitler's Reich Will Be Neither Tranquil Nor Holy This Year Ciu'ietmas ilius lies always mama much to Germans, says the New York Times. Every family feasted and looked forward to a cheerful new year. Accordingly Hitler's government is doing its best to make the most of the traditional spirit, There are to be spoeial ra- tions for the civilian population and ons kilo of peas or beans, one of flour and sugar anti a -large , sausage for every soldier on leave, ivbile Czechs, Poles, Greeks, yreuclnnen and Yugoslavians 'starve. All this, Germans are al- ready told, i$ made possible by good harvests at home and the exploitation of occupied countries. Thus are conquest and ilitler's conception of peace on earth and will toward men to be justified. k * * Will the German people content themselves with this? They know that the little extra mea to be doled out comes from cattle slaughtered for lack of fodder, that six million foreigners who are forced to labor must be fed, that thousands of Ukrainians and itus- sians brought into Germany must be provided with shoes, that the health of the country is in a pre- carious state, and that the stric- test control is necessary even in foreign countries to prevent infla- tion. Worst of all is the problem of national health. With only one physician left for every 12,000 civ- ilians, Germany faces a medical collapse which must havo far- reaching effects on war prodna tion. The tuberculosis rate is ris- ing so rapidly that a new uational organization has been created to take the place of divers state, pri- vate, city and party institutions, Diphtheria, .-pneumonia and other intectio•us diseases are taking more than the usual toll. The death rate for live births and for the age group between one and 20 years has been rising alarmingly. Such is the shortage of medicines that the lines at drug stores are as long as those at food shops. Hos- pitals are so overcrowded with wounded soldiers that civilians must be cared for at home, chief- ly by their families. * * * Despite the attacks on the church, Germans will sing "Stifle Nacht, Heilige Naoht" : (Silent Night, holy Night) as of yore. But this Christmas Eve will be neith- er tranquil nor holy. The oldes• generation will heave a nostalgic sigh when it contrasts 1t with its predecessors of happier times. "Stifle Nacht, Heilige Nacht"— tihe sentiment must seem a mock. erg now. And all because a ruling clique led by a fanatic has yet to discover that the precepts of the great religions express age-old con- victions of civilized mankind and stand for something more than the imaginary predestination of any one nation to rule the world. MOVIE MIRACLE You've never heard of Jennifer Jones, but she has been selected to play the much sought after leading role in "Tire Song oj' Bernadette," based on the famous miracle of Lourdes. The Tulsa, Okla„ girl, whose real name is Phyllis Isley, is pictured in the nun's costume she will wear In the film. Nazis Requisition France's Trains Getmrany has requisitioned more than 1,000 locomotives, 800 pas- senger coaches and 40,000 freight cars from French railway lines in recent months, Secretary . B, S. Townr•.oe of the United Assooia tions of Great Britain and France, told his organization. The association is one of the principal organizations for promot- ing gaodwill between France and Britain: He said the German requisition - ; bag, coupled with salons abortagea Of oil and coal and persistent /LAX, attacks on trains, had caus- ed a serious transportation crisis in France which "is leading to bad distributionof food supplies and greatly increased sufferings of the French during the, coming winter.' ISSUE 52—'42 A Ontario Hospital Plays Dual Role Hospital For Sick Children, Toronto, Needs Help It semetimee happens that very young babies, who have been eben- doned by their parents, find their way to 'the Hospital for Sick Chil- dren, Toronto. Not long ago a three -weeks -old baby girl was bound late in the even- ing, crying on the doorstep of a pri- vate dwelling. The infant was wrapped in warm clothes and ap- peared to have had the best ot atten- tion. 'There was no clue as . to the parents; t Polica were called, and the baby was taken to the Hospital for Sick Children, 'where she was given a warm welcome by the night staff. "Welcome little sister," said the nurse who took the infant from the coat and two blankets in which it was wrapped. "N1ek around and enjoy yourself," the nurse continued, as the little one laughed at her in glee as if she knew she had found n new home. Who knows what tragic story lies behind this incident. But perhaps it brought some grain of comfort to the mother's heart to know that her little brown -eyed baby was in such capable hands. Flow wonderful it would be if every case ended as happily as this enel But all too . often there is e sombre side to the story. For well over half a century the Hospital for Sick Children has been a sanctuary for the sick and crippled children from every part of Ontario. Accident cases; children with de- ftirmeet backs and limbs; defective eyesight; rare diseases and physical disabilities; all are cared for and nursed back to health, regardless ot race, creed or the ability of parents to pay the cost of hospitalization. This worthy institution which ac- cepts its little patients regardless 00 race, creed or financial circum- stances has just started its annual Christmas appeal for funds to meet an unavoidable deficit, and to enable its work to be continued in just as effective a manner es in the past. This year $138,000 must be raised. Government grants have not risen with the tremendously increased costs of the past three years of war. No help is received from the To- ronto Federation for Community Service because of the fact that pa- tients are admitted to the Hospital from every part of the Province, There is dire necessity behind this appeal for help. Little children depend on it for their chance for health. Your gift' should be mailed to the Appeal Secretary, The Hos- pital for Sick Children, 07 College Street, Toronto. A chance for health and happiness is the greatest possible gift to little children. All Battleships Called Warships All battleships are warships, but all .warships are not battle ships, says the Windsor Star. .Every vessel of war is called a warship. But, the battleships are the big warships. They are the giant fellows of from 25,000 to 50,000 tons. They carry 12 - inch, 15 -inch, or 16 -inch guns as well as smaller armament. In the United States, the battle- ships are named for states. The aircraft carriers are named for battles. The cruisers are named for cities. And, the destroyers are named for people, The •battleships are the capital ships of the line. They are the warships which form the backbone of a fleet. 7113LE TRIES SADIE B. CHAMBERS Happy New Year To Alt 1 feel I could do no better than repeat to you for Now Years thea message for Christmas, There are so many, many reasons for which to be happy in this Chris- tian land of ours, in spite of mucic sadness and anxiety, To make this happinesa real may wo all resolve with all earnestness to de our part . to be worthy of the —"Brotherhood of Man," and be worthy of the Victory, which wo know is going to be ours. NEW YEAR'S DINNER MENU Grapefruit and Orange Otioktail (topped with cherry) Roast Goose Savoury Dressing Giblet Gravy Mashed Potatoes Glazed Onione Tomato Jelly Salad • (Served on lettuce with salad dressing) Mock Mince Pie Beverage of Choice Savoury Dressing Mash potatoes finely, season with onion, sage, salt and pepper, Apples may be substituted for the potatoes. Do not fill the fowl more than two thirds full, Glazed Onions 24 small white onions 2 tablespoons butter 6 tablespoons sugar 2 teaspoons water Peel onions and cook in boiling salted water until tender. brain. Melt butter, add sugar and water; add onions, Simmer long 'enough to glaze and brown the surface of the onions. Mock Mince Pie 1% clips' seeded raisins 4 medium-sized tart apples Grated rind of 1 orange Juice of 1 orange r/z cup of fruit juice or cider 14 cup sugar (less if fruit juice sweet) 35 teaspoon cloves 1/4 teaspoon mace 8 tablespoons finely crushed cracker crumbs 2 tablespoons white corn syrup Chop the raisins; pare, Core and slice the apples. Combine raisins and apples. Add orange rind, orange juice and other fruit juice, Cover in saucepan and simmer until apples are soft. Stir and add sugar, spices and cracker crumbs, blending well, Sufficient filling for 1 medium sized pie. Mien Cllunlhl•rs •.'citrons,, ncreena) IeKerx 0 Interested readers. She ra tNeasud to reeei ve suggest loom on topics for her roiu,nn, 11011 le vn 1011)13 10 i isle0 to your upel ;eaves," Ite"ueala for recipes or apeelttl tn(nttm are 15 order, d/tdrt*e your letters to "SlIsa Sadie 11. Gloom - hers, 73 West Adelnige Street, -ronlo," Send stamped Melt-,ei,lruaaed enielope if you wish n reolr. Best Wood Fuels The best hardwood fuels are beech, yellow birch, rock elm, hickory, hued maple and oak, It has been shown that about one and one-quarter cords of such wood have the same heating value as one ton (2,000 lbs.) of coal. CHRISTMAS DINNER UP-TO-DATE By BARBARA B. BROOKS ' The Christmas dinner includes, of course, the proverbial turkey and dressing, cranberries steaming plum padding or mince pie,but these are new versions of even these traditional dishes. Try Siced Oven -Popped Cereal with the tomato juice for the first course. The turkey will be something more than super stuffed with a fluffy eereai dressing. Chiffon Mine° Pie is a modern recipe • for an old favourite. Here are some up=to-date additions to the festive meal: Spiced Oven -Popped Cereal $ tablespoons butter 1/e teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon mustard seed Few grains pepper 4 teaspoon curry powder 8 cups oven -popped cereal 34 teaspoon salt 1 cup roasted, salted peanuts Melt butter in heavy frying, pan; add mustard seed, cover, and cook until seeds begin to pop, Add curry powder, salt, cinnamon, pepper, cereal and peanuts. Stir constantly until cereal and peanuts are thoroughly heated and combined with seasonings. Servo as an appetr. Yieldize: 10 servings. Oven -Popped Cereal Stuffing % cup rice 1/e cup choppecl onion 8 cups boiling water 5% cups (1 pkg.) oven -popped 1 teaspoon salt cereal 2 tablespoons minced parsley '4 cup fat 1 tablespoon poultry seasoning / cup diced celery " 1/4 teaspoon salt b5 cup stock or water Wash rice thoroughly in a sieve; drain well. Add rice to boiling gaited water slowly so that water continues to bubble. Boil rapidly 15 to 20 minutes until rice is tender; drain in sieve. Brown celery and onion in fat; stir in rice and mix well, Crush a cereal into •coarse crumbs; add parsley, seasonings, and .stock; cons, bine with rice and "mix thoroughly. Sufficient stuffing for one fowl. Stuffing may be baked in a covered casserole in a moderate oven (8'75°P.) for 25 minutes. Yield: 31/4 cups stuffing. Fluffy Mince Pie 4 cups corn flakes OR / sup melted butter 8 cups oven -popped cereal 1/s. cup sugar 1 tablespoon unflavored gelatin 8 tablespoons molted butter 1% cups water 1/4 Cup lemon juice 9 ounce package mincemeat '4 cup sugar 2 eggs, separated Roll .cereal .into fine crumbs; combine with butter and sugar mixing well. Press mixture evenly and firmly around sides and bottom of pie pan. Bake in moderate oven (850°%',) for about 8 minutes; cool before adding filling or pie shell may be thoroughly chilled without baking, a Soften gelatin in 1/r. gap of the water, Add remaining 1% cups water to mineemeat and. cook until mixture thickens slightly. • Beat egg yolks, add butter lemon juice and suggar. Add to inincoltteat. Continue caching until mixtute thickens, Add gelatin and stir unti'i dissolved, Cool. Fold in stiffly beaten egS' whitest. Pour into crumb pie shell and chill about 1 hour or until firm enough to cut. Yield: 1 9 -inch pie. Note: If homemade mincemeat is used,' reduce seater to 1?i, eup and use 2 clips mincemeat.