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While I was putting on my shoes
'before coming over her to -day my
' 'mind travelled back to 'the time
when we had to ge to the shoe maker
-to be measured for our boots, and
we bad •to "wait quite awhile for
' 'them. How would- it be if we had a
little talk about boots to -day while
' we were knitting. leach one give an
experience of what a pair •of shoes
meant to us.' I will, "if 'this is agree-
able tell a story of the boots of my
'.younger days, which you know were
• not yesterday.
I remember quite distandtly . one
of the first pair of boots 'I owned.
They were laced. They, were black
:and had copper toe •caps. I was
taught quite young to dress myself
and I put on my own boots and 1
;• detested ,those copper toe caps, and I
did long for a pair without them.
Finally the day came when my
father took me down 'town and
bought me a pair without the ;brass
attachment. I put them on and
• •Marched out with the ehildren whom
'I considered not an fortunate.
Unfortunately for ire I had a bad
habit of kicking 'the toes of my
boots and it was, not many days un-
til my shoes were in bad shape, with
the result that when next I required
boots I was threatened with toe caps.
I pled and pled with my father to
get me the kind I wanted, but
when I brought my new shoes home
they had the hated toe caps, but 1
also had +a grab :bag of candy. It was
' positively a eriane some of tate 'candy
we used• to find in those bags, but
they were the delight of our hearts
and often pacified us when nothing
else would. Later on I was given a
pair without 'toe•, caps ' to • wear to
Church •and Sunday •,School. Copper
toe caps or no too caps i certainly
had,a wonderful...time. in those boots..
I was quite a size before I had, any-
thing different -from that • for eviery,-
' day wear, and I would give it good
deal if b • could go back to those
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good old days even if I had to wear
the hated ornaments. Now uou next
Mrs. M.
It may be we will not Want to ad -
never; was one. I was always into
mischief of some kind in school. One
afternoon I landed there.
with a lovely new pair
of shoes; They were tan with kid
lower part and elotbefor the top pasts
with a kid `piecewhere the holes: for
the shoe laces went. ` Unfortunately
they squeaked and the more I walked,
the worse they seemed to squeak:
However I was ,bound that everyone'
far and near would see then. I de
not know how many times I walked.
up to the corner of the room to get
a drink or how often I walked to
the beak of the roots to return
something I had borrowed. This all
inspite of the fact that I knew the
patience of my teacher was nearing
the breaking point. A11 this time I
was busy chewing gum which was
strictly against the rules. All at
once the teacher told me in no un-
certain tones to come to the front.
Then I was told to put a paper on
her desk and climb up there and
chew gain- and et the same time
Showoff my •boots for two minutes.
You can imagine how I felt about it.
Ashamed is no word for it, but this
mit it, but the majority of us here I know my father did the . best he
can let our minds travel back to the could do to take the squeak out of
year 1898—to the day of the Dia my boots and' it was the last time I
mond Jubilee of our beloved Queen chewed gum, at least not in school.
Victoria. It was a great occasion in Now Jane it is your turn.
the schools. I do not remember just I remember a very embarrassing
how it was arranged, but one day
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this, way that God is the stronger of
the two and if they would only ask
.the principal of the school came in
and informed us that there was to
be a big parade and that two girls
and two`,boys from each room were
to be dhosen to take an active part
in it.'
More by good luck than good
management I happened to be one of
the girls chosen from our room.
The float, which we ware on (an old
fashioned dray drawn by horses)
carried the queen and her atten-
dants. •
1 Quite pleased that I was one .of
these to represent my class I hur-
ried home to tell what I would have
to wear. 'Unfortunately we had to
position .I was placed in one time
over new boots: it was• the time
rubber keels first came in. 'I do not
know ,where I heard about them but
I determined 1 would have then on
position I was placed' in one time
over new boots, It was the time
rubber heels first came in. I do not
know where I heard about them but
I'determinecl I would have them on
my new shoes, in fact I remember
I
also, wanted white shoe Iaces; but
my Mother put a stop to that. As
soon as I could I took the boots to a
shoe •repeir man, but he did not
know anythingabout where to get
the rubber heels so I insisted he
should cut up an old pair of rubbers
wear slippers and in those days it he' had 'and 'nail' the pieces on to the
meant quite a lot to get an extra heels. Myt wasn't I proud of my
pair of shoes of any kind but even- boots. Shortly after I was going
tually the slippers were provided home from school and it was very
and they were a lovely pair of red slippery, but depending on my rub -
,patent leather odes and my am- bet .heels I had not worn my rubbers.
bition was realized. I rode with. the As I went down one of the main
representatives of royalty. I will streets of the city. where we then
(never forget the day. A photograph lived, along with some others girls,
was taken of the Queen on her my feet: flew from under me and
throne and all her happy' attendants. such a fall as I got and so did my
I Parents, there are times when pride. I fell just behind one of the
you may feel that you :eannot afford high •officials of the city who was
to get .things so that your children : standing at the edge of the sidewalk
may have a good time, but in any talking to. another man. To add to
big, event like that do your utinos£ the fall of my pride he turned around
to get what ' iso required for many: and said "Madam, you're down." I
years later your children grown to can /remember item well es if it was,
manhood and womanhood will' re -!yesterday. I certainly did not need
call. those instances with a great to be told I vies down, but it taught
deal of "pleasure. It is your turn ane a good lesson. After that I was
Maty. • glad to wear rubbiers.
We11.1 .atrt.aiather .ashamed of the
instance I ani going totell but you "Well" said Mrs. B. "I. recall rgett-
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know we are not .all saints and Iut anew gpa•o 0o f boots one F 'rs da
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aftny school. For a week or more
there had been evangelistic meetings!
going ,on in the Methodist church of
the town and ,being a Friday night
my brother and I were allowed to
go, In connection with the meeting
those present were asked to sign
the temperance pledge. My brother
and I' were among those who went
up to the front. We received a card
and :a small piece of ,blue ribbon
which for 'a long time we wore,''
People. now would laugh at that
sort of thing, but there are, I am!
sure, many people today who signed'
Hume pledges. wore their ribbons and
Wounded From Caen To England
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r mand •aerodrome in England where assisted by qualified nurses,
Wounded from ••the. Oaen battlefiont R.A.F., nursing servicer
:have teen loaded: Here the,' v,eie ,
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tbey cannot leave limier alcme. They
started it by taking the'r first drink
r 1 with God's heIp they can stop it
i ly refus'ng a fist offer, Ones heart
•uet Fches for these little more •than
$ 1•hi'dre^: whom we set reeling. down
'he street, Have an • df. God's speo-
I ple ever offered wine or liquor of
I any kind to them when 'they, 'have
come to:their homes. It we, have
God will hold us responsiblefor
doctors, ileit downfall at the Judgment Day.
If our young people and those who
of the
are older 'would realize that although
Him He would release them from
this awful burden of sin under' which
they have fallen: Now Jane it is
your turn.
In our home it was the enstom
when we got new boots to keep them
to wear for the first tune on Sunday.
II cannot recall' just any special
Sunday when I went with them. Al-
Ithqugh our shoes hacl always, to be
cleaned on" Saturday night, ready to
put on for church on Sunday morn-
' yet there was •always something
clean and fresh about the new shoes.
There is a thought about them that
we took them: first to God's House to
learn the way of walking in the
straight and narrow way. Would
that they wouldalways stop us from
going places where God would not
have us go. We are Christian women
and we know that by constant nray-
er Jesus Christ will lead us in • the
right : way and will keep us from
temptation and sin. The trouble
with even Christian people to -day
is that we allow our boots to take
us too neat the border of worldly
pleasure, and the first thing we
know we have fallen into ,sin. Our
boots cannot take us' where we do
not want to go. May- seer Heavenly
Father lead us and guide us in the
right way. Now it is time for us to
go home and may we keep in mind
tine lessons we have learned from
these different boots.
"PEG"
THE MIXING BOWL
60 By ANNE ALLAN A
Hydro NoneEgonom10-
hello Homemaker,! Back in the
days when a ride wasn't a luxury, I
Used to imagine stories about all the
families whose houses we passed,
by looking at the wash on the
clothesline. A miniature pair of
overalls flapping in the breeze next
to a pair of big Ones meant that
!junior, was following his farmer
ifather's footsteps. I could always
tell when winter was coining by
the 'bright patchwork' quilts hung
lout to air :before they were put
on the •beds, or company hacl just
,left when the big tablecloth and
Inuuterous serviettes were out.
Times have changed though and
it seems that the . laundry job is
,piece work nowadays. Many war-
time fabrics require' separate' suds
and rinsing. Wonder how often you
,hear, "Mother, you didn't wash out
my green dress". However, it may
'be that Mary, did not put her dress
, out to be washed, so it's wise to
have a separate clothes bag for
each person, or a clothes hamper.
The first step • in washing, after
the clothes are 'collected is to sort
them according to colour, kind of
material, and how dirty, they are.
You'll have• •done : this many times
of course, :butdo you sort them
on a table instead of 'stooping to
the floor --and then unfasten "but-
tons, turn the pockets .out, close
zippers, brush off any dirt and
remove stains.
Over -night soaking is no longer
reeommendec1 as the dirt gets
saturated in the threads, but if the
white things are pat in warm,
soapy water for 10 to 15 minutes
it helps loosen the soil. • Wringout
the. clothes and put in washing
machine. It should' be filled about
two-thirds. full. If you have hard
water, add water softener to the
water :before' • adding soap; (Suds
should ed two inches high during
the whole washing time.) •
Have a second' lot of • soiled
articles to go into the • suds -+et.
sew at a'',time will remove soil
more quickly.
grandmother still uses the old
popper boiler to nook the ' clothes
in but unless there is an illness in
the family and the clothes meet be
sterilized it is not necessary. There
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are reliable bleaching agents on the
joined. the Temperance,Socisties who
have faithfully followed 'the pledge
they then took,.through all the years
that followed. If there was more of
that to -day; theme would he fewer
beverage, rooms with a consequent
le amine •of the chalking .among our
;voting p,so»1:. So often they say,.
the devil has taken hell cf them m
issues the best results with their use.
•
mal let. k'oiroW tee. rnsuruc>;tous :
Rinsing, however, iS one ri. the
most important steps in washing
You need plenty of water; and 'fie..
quent changes, to talce out a4 the
suds and soiled water from the
clothes. Three`rinsings ase wonder-
ful if you can do. it, becawe it's
the soap curdleft in the clothes
that helps to give them that tattle-
tale grey. Otherwise, two iinsings
will do a good job.
Then dunk the .shirt collas; and
cuffs, children's dresses, aprons
curtains and the like in thin starch.
This mixture is made by mixing
'F cup of laundry starch with a
cup of 'cold water, then pouring in
two quarts, of boiling water. Cook
for five 'minutes and add one quart
of cold water.
No matter bow cold it is, we
hang the clothes out carefully so
that it'll be easy to take them
down for sprinkling. Of oou*se, if
towels and sheets can be dried
thoroughly, they can he folded and
put away without ironing—it's so
much less work.
The laundry work is never fin-
ished though, until you've washed
out the machine in a little soapy
water, rinsed it off, wiped off the
wringers and released the tension
on the rollers, and rolled "it' away
from the water around the drain.
TAKE A TIP
1. To clean jersey cloth: Measure
and wash as sweaters are washed;
dry on flat surface, stretching into
proper size and shape according to
measurements,
2. To clean corduroy: Squeeze in
soapy water; rinse two or three
times in clear water to which a
small amount of water softener has
been added. Brush after dry,
3. To clean veils: Wash in warm
soapy water. While wet, put into
shape on a towel. If 'black, wash in
strong solution of black coffee to
which gum arabic (2 tsp. to 1 pint)
has bean added.
4. To clean washable gloves:
Wash inc hand in soapy lukewarm I
water.' Rinse in clear water. Take
off and blow into gloves, then dry,
at moderate temperature. If gloves
become too dry, fret on hands and
rinse in water canto:rang a small
amount of vegetable oil. Staff with
tissue paper.
5. To wash dress shields: Wash
in tepid' soapy` water. Put in a
towel and weight down. Don't iron.
6. To clean raincoats: Brush with
soapy water. Rinse, pouring water
over it. Allow it to dry outside.
(Clean on a strong windy day.)
7. To -clean feathers • or flowers:
Brush with cornstarch. or cornmeal
if Iight in with.
,or plunge up and
down in cleaning solvent. Attach to
a string and dry outside in a breeze
quickly. Brush carefully with an old
toothbrush.
Anne Allan invites you to write
to her % News -Record. Send in
your suggestions on homemaking
problems and 'watch this column
for replies.
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MASSEY HARRIS HEAD ',TELLS
OF FRANCE TODAY
(Continued from page 6)
were in many cases put completely
out of business, especially where the
Germans established pockets of re-
sistance. There were 360,000 rail-
way trueks'in 1939, now 31,000; ,and
in 1939 there were 6.000 locomotives,
now 1,200 or much less' because a lot
of these were taken back to Ger-
many where transportation mob -
lents are also acute."
lit their rebreat the Germans re-
quisitioned everythhsg .on wheels:
horse-drawn • carts, motor cams,.
trucks; anything -they could get. With
all this, destruction of railroads, can-
als, telegraph and telephone lines
added to by sabatoge from the under-
ground, it is scarcely to be wondered
at that the events, of recent months
have psbduced an abunciance of food
and other products in rural districts
and shortages of food in populous
centres. I found the same conditions
in North. Africa whei,•e high pride's
and a black market were directly
traceable to difficulties, in transpor-
tation:'
"Ianagine how Canada wduld be if
there were no outgoing mail and very
little internal mail being moved. Int
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Picture shows:—Admiral Cunning -ham at his de It.
France efforts are now in hand to
remedy that and in a few weeks
there may be a great 'difference."
In my opinion France is going to
have a six months period of great
difficulty.
France Coming Back
•
"But six months 'from now, I am
confident, there will be a great differ-
ence. Correct that fundamental d'is-
organizatioe and France will get to
work again in a large way. I' think
France is going to be much stranger
and more influential in the' future
than commentators guessed .• some
few months ago."
As to how far the Government will
go on entering business in France,
he said:
"I found the de Gaulle Government
strong in popular favor. It is not a
Communist •Government, as some
people on this side seem to think. I
would say that it has definite social-
istic tendencies. I think' it igoes so
far as to' intend .State ownership of
certain public •enterprises and mines,
but I do not think it intends to go
down as far as ,busine.s or industry.
I France is a country of small farm
holdings and of numerous highly de-
veloped but small industries. I do not
think any Government would attempt
to get in between the people and
these assets which they •own and
' value,"
eSNAPS410T GUILD
LET'S "SHOOT UP THE TOWN"
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Pictures of familiar places and scenes' are welcomed by those in the
Service.
"DBAR Jack, I shot up the old
home town during my short va
cation last week and enclosed are
the results," a father recently wrote
to his son in the Service. Yes, he
had "shot up" the old home, toivu;
not its the traditional manner of the
early days of the "Wild West," but
with his camera •which he had
learned to use after his son had
joined the Army.
This father really had a grand
idea which might well be followed
by other snapshooters. yes, the •boy
had received snapshots of his sister,
young brother; mother, Rather, and
friends; all of which Ware,gratefully
received. When father. "shot up the
town," however, he took pictures of
familiar scenes which he knew
would .be of lute/oat to lies sen. One
, 01 the clay's oldest homes --a land.
anark—'wire •being.eazed. This picture
was news to Jack. The sandblasters
were busy cleaning the front of the
city's proud "skyscraper"—which
hadn't been cleaned in years—so,
Jack's father snapped a picture of
the workmen high up on the scaffold.
Just one roll of dhn served to
sham a series of "news pictures"
that undocabtedly brought great joy
to Jaek. They ':served as subject
matter for many a conversation and
discussion with his pals about their
own home towns.
Many people take too much for
granted. In; these busy daysthey.
casually observe a change and thou
forget about itbecause they have
se many other things to gccupy
their minds. But those in the Sere
vice can only think, about their
home towns and wonder 'what
changes they will "tree when, they
return.
No one will deny that snapshots,
and letters from home really give
the boys and girls; a lift, so make it;
a "must" to send enapslsots to those
IU the Service, '
Pictures of the family, relatives
alsd friends-yes—abut don't forget
to "shoot up the town."
John van (Guilder