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There is little: we eau' talk about
'today which is not in some way
mentioned :in the Bible. •
In God's word do you recall having
read: anything about a frying pan?
In Leviticus chapter: one we have la
-record of God calling Moses and giv-
ing to hint the laws of •the different
sacrifices. These were to be guides
for the children of Israel in their
journeyin'gs towards the promised
land, In Chapter two verse seven we
have the ruling "And' if the oblation
be a meat offering, baker in the fry-
:ing pan, it shallbe made of fine
-flour without oil."
But, you say, we surely cannot
compare our lives to a frying pan.
"There is very little with which -we
come in contact that we cannot com-
'.pare to our Christian life.
In the days before the war, the
frying pan could be bought very
-cheaply, even as little at 15c. There-
' fore
here'fore it was a common article and one
'which practically no home could. 'do
without. It was common. Some one
has said "God must have loved the
common people for He made so many
of them" and His life showed that he
did love them.`
No claim to riches was ever made
by the family of our Saviour. His
'birthplace was such that if the same
thing happened to many people of
today they would do their best to
keep it bidden from the world. Jesus
belonged to a very poor family. Jos
eph was a carpenter and he taught
that trade to Jesus. Although poor
they were good caxpenters•
Some of the greatest men and rvo-
'men of today were born in very low-
,•, ly circumstances The vast majority
of our educated men and women have
'had to -make their way up from pov
•erty. Otte of the largest ice cream and
-chocolate firms in our fair dominion
Was started with an ice cream freezer.
in' order that the family might have
enough for their next meal.
Tt is ro diserace to -be born poor
but it is a disgrace to allow that
povertyto lead us into unlawful
ways of making money. There are
.comparatively few people who have
'risen to top of the ladder who were
born with a silver spoon in their
Mouths. The' recent will of a well-
known man, who had made a great
'success of his own life made provision
for his son- just until such time as his
education would be completed. Fol-
lowing that he was to make his own
way in the world. What •a splendid
. ;ideal
Never be ashamed to look back to
a childhood when you had not every-
-thing you wanted. it may just have
been the very best thing for you. If
you were any good at all you woul'i
work your way up in life. -If you are
respected and a good citizen'ib -mat-
ters not whether you are wealthy or
not.
Then the frying pan must be kept
clean both inside and out. A. noted
"nerve specialist while making rounds
'lin a hospital asked' a patient if she
washed her trying pan every day.
' The nurse accompanying him enquir-
• ed afterwards why he asked such a
question: His reply was to the effect
that in many homes' the frying pan
was used from one meal to the next
and was - seldom washed. All good
housekeepers know that their frying
pan must be well, washed inside and
outside although we perhaps can all
well remember in our young days hav-
ing to do it,
So it is with our lives. In order to
be true followers of the meek and
lowly Jesus we must first cleanse
our thoughts and then we will be rea-
dy -to show to the world that we have
something within us which it would
be well worth their while to cultivate.
•
Just how can we cleanse - our
thoughts?'. Recently a little child
whose parents were examples of good
clean living answered the telephone
when a friend called. taring the con-
versation the little one used an ex-
pression which was altogether out of
keeping'with anybody of a pure mind.
When her mother came to the phone
the friend said "Did Jane say what
I thought she did? The mother quite
upset said "Yes, I am afraid she said
what you thoughtshedid" I do not
know where she ever got it." Some
parents have a habit of washing out
the mouths of their children when
they say something they should not.
How much better to train their
thoughts.
We, with God's help have absolute
control of our thoughts. We men push
an unclean or unkind •thought froni
us simply by replacing it with som-
ething bright and happy. That is why
it is so important that -we should
'store our minds with scripture, poet-
ry and the very best that literature
lean give us, One of the papers recent-
ly, in an approving manner quoted
a sentence . from a book which was
anything but a clean, wholesome type
of reading. How careful we should be
snot only in the selection of our, read-
ing but in that which we pass on to
lothers. The very best of literature
I. s in reach of everyone through our
libraries and yet how much time we
send in reading those things which
P g1ich
are not uplifting, Better the simple
stories, biographies, histories etc.,
with which we have been accustomed
than some of the "filth" with which
ourbook markets are filled today.
Keep good, pure thoughts in your
minds' and then there will beno room
for the questionable. We mustbe
clean inside before we can show that
we are a ' child of Christ.
Then and only then will we feel
free .to go about our daily work for
our Saviour who did so much for us,
even dying that we might have eter-
nal life with Him. As we go about'
His work some one may cast some
slurring remark about us, may even in
a. disparaging way call us a Chris-
tian. That should only add to our
pride as we recall' what He suffered
for us.
' Then when wesare cleansed inside
and out we, like the frying pan, are
Useful and how good it feels to be.
useful!
I` It is a blessing that comparatively
few of us know what it means to he
laid aside, month afetrmonth, yes'
year after year and have the feeling
that there is so little we can do for
anyone. How thankful we should be
that we are able to beup and around
and attend to our work: When God
has granted us that 'privilege we
should do our best to make the world
better and to make it more suitable.
for His second coming. How we
would like to have a part hi that —
We know not when Christ will come
again but we know that He will came.
Many at this time are talking of His
corning soon. We know not when it
will be but we feel that we would
like to be here when He returns for
His own. We can if we will be useful
in preparing not only for ourselves
but for other as regards this great.
event. Whether it will be soon or de-
layed.
Let us today make up our minds
that we will accept Him now and im-
mediately begin To live 'that life of
happiness with Him for which He
died...
Why do e delay this momentous
and vital question till a more con-
venient season( For all we knove
Christ may come for us individually
or He may appear in like manner as
He ascended within a few minutes
Will we be glad to see Him orwilt
we call on the rocks to.fall on us and
to' crush us. We alone are responsible
for the answer. - •
"BEG"
•
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Late Milo Snell Was Pioneer
Car Dealer in Exeter
One of Exeter's most prominent.
business. men, Mr, Milo Snell, passed
away Monday in Victoria Hospi-
tal, London, at a comparatively early
age. Mr. Snell had been ailing for the
pest two months, -six weeks of which
were spent in hospital. Born in Us-
borne Township, he was in his 59th
year. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs,
William Snell, of•town both of whom
are advanced in years and in failing
health; -
Mr. Snell began his business car-
eer in Exeter• when he entered into
partnership with his uncle, the late
Wesley .Snell, as Ford .dealers when
the first automobiles tirade their ap-
pearance. For thirteen and a half
years Mr. Snell was identified with
the Pore business and afterward be-
came associated with General Maters,
He vias • the senior; , member• of .Snell
Bros. & Co,, operators of the Chev-
rolet Garage. Exeter Times Advo -
ca te.
It will be the end of the line for
Hitler if you transfer your idle money
into interest-bearing Victory Bonds.
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THE MiXING BOWL
By ANNE ALLAN
Hydro Homo Econooiisl
INFORMATION ABOUT
MEAT RATION
Hello Homemakers! A new adven-
ture in areal planning is on its way
meat rationing. Let's prepare for it.
Rationing, shortages and changes in
food combinations and cooking me-
thods, With this knowledge, meat ra-
tioning will not present such hares-;
0
s Mimed
Now you can be sure
your family gets good nutrition. Follow
the 63 varied menus in this Free booklet.
Here's the book you have been waiting fora.. the practical way.
`to good nutrition" No need to be a student of dietetics! You
simply follow the menus planned for you, confident that you
Saxe :serving meals as healthful as they are appealing. •
This is an important part of your war
effort! For proper €ood,isvital to health,
and therefor to all-out production. Yet
Government surveys show that 60 per
cent of Canadians fall short of good nu-
trition, even though seemingly well-fed.
So learn the way to meals that are as
healthful as they are ap-
petizing! -Send for your
copy of "Bat -to -Work -
to -Win"* now/
Sponsored by
TIIE BREWING INDUSTRY (ONTARIO)
in the interests of nutritionand health as en aid to Victory.
*Tbenutritional
statements in "Sar -
t°. iVoi•k-to -117in"
are acceptable to
Nutrition Services,
Department 0f Pen..
sions and National
liealib, Ottawa, for
tbeCauadianNutri-
Hon Prograinmc.
sing problems.
Meat rationing is necessary in ord-
er that everyone may, receive an
equal share after the Government,has
provided for those who are keeping
the war from our shores. ' Great
Britain's limited rations (26 oz.) will
continue and our own armed forces
have been rationed. Nutritionists,
have proved that two pounds of meat
per person per week are adequate.
This' is based on the official . food
planwhichemphasizes the quantities
of other protein foods eaten, such as
tnillc, cheese, soya beansand other
dried vegetables, along with the daily.
serving of meat, or fish, or poultry,
Or meat substitutes.
The Wartime Prices and Trade
Board issues the following informa-
tion on meat rationing:
1. The brown Spare A. coupons
in Ration Book No. 2 will allow 2 lbs
per person per week.
2. Children will have , the same
ration as grown-ups.
8. There will be control of ineat in
private lockers and there will be meat-
less days in restaurants.
4. Poultry and fish will not be rat-
ioned. Neither will' suchmeats as
kidney, liver, heart, tongue, brains
and cuts like spareribs and oxtail;
which are more than half bone.
5. Unrationed meats will remain
under the price ceilings. -
6. Fanners will still be allowed to
slaughter fortheir own household
use and beef rings will be allowed.
7. Meat supplies will follow the re-
gular channels from producer and pro-
cessor through wholesaler and retailer
to customer. But there will be more
work for: the meat trade as coupons
and other details require time, Con
sideration from both retailer and
customers will be a great help.
Father information will be released
as other details are determined. We
are willing to help you in any way
and will be glad to discuss any pro-
blem by letter. A limited supply of
neat charts is available upon requests
by letter.
RECIPE'S
Hamburg Casserole
1 lb chopped beef 3 tbs. fat, 4 med-
ium sized potatoes, 1 cup canned con-
densed tomato soup, 1 onion, salt and
pepper.
Brown chopped beef in frying pan
with fat. Out potatoes in eeinch cubes
and arrange them evens
y in the bot-
tom of a loaf pan. Spread half the
meat on top of the potatoes. Add r/z'
cup tomato soup and the onion, thinly
sliced. Season with salt and pepper.
Add rest of meat and 'pour on the
other eup of tomato soup. Season
with salt and pepper. Bake in a
nioderate electric oven of 350 degrees
for 1 hour. Yield: 6 servings.
Lamb or Mutton Stew -
(Trish Style)
2 lbs. stewing lamb or mutton, boil-
ing water, 3 whole earrots, 1-4 cup
turnip cubes, 4 onions peeled and
quartered, 4 law potatoes cut 1-4
inch.. slices, 1-4 cup flour, 1-4 cup
water, salt and pepper.
Sear meat in a large kettle until
well browned. Cover with boiling wa-
ter and cook slowly foi' 2 hours -or
until tender. After cooking 1 hour
add, carrots, turnips and onions. Half
an hour before serving, add potatoes.
Thicken stock with flour mixed with
water. Season with salt and pepper.
Yield: 6 servings,
Baked• Spareribs with Dressing . -
r (not rationed)
2 pieces - of spareribs, 1 cup bread
crumbs, 1 cup chopped apples, ltb.
chopped onion, 1-2 tsp. salt, 2 tbs..
flour, 1-8 tsp. salt, 'few grains - pep,.
per. -
Wipe spareribs with a damp cloth.
Make a dressing by combining :the
bread crmnbs with the apples, onion
and 1-2 tsp salt, Spread one piece of
spareribs with dressing. Cover with
the other, piece of meat. Tie the two
pieces together. Rub the outside of
the meat with the flour, 1-2 tsp, salt
and a little pepper. Place on,rack in
roasting pan. - Bake in hot oven of
475 for 20 minutes. Reduce eieat and`
bake in moderate oven of 325 for 1
hour.. Baste meat. every 10 minutes
with fat in pan. Yield; 6 servings.
TAKE TIP
1. Follow the Mixing Bowl Column to
become better acquainted with the less
familiar cutsof meat and their uses.
2. Store meat carefully. Remove
wrappings which may cause unplea-
sant flavour or absorb juices, Place
in covered dish in coolest part of re-
frigerator, but not where it will
COOKING
HEALTH
COUPON PROBLEMS AS ANSWERED BY
LONDON RATION BOARD OFFICE
Due Dates for
Ration Coupons
Here are the dates on which ration
coupons are due.
Butter coupons 6, 7, 8 and 9 are
now usable. Coupons 10 and 11 are
due Thursday, May lath.
Sugar, tea and coffee coupons .l„ 2,
8, 4, 5 and 6 a e now good and will
be good indefinitely. Coupons 7 and
8 are due May 27th.
The special blue coupon (spare B)
for one pound of sugar for homegrown
rhubarb is valid until June 1st.
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Price Board Facts
of Wartime Interest
Your questions will be answered
by the Women's Regional Advisory
Committee to the Consumer Branch,
Wartime Prices and Trade Board,
and should be sent to 291 Dundas
Street, London.
Q, I would like to buy some hand
tools for my farm. May Ti buy them
-without a permit? •
A. Yes. Hand tools, however, do not
include any kind of pump.
Q. Is it necessary for me to have
permission to have new eavetroughing
installed on my house?
A. Yes. For futher information con-
sult your nearst V. P. T. B. office.
Q. I am a farmer. May I• continue
to slaughter a calf for my own use
when meat rationing comes in?
Would I be able to sell portion of
it?
A. 'Yes You may slaughter a calf
for your own use and sell a portion of
it to your neighbor farmer. This
meat however, must be used by the
farmer for consumption on his farm.
It is not for resale. You may not
sell through any wholesale or retail
outlet.
Q. I am being married this summer
and am having two bridesmaids. May
they wear long gowns?
A. No. The bride may wear a long
wedding gown, but the bridal attend-
ants must wear Mort afternoon
dresses.
Q. What is the reason for the short-
age of canned goods in the smaller
stores?
A. There may be a reason for this
inthe rationing of gasoline; shoppers
may be doing more buying in the
neighborhood stores than in larger
ones. The small stores have their
quotas just as the large ones.
Bags of Potatoes
Must Carry Tags
New rules - concerning certified
seed potatoes, effective immediately,
are announced by the Wartime Prices
and Trade Board Every bag for sale
should carry a tag from the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, stating they are
certified seed potatoes, If the potatoes
do not have the government tag, .they
'come under the heading of table stock
on which there is a ceiling price.
W. Harold McPhillips, Prices
Board official, made public the new
ruling last week. The bags weigh 75
and 100 pounds.. However, seed deal
lees and large wholesalers in commun-
ities where there is an inspector of
the Fruit and Vegetable Division, De-
partment of Agriculturecan have
their supplies packaged in' 25 pound
containers 'Retail dealers wishing to
sell in lessithan bag lots should pur-
chase from those wholesalers.
In centres where repacking cannot
be surpervised by an .inspector,
wholesalers and retailers will have to
sell them in the original containers of
75 and 100 pounds.
Community gardeners who want to
buy seed potatoes - in .smaller quan-
tites will have to band together' to
make their purchases, , advises Mr.
McPhillips,
3. Before cooking, -wipe sneat with
a clean cloth -wrung out of cold water.
Do not allow it to ..stand in 0 pan of
cold water as juices will be drawn out
and foreign matter washed in.
4. To coagulate quickly the juices
on outer surface, and also to pre-
vent tender juices from escaping, put
less tender cuts .of neat in boiling
water leave electric element on High
for 3 to• 5 minutes, then turn to Low
or Simmer. This method keeps most
flavour in the neat. '
5. When cooking stews, put less
tender cuts of meat in cold water,
bring quickly to the boil, then turn
electric element to Low. Some good-
ness will ,be in the stick but a' large
portion left in the meat,
Anne :Allan invites you to write
%
to her . The Clinton New 'Record,
Send in your questions on homemak-
ing problems and watch this ,coluinn
'for replies.
Save Thousands
Pounds of Meat
A total of 3,500 pounds of meat is
being saved in restaurants in Londono-
every meatless Tuesday, a survey of
the Wee -tin -1e Pieces. and Trade
Board shows.
In London's larger hotels and rest-
aurants, the average of 186 pounds
of bacon, steaks, chops and roasts are
served every day. Smaller restaur-
ants—, snack bars and light lunch
counters—serve about 50 pounds a
day.
Multiplied thousands of times across
the Dominion, the amount of meat
saved which ban be shipped 'o erseas,
presents a staggering sum, 350,000
pounds, WPTB officials point out.
Potatoes for Table Have
Ceiling Price
A warning to housewives against
paying more than 56c a peck for po-
tatoes for table use, was sounded by
Regional foods officer Gordon E.
Dalgliesh here last week.
Speaking to a group of women,
members of the Consumer Branch of
the Wartime Prices and Trade Board
Mr. Dalgliesh pointed out there is a
difference in the price of table potato-
es and seed potatoes. Table potatoes-
have
otatoeshave a retail ceiling price of 56c.
Certified seed potatoes have no
ceiling.
Housewives must not buy seed
potatoes for use on the table and, in
so doing, jeopardize next year's crop,'
the official said. Certified seed
potatoes are done up in 25, '75 and
100 pound containers and are marked.
They may not be sold in smaller qu-
antities. To buy these seed potatoes
for table use would mean that the
price would skyroelcet because of the
existing shortage and it would mean
next year's potato crop would be
smaller, he said.
Robin Hood Oats Take
Sting out of Meat Rationing
Meatless Tuesday in Canadian res-
taurants
estaurants 'and a two -pound weekly
meal; limit for consumers at home
pits another sprain on Canlada's
wartime housewives. But meat ration -
ing is necessary and so the housewife
who has learned to make one pound
of tea or coffee do the work that
two pounds did before must now start
planning how to stretch out her meat
ration to satisfy her family and pre-
serve their health and strength.
Kitchen tests by professional diet-
itians, conducted since meat ration'.
ing was first on the way, have dis-
closed an untapped source of meat
substitute. When rolled oats are mix -r
ed with meat, tests have proved, the
as good or better and contains the
meat stretches twice as far, tastes
food value required `for health and
stamina.
Long regarded as almost exclus-
ely a breakfast food, rolled oats have
the same vitamin content as an equal
amount of whole meat:' Robin Hood
rolled - oats: for instance contain 72
international units of Vitamin B1 per
ounce, as well as iron, calcium and
other minerals and they are high in
protein value. Food value is impor-
tant, but almost equally important
are taste and appearance. I{eeping
these factors in mind. dieticians pro-
duced a delicious meat loaf, suffic-
ient to serve a, family of five, with
the use of just one pound of minced
meat, combined with rolled oats.
Since oat's are =rationed this com-
bination dish offers a practical ans-
wer to a housewife's prayer. The
tested recipe follows:
Take the following ingredients and
mix well together in a baking dish;
1 lb. fresh minced beef; 1-2 cup Robin
Hood rolled oats; 1 egg; 1 cup milk
or 1 cup water with left -over gravy
mixed in it: 1 tbsp.,pork fat (if tneat
is lean); 2 tsps. salt; 1-4 tsp. pepper;
1-4 tsp. sage; 1-2 small onion, cut
fine; 1 tsp. meat' sauce (if desired).
Bake 1 1-2 hones in medium slow
oven and serve trot or cold.
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To make your ironing cord last
longer remove it from the outlet by
taking hold of the plug. Do not yank
the cord.
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RtieSNAPSNOT GUILD
SLOW, SHARP AND .STEADY
Everybody has heard of the three "131s," but the photographer who took
this picture knew the three "S's" of successful photography—Slow,
Sharp, and Steady -and applied them to his work.
ful photography—Sharpness — de-
pends upon correct focus. So don't
guess. If you aren't certain,. either
measure the distance from your
camera to your subject, pace it off,
or use a range finder, unless your
camera is fixed focus. That's the.
Way most experienced photographers' '
work.
Finally, remember that the "Stead-
iness".which helps you avoid blurred
pictures means' holding your camera
absolutely still. If you can't do that,
place it on some firm support such
as a tripod, a table, or a fence, and -
don't jar it when you are making
exposures, With the camera empty,
of corse, pr•acLice releasing the shut-
ter with a smooth, even "squeeze"
until you can make your exposures
Without jarring the camera at all.
That's the Slow, Sharp, and Steady
way to photographic success, -
yps lolin van Guilder
'11 EADIN',. 'RUMS, 'Rithmetic-the
YA three "R's" -are familiar to. all
of us. Bat have you heard ofthe
three "S's" of photography --Slow,
Sharp, and Steady? They're the
basis of many a cine picture, even
though most of us never think of
• them often enough. '
Consider "Slowness" for instance.
Nobody likes to be, thought of at a
slow' worker. Everybody likes to be
right up on his toes when taking
pictures , . . getting 'the job done
fast and efficiently and that's
fine under most circumstances, but
when you're ;just getting started
photographically, it often leads to
unnecessary mistakes,
So' before making any snapshot,
take the time to think things
through and cheek up on yourself.
Make sure your focus, exposure, and
composition ate right,: Aud remem-
ber that the second !'S" in success-