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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1943-01-14, Page 3THURSDAY,,JANUA.RY,14, 1944 TIM SEAFORTI1 N4W'S' PAGE THREE THE MIXING BOWI hy AIME ALLAN Wedge Maw. Iu.s•Iq. PREVENTING THE LAG PERIOD OF THT DAY Hello Friends! Talking to Miss' Ruth Ransom of the Department of ,Pensions and National Health, we asked ]low nutrition is: being applied to industry. Her endouragingreply was that "Management and labor are keeping up and increasing vital war production clue to a envier, knowledge of nutrition," The in- creasing war tempo makes demands on all — necessitating better health care. Miss Ransom is one of the Gov- ernment nutritionists who have been visiting war plants and collecting data about the food of workers. As a result, they know what workers eat and from questionnaires as well, they have found the reason for the lag periods between'the hours of 10 and 12 in the morning and.3 and 5 in the afternoon. It's lack of proper nutrition 1 If 50,000 Canadian workers were not producing at their best for even one day, it would mean a loss in production equivalent to two bomb- ing planes, .Think of it ! . Inquiries made of thinking men in many of theseorganizations showed that the remedy was an official short rest period, at which those who eat in- adequate breakfasts — and they are many — may be helped by enjoying a sandwich, some fruit, or a bottle of milk. With these facts in mind, we sug- gest that the busy homemaker pre- vent her lag period by,a short rest and a glass of milk. Secondly, that she be more than ever on her toes to provide adequate 'daily table - meals and carried lunches for her family. NUTRI-THRIFT LUNCHES Balance these lunches with breakfastsg consistin of stewed fruit, cold baked fruit or fruit juices, whole cereal with milk, dly toast with butter and jam, and a cup of hot beverage — occasionally saus- ages, cod fish balls, etc. Tomato Juice Scrambled Egg and Onion Sandwich Gingerbread custard Graham Wafers Cocoa in Thermos Raw Cranberry Sandwich Boiled Tongue Sandwich Turnip Sticks Scones Canned ePars Milk Minced. Weiner Sandwich Coleslaw Sandwich Devilled Egg Cherry Tart Hot Coffee Substitute Tomato Spaghetti Mold Tea Biscuits Cheese Wedge and Celery Stick Bologna Sandwich Pumpkin Custard Hot Chocolate Vegetable Soup in Thermos Meat Loaf Sandwich Cauliflower Flowerets Apple Sauce Milk Bran Muffins Fish Salad Sandwich Potato and Celery Salad Fruit Cup Hot Tomato Juice in Thermos Cream Pea Soup Carrot Sticks Crackers Chopped Liver Sandwich Trifle Milk Apple Cream Celery Soup Brown Bread and Butter Sardine Sandwich Potato Chips Barley Raisin Pudding ' Fruit Juice And dinners consisting of meat, fish or cheese;� potatoes, another vegetable and a milk dessert if the vegetables are not creamed. THE QUESTION BOX Mrs. A. C. asks: "How to prepare sweetbreads for frying." Answer: Sweetbreads should be plunged into cold water als`soon" as they are reecived, soaked for ;one hour, 'then simmered on electric element for 20 minutes, in salted water to Which vinegar Is added (1 tsp, salt, 1 tb. vinegar to 1 'qt, water)., Drain and plunge into cold water again to make firm. Remove strings and membranes .(easily re= moved at this time). Heat by frying and season with salt, pepper and vinegar. Mrs, C. D. says: "No need to stew prunest Place a cupful in a jar, fill up with boiling water, cover and let stand for a day at least. Serve without sugar." Mise M. M, says: "Dry pumpkin The National Parks There can be little doubt that Can- ada's tourist traffic after • the war will be on a much larger scale than anything in the past, :The desire to travel is at present dammed up by circumstances; money which in other times would be spent on vacations is being accumulated in Government bonds and war savings certificates; and thousands of young men and wolnefl in the military services are getting glimpses of Canada which they will recommend to their families and friends when they are :free to travel after the war. Canada's principal attractions to the vacationist—scenery and climate —constitute a resource which is cap- able of almost infinite expansion, and, unlike other resources, is not depleted by being used. Forests are cut down and disappear; minerals are dug up and mines are abandoned; even farm land may lose their fertil- ity, but the beauty of mountain and stream, the solace of quietness, the. invigaration of cool, fresh air, are literally everlasting, Canada is fortunate in possessing these vacations assets on an almost unlimited scale, and in having assur- ed their preservation for the use of• the public by setting the :best of them aside for national parks, Not. only have they been set aside; they 'have been made accessible. Almost every year new areas designed by nature to delight the soul of the .va- cationist are being opened up to the motorist. In 1940 it was the Banff - Jasper and Big Bend Ifig'hways, Which made available some of the finest apline scenery on the North American Continent, including the great Columbia Icefield which reaches almost to the roadside. In 1941 came the official opening of Cape Breton highlands National Park, where the fanious Cabot Trail affords vistas of seashore and moun- tain of never -to -be -forgotten, charm; and the Champlain Habitation, where the histoxg of more than 800 years is preserved and interpreted. And in 1942 the Alaska Highway, built in record time as a military undertak-; .ing,. opened up what will, with the re- turn 'of peace, become one of the great tourist areas of the continent. In the past the volume of Canada's tourist trade has been limited main- ly by time and money factors,' Even in the United States, from whence calve most of our visitors, it is estim- ates] that approximately 42 per cent. of the population were in low-income groups which spent little or nothing on travel. If the hopes now entertain- ed for a reconstructed world are ,realized, even in part, the economic possibility of travel will be extended to a much larger percentage of the. people than in the past. And the clos- er association in which the war has united this continent will undoubted 1y result in greater mutual travel, not only between Canada and the United States, but also including Mexico and many countries of South America. It must be admitted that the na- tional parks were not established, in the first place, with the main inten- tion of developing' tourist travel. Or- iginally intended to preserve unspoil, ed areas of outstanding beauty or in- terest, and to serveas sanctuaries for wild life, they have gradually be- come also Canada's foremost tourist; attractions. While for the time being they are serving mainly as recondi- 1 tioning centres for the civil and ,nil- ' itary population, the part they will take in briding the gap between war and, the economy of the new peace is likely to be of outstanding import- ance. Caribou in Canada's National Parks The mountain caribou of Jasper National Park in Alberta and -Glacier. and Mount Revelstoke National Parks in British Columbia is very seldom seen by those whose travels are confined to the motorways. In the summer it lives mostly above the timberline, on high alpine meadows far from the roads rather than on the steep slopes overlooking them. In winter it comes down into the woods. Park wardens on their lonely rounds and others whom.spirit of adventure takes back into the hills, find a great deal of pleasure !riwatching the be- havior of caribou herds, The moun- tain caribou living in the Selkirks and part of the Rockies, is undoubt- edly a close relation Sof the woodland caribou of the forests farther east. Some herds of caribou range into Prince,Albe t National Park, Saskat- chewan. seeds, 'clip one side, remove f?leat and serve on top of chocolate blanc mange, soups, etc," , Anne Allan invites yoti to write to her in,eare of this paper- Send', in your questions on homemaking prrob• lents and watch this column for A Day With Navy Naturally we could not see all of Canada's efforts without seeing . something of the Navy, for Canada has an important part in the naval services, .even in Great Britain. Our original programme called for seeing an important ceremony at e naval station where Canadians form a part. However, at the time this was to take place, our party was far from the location, and it meant the loss of two days in travelling to go and return, As this represented a lot. out of our remaining time, it was de- cided' to take us instead to a naval base nearer at hand. While we clid miss seeing any of the Canadian naval forces; it gave us an opportunity to visit one of the most famous of English bases. With; Lieut. Downton 'as' our guide, we set off on September ltth, and itra.vellin'g over one of the old roads .of England finally arrived at our destination. A Visit to the "Victory:" The The first thing we were ,shown war erre of the most famous ships in Eng- -dish .history, which• is now a national shrine, Nelson's famous flagship the "Victory." • This ship, completed in .1765, tool - six years to build, and although it is 177 years old, and has probably been visited by millions of. people, it looks replies, almost new.• 1t was from the deck of this Ship Want and For Sale Ads, 1 week 25c. that Nelson sent out his famous mes- sage winch has echoed hound the .ole;e in half of ti.,t gime. world, and still inspires the hearts of Britons everywhere, "England ex- pects that every man will do Isis duty." It inspired his men to win the greatest naval: battle of history, a battle that changed the history of the world. 1t was British skill and bravery that won that battle of Tra- falgar, for the French ships were larger, faster, more numerous and carried more guns. Nelson ha,d 27 British ships while the French hadd 33, and when. the battle was over 18 of the enemy Blithe had been captured, and the rest sun', or scatterer,. But Nelson himself died a hero's death. We felt 'that we were treading hal- lowed ground as we gazed on the plate on the deck which shows the exact spot where Nelson fell, raid the roped off space between decks, Where he died with the wurlrs.. "Thank God, I have done my ditty.' The plate on the deck reads "Here Nelson. Yell, 21st Out. 1805" while ci plate amidships records that "Here Nelson Died." It is interesting to compare ;he size • of the. "Victory" with a modern battleship;, The Victory is 190 • feet long with a beam of 52 feet, and hos three gun decks with 100 guns. She could tiro a broadside of 32 guns...A Modern battleship- is more than soar times as long. The Victory . was forty _years Ohl when it led the fleet In the 14att4e of. Trafalgar, Today a battleship is ob- To r.,isc the anchor, boys would pall the chair a certain distance •and :'i forward to nip it again, and from this came the expression 'Nipper,. A Modern Destroyer From this visit to the ancient Vic- tory, we were taken over rt modern destroyer of the "Hunt" class, a de- stroyer which actually tool: part in the Dieppe raid, ,which gave us a vivid picture of the exacting require,. ments of modern warfare, and the contrast in ships. Among the ships that happened to be hi part,'so that we -- hail an opport- unity of seeing then, were She former Royal. Yacht, whichis now a destroy er, and the Sultan, a. 100 year old ship now used as a t'airing ship for en,gi n eera. 'Mile travelling around the harbor in a. launch, we met an interesting sailor. This men, a Canadian, and. his son were brought, from Dieppe, and the his injuries. The foth another sailor, an orpi c+cl after his son when W0uuded. After a splendid. lun• al's' Mesa, we ok" firs 15511, A,11.P demoi0xtra r back wounded soil died from F1' has adopted 1811, who look - ch in late Otlki 1• given a real- After 110n 11 which ilrcencliari.s, bombs gas, and wound- ed w'n•e taken care of; Sntole.lbonlbs added realism to the show, and the rescue of wounded from a high tower by ropes was 'very interesting. A Sailors'' Chapel Out liext.: call 'Was • at the base chapel, • the Chapel of St. Ambrose. Dedicated on December 18th, 1835, this chapel has many unusual feat- ures including the emblems of many Submarinesaround the wall$, among others; Abet of tete "Tiletus" whiib. was lost' and afterward recovered, It 1 since given a 'very good account, of its. All the furniture' in the Chapel was presented by friends. - A trip through the aubmarilre base lv..s most enlightening, ane especially interesting demonstration was meth- ods of eseape from ' a submarine lln- ,lr.r water, This' we watched through ,h`r ..;l l r•• w;tlis' of an enormous tank tith .•;iter. Then a hurried visit was paid to numerous buildings in which naval training, physical training, and Grills, wore going on, and - a mess where -,I01 menare fed at one tme. The most impressive feature of the afternoon was a review of four thousand I1linees with band and 'everything. While everyone connected with the enormous base is working most atren- uously, they still have time to look after fifty' acres of potatoes on the grounds, although we found it.dilticult to believe that fifty acres could be found for such a purpose. After being givenafternoon' tea at the Officers' Mess, we were taken around the nearby city to - see the •bomb' damage. For this trip and the other little motoring we did while at . the base, WRENS were the chauf- :'ettl's. • Outlines Policy for Farmers in Fourth Year of War In a- review of farm policy and achievement, Hon; J. G. Gardiner in a. recentradio address given under the auspices of the Canadian Farm Foran,, gave some suggestions of what alight be expected of Canadian farmers during the fourth yearof the . war. On one side, he said, there was reduced . labor for which .higher wages would have to be paid;. On, the other side, there was more breeding stock of every. kind, greatly increased feed supplies, a guarantee of at least as high a price for every product in the next 12 .mouths, .and higher for mast, as in the .past 11 months, and a guarantee that,liowever much meat, dairy, or poultry produce that could be produced in the fourth year et the. war would be needed. It was proposed that every beef animal, for which the farmer had the labor and the feed to finish, would bre fed until it had ea.en the last pound of grain which would put beef on it profitably, and that the number of animals available for future feeding would be increased. It ..;;,as proposed that there should be an increase of of least 25 per cent of sows on the farm. If that were to be clone. each farmer would require to take stock of his labor and his feed, and plan to produce all the pigs he could. Cheesemakers would be asked not -to let up on production and send' it higher. Farmers would be asked to produce more milk, buttermakers to produce at least 20 million pounds more butter, and poultrymen to pro- duce more eggs and poultry than in. 1942. It was not suggested that those who specialized because of local con- ditions should change from one pro- duct to another. The :Government's - long-time policy was that if a termer Sound. something best for him to do in times of peace and considered it best for him when the war was over, he must not allow the war to drive him from it. Do. it now and do 11 more abundantly. The only exception to that injunction was that farmers' who produce wheat have been asked to become feeders or producers of teed grain. There would appear to be every reason at the present time why western fanners should seed about the same acreage to coarse grains as in 1942. 1f there was any change, it should 'be from wheat to oil-producing crops such as flax. An annual confer- ence of representatives of provincial agricultural departments and farm or- ganisations was to be called -to lay out a program for each province.`.• 'Don't they teach you to salute in your company?" roared the major to Patrick Mahone, who had passed him without raising his hand. "Yes, air," replied Pat. "Then why didn't you salute?" "Well, sir," said Pat, "I didn't want toattract more' attention than necessary because I'm not supposed to be out without a pass." ` "You must pay for the boy," said the conductor, while the sik-year-old tricii to slnrinlc in his seat. "'re's only three," said his mother%, tartly'' "lie looks older!" exclaimed the conductor. The mother thieve out her hand's, helplessly, "Can I help it if he worries about the war?" Se d it - the names of yotil' visitors