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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1948-01-22, Page 7CHRONICLES OF 'GING ER...rFARM • By Gwendoline P. Clarke So, the Price War is really on - dnd even Cabinet ministers are get- ting worried. This week -end is supposed to see a Buyer's Strike is action. That is good news. If enough women all the country stay with it the result may be starting. If they do. it. But will they The other day I was in a grocery store and a woman carne in asking for lettuce. The clerk said they didn't have any head lettuce but there should be some leaf let- tuce coming in, only it would be dety cents a bunch! "Ach - no matter . . save me a bunch - I don't care if ire a dollar!" replied the customer. The woman in quer tion was the wife of a working man - but methinks he was a work- ing man with a profitable sideline - and 'a sure-fire contributor towards inflation., Yes, the average -housewife can do a lot towards bringing prices down, but she can't do it all. There must be co-operation in the family too, especially with the non- essentials. No wife and mother wants to be accused of keeping a "mean" table so naturally she goes to a lot of extra trouble to con- tinue providing nourishing meals at a minimum cost. But If there is no co-operation - if, for instance, half a bottle of ketchup disappears at one sitting she may be tempted to think - "Oh well, what's the use . , I can't do it all!" Why Is it, I wonder, that young folk are so partial to tomato ket- chup? And what is it that makers put in that we haven't got? Could 11 be that fifty-seventh ingredient? I have followed so many recipes but my family still insists that what I make isn't as good as what we buy, and as I never use it my- self I have to depend on what they tell mc. So tomato ketchup is a problem with me all round, and with two hard working fellows in the house you can understand my interest In how long a bottle of ketchup lasts. Another interesting development arising from the Price War is the possibility of an official inquiry re- garding the high cost of living. But if the committee appointed takes as long over the job as the Royal Commission on milk we shall be using fresh vegetables from our gardens by the time the results are made known. However, let's hope they go to k anyway. No one will be better pleased than the , farmer, and it may clear up a lot of misunderatanding. Even now the buying public is beginnig to reali- lIze that farmers have not been profiteering. The high cost of living hits us 'just as much as the people in town. True, we have our milk and eggs at cost - meat, too, very often - but against that you have to remember that farm- ers, by the very nature of their occupation are hearty eaters. They can't start the day with half a grape -fruit, a- piece of toast and a cup of coffee and stay at work. No, the farmer must keep the inner man well supplied so that the outer man is equal to the work required of him. Well, as a change from the food problem let me tell you of a visit to a hospital 1 made last Sunday, where my sister is a patient, suf- fering from a heart condition which may keep her hospitalized for sev- eral weeks. I was worrying about so many things until I saw her - hose she would ever pay the bill; whether she would be comfortable and if she would get enough of the sort of food she could eat. Now, except for the heart condition it- self. I am not worrying at all. She is in :the hospital under a hospitali- zation insurance plan; she has her own doctor, her accomodation leaves absolutely nothing to be de- sired, the meals are satisfying, and, what is more important to a sick person, they are appetising, and she is getting all the rest she needs. without any financial worry at all. And to think all that is available for a small sick benefit insurance premium each year! Yes, I think of it, and remember that in '84 I was in hospital for three weeks and it set us back at least $1000. This type of insurance was not available at that time — or if it was, we hadn't heard of it. Now, of course, both Partner and I carry sick ben- efit insurance - and could there be a wiser investment? Night How silently The shadows creep Around the world, That man may sleep, I love the dark— I love the night— For It Is God Who dims the light, And, at His word, The. Sun will rise To wake again The sleeping skies. How like to death! (Our God Is Just). The soul awakes, Though sleeps the dust. —T. B Gieave. - 1 U. S. 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You see, teeners spend thousands of dollars a year on clothes, en- tertainment and food of one form or anoth- er. No doubt you have had your mother yelling at you quite a bit of late; to lay off the butter, est -king you down on the meat ration, etc. Small wonder too, for most mothers these days are aging fast, with trying to make the weekly budget meet the increased cost of living. Well, what can we do about it? you asic, The answ- er is simple: We can help mother save on the high priced items, by forgetting those in -between -snacks; don't tell mother what to buy (as if she would listen to you these days) and don't buy unnecessary items yourself. Milverton Hits The News Our correspondent, Eva Loney of Milverton, will probably hate us for beating her to this item, but here goes. Miss Peggy Smith, age 19 of Milverton, made the dailies recently when, as a member of the Milverton Junior Farmers, site won a recent oratical contest. She used the theme, - "I stick to the farm, because it has none of the loneli- ness of the big city". Peggy, who can plow a straight furrow, and milk a cow, brought honour to Perth County, when she competed against four other young orators at the Ontario Junior Farmers Pub- lic Speaking contest in Toronto. "I think young farm people today have much more fun than our city cousins," she said. This is the first contest of this kind. Peggy has won. Taking a business course at present, she is anxious to get back to the farm of her parents in the spring, so that she can feed a little lamb and watch things grow. Other winners in the smile con- test were: George Richardson of Burnstown who spoke on "The Future of Canadian Agriculture from a Standpoint of the Junior Farmer."; and Ernest West of Ac- tor, "World Citizenship". P. S. - We are pleased to note that many of Ontario's Junior Farmers took advantage of the Agricultural courses at Guelph Col- lege during the New Year holidays. A Grand Book For Everyone We are half way through the Jack Miner ,Memorial Edition of "Jack Miner and the Birds" and have found it so profoundly inter- esting that we hasten to suggest it as a gift for any member of the family from Junior to Granclpop or just as a real good book for the family library. On The Screen Here are a few movies, we think you will enjoy seeing: Crossfire - A straight from the" shoulder yearn against racial in- tolerance; graphically realistic with gripping suspense, starring Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Gloria Grahame and Paul Kelly. The Fugitive - Powerful drama of priest with a price on his head, who carries on in a manner unworthy of his cloak until he faces a firing squad. Made in Mexico by John Ford and carrying stars like henry ITCHin a ✓iffy -or Money Back Par quiets meet from Itching caused by eczema, athlete's foot, scabies, lflmplee and other itching esudltious nor pure cooilse, atedlcated, liquid D, D. D. ' CRiPflOR. - Greaedcas and' me. 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Just the picture for Danny Kaye and his talents. Kaye Is supported by Vir- ginia Mayo, Boris Karloff, Fay Bainter and Ann Rutherford. Hurry, Hurry, Hurry! In closing, we remind you that you have only one week to get your entry in for the "Band Con- test". You may be the winner of the personally autographed picture of Vaughan Munroe. So hurry, you have only a week left. Good Letter -Writer Rates With the Gals WIPMSAMIff Be the strong silent type if you wish only dont carry your re serve over into your letter -writing. Not if you want to make a hit with the fair sex, at any rate. Gals like a man who can express Isis thoughts fluently on paper. It's easy! Why begin with, "Well, it's a week since your letter arrived, so I gttess it's time to answer it." How dull! Instead, say,"What an exciting. week this has been, Jean! Monday the new job—and your good wishes helped tide me over that difficult first day. Then on Wednesday, the city tennis finals were held. And believe it or not, Tom Lucas and I won the cups If only you could have been there to cheer us on!" Whether writing to a new flame or to a business acquaintance, it pays to take pains with your let- ters. Our Reader Service booklet No. 27 can help you. Samples and rules for writing business, social, bread-and-butter, sympathy, thank - you, other types of letters. SEND THIRTY CENTS in coins for "How to Write Letters for All Occasions" to the Reader Service, room 421, 73 Adelaide St, West, Toronto. Print name, ad- dress, booklet title and No. 27, Modern Etiquette By Roberta Lee Q. When a woman is indebted to several people who have enter- tained her, would it be all right to give ,one large party and invite all of them? A. It would be better perhaps, if a large number of people, to give several smaller affairs, inviting to each party only those persons she thinks congenial. Q. If a woman is seated in a streetcar or bus, and another wo- man carrying a baby, or a crip- pled woman is standing, should she offer her seat? A. Yes, even 0 several men re- main seated. Q. When a son is born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith, Jr., with Robert Smith, Sr. still living, will the new boy be Robert Smith, 3rd or 4th? A. The present generation will be Robert Smith, Srd. Q. When a dance or ball lasts until dawn, and a breakfast is serv- ed for those who remain all night, at what hour is this breakfast usually given, and of what does it consist? A. The breakfast is usually served at about 4 a.m., consisting of bacon or sausage, scrambled eggs, coffee, and rolls. .. TABLE TALKS Triple Goodness for a Lunch Box This Spicy Apple Cake is only one of the special Bran Hot Breads that you will have from one bowlful of batter. For this is another one of those marvelous basic recipes that's changeable as the Autumn leaves. It's a natural answer for that question, "How can I make the children's lunch -box look different?." And, of courses you can't overlook Dad's appetite. It'll certainly be appeased by a variety platter of Spice Aoole Cake, Marmalade Hide-Aways and Currant Tea Loaf, You might well save a bit of the Currant Tea Loaf for the next afternoon. Its fruity flavor is just right with an afternoon cup of hot tea. The three-way goodness of this hot bread recipe will make it a must in your Easy -to -Do file) Three. In One Bran Hot Breads 3 cups cereal bran 2 cups m"4 14 cup shortening 11A cups brown sugar 3 eggs 3 cups siftei flour 3 tablespoons baking powder 1% teaspo..ns salt Soak bran :a milk, Blend short- enint and sugar thoroughly. Add eggs and beat well. Stir in soaked bran. Sift flour with baking powder and gait; add to first mix- ture stirring only until combined, Marmalade Hide-Aways Fill greased muffin cups two- thirds full. Press 1 teaspoon orange marmalade into top of each muf- fin. Bake in moderately hot oven (400 degrees F) 25 — 30 minutes. Yield; 8 muffins (2% inches in diameter.) Current Tea Loaf To two-thirds of remaining bat- ter add i cup chopped nutmeats, ee cup currants and ea cup chopped raisins; mix well. Spread in greas- ed loaf pan: Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees F) about 1 hour. Yield: 1 loaf (474. x 954 inch pan.) Spicy Apple Cake Dredge 1 cul, thinly sliced apples with mixture of 1 teaspoon cinna- mon, 1 tablespoon flour and 34 cup brown sugar. Spread remaining batter in greased pan. Press ap- ples over top. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees F) about 35 minutes. Yield: 1 cake (8 x 8 inch pan.) Note: Bake Marmalade Hide- Aways first, reduce oven heat and bake Currant Tea Loaf and Spicy Apple Cake at same time. Rheumatic Pains? 1i ?' The moment you feet ® the first twinges of 4 t 't=rheumatic pain—start taking Kruechen. Thousands of people who have suffered from rheumatic pains have written to tell us how Krnschen has helped them. 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