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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1949-02-24, Page 7RONIC ES 1NGERGvertelolineF M Actually I am right here at Gin- ger Farm but in memory I am 'Rack a good many years, in a board - ie house in the city of Moose Jaw. X was staying there alone . , , wait- dng. Partner had brought me *here; stayed a couple of days and then had to return to our tempor- ary hone fifty miles west of the city. I can see the boarding house now piano crosswise in the living - room; big square window with a lovely window seat and lots of magazines. An archway led to the dining -room and a hall -way to the kitchen; behind the curtain was what, I believe, is known as a con- tinental bed—one that could be tipped up sideways and fastened to *he wall for'daytime convenience. Funny things one remembers. I forget the name of the land -lady, and the other guests who were there and yet T remember these little de- tails in connection with the house- I suppose because they were differ- ent from anything I had eeeu at home, I also remember ,landing around in the hall about twelve o'clock one night waiting for a taxi Ao take me to the hospital. It did - not cone . , and it didn't come) Finally my Jandladly phoned again yes, a taxi would be there in a few minutes, they had sent one be- fore but it had got into heavy snow., sonst side -street and lost a wheel. Was I glad r was not in the taxi -when the wheel carne off! J finally reached • the hospital without mishap. It was a small private hospital owned and operated by two sisters, one a nurse and the other a fully qualified dietitian. Everything was very nice, very ef- lscient and the meals and service knit grand. T was able to be around the next day and soon discovered Acre were only a few other patients, acme with babies; sonic waiting. 1 felt rather friendless and alone —as indeed I was, a stranger in a WILLIE WEATHER Says: Jack Frost has been painting the window penes agetn, 1 often wonder how he can get mound so fast—no mat- ter where you go, he's been. He must ride around en a high - powered fele. --ere strange land; just. six -.months out from England• and Partner fifty miles away. ,But what probably contributed most to my lonesome- ness was the fact that among the ladies-in-waiting was a girl who was evidently very popular and with plenty of this world's goods, I re- member she had beautiful reddish hair, and wore a blue satin bed - jacket to match her blue satin eiderdown..From her hospital bed— which didn't look like a hospital bed at all, Birt a couch among a bower of flowers -anyway, from it she held court. There were many visit- ors and peals of laughter drifted in- to my Iittle back room. She was de- finitely tine glamour girl of the hospital, even to the nurses, Per- haps I envied her a little ...'I don't know. If I did it wasn't for long: The_next day a baby was born to each of us. .Daughter was just about perfect—just as any normal baby is to its mother. But Lady Blue Satin , her baby was born - dead. ,s That is a terrible thing to happen in any language but this girl was apparently a spoilt darling and re- acted accorlingly. Before the baby was born there had been kidney complications. She had been put on a strict diet and yet had per- suaded her friends to bring her in some of the very things she wasn't supposed to sae Nature plays no favourites but has a way of catch- ing up with spoilt darlings. But • for all that I felt awfully sorry for Lady Blue Satin. When I was going out of the hospital she called me in and asked to see the baby.. She looked at her and said nothing. My lady was still wearing blue sa- tin, her room still bedecked with flowers—bet the glamour was gone. I never did knot,, who she was. The hospital, as 7 said before, was just about tops for efficiency and Comfort, and yet, a month after I left it was closed by order of the Ilealtlt autborties. Several mothers had died from blood poisoning, others were seriously ill — and all through infection getting into the hospital from an ` unsuspected source. Why do I think of all this just now? Because this is the eve of Daughter's birthday. It is only natural to look back and think how much we .have to be thankful for. And 1 wonder what happened to Lady .Blue Satin! And I wonder, is there a "pull" towards the district where one was born? Both our babies were born out \Vest; when we. carate East sit was largely on their account—to give them, as we thought, a better chance in life. Now Daughter is in Fort william and when Bob was in the army be thought B.C. was as good a place to live as any he had - struck, BY TOM GREGORY WHEN A SLEEPING DOG WANTS YOU ONLY TO LET • HIM LIE IN PEACE, tr'$ A PRETTY GOOD SIGN THAT HE IS COMFORTABLE• -BOTH INSIDE AND OUL CHANCES ARE THAT HE HAD A GOOD MEAL AND IS COMPLETELY CONTENT, IF YOUR DOG EATS PRE. PARED FOOD T00 FAST FOR HIS OWN GOOD, HERE IS ONE THING YOU CAN D0 TO HELP HIM OUT AND MAKE HIM A MORE CONT- ENTED CANINE: PUT HIS FOOD INA FAIRLY DEEP PAN AND PLACE A SMOG. ROCK ON TOP OF iT AS SHOWN IN THE ILLUSTRATION ON THE R1641, THd MAKES IT NECESSARY FOR THE DOG TO TAKE HIS FOOD IN SMALL AMOUNTS AND AT THE SAME, TIME PREVENTS THE PAN FROM BEING UPSET'.'�f1(f1�(�//y�/���p�-M VLVYU..a�Q�Wa... il'U17W..rH `'17V4 HERE 15 SOMETHING ALMOST HYPNOTIC ABOUT THE STEADY TICK- ING OF A CLOCK. IF YOU HAVE A YOUNG PUPPY OR KITTEN THAT IS RESTLESS AND WHINES AND CRIES THE FIRST FEW NIGHT$ YOU PAYE HIM AT HOME, PUT A SMALL CLOCK IN H15 BOX. THE TICKING WILL SOOTHE HIM AND MAKE HIM FEEL HE IS 001 ALONE Double Decker Omnibus Makes rine Room home. -They have hoiising problems hi England too, an.d this old double-decker has been tuned into a living room, kitchen, toolshed, two bedrooms and a bath. The driver's cab is now a toolehed. On the ground floor there are the living room and kitchen; while sleeping quarters and bath are ."up top." The main roomis equipped with all the comforts of borne, including television. oaf L TALKS da Andrews. All through the school year the,e are many thousands of boys and girls who find it impossible to get home during the daily luncheon period; and I imagine that around. now, what with the condition of the roads, this number is greater than ever. And for many's the long year the problem of school lunches has bothered countless mothers, So today I thought you might welcome a. few suggestions along this line—most of which have the endorsement of the Saskatchewan Department of Public Health, which made a special study of the subject. So here goes. The Lunch Pail What kind? Metal is best because it must be washed—and scalded— . regularly. There should be air holes for ventilation and, of col -se, a handle for easy carrying. How To Pack. Line pail with wax paper or paper napkin. Wrap each food separately. Put the heavier foods on the bot- tont—the easily crushed sort on top, What's a Good Lunch? One that contains enough food —and the right kind of food. MILK —for bones and teeth. A VEGE- TABLE or a' FRUIT, preferably both, BREAD— whole grain or Canada Approved. PROTEIN — such as meat, fish, cheese, eggs or peanut butter, 11:0'i' F000— such as soups, cocoa or scalloped dishes. Now, just a word about these hot foods. Every school should hays facilities for ` reheating food, and these are easy to make. just a .large kettle of hot water --•a canner serves the purpose very well. 11 is neces- sary to have a rack in the bottom to keep the jars off the direct heat. This may be ,lade of wire, or may be just a piece of board, about 34 of an inch thick, with holes bored in it to allow the water, to come up. around the jars. Each chili carries a jar °Uwe.] in its lunch kit. If put on OTIPIrrove to heat during morning recess, the food will be piping hot by noon. jars should be taken home to be washed, and refilled for the follow- „ing. day. What Foods for the Jar? There are plenty that are suitable. Baked beans, milk pudding, shep- herd's pie, vegetable stew, creamed chicken, vegetable chowder, spaghetl;i and meat with tomatoes, macaroni andcheese, crcamed,car rots or other vegetables, scalloped potatoes, liver or salmon loaf, Creamed, cave, soup, cocoa ' with 111 I k. 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Grated cheese, raw carrots and salad dressing, _ * * * Seems, as though I've used up pretty nearly all my space. How- ever, the next time you're having Pork Chops for dinner, perhaps you'd like to try doing than a dif- ferent way. Here's one method they use over in Norway—and very tasty tool Norwegian Pork Chops 6 pork chops, 1 tol;i inches thick 2 teaspoons prepared mustard Salt and pepper 1 tablespootT fat 1 •medium-sized onion, - 'minced 2 tablespoons flour 1 cup canned chicken consomme Va cup tight cream 14 cup chopped encumber pickle Method Sperm] chops with the mustard and season with salt and pepper. Brown well on both sides in snot fat in the pan. Add onion and cook for 10 minutes, Remove chops, pour off excess fat and stir in the Roue. Add consomme and light cream, stirring until sauce is thickened and smooth: Return chops to skillet and cover with pickle. Simmer for 50 to 60 minutes, or -until well done, Yield, 6 portions. * *• $ And here's what may be, to some of you, a new way of using sausage meat. Ginger Sausage Combine 1 pound sausage meat, Z tablespoons minced parsley, 2 tablespoons minced onion, cup chopped pickle, is cup bread crumbs, 2 teaspoons ground ginger, and 2 egg yolks. Whip the 2 egg whites until stiff and fold into mix- ture. Season well with salt ancb pepper, and form into small balls. Brown in hot fat, then cook over low heat till well dome. 10P'SCFRATCm1ANG� Relieve itch in et Jiffy AttuVa thos t9 'm a bl,tr. orb nt 1 t ten , r scans medicated D itDnh Pt b'Ip; pn, C rdi Y extra trrG1b,o stainless. Hoar f rnIcle. a tewt 0,1,1m, intense (tattoo91 33 kidbottlef 'irralto m n ybn k A,k rourd,n of,1 r D.b.b. Prean Intl,,, Helpful Hiatr For Homemakers A bright new muffin tin is better than e tray for serving meals to a sick child. Put each food in u separate muffin cup, and there will be no dishes to slide, A small glass of milk or fruit juice may also be set in. Make buttons removable from a garment to be cleaned or washed, by converting them into studs, Sew e small pearl buttom on the back of each. Leave a short loop between, the large and small button '(unless the fancy button has a shank). An- chor each oramental button in a small buttonhole, worked on the underlap of the garment to coincide with the regular buttonholes on the overlap. Removable buttons are now in place, * Baby's old bathinette is useful on washday. Sprinkle clothes on its waterproof top, fold and store In- side where they won't dry out, + * Two-inch velvet ribbon wound around the lower handle of the mop, keeps it from marking furniture you are dusting under. * * * "Jangle -bangles" for a costume party or program may be made in- expensively from bottle caps. Flatten caps, remove cork, and punch a hole in each cap for sew- ing on. Paint aluminum or a bright color. * * * Insert a funnel into ham before baking it, and fill the funnel with pine -apple juice. The juice gives * delicious, new flavor. * * When making sweet rolls, work some dough into a thin rope and wrap it around sterilized, well -grea- sed wooden clothespins. Be sure the ends stick out enough so the pins will be easy to remove after the rolls are baked. When cool, fill holes with jelly, spread, or thin- ly sliced wieners. They can be ser- ved hot or frosted, too. * * * Don't burst 'eni upl Cut out the eleven little pictures from old greet- ing cards—holiday, anniversary and getwell-and save them to decor- ate plain paper napkins, nut cups, and place cards. You'll receive many a compliment for this special touch, These cutouts give anair to plain stationery, too. * Stick bunion plasters behind the louver corners of large -pictures; ' corn plaster behind small pictures. These hold the frames . atvay from the wall and prevent that hard -to - remove dark streak from forming along the bottom. * k r Use two knitting needles when casting, on the required number of stitches. Then remove one needle —yon''ll find the' cast -on stitches loose enough for easy knitting' of your first row. FOR BRONCHI YOU CAN'T BEAT KIEY'S MIXTURE' WhenYour BACK Begins t0 Ache R'EAICFf FOR BECAUSE -- Backache is often due to an upset kidney condi- tion; end for over hell a century Dodd's Kidney Pills here helped bring relief from backache by treating the kidneys, Get Dodd's Kidney Pills today et any drug eeunter. Look for the blue box with the red band- You can depend on Dodd's. 155 Vats //Mf P�VS' pi' y $.> There's ova thing for the -head- ache . • the muscular aches and pains that often accompany a cold INSTANTINE, INSTANTINE brings really fast relief from pain and the relief is prolonged) So get INSTANTINE and get quick comfort. IN,STANTJNE is compounded like a doctor's pre- scription of three proven medical ingredients. You can depend on iia fast action in getting relief from every day aches and pains, head- ache, rheumatic pain, for neuritic or neuralgic pain. Got Iostanitno today end always hasp tl handy sta nti /2-1411,t TIi� 2St!; ECONOMIC, 6;< ,40.44,8,1#1,41t4 LITTLE IFEGGIL WIJATS THAT REGGIE ? MY LMST OF NEW YEARS \RESOLUTIONS THAT S FiNE DEAR= - aur--- 15NT THAT FLY -PAPER YOU'RE USING? HY