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Gwendoline P. Clarke
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Last week T put in the hardest
day and a half I had had in
months. Working? Oh no—nothing
like that. It was a trip to Toronto,
that's all—the first for over a year.
Of course before I could get
away I had to arrange a convenient
day to go, leaving things so Part-
ner
artner wouldn't run into any trouble,
making out a shopping list of ab-
solute necessities and finally; de-
ciding. on a means of transit.. "I
will go by train, it's taster," i
thought, ."But' then the' bus is
cheaper and starts earlier.' I fin-
ished up by taking the old jalopy,
It was a lovely morning—warm,
with the early sun bringing out
the colours in the few trees that
still retained their autumn leaves.
* *
Along by Sunnyside I came to
oma of those "Stop -Go" portable
signs with a policeman to add to
its strength. The policeman was
doing a lot of arm waving and the
traffic was turning left except two
trucks ahead of me that went
straight on. Since that was the way
I wanted to go too I' followed in
Chair wake. Then I heard the
Policeman yelling something or
other and waving a bit more wild-
ly and I had an uneasy feeling
that he might be yelling at me,
So I wheeled left and that seemed
to make him quite happy. By this
time I realised it was a detour, al-
though there had been no signs to
' warn a person in advance. And
also remembered this was the
site of a terrific traffic jam a few
days ag
o. Remember?
It mustst
have been someu
f n.
* * *
Once in the city I parked the
car and began to shop. Oxfords?
Not a thing. Rubbers? There
might be some by January. Work
boots and rubbers for Partner,
Sure, T was able to get them with-
out any trouble at all. Apparent-
ly women's footwear — except for
the fancy kind — just doesn't ex-
ist. Something in the line of a
dress or suit? Now you will hard-
ly believe this but T walked into
one store, looked at one suit, and
one suit only, tried it on and bought
it. But from then on It was just a
merry-go-round. Out of one store
and into another—ad infinitum—
"Sorry madam, we haven't any!"
It didn't matter what I asked for
the answer was always the same.
During the afternoon I visite.!
Daughter briefly at her office and
arranged to meet later for supper.
In the meantime I wanted to go to
St. Clair. Daughter told me to
drive half a block, turn left at
Spadina and that would take me
right into St. Clair.
* *. *
So off I went—first turn left..
It seemed like an awfully long half
block but who was I to question
a city dweller? By this time it was
pouring with rain and .my wind-
shield wiper wouldn't work. How-
ever, in between watching stop,
lights, street cars and peering
through a rain -washed window I
eventually discovered I was on
Bathurst and not Spadina. But I
kept going and came to St. Clair
in the end. Then back through
the rY o'clock traffic to Yonge
Street and my rendezvous with
Daughter.
"Why didn't you go the way I
directed you?" she asked.
"I did ---but it was a long half
block."
"But you went the opposite way."
Suddenly 1 saw daylight. "Did
you look to see which way the car
was heading when you directed
me?" I asked.
No," said Daughter, "I natur-
ally thought you were on your
way" Great pair, aren't we?
* * *
After supper my sister toolc us
to call on some very interesting
friends who had travelled exten-
sively. Their apartment was some-
thing to remember. Curios from
China, India, Africa and all over
Europe and a dresser set from
England which was the most deli-
cate and beautiful piece of craft-.
manship I have seen in ages.
Then Daughter and I took in a
show—"I've Always Loved You"
which we enjoyed immensely. In
fact there were two shows—one a
young couple in the side seat's
whose amorous behaviour exceeded
anything on the screen.
* * *
Came 7,30 next morning — and
the usual race for the bathroom.
My, the joys of a rooming house!
It was noon before 1 got back to
the farm. You would think I had
been away a month. Calls from
he Red Cross, the W.I., a man
or a crate of eggs, the grocery
boy for his order—and a mean with
an offer to buy the farml All that
in the short time I was away.
Now we are back to normal but
every so often I think of that mill-
ing throng jamming street cat's
and' restaurants and I feel so sorry
for them, It must be terrible to
live in the city.
FOR A JAPANESE YEARBOOK
Japanese Crown Prince Akihito and friends of Boys' Middle School for Peers in Tokyo gather around
new teacher from Philadelphia, Mrs. Elizabeth Gray Vining, for class picture, looking as embarrassed
as their counterparts in the U.S. Mrs. Vining will teach prince English. Prince is at her left. Note
neat but pitiably shabby uniforms and shoes—and facial expressions at extreme left and right.
I Highlights of the News
New German Trials
In Nurenberg, Germany, Brig. -
Gen. Telford Taylor, chief counsel
for the American war crimes
courts, said between 250 and 500
former Nazi a military,
industrial, tdustrat fi-
nanci
al and governmental leaders
would be arraigned in a series of
trials expected to last at least
through 1947,
Labor Gains in Britain
Labor supporters drew a sigh of
relief as final figures showed their
party's extensive gains in last
weelc's municipal elections in Eng-
land and Wales.
The Labor party made a net gain
of 159 scats. Only one of the 223
Communists was elected.
Revolt Plot in Spain
More than 100 persons were ar-
rested in Spain and charged with
participation in a plot to overthrow
Generalissimo Franco's regime, the
BBC reported in a broadcast last
week.
The broadcast said the revolt was
scheduled to take place during a
discussion of Franco Spain by the
United Nations Assembly in New
York. Spanish police were said to
have charged that the plot was en-
gineererd by "a Communist ele-
ment."
Arabs In General Strike
The Holy Land was in virtual
state of paralysis as Jews paused
for their Sabbath and Arabs en-
gaged in their traditional general
strike onh
t e 29th anniversary
of
Britain's Balfour Declaration fa-
voring a "national hone" in Pal-
estine for Jews,
U.S., China Sign Pact
The United States signed an ex-
tensive five-year treaty of "friend-
ship, commerce and navigation"
with the embattled Chinese Govern-
ment of Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-shek.
State Department officials fa-
miliar with the negotiations said
emphatically that conclusion of the
Pact at this time is not a Move to
strengthen Gen. Chiang's National
Government in its virtual civil war
with the Chinese Communists.
It has no political significance
whatever, these officals told a re-
porter.
Attlee Warns Labor
Prince Minister Attlee will warn
British labor and its parialmentary
numbers that unless workers in-
crease production their entire pro-
gram of social and economic re-
forms will be endangered.
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Foreign Ministers Meet
The Council of Foreign Minis-
ters has held its first session in
New York and it was clear that
the deadlock
among on the four
mem-
bers
had not been broken,
Secre-
tary Byrnes, Foreign Secretary
Bevin and Foreign Minister Mo-
lotov were seemingly as far apart
as they had been at the Paris con-
ference.
Mr. Byrnes and Mr. Bevin
agreed to discuss the Palestine
situation in detail to see what con-
tribution the United States could
ntalce.
The Unita! States and Britain
also will institute talks in Wash-
ington next week on unifying eco-
nomic policies in their zones. Brit-
ish Foreign Secretary Bevin said
on itis arrival itt New York that
"we will now try to work for a
permanent document aitd end this
state of war."
TABLE TALKS
School Lunches
Many mothers wonder how they
can possibly prepare a lunch box
that will satisfy the hearty appe-
tites of their school going child-
ren. After trying, and they admit
not always successfully, to fill
them up all summer, they worry
because they are not able to put
in the lunch box the same quantity
of food that the children consume
when at a home meal. The point
to remember when preparing car-
ried lunches, is that quality must
replace quantity, which in other
words means that the small
amount of food in the lunch box
must give that well satisfied feel -
Ing.
Certain schools have cooking or
at least warming up facilities, this
eliminates the problem of keeping
something hot for lunch. Thermos
bottles now easily available can be
used when these facilities do not
exist. In these, soups, macaroni or
spaghetti, baked beans, chowders,
stews, hash, etc„ are easily kept
hot and reidy to eat. If the child
knows that the stay-at-homes will
have the same lunch it makes him
feel more satisfied with his lot.
The home economists of' the
Consumer Section of the D.D.A.
suggest recipes which will prove
good either at home or at school.
DOCKERS BAKE
2 tablespoons fat
I/2 pound minced beef or left -over
cooked meat
1 onion. sliced
2 cups grated raw potato (4-5
medium p.tatoes)
1 tablespoon vine
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1 cup rolled oats (quick -cooking)
1 teaspoon salt
94 teaspoon poultry seasoning
Melt fat in frying pan, add minc-
ed meat and onion and brown. To
the grated potatoes add the re-
maining ingredients, then add the
cooked meat. Blend thoroughly.
Press into a greased loaf pan in a
moderately hot oven, 375°F, for
1% hours. Six servings,
HAMBURG CHOWDER
3/y pound ground beef
3 tablespoons fat
2 cups canned tomatoes
2 medium carrots, diced
24 cup celery, diced
1 medium onion, chopped
2 teaspoons salt -
34 cup barley
34 teaspoon pepper
134 quarts water
$ cups potatoes, cubed
Brown meat in fat. Put all in-
gredients except potatoes in a
large kettle and simmer slowly
one hour,' Add potatoes and con-
tinue simmering an hour longer.
Serve with toast or crackers as a
main dish. Serves 6 to 8.
CHEESE SANDWICHES
A hard cooked eggs
teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon dry mustard
2 tablespoons vinegar
pound cheese, grated
Salt to taste.
Separate white and yolks of Bard
cooked eggs. Mash yolks, ` and
blend with other ingredients. Add
egg whites, finely chopped, Makes
134 cups filling,
Timely and most appropriate is
the London firm of real estate
agents whose shingle reads,
"Waite and Waite".
YOU GET THE SAME
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'whether you buy Max-
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Regular Grind) or the
Glassine -Lined Bag (All
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the tea with the flavour that's never wishy
washy but always fresh, spirited and full-
bodied.
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