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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1945-10-04, Page 7L. DECIDEDLY DEFINITELY,; Mild, En joyablel CHRONICLES of GINGER FARM By Gwendoline P. Clarke •e e At this minute I em sitting iu a railway coach wafting- for the train to pull out and take me back to Ginger Fame—back to the great open spaces where one can be free o'f the suffocating heat and. close. ness of the city, Yes, I shall be glad to be back, although even travelling has its interesting mo- ments. For Instance across the aisle from me there is a woman and a girl. The woman is read- ing the girl's palm and apparent- ly the young lady ]las an interest. Ing nature ahead of her. They don't know nue and I don't know them but 3 have a hunch that one, or both of them, may be a reader of this Column, These glimpses of "ships that pass in the night" are always in- teresting to me. Take this morn - Mg: I sat in a restaurant having breakfast when a young fellow got up to use the telephone. 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Pocket box of 12$. . . . only'iec Economy bottle of 2'4 . . only 29c Family 5100 of 100 . . . only79e ISSUE 40-1945. at the other end 'of .the wire that hethought a certain writer's magazine was just fine; that he had been pretty 'busy at the w its ing just lately—and that if be could sell three to six thousand words a week it would be a pretty niceway to make a living. It would indeed, but there is always that "if" to consider. Well, my goodness, ziow It sounds as If the fortune-telling lady near me in the train is also a writer. I shall soon be thinking they come a dime a dozen. Wouldn't it be'fuu to lean across the aisle and say `Sullo, suppose we get together — I believe we both speak the same language." But maybe I had better attend to my own business and tell you that we have survived our first week at Ginger Farm without Partner at the,, helm. ,Neediess to say it hasn't been an easy week—but it has certainly been a busy one what with putting up furnace pipes, re -bricking the kitchen stove, cleaning flues and pipes and speeding our parting guest who had been with us nearly a month and was still so loath to go that,. although she came to Toronto with us last Thursday when. we went to see Partner, she also carate back with us ,again to spend one more )tight at Ginger Farm, But on Friday away she went, She had no other choice because she was due to begin her studies et Mc- Gill University in a few days. I don't know why it Is — visitors around here nearly always stay longer than they originally intend- ed to—despite the fact I always look upon myself as the world's worst hostess. But maybe lack of ceremony on my part provides • greater freedom for thein — and that perhaps is the hest kind of holiday to have, Visitors come down to breakfast any time they feel like it. They are :Dade ac- quainted with where all the dishes and things are kept and what' food there is to eat, so they get their own breakfast — and midnight snacks — and I get on with my work, with many offers of help when they get around to it. And you know one gets a lot of satis- faction from seeing people go away rested and refreshed alter having seen theist arrive tired and weary from whatever arduous du- ties had been their lot. Olt—oh, and now the train has atopped... I wonder 'why? Here come some men who have been out to investigate, Apparently the train hit a truck, No one was injured but from all accounts the truck Is a wreck, The man jump ed clear. I see some of the train - linen out cutting wire from a fence. Do they even fix 110 trains with fence wire? 1 thought It was only fanners who were guilty of fixing things that way, Now we are on our way.,, , the train is pulling out. It will cer- tainly be very late getting in, and that I imagine, will mean that Bob le walling, patiently or impatient- ly, for my arrival at the station. Back bonne again. .. the farm. is still here, the boys have sur- vived two days of hatching but they both want to know when Partner is coning home—and that is ,something T can't tell, Tn the meantime Partner is having a good rest and more Contented than T expected Ire find hiin. Canada has sold 8505 'horses to Holland. Several hundred Dutch have .been appointed to call for them in :Canada. FOR QUICD( RELIEF OF HEADACHE. 8t- Other Pains CLEAN-UP TIME IN TOKYO The Japanese woman, above, with baby strapped in curious con- tentment to her back, cleans windows at Azubi Barracks, Tokyo. where troops of the First Cavalry Division occupation force are quartered. Jap soldiers formerly occupied the building. TABLE TALKS Save Late Garden Crop From Frost Busy days these --days for mak- ing the last relishes to brighten winter meals, days for storing a- way the remaining garden produce before the frost arrives. To save the last green tomatoes from frost, the home -economists of the Dominion Department of Agriculture suggest pulling the plants up,by the roots, discarding any imperfect tomatoes and hang- ing them root -end up in the cellar or back shed. if a temperature a- round 50°F can be maintained, the tomatoes will ripen gradually and provide a supply for several weeks. For a change from raw sliced cucumbers try them cut in thick fingers dipped in seasoned flour and then sauteed in a tittle hot fat until crisp and brown. Cut half- inch altinch. slices of green tomato and saute them this way also, Along with two excellent relish recipes, the Consumer Section gives a recipe for Cucumbers au Gratin that is really worth trying, Raw Carrot Relish 3 cups chopped carrots,(8 large) 2 cups chopped sweehired peppers, (4 medium) 2 cups chopped green 'peppers, (3 large) 4 cups chopped cabbage, (1 small head) 2 cups chopped onion 1 cup sugar 1 quart vinegar 2 tablespoons salt 2 tablespoons mustard seed 2 tablespoons celery seed Mix all vegetables. Combine re- ' naming ingredients and heat to boiling point. Pack vegetables into hot sterlized jars and cover with hot vinegar mixture, Seal, Yield: about 5 pints. Ripe Cucumber Relish 3 large ripe cucunehers, about 3 qts, .cubed 2 large onions, 1% cups chopped 3 tablespoons salt 1 teaspoon turmeric 14 cup dry mustard 2 cups vinegar 14 cup flour eft sup sugar Peel and remove seeds from ripe cucumbers. Cut Into pieces (about inch cubes), Peel and chop. onions and add to cucumbers; sprinkle with salt, let stand oue hour; drahl thoroughly. Mix tur- meric and mustard with 1 cup vinegar, add drained vegetables and cook slowly 15 minutes. Com- bine flour and sugar with remain- ing cup of vinegar, Drain vege- tables, combining drained liquid with flour and sugar paste. Heat this sauce slowly to boiling point and cook, starring constantly 10 minutes. Add vegetables and re- heat to boiling point. Pack in hat sterilized jar's, deal. Yield: about. 3 pints. Cucumbers au Gratin 11A cups soft stale bread crumbs . G cups peeled, diced ripe cucumbers • 1( teaspoon salt 1✓s teaspoon pepper 1,S. cup grated cheese 2 cups thick cream sauce Reserve cls cup of crumbs. Place alternate layers of cucum- bers sprinkled with. salt and pep- per, and remaining bread :crumbs in a greased ,tatting dish. , Add cheese to eree,ut sauce and pour nver the last layer, sprinkle with remaining bread crumbs, Cover and bake in 11 moderate oven, 130°F, for 30 minutes. Remove rover and continuebaking until crumbs are browned, about 10 minutes, Six stirrings. Modern Etiquette By Roberta ' Lee 1. What is the Correct way for a married woman to sign her name in social correspondence? 2. If it is raining, should a man carry the umbrella for a girl, or let her carry it? 3. What is the correct way to wear the engagement and the wedding rings? 4, Should a banana be skinned and eaten with the fingers when it is served whole? 5. Is it necessary for a woman to say "please" and "thank you" to her servants? ' 0, Is it proper to scat a husband and his wife side by side at the dinner table? ANSWERS L She should use her full name. If Jane Smith has married Henry Brown, she should sign her social correspondence Jane Smith Brown, In writing to a stranger she should write below her signature, Mfrs, Henry Brown. 2, The man should carry it. 3. Both should be worn on the third finger of the left hand, with the wedding ring below. 4. No; the banana is not a finger food. Strip off the skin, place the banana on the dessert plate and cut, one bite at a time, with the side of the fork. 5. It is notex- actly necessary, but this courtesy. should not be omitted when speaking to persons who are work- ing for her contort. 0. No; it is customary to separate Ghent. Bring Your Own A Berlin woman wha wants a hairdo must take to the, beauty shop her own hot water or a brick of pressed coal. Gasis so scarce that beauty shops are not permit- ted to keep a flame burning all day. They have a tire ou the hearth, but: customers meet help provide, fuel. 6y, attIPT1Tccia. A gay aprons adds glamour to your role as hostess. Thee aprons take little material. Colorful eros broidery. that a youngster tvoafd love to cio, You can make these aprons from one pattern. Pattern 061 Inas transfer pattern of an. 874 x 1i.;? and two 3f4 x 'ri-hitch trot fry; dir. colons, Send Twenty Cents 4,1 coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern to Wilson Needle- craft Dept., 73 Adelaide it West, Toronto. Print plainly., Pattern Number, your Name and Address. Quality Guaranteed '°SALA ss LOUIS ARTHUR CUNNINGHAM CHAPTER XXI. cannot, I tell you I cannot." She was crying a little, but if he .felt any pity for her. he showed none, But in a little while, in a few days, you intend to become my wife." "You know that _I.accepted that long ago. Why do we have to talk about it now?" "Because it is so near the time, and 1 have waited and waited and hoped constantly that 1 would find in you the answer to my love. The answer hasn't come." "But in time — oh, Roger, why must we talk like this?" "We must," he said doggedly, "before it is too late,' We must have this thing settled," "I do not see how it ever can be settled. What would you have me do?" "Michel is still in your heart, isn't he? You haven't given up your dream that you told me of long ago?" "I could never give it up. I tried, Roger, believe me, But there was no use trying. It is part pf )ire. It will be always there. Need it stake a difference—for us?" "Only a shadowy thing," he said. "A few hours against all my love; a few words—and they echo for- ever." :Ile will not conte back — not ever now." "He docs not need to, he never went away, I know what love is, Meridel, because I love. 1 saw you cry and the tears fell on your wed- ding dress—and I kiteµ:" * * * They had conte to the Chamber- land house. Pol Martin and Ro- sine, with Gerard and the two Chantberland girls and tiny David, came down the yard to meet them. Roger called to theist, "Hotel It is late for infants to be abroad, You must run all the way home." On the way back, he tried 10 talk; so did Merida, but every- thing they said fell flat, It had no zest, no savor. There was a cold- ness, a heaviness in their hearts, Something that should have been splendid and shining had failed for theist, and both felt that in some way the biome lay between them, lie thought 1 should not have el - ways been questioning her love, I should itot have been so exacting, so greedy. I should have taken the wondrous gift she offered nm and thanked God for it, But I could not, 1 could not. And Meridel thought, What is wrong with me that I cannot love Bibi? Respect, liking, loyalty, ad- miration—ail these things I have for hint. But not love. Perhaps in time it will conte, but God help us if it docs not. And Roger is wise enough to know that it is a grave risk we run. Why did I shed those foolish tears tonight? The dress is so lovely; it is made for one who gives herself to love—Roger. * * * Sven the children, after chatter- ing for a while about the games they had played and the good time of the afternoon, noticed the silence of their elders, and gradual- ly they ceased to talk and plodded along with Roger leading the way, Meridel close beside him. All about theist was the vast stillness of the forests. Far off an owl hooted and from a farmyard over the hill a fox barked sharply. Those sounds died and then in that great stillness they heard a deep voice singing, coming toward them around a bend in the path. They froze in their tracks and the little ones clutched, Meridel's hands. "Bonsoir, Nigaud! Bnosoir, Fri - cot I" "It is he!" whispered Pol Mar- tin' "It is Bonhontme Fricot!" "What folly!" said Meridel, but a strange shiver, not of fear, mov- ed over her body. "How could it be?„ "Listen!" said Rosine. "Yes, Yes, It is he! It is he!" "Eh! Bonhomme Fricot" called Pol Martin in his shrill soprano. "Bonitomute Fricot, ivhat are you doing here?" The song perished. They saw onlya shadowy figure In the path before theme, the glimmer of whits at his throat. After a moment he spoke, reluctantly it seemed, yet with laughter in his voice: "Are you sure, Pol Martin and Rosine, that It is Bonhomnte Fricot you have here?" "Yes, yes, we are sure Indeed!" "1t could not be the laughing soldier then?" "The laughing soldier would not know our names," pointed out Ro- sine. "Why do you play this farce, Bonhontme ?Meet? We know you." "I was the laughing soldier," said he, "I gave the teal soldier my old slotbes and shaved ort my beard and cut off my hair and now you know why I laughed— because the soldier tried to kill i stead. You see, I work for the king of England and I must some- times do strange things," "But it is brave!" cried Pol Mar- tin, "It is grand. Did you come here to vast us?" "Ws no use, Mike," said Roger stepping forward, finding itis brother's hand in the starlight. You were going the wrong way. You don't need to run, do You ". "3 talked with Tante Mimi, I—" "You were not going because of me?" Mendel came forward now and reached for the hand Roger held, so that three hands were clasped together, hers so small be- tween the two strong ones of those men who loved her, * * * "We oan talk when we get home," said Roger, and he thank- ed hanked God for the darkness, for the dint stars that let no one see' his face. "I'hI go on ahead with .these two fellows." "A moment, Roger," said Mi- chel. "Please—" said Meridel, Ile paid no attention to them. He sent Pol Martin and Rosine scampering down the trail and hurried after them. They heard his voice faintly, "You can pretend It's the road on the magic moues tain, it you need to." But he knew, none better, that any road is a magic road if you have the right charm in your heart. And somewhere for hint there would be such a road, one +that no other foot had trod before and at the end of it someone who waited—for only him, Behind him, under the stars, Meridel and Michel Pabre had stopped' to gaze at ea•cle other iu that strange light, "I was wrong," he said. "You did not forget; our hour." "You did not mean it When yea said, as you left me then, that you would not return?" "You knew I did not. It was written, all this—long ago. Noth- ing could ever chastise it." THE END