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SUPERSTITIONS
Superstitions are hard to kill. Hu-
manity is credulous because most of
us want to believe in something we
can't explain. The story that has been
going the rounds for several years
about the curse laid by the Egyptian
Pharoah, Tut -Ankh -Amen, upon 'who-
ever might despoil his tomb, r have
heard seriously discussed by other-
wise intelligent people, who informed
me gravely that every one, or nearly
every one, of the members .of the
expedition which found the treasures
in that ancient tomb a few years ago
had since died a mysterious death.
A check-up by Directors Winlock
of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
,proves that out of the forty persons
present when King Tut's mummy was of power could be utilized in this
unwrapped, thirty-three are still alive manner, we believe that it would not
and in good health. The seven who
died lived to an average age of sixty..
That .doesn't sound as if Tut's curse
had been very effective, but I imagine
people will continue to repeat the or-
iginal tale for generations. It is
more interesting than the truth.
* * * *
IMPATIENCE
Most of the world's troubles come
from trying to do things in too much
of a hurry. That is true in the case
of individuals; it is particularly true
in the case of those groups of indi-
viduals which we call nations.
And I am certain that nine -tenths
of the world's troubles today root
back to some sort of impatience.
If it were.. not impatience we would
not see Russia today under the dom-
ination of a ruthless and despotic
handful of Bolsheviks, Italy controll-
ed by a dictator, Germany under the
iron heel of a tyrant. Grant that the
purposesof all of these and other.
dictators is the noble one of making
their countries better places to live in
—in the future. 'I prefer a system
which gives the living present first
consideration.
We have seen too many predictions
go wrong to believe that any kind
of large-scale planning for the future
of a whole people can ever work out
according to plan. Even single indi-
viduals responsible to nobody but
themselves, seldom find that their
plans for themselves will work.
* * * ;k
The interest taken in the marriage
of the Duke of Kent to Princess Mar-
ina of Greece is proof that the Royal
family does much to hold the British
Empire together.
* * * *
In the world of crime there is some
one who always takes the place of the
higher criminal. A few weeks ago in
the United States Dillinger was con-
sidered as enemy No. 1. Baby Face
Nelson of his gang, took his place.
Now both are dead, who will be the
next public enemy No. 1? Organized
gangs have made little headway in
Canada. May this state of affairs
long continue.
* * *
The Ontario Hydro Electric Power
Commission has an objective placing
power at the disposal of virtually ev-
ery farm and farm home. The pres-
ent cost of power is such that the
farmer in general cannot afford this
installation, but if some plan can be
devised so that the present surplus
T ETE W IN GIAM ADVANCE -TIMES
2 tspns, cloves
2 cups butter (:or shortening)
8 egg yolks, well beaten
1 cup sour milk
G cups raisins
11/ cups figs, chopped
2 cups sugar
8 egg whites, stiffly beaten
2 tspns, baking powder
2 tspns. cinnamon
2 tspns. nutmeg
3 cups apple (chopped)
1 tbspn. molasses
1 cup grape juice
11/ cups currants
1% cups citron, finely cut
4 cubs nut meats,
Sift flour once, measure, add bak-
ing powder, soda and spices and sift
together 3 times. Cream butter thor-
oughly until light and fluffy. Add
egg yolks, mixing well; then molass
es and milk. Combine one-half of ,
flour with this mixture, .add grape
juice and beat well; then add remain-
ing flour, mixed with fruits and nuts.
Fold in egg whites. Bake in two
well -greased loaf pans, lined with
wrapping paper. Bake in a slow ov-
en (300 depress F.) 4 hours.
Light Christmas Cake
4 cups sifted flour
1/4 tspn. soda
1 tbspn. lemon juice
1 lb. blanched almonds finely cut
1% cups sugar
1/4 lb. citron, finely cut
1 tspn. baking powder
1/4.
tspn. salt
11b. each crystallized orange peel,
Pineapple and red cherries, fine-
ly cut
1 cup butter or other
1 lb. sultana raisins
10 egg whites, beaten
Sift the flour once, measure, add
baking powder, soda, salt and sift to-
gether three times. Sift one cup of
flour mixture over fruits and nuts;
mix thoroughly. Cream shortening
thoroughly, add sugar gradually, and
cream together until light and fluffy.
Add remaining flour mixture to the
creamed mixture, a small amount at
a time. Beat after each addition un-
til smooth. Add lemon juice, fruits
and nuts. Fold in egg whites. Bake
in slow oven (250 degrees 'F.)' 2%
hours. This makes six pounds of
fruit cake.
Mincemeat Fruit Cake
%. cup butter
1 cup currants
% cup grape jelly
3 cups flour
1% tspns. baking powder
1/4 tspn. soda
1 cup sugar
1 cup broken nuts
3 eggs, well beaten
1 tspn. vanilla
1/4 tspn. salt
. 2 cups mincemeat
Cream butter and saggar. Add jelly
which has been whipped with fork.
then the eggs. Beat thoroughly. Sift
flour, measure, add soda, salt and
baking 'powder. Add mincemeat to
cake batter. Then a littleflour, then
the currants and nuts and the rest of
the flour. Bake in a lined loaf cake
pan at 325 degrees F. for about two
hours.
Economy Christmas Cake
1 cup sugar
3i. cup coffee (black, strong)
1% .cups graham flour
4 tspns. baking powder
1 tsps. cinnamon
1 Ib. raisins
1 lb. chopped dates
1/ cup molasses
1/s cusp fermented jelly
% cup white flour
% tspn. salt
1/4 tspn. each auspices, cloves, mace•
grated nutmeg
% ib. walnuts
Y2 lb. lemon peel
4 cup milk
Mix sugar, molasses, milk, coffee
and jelly. Mix and sift all dry in-
gredients together. Combine these
two mixtures. Dredge the fruit and
nuts with 144 cup flour and add to
mixture. Stir well and turn into but-
tered and lightly -floured cake pan
and bake in oven of 300 degrees F.
for about 114 to 11 hours.
Old -Fashioned Mincemeat
1 lb. chopped apples
% lb. raisins
% lb. fine sugar
1/4 tsipn. nixed spices
alp lb. currants
lig 1b, suet, chopped fine
2 oz. candied, chopped peel
1 lemon, juice and; grated rind,
Mix all ingredients well together
and keep in a cool dry place, to close-
ly -covered jars. For a large quantity
al double the recipe,
Steamed Plum Pudding
i4 cup shortening,
3 cups soft bread crumbs
1 tspn. salt
tspn; cinnamon
tspn. cloves
5/4 cup scalded milk
2 tbspns. chopped lemon peel
14 cup currants
1 cup sugar
x/4 cup nuts cut in pieces
1 tsps. baking powder
7/4 tspn. nutmeg
tspn, mace
3 eggs
2 tbspns. chopped orange peel
% cups raisins
% cup chopped figs
y. cup grape juice
Cream shortening and sugar toge-
ther, add bread crumbs, baking pow-
der, salt and spices. Add beaten eggs
and tniv. thoroughly. Add scalded
milk.. Add orange and lemon peel,
raisins, currants, ,figs, nuts and graze
juice to the first mixture and beat
thoroughly. Fill a greased pudding
mould' % full, cover tightly and steam
for four hours. Serve with hard.
sauce.
only benefit the farmers but the
whole province.
* * *
The school children should long re-
member the marriage of the Duke of
Kent to Princess Marina. Any person
who causes a school holiday is bound
to be popular with the children.
* * * *
A typical London fog hung over
London as the Royal Party made
their way to Westminster Abbey for
the Royal Wedding last Thursday.
The streets and parks were crowded
with people. It takes more than a
London fog to dampen the zeal of the
loyal British people.
* * * . *
Hon. Robert Weir, Dominion Min-
ister of Agriculture, won the Junior
Championship and Reserve for Fe-
male Herefords at the Royal Winter
Fair. On behalf of his many friends
in this district we extend congratula-
tions.
YULETIDE RECIPES
Althought Christmas is a few
weeks away it is not too early for
the housewife to give some thought
to the Christtnas menu. The latter.
part of November or early December
is the time to think about the cakes,
puddings and mincemeat. Remember,
that fruit cake improves in flavor i
allowed to stand because it mellows
with age. Use a heavy pan for bak-
ing the fruit cake and line . it with
two thicknesses of heavy waxed pap-
er. As soon as the cake is done re=
move it to a wire rack to cool but
do not tear off the waxed paper.
When the cake is cool wrap it in
several layers of waxed paper and
tie up, with a white cord. Store in ati
air -tight box or stone jar to ripen.
* *.
Dark Fruit Cake
5 cups sifted cake flour
1 tsps, soda
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English Plum ;Pudding
3 eggs
1% lbs. seedless raisins
1 cup flour
3 sour apples, chopped fine
1/4 tspn, ground allspice
1 tspn. salt
Rind of one lesion
1% cups dried bread crumbs
% cup sugar
2 oz. citron, cut fine
e lb. chopped almonds
1 tspn. ground cinnamon
1/ tspn, ground cloves
1 cup fruit juice
1 cup suet, chopped fine
1 cup molasses
Soak fruits and almonds in the
fruit juice over night, then add the
rest of the ingredients. Boil from four
to eight hours, keeping covered with
water and boiling the whole time, or
steam. Serve with hard sauce.
Suet Pudding'
1 cup chopped suet
1 cut) sweet milk
14 tspn. soda
1 tspn. cinnamon
Ye nutmeg
1 cup molasses
3 cups flour
1 tspn. salt
% tspn. cloves
1 cup seeded and chopped raisins
The suet must be chopped very
fine and worked with a wooden spoon
or fork until creamy. Mix and sift
dry ingredients. Add molasses and
milk to suet. Mix thoroughly. Add
flour, soda, salt and spices sifted sev-
eral times. Add raisins before blend-
ing ingredients. Mix thoroughly and
turn into a well -buttered remould.
Steam two and one-half hours. Serve
hot with hard sauce or lemon sauce.
Uncooked Mincemeat
1 lb. butter
1 ib. currants
1 lb. raisins
11/4 lbs. apples
1% lbs. brown sugar
1 lb. mixed peel
1 level tbspn. cinnamon
1 nutmeg, grated
Juice and finely grated rind of 2
lemons
Clean the fruits and chop the ap-
ples, raisins and peel. Stir in the su-
gar, butter, spices and lemon juice
and grated rind. Pack in jars until
ready to use.
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most historic apple tree in .North
America is intimately connected with
the Dominion. This 108 -year-old tree
which still bears fruit annually is lo-
cated at Fort Vancouver in the State
of Washington where it was planted
in 1826 by officers of the Hudson's
Bay Company who were ,the rulers
of Old Oregon and thereabout. Prior
to the treaty of 1846 which fixed the
boundary between Great Britain and
the United States at the 49th parallel,
Fort Vancouver was the principal
Pacific depot in Canada and distrib-
uting centre of this Canadian com-
pany. The . Fort was built in 1824.
Later on, anticipating the result of
the 1846 treaty, the Hudson's. Bay
Company decided to move to uneclui-
Camosan, the Indian name for the
territory, on the southermost end of
Vancouver Island. It is the site of the
city of Victoria, but Camosan was•
chosen not with a view to becoming
a city, but as a favourable spot on
which to erect a fort. This was done
in 1843. Shortly afterwards the name
of Fort Camosan was changed to
Victoria in honour of the late Queen
Victoria.
The story of the planting 'of the
tree is as follows: In 1826, at Lon-
don, Eng., a farewell dinner was giv-
en to Captain Simpson and a number
of other officers of the Hudson's Bay
Company, who were. ready to set -sail"
for the Hudson's. Bay post at Fort
Vancouver. Apples were being sery-
vocally British territory and selected ed for dessert. One of the ladies seat -
ed next to Captain Simpson, on cut-
ting an apple, dropped the seeds into
Captain Simpson's pocket, telling hixn
to plant them when he reached his
destination, and perhaps they would.
grow. Upon the arrival of the party
at the fort, the factor, Dr. McLough-
lin, insisted that theseeds should
be planted immediately, detailing his
own gardener to look after them. The
seeds were planted in small boxes and
kept where they could not be touch-
ed by anyone. After several years,
the tree bore its first crop—one apple.
This apple when ripe was picked by
Dr. McLoughlin, who carefully cut it
into 17 slices, one for each person
seated at the table. Next year the
tree bore 20 apples, and has been
bearing fruit ever since.
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