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Zurich Herald, 1941-12-25, Page 3SERIAL,. STORY` F OOTS 1 EPS IN THE FOG :BY ELI NORE COWAN STONE CHAPTER ONE Fs"omrk the beginning Deborah Lovett was never entirely able to escape from the troubling impves- sion of that first meeting with Stephan: Ofter3t afterwards, she tried to tell herself that some fantastic sensitivity of her own mood, in. tensiiled by the background Of the foggy California dusk, bad lent the circumstances of a eignifieance en tirely out of proportion with reality. It was as if, with, the stage 01 the Metropolitan Opera hall dark - sued, the orchestra had sounded a ringing motif, axed out o1! the slut - dews a figure had suddenly shone forth—an heroic, radiant, youthful fully arrogant figure in gleaming armor, You thought, "But how invulnerable he seems --how splen- didly muse o% himself!" Yet underneath you felt, because of that. hauntingly foreboding mtn,s- lc, perhaps, that already he was inextricably entangled by tragic foreee from which there could be no escape. Not that Deborah put this men- tally into words that spring eve- ning when the strange young man strode buoyantly out of the fog that billowed in frons the Golden Cate, his bright bare head and belted white raincoat gleaming with moisture under the entrance lights of the store before .which she stood, waiting for her bus. Remembering afterwards, per - bans sire thou,ghi she had . . but all that was really to come later -_later, when the moaning of a fog warning came to carry for her the ominous overtones of a Wag- nerian overture. +L M ' At the moment when she first saw him, she was consciously con- cerned only with the business of bracing herself for the threatened collision. Yet the eo111siou, when it actually came, wa:s after all nothing to write home about, A split second front knocking her from her•feet, he pulled himself up with the smooth co-ordination of a ski -jumper, "But I am so sorry!" he cried, steadying her, "That was inexcus- ably clumsy of me." He pronounced it "iuEYcusa- bly." Yet aside from an engaging trace of the Continental in his accent, his speech was very like that of a. well-bred Englishmuan. "There's no damage done . And 1 suppose one has to expect things like this t . a San rancisco rid„• - - "So?"` She could not rend his . expression; but she guessed from a subtle shading of tone that his eyes were dano(ng. " Someone should have told me about your San Francisco fogs. Fogs have not always been so kind to me.” As Deborah hesitated between. amusement and a guilty feeling that she ought not to stand here, talking to a total stranger, he wont on, "You see, the last lady 1 bowled over in a fog was at least 50—and e_xces•SIVely.plump. When I hit her, she squeaked — very much like an exploding balloon, 'Achtung, Dumiukapf! Vorsicht!"' "'Which only pee to show, De- borah told him, airing her Ger- man—which she now• guessed to be his native tongue—"that the placid poise of the plump is gross- ly overadvertised." Now why did I do that? she wondered, ashamed of her childish impulse to show off. COPYRIGHT. 194'1 Nee, SERVICE. ING. "I say! But you also speak Get`. Tuan? This IS my lucky day!" "Meowing languages is any job," Deeb•orith expiable(' crisply. "I make my luring translating foreign masterpieces for the American public." ",So? 7'o think that I came so near to toppling over a celebrity;" x. * )R* 1•ie spoke 'with exaggerated re+ spoct. Deborah, who knew that she looked absurdly • ttudeserving of such a pretentious title, guessed again that his eyes were laughing at her. As she moved to turn away, he cried with a boyish eagerness which she found dangerously dis•• arming: "Oil, but don't go yet, please! 1 honestly did not mean to—`wise- pop,' you Americans would call It, would you not?" "For your future guidance," De- borah told him over herr shoulder, "the curent idiom is 'wise -crack'..". "Oh, I—thank you!" He sounded rldicously crestfallen. "My United States, I am afraid, is not so polished as your German. . . , . Please wait! I am sure you would forgive me if you knew how down on lay luck I was feeling just be- fore I nearly knocked you out a moment ago," he hurried on. "Could we not—well, go some- where and continue my education in the American idiom over some- thing to eat? .. I assure -you that I am a most harmless and respec- table young man." Just then Deborah's bus loomed cup like a goggle-eyed monster out of the mist, and with a hastily flung, "Sorry! Not this evening, I am afraid," she ran toward it. "Well, that now," she smiled to herself as she looked about for a seat, "went quite far euougt.' Then, as the bus lurched off, she caught the glimmer of his white raincoat dimly through the fog. He was standing on the curb where she had lett him, looking, in spite of the audacious set of his head. and shoulders, somehow a little forlorn. w * There had been about him, for all his impertinence, a quality engagingly young and eager, as if. —almost as if he were talking against time, prolonging a moment of gay forgetfulness from less pleasant matters. . . But that, of course, was nonsense. Forgetful cess of what, for instance? Definitely, Deborah told herself with that brisk return to practical- •,ity withteae.. which . her matter -of -feet Ne ^gavai t herit.�:get invariably. brought her down to earth, the fog, with its eternal illusion of mystery, its distortion of all norm- al values, must have got under her skin... Yet all the way home, his image haunted her, as one is often haunted by some vivid figure from a play one has seen. When Deborah went up to her room, Angela Silva was there. An- gela was the home -town high school teacher who had obtained a leave of absence and driven across country from Cape Cod with her to attend this special course at the big Pacific Coast university. An- gela was a small, dark girl, with the avidly inquisitive eyes of a Scotch -Irish mother, and the vol- atile tongue of a Portuguese fath- dr. Now, she sat on the door, ener- getically unpacking and putting things away in the drawers of a bureau, "1 left you the upper drawers r EASY CROCHET AND A LOVELY GIFT t��� �►i hat, vsy, Aeeee 14: fd"r,. pa�j'ryi' ~Lr • dy 231 This lovely bed jacket is crocheted in a :fascinating cluster stitch. This design may be made in various colors, Patten No., 238 con- tains list of materials needed, illustration of stitches and complete instructions, To order pattern: Write or send above picture, with your name and address. with 15 cents, in coin or stamps to Carol Armes, :Room 421, 73 Adelaide St, West, Toronto. COMMAND SECOND DIVISION Major General H, D, G. Crerttr . rs stere.'. shaven behindthe sights of an anti-tank gun during an inspection tour:at Petawawa training camp, General Crerar has redentl•y leen appointed commander of the 2nd Canadian Division overseas, ,`succeeding Maj. -Gen. Victor W. Odium, who becomes Canada's hl ivenrnmissioxrer.to. Australia, Maj. - Gen. K. Stuart succeeded Gert wix as rchief of general staff. -• because you have so much farther4,, to stoop than 1 have, Debby,". she• laughed, relaxing from her half-, kneeling position and arching her. body backwards upon the palms • of her hands to measure Deborah's: slim height through a tangle of black lashes. Then, as Deborah shook glisten- ing drops of moisture from her coat and her honey colored hair, she cried, "For Heaven's sake, Deb! Your'e as wet as if you'd, beenout in the rain! Good old Gape Cod hasn't much on the Golden West when. it comesto fog, has it?" Angela was a teacher of , oral English. After seven inonthaas a model of good usage for the young, • her idea of a luxurious valatioil • was a total relapse :' into sub -deb slang. "It hasn't a thing," Deborah smiled in amused' rem iniscence. Angela cocked her head- on one side with the Brightly Ma- licious look of a worldyWise spars row. "Don't imagine you e putting anything over on •me, my love," she said. "You've Met an attrac- tive man. I can ten by that far- away gleam in your eye." "You should hang out a" shingle, and go in for clairvoyance;' Angie," Deborah retorted ` lightly, • "Any- how, I'll proabably never see" ;shim again." But with. a flash of `clairvoyance on her own part, she knees;that stte would.To "` ( Re Continued) Letter From A Distraught Parent Dear Santa: Please pay no atten- tion If a note from my sort • should ar- rive. I think it is needless to mehion He can't have a Colt• forty fi\'e. And as for a single-seat.bollber, That, too, is quite out of!'the question. And "chemistry set" is•'a mis- nomer. Last year it caused traffic ,con- gestion. If later he thinks to demal d a ., Collection of things that go booth, Forget it! And as for the panda,. Dear Santa, we just haven't the room. Orchardettes For The Small Estate Many homeowners who would - enjoy picking the ripe fruit; in season from their own trees have room on their estates for only one tree says The Christian Science • Monitor. This limits the picking to- one kind of fruit. Forsuch homeowners, says a horticeltueal article, there is now a tree lrehnr' which they may garner vartous s' kinds of fruit. instead of •five, trees with five varieties of apples; the small -yard roan may have ani. apple "orehardettc" of one tree ,. with. five types grafted on. Or, for another example, a plum -and - peach tree; esthetically, the arti- cle mentions the • beauty of a plum -peach -apricot tree.. • It is not suggested that the home -owner can have on his tree all kinds of fruit indigenous to the climate; but a reasonable assert. silent should satisfy most. Evi- dently, too, the orchardette has other advantages. One.tree is easier than -an orchard for busy man to take care of; and there would he just about enough of each kind of fruit for the family, thus disposing of a bothersome Surplus often incidental to the ownership of even one single -fruit tree, This may seem to most home- owners too good to be true. Since they are first cousins, so to speak, could the kind horticulturists - please arrange :for a not -too -big tree that will have apple blossoms in Spring, roses in Summer. and red -chocked, fruit in Fall? - Fieri"Weather Cold The Dessert Is Hot By KATHARINE BAKER it just wouldn't be fall without rich and flavorsome steamed pint dings for dessert oocasionaily. Ixt fact, steamed ' puddings are so popular that many kitchens' boast a complete steaming outfit. If you haven't one however,, don't let that stop. you from serving hot puddings. A deep saucepan may be used, provided it has a tight -cover. In the bottom of the sauce- pan place . rack on which to stand the raolds, Oldbaking pow- der or coffee cans make excellent molds because of their tight -fitting covers. These should be thoroughly greased, filled one-half to two- thirds full of pudding mixture and placed on the rack. Have boiling water halfway up around molds. The saucepan should then be tight- ly covered, There should he en- ough water to last,'throughout the first hour, of steaming.' Later, if any leas to be added, it should be boiling water. The water should boil the ent1J a time. Here is the- recipe for the grand- est steamed pudding you ever tast- e& Serve it hot with Sunshine Foamy Sauce or . the traditional hard sauce it you prefer. ;STEAMED CHOCOLATE PUDOiNG 2 -cups sided cake :lour °2 teas•1rooq.J •W,ti,otjlie, h: powder ?,,".'teaspoon soda ye teaspoon salt 1,4 ebutter or. other shortening '/ . eupup sugar 1. egg, well beaten 3 squaresltnsweetened chocolate melted 1 eup milk - Sift flow. once, measure, add baking powder, soda and salt, and sift together' • three times. Cream butter,,.add 'sugar gradually, and cream together thoroughly. Add egg' ind`chacolate, beating until sntggth, Add flour, alternately withsmllk, a small amount at a time, Beating well after each ad- dition Turn into greased mold, filling„ 2/3 full, cover tightly and atemree 2 hours. Serve hot with Sunshine Foamy' Sauce. Garnish with. whipped cream, if desired. Serves 10. SUNSHINE FOAMY SAUCE 1a cup brown sugar, timely ,apacked 1 egg yolk, unbeaten MO of salt 1 egg white, unbeaten 3& cup create, whipped la teaspoon vanillin. Sift sugar. Add la of sugar to egg yolk and beat until light. Add 'salt to egg 'white and beat until foamy throughout. Add remaining sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beat- ing after each addition until sugar is blended then beat until. stiff. Combine egg yolk and egg white mixtures. Folcl in whipped cream and vanilla. Makes 11/4 cups sauce. BATS FOR BRITISH Itis TABLE TALKS By SADIE B. CHAMBERS 'appy New Year To Al1'1 11 For Happiness V For Victory For 1942 NEW 'YEAR'S DINNER MENU Cranberry Juice Cocktail Roast Goose Savoury Dressing Apple Rings Creamy Mashed Potatoes Giblet Gravy Turnip Puff Mock Mincemeat Pie Divinity Fudge Salted Almonds Beverage of Choice CRANBERRY JUiCE COCKTAIL 4 caps cranberries 4 cups water 2 cups granulated sugar Wash and pick over cranberries, then cook ie. water until all the skins pop open --about 10 minutes. Strain through a cloth, Bring the juice to boiling point, add sugar and boil two minutes. Serve cold. A little lemon juice may be add- ed, or this cranberry juice may be poured over grapefruit sections, which have been prepared for sher- bet glasses. New York tenement youngsters made these cricket bats and Moro as Christmas presents for British refugee children now in this country, Nick Rinaldi, 10, thinks it's a well idea. ISSUE 52—'41 D TURNIP PUFF 1 pint cooked mashed turnip well drained 1 egg slightly beaten 2 tablespoons butter 1/, cup top milk a/a teaspoon salt '/a teaspoon pepper Add egg and other ingredients to turnips and mix well. Place in buttered casserole and bake 30 minutes at 375 degrees F. APPLE RINGS Core unpeeled red apples and cut in slices about ?h inch thick. Cook in thin sugar syrup 4 to 5 minutes. Drain and cool. Place a cube of cranberry jelly on each slice and top with half a walnut, Serve with the roast goose. MOCK MINCEMEAT PIE 1% cups seeded raisins 4 medium-sized tart apples Grated rind of 1 orange Juice off 1 orange 1e. 'cup cider or any fruit juice % cup sugar 1/ teaspoon cinnamon ye teaspoon cloves 21fa tablespoons finely rolled cracker crumbs Cut the raisins into pieces. Pare core and slice apples. Combine raisins and apples:Add orange rind, orange juice and fruit juice. Cover in saucepan and simmer until apples are soft. . Stir and add sugar, spices and cracker crumbs, blending well. Suf- ficient for one. Nine inch pie shell. Bake with double crest as ordin- -.taut. iee•itaaaree.o.t.e nieM?-+o.w..,............-. c..,.., Miss Chambers welcomes personal letters from interested readers. She is pleased to reeeive suggestions on lopies for her column, and is even reedy to listen to your "pet peeves." Requests for recipes or special menus are in order. Address Cham- bers,Your letters73 %Vest `eA dlaidel`Street,To. ronta." Send stamped, self-addressed envi•,a„e it inti wish o reply Doctors Prescribe Embroidery Work English doctors are prescribing embroidery 'for soldiers with filer* vous trouble, Knitting, explains Lady Smith - Donlon, head of the Royal :School of Needlework, is not enough to take the mind off worry, Many women have written to her complaining that they have knitted and knitted until they can knit no longer, and asking her for the best work to take up the entire attention. To all of them Lady Smith Dorrien recommends fine em- broidery, intricate aAd difficult work, which wholly occupies the mind, The same principle is now be- ing applied to the new methods in Britain's wartime hospitals. Mere amusement is not enough: the patient must be given an oc- cupation that is difficult, Thus the needle, so long employed for putting, something into him, is now being used, and with excellent re- sults, in getting his worries out. Stork Very Busy In United States Census bureau officials say the United States is experiencing the greatest boom in baby production since 1921. Latest statistics show that the stork is making a new delivery every 14 seconds, At that rate the stork is mov- ing faster than the undertaker, who makes a call every 23 -sec- onds. Provisional estimates show that approximately 2,500,000 babies will be born this year of a popu- lation- of approximately 132,000,- 000. That represents about 187 babies for every 10,000 persons this year. In 1937 the birth rate was 1711 babies to every 10,000 persons. In 1938 it was 176, and in 1940, 179. Both the First Great War and the present crisis are partially responsible for the latest upswing in the birth rate, said Dr. Philip Hauser, the census bureau's assis- tant chief statistician :for popula- tion. "The large crop of babies born after the boys got back from the World War have now become old enough to have babies of their own," Dr. Hauser says, "And they are having them." Bees Rationed France's 75,000,000 honey bees have been put on food. rations. The Government has assigned agriculturists in feeding thein bees until the spring floweri bloom. Authorities, fearing that fart niers might appropriate the sugar to their own use, have reserved' the right to see that the bees di not go hungry. All English Mothers IN ow To he Put On Diet Developed In Ontario Expert Has Eyes Opened by System at Hospital For Sick Children INFANT DEATHS CUT During his recent visit to Canada, Sir Wilson Jameson, chief medical officer of the British Ministry of Health, stated that immediately upon his return to England he would be putting all expectant mothers in Bri- tain on the diet which has been worked out by The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Sir Wilson said that he had learned much in the few days of his visit to Canada about "things watch I hope to take back and put into immediate operation.' "Here is one example of what 1 mean, having to do with the all-im- portant subject of nutrition, wbich will, I ata confident, assist us to win the war. Work hat: been going on here, in which, by perfectly simple adjustments in the diet of expectant mothers, you have reduced what we have hitherto considered to be un- manageable deaths of infants under one month of age. "The work has been done here through your magnificent children's hospital. I'm going to put it into eifeot at home, I'm going to go back and do it at once. I'm sure that this extremely valuable work being done in Toronto will be of great help to us. We've done what we could but we didn't think of this." Some idea of the immense value and,wide scope of the work of The Hospital for Sick Children may be formed by considering the fact that during the past year alone, over 9,000 sick and crippled children were given treatment in the Public Wards, while the Out -Patient Department handled over 73,000 visits from suffering little ones. Unlike most other hospitals, this great Institution has no large group of Private Ward beds from which to draw extra revenue whiclh can be applied to Public Ward service. At present 414 of the 434 beds are in the Pubile Wards. In these Public Wards, over 80 doctors give their services without charge. The time donated free by this group of doctors, which includes minty of Canada's leading child spe- cialists, has been estimated on a cone servative basis to be worth at least $200,000.00 per year, ii fees were charged. Their skill, acquired through many years of active work with the most difficult type of "prob. lent" cases, catmot be measured in dollars and cents—it is priceless. The hospital for Sick Children is operated for but one main purpose— to give the children of those in hum- ble circumstances the same chance for health and happiness as the chil- dren of parents who can afford the full cost of hospital care and medical attention. And, to be effective, medical treat- ment and hospital care must be given at the time when it is most needed, There can be no second chance for many neglected children. Chronic disease, life-long disfigurement, de- formity made permanent, and DEATH—these are the undeserved penalties which neglect inflicts on such little ones, That is why, regardless of race, creed or financial circumstances, children from every part of Ontario ere given medical and hospital treat- ment up to—and often beyond—the normal capacity of The Hospital foil Sick Children. Operating costs are anlung the low- est in North America for institutions of similar type—so low that thisHos- pital's efficient operating method has been cited as an example on many occasions when hospitalization costa have been under discussion. In The Hospital for Sick Children less than five per cent, of the patients aro in private wards, These are the only ones able to pay the full cost of their care. This means tbat 414 of the 434 beds are in Public Wards where the cost per patient is approxi. mately $1.25 per day more than the combined income from parents (or their municipalities) plus the Gov- ernment grant. That is why each year at Christmas time, the Hospital appeals to the char- ity of generous citizens and business films for donations to meet its un. avoidable deficit, This year, over $92,000.00 must be raised. Ho help is received from the To- ronto Federation fcr Community Ser. vice as patients are taken from all over the province. Gifts should be mailed to the Ap- peal Secretary, The Hospital for Sick Children, 67 College street, Toronto, There is dire necessity behind this appeal for help—little children de-. pend ou it for their chance for health,