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Q. is it ail right Lo use the
knife for 4;utting one's lettuce
salad?
A. There vitas a time when
this was considered improper.
But good sense now admits it is
almost impossible to cut some
head lettuce with just the fork.
Use the knife to separate it
slightly into sections, then discard
the knife and use the fork for
eating.
Q. Soule men merely touch
• the brim of their, hats when
greeting women on the street. Is
this considered all right?
A. No; this is unmannerly and
lazy. The hat should be lifted
slightly from the head.
Q. 7s it really necessary that
a lemma use her title "Mrs."
or "Miss" when signing her name
to a hotel register?
A. Yes, this is required in or-
der that the hotel attendants will
know how to address her.
Q. Is it permissible to lean
across one person to shake hands
with a third?
A. It is usually better to
to avoid this, if you can, But if
the other person seems bent on
shaking hands, be sure to beg
the pardon at the person across
whom you are reaching.
Q. I?Iow long b e f or e the
church wedding ceremony should
the parents of the bride and
bridegroom arrive?
A. One or two minutes.
Q. When a dinner guest is
not sure which piece of silver to
use, what should he do?
A. Watch the hostess and ob-
serve which piece she uses -
follow suit. .
Q. When a girl is attending
church with a young man in his
thumb, should she snake her own
contribution when the collection
is taken?
A. Most certainly. Failure to
do this would show lack of cour-
tesy and good mariners on her
part.
Q. When a double - decker
'sandwich seems too big and un-
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BY EDNA MILS
iNE fashion idea that's taking an iinpoi tfint hold for
spring is the knitted look. This means that dresses,
basic suits, even cravats, are knitted, crocheted, or hand-
•woveta.
Designer Ann Fleischer has done a whole group of these fashions
on a knitted theme, even combining therm with classic cashmeres
in some instances. She has used monotone or multicolored tweed -
ribbon collars, cuffs and belts on cashrnere sweaters and matched
this trim to woven -ribbon skirts and jackets.
A skirt of hand-woven ribbon in a red, white, and blue check
was shown with three versions of the navy cashmere top. One black
cashmere with three -quarter -length sleeves and scoop neckline kept
r ompany with a black, hand -knitted silk skirt dotted with large,
hand -knitted poppies,
;a'or the first time linen yarn is crocheted in an Irish lace patterns
and cut into a dress -top worn with a matching hand -loomed lined-
skirt. For a hand -knitted sweater -dress, the designer uses dusty
pink, flame, and wine for a triangular top and .pairs it with a skirt
in solid wine.
The hand-woveii ribbon, material has been adapted to men's
cravats. Women like to buy ties that snatch their own dresses and
give them to their husb:ands, These hare banded details or solid
stripes.
Pinery
Ann Fleischer designs an elegant hand -.-woven ribbon -tie, In
white, with a contrasting band worked on a slant. This is one
of the cravats she shows with her tailored knits for husband and
wife style harmony. The dress combines a cashmere pullover and
hand-woven black and white ribbon -skirt. collar and niers.
wieldy to handle with the fingers,
isn't it all right to eat it with a
knife and fork?
A. No; this type of sandwich
must be picked up. Only on the
"open -face" sandwich do you use
a knife and fork.
Q. Should a wonutn remove
her gloves when attending a
luncheon party??
A. Yes.
Q. When a woman is paying
her :first call on a neighbor, how
long should she remain?
A. From 15 to 20 minutes
should be long enough, Usually a
woman who has just moved into
a new home has plenty to do, and
she might resent too lengthy a
visit.
Soon all the snow will disap-
pear from the Canadian scene.
Ploughshares will be biting into
the moist soil. Many kinds of
.steeds will be planted, always in
high hopes for a bumper crop
next fall,
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But before the crop is harvest-
ed, a seed must surmount numer-
ous obstacles and fight off hordes
of enemies. Let's take a wheat
seed for example. Its fight for
survival began last fall after it
was reaped and stored. Rats and
mice could have eaten it up.
Poor storage may have caused it
to freeze or sprout early. Insects
may have rendered it useless for
reproduction,
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Once planted, it is epee to the
attacks of sell -borne insects such
as wireworms. Root rots and
seedlings blights may prevent the
young plant from maturing. Bird
or 'animal predators could use it
for a tender snack. Grasshop-
pers or cutworms may destroy it.
Weeds will try to choke it out.
It has excellent chances of being
infected by rust and loose smut.
If it manages to get anywhere
near maturity, adverse weather
may prevent i t from ripening.
And it is harvested and stored,
the rightor( survival starts over
again.
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Fortunately for humanity, a
seed has much more than a 50-
50 chance o:l: bearing fruit-son'le-
thing it didn't have years ago.
The chemical industry has played
some part in this improvement.
Powerful fungicides have been
developed to destroy soil and
seed borne diseases. Chemicals
are available to curb practically
every insect attacking our plants.
Selective weed killers control
weeds without harming the crop.
New poisons have been develop-
ed' for successful ,rodei,t control,
In addition, scientific storage
methods have been devised. Man
is even trying to control the
weather -by seeding clouds with
frozen carbon dioxide to produce
rain,
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The Colorado Potato Beetle is
found in every province of• Can-
ada and is often so abundant that
a large part of a potato crop can
be destroyed unless prutected by
insecticide sprays or dusts writes
J. A. Oakley of the C -I -L agri-
cultural chemicals department.
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For many years atter they
were first• found in 1024 on the
eastern slopes of the Rocky
Mountains in the U.S., Colorado
potato beetles (potato bugs) fed
on a weed known as buffalo bur.
When settlers moved westwards
and brought the potato plant with
them, the beetles deserted the
weed for the potato. They pro-
ceeded to move eastward until
they reached the Atlantic 'roast
in 1874.
Injury to the potato is caused
by the larvae feeding on the
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leaves of the plant. As the lar-.
vae mature, damage 7s increasd
until the plant loses an its folie
age. Adult beetles also eat
Tleeves but cause little damage.
ree-eighrs of an inch long, they
are yellow in color with 10 black
stripes on the , wing covers.
Beetles emerge from the soil in
the spring and soon after the po-
tato plants come up deposit clus-
ters of small, orange -yellow eggs
on the underside of the leaves.
Larvae which hatch from the
eggs usually feed in groups. They
are red -brick in color. hump-
backed and have two rows of
black spots on each ride of the
body. When fully grown, the
larvae burrow in the soil and
form oval pupal cells from which
the adults emerge.
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The Colorado potato beetle is
easily controlled by such stom-
ach poisons as DDT and the ar-
senicals. Applications should be
made as soon as the first eggs
hatch. In seasons favorable to a
serious infestation, several insec-
ticidesticide applications should
be made at 10 to 12 day inter-
vals. Insecticides may be in the
form of a wettable pcwder or
emulsion for spraying of as a
dust. They may be applied al-
one or in combination with a fun=
gicide for control of potato dis-
eases. Since DDT came into use
in 1946, it has proven to be the
most useful insecticide for pota-
toes because it controls other
insects as .veli, •
In view of the narked increase
in the use of nitrogen as a top
and side dressing on many crops
in eastern Canada, agronomists
of C -I -L's agricultural chemicals
clepartinelit point out that use of
high nitrogen complete fertilizer
is often preferable ter straight
nitrogen such a s eremoniuin
nitrate and sulphate of ammonia.
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Since plants require a balanc-
ed supply, high nitrogen without
adequate potash and phosphoric
acid favors soft growth which
causes plants to lodge (fall over
easily). In the case of fruits and
vegetables, slow ripeeing and
poor -keeping qualities; are c•01ns
anon result::.
When extra nitrogen is being
applied during the growing sea-
son and any doubt exists as to the
adequacy of the mineral plant
food in the soil, needs of a crop
can be safeguarded by using a
complete fertilizer such as 10-10-
10 (Triple -Ten) on medium to
light soils and 10-6-4 on medium
heavy to heavy soils. The recom-
mended application for average
fertility conditions is 300 pounds
per acre,
Triple -Teat was used extensive-
ly last year on winter wheat,
corn, sugar beets, soybeans, can
ning crops end pastures, and for
the treatme,rt of stubble and corn
refuse being plowed under as or-
ganic matter. Growers report ex-
cellent results.
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Forty yeat'ca ago it took 35 man-
hours to produce all acre of corn
yielding 26 bushels. rough im-
proved cultural methods and the
proper use of fertilizers and pest
control chemicals, it took only 17
man-hours per acre with a 38-
b(1ushel049-5I)yie1, t in recent years
To produce 100 busttols of corn
40 years ago, it required 135 man-
hours of labor. To produce the
same amount in recent years only
45 man-hours were required.
But --says you -the men to put
in the hours are fewer tao.
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jouenal, a einemadorable was ixl
the process of getting married
for the Pith or sixth time. The
officiating clergyman, flustered
by all the publicity and glamour,
lost his place in the ritual book,
The star yawned and Whispered,
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How Not To Win Friends
A third official protest from Canada to the United States in less
than two years, this time expressing "serious concern" at certain
vexing trade restrictions, ought to remind certain American con-
gressmen of the dangers of passing laws to protect special interest
groups without considering the possible effects abroad.
Source of Canada's irritation is a provision added over then
President Truman's strong protest, to the Defense Production Act of
1951, which expires this June. Section 104 provides that whenever
dairy imports threaten "domestic production, marketing, and storage
or price support programs," the Secretary of Agriculture shall im-
pose upon these imports quotas to protect American dairy producers.
Whether there is a legitimate need for protection or aid to the
dairy industry is not the whole question. There is more than one
way in which the governn'aent might supply that need.
A related question is whether the benefits to the United States
from this form of aid outweigh the damage done abroad to America's
reservoir of good will. Canada's reaction strongly suggests they do
not. 'And it is worth remembering that Canada has given strong
support to the North Atlantic Community,
A drive among Canadian business and farm interests for better
protection from foreign competition, including American, as a reply
to dairy quotas has reached protections that make it a threat to the
entire machinery of Canadian -American defense cooperation.
How much longer the Canadian Liberal government can con-
tinue to resist a growing feeling that Canadian policy merely echoes
that of the United States, to Canada's detriment, is a warm question
in Ottawa, where the government is expected to face an election
this year, '
Only Congress can give real assurance to America's friends on
matters such as this, which have troubled Denmark, France, and the
Netherlands as well as Canada. Most to be desired would be a repeal
of Section 104 before the entire act expires this June. Lacking that,
Congress might at least take caution against hasty adoption of any
more "cheese amendments." -From the Christian Science Monitor,
Boston.
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Jesus is Cruicilied, Matthew
27:32-44, 54,
Memory Selection: God cotu-
inendeth his love toward us, in
that, while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us. Romans 5:8.
Crucifixion was a Roman mode
of execution usually reserved .for
slaves and the worst criminals.
To this shame our Lord and
Savior was subjected. The execu-
tioners shared his garments and
gambled for his vesture. In these
fateful .hours Jesus Christ acted
like God. He showed no resent-
ment against his mockers. He
prayed for his enemies, made
provision for his mother, bore
our 'sins alone and finally, of his
. men free will, gave up his spirit
' to the Father. Truly his greatness
never was more clearly seen.
The cross was an altar. Jesus
Christ slid riot lose his life, he
gave it.
The cross was a pulpit. Mere
love was proclaimed. Here was
the final proof of the great con-
nate of Jesus for men. There was
nothing he would not give.
The cross is a window into the
heart of God. At the. cross the
sin and the pain and the need
of the world mounted up and
reached the very heart of the
eternal. God not only beholds
eternal. God not only behold our
our sorrows, but ht one with
thein,
The cross was a throne, haven
from the rude and bitter throne
he rules. Before he died one of
the roalefactors trusted hint as
King and Saviour, crying as his
spirit took its flight, "Remember
teeretene :when thou cotnest into thy
kingdom," Not unattended did
the Lord pass into the unseen. He
took with him a :faithful subject,
the first of an innumerable com-
pany, among whom we may be
counted,
The cross is an ending, a coll-
clusiOn, one of the great ful-
filling moments of time. "I have
glorified thee on the earth.," Jesus
said ien the eve of his fi ssion. The,
one thing left for him to do or
suffer when he uttered these
words was to die upon the cross,
Having thus fulfilled his purpose,
he cried in triumph with his last
breath, "It is finished."
The cross is a great beginning.
It is the starting point of the
world's most important activities.
It is the fountainhead of the
sacrifices which have gone forth
to heal humanity. It is the birth-
place of the only hopes which
cheer human life today. It is the
opening of the doors of the great-
est experiences possible to man-
kind.
Though poetry may win a
sweetheart it seldom wins high
royalties. The chances are about
7,000 to 1 of a poem garnering
"decent" royalties. James Whit-
comb Riley did all right, though,
with his "An Old Sweetheart of
Mine" which netted him royal-
ties of 8500 a word.
New Nippon 'tools -- Japtynese
fashions have changed since V -
J day, At left is a modified ad-
aptation of the traditional cos-
tume. Both are made of the
same patiern-cloth. Note the
bare shoulder and short skirt on
the new -style dress, The fabric
is ?arisian, The place is Tokyo.
Keep It Simple
It is usually a mistake ane
especially so where space is lim-
ited to be too formal in planting
about the house. Straight rows
of flowers; shrubs and trees loots
stiff and artificial. Flowers par-
ticularly will make a better show'
if arranged in clumps with the
smaller sorts in front and the
larger ones grouped to the rear,.
The same is true of shrubbery.,
• Unless the grounds are very
large, one should be content with
only one or two trees. The main
idea is to screen a bit of the
house and the fences here ami.
there but not to hide the line:
completely. With shrubbery and
trees it is important to remem-
ber the full size at maturity and
allow plenty of room. Big thinga
planted close to walls will have
no room to develop properly.
The Lawn
There are only a few funda-
mentals to bear in mind, in the
handling of a lawn. The first of
these is good quality seed espec-
ially prepared for lawns, not just
some cheap, coarse grasses which.
will soon become ragged. The
second point is to realize that
grass is a plant and needs food
and care just the same as a flow-
er or a vegetable.
Grasses thrive best in cool.
damp weather, therefore it is
most important that the ground.
be prepared and the seed sown.
as soon as possible in the spring,
and in any case before the really
hot weather commences. If this
is not possible one should wait
until early fall.
Because lawns are permanent,
it is much easier to get the soil
well worked, fine and level be-
fore seeding than afterwards. For
obvious reasons the seed should
be sown on a day when there is
no wind and it is best to go over
the plot twice, broadcasting one
way, then the other. Because the
plants are tender, at first espec-
ially so, it is advisable to cut;
with a very sharp mower. Well
rooted manure, and chemical fer-
tilizers rich in nitrogen are rec-
ommended for lawns and also SA
occasional application of bone
meal, Well fed grass will crowd
out most weeds. The rest can bre
handled with some of the new
2-4-D chemical sprays.
To Save Time
One of the quickest ways to
produce flowers and vegetables
is to use started plants. These
can go outside almost as soon
as it is safe to sow seeds. ie
handled carefully one can have
flowers and new vegetables at
least two weeks ahead of usual
in this way. Another trick is to
sow some seed of each packet m
week or two before the normal
time and then protect the young
seedlings with paper caps, panes
of glass or upturned flower pots
until the weather really turret
waren. Some people start a hill
of melons, squash or even corn.
in a berry box indoors, then plant
box and all outside without dis-
turbing roots.
Spread Theist Out
It is a mistake to plant all the
vegetable seed in one afternoon,
Far more satisfaction will result
and much larger total yields as
well as finer quality, where each
packet is roughly divided int@
three parts. The first and small-
est of these parts is sown on the
early side and if they corns
through without serious frost we
have some extra early vegetables,
The second or main sowing goes
in at the regular time, then from
a fortnight to three weeks later
we make the last sowing. With
some quick maturing things like
beans, carrots and beets, one can
make even more sowings at in-
tervals
n-teryals of a fortnight. In the
warmer sections of the country
it is possible to go right on plant-
ing most vegetables up to early
July. By spreading out in this
way we not only get a continuous
supply of vegetables but we get
that supply right at its best qual-
ity. To extend the season still
further experts adopt the practise
of sowing two or three difT'erent
types of the main vegetable, an
early maturing sort, a medium
one and a late. one. This is a par-
ticularly sound policy with sech
things as garden peas mid corn,
as the former must 3 C4 in fairly
early to get a start during the
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