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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1945-10-04, Page 3si DECIDEDLY curt DEFINITELY,' Enjoyablle, CHDIVICLES ol CUE III At this minute .1 anis sitting in a railway coach waiting for the train to pull out and take me back to Ginger Farm -=back to the great open spaces where one can be free of the suffocating• heat and close- ness of the city. Yes, I shall be glad to be back, although oven 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 has an interest- ing future ahead of her, They don't know me and I don't know them but I have a hunch that one, or both of them, may be a reader of this column, The glimpses of "ships that pass in the night" are always in- teresting to ane. 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Pocket box of 12s . • . . only 18c Economy bottle of 24 . . only 29c Family size of 100 . , . only 79e ISSUE 40-1945 By Gwendoline P Clarke • * • • , at the other end of the wire tl at . he thought a certain writer's magazine was just fine; that he had been pretty busy at the writ- ing just lately—and that if he could sell three to six thousand words a week it would be a pretty nice way to make a living, It• would indeed, but there is always that "if" to consider. Well, my goodness, now 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 fun to lean across the aisle and say. "Hullo, suppose we get together — I believe we both sptak 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. Needless 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, site also came back with us again to spend one snore night at Ginger Farm. But on Friday away she went. She had no other choice because she was due to begin her studies at Mc- Gill University in a few days. I don't know why it is — visitors around here nearly always stay longer than e Ia a they ori 'm allY intend- ed uteed- ed .to—despite the fact I always look upon myself as the world's worst hostess. tut maybe lack of ceremony on my part provides greater freedom for them — and that perhaps is the best kind of holiday to have, Visitors come clown to' breakfast any time they feel like it. They are made ac- quainted with where all the dishes and things are kept and That 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 setas faction from seeing people go away rested and refreshed after having seen them arrive tired and weary from whatever arduous du- ties had been their lot. Oh—oh, and now the train has stopped. . . I wonder why? Here come some men who have • been out to investigate. Apparently the train bit a truck. No one was injured but from all accounts the truck is a wreck. The man lump- ed clear. I see some of the train- men out cutting wire from a fence. Do they even fix up trains with fence wire? I thought it was only farmers 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 is waiting, patiently or ianpatient- lY, for my arrival at the station. Back borne again, , the farm is still here• , . the boys have sur- vived two days of batching but they both want to know when Partner is coming home—and that is something I can't tell. In the meantime Partner Is having a good rest and more contented than 1 expected to find him, Canada has sold 3500 horses to Holland. Several hundred Dutch have been appointed to Fall for: them in Canada, GLEAN -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. TA LE T LES Save Late Cordell Crop From Frost Busy days these—days for maks ing the last relishes to brighten winter meals, days for storing .a- way the remaining garden produce before the frost arrie-es. 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°Ie 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 little hot fat until crisp and brown. Cut half- inch slices of 'green tomato and saute them this way also. Along with two excellent relish recipes, the Consumer Section gives a recipe for encumbers au Gratin that is really worth trying, Raw Carrot Relish. 3 cups chapped carrots,(3 large) 2 cups chopped sweet red 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- maining 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 cucumbers, about 3 qts. cubed 2 large onions, 1% cups chopped 3 tablespoons salt 1 teaspoon turmeric Ye cup dry mustard 2 cups vinegar x/4 cup flour lf cup sugar Peel and remove seeds from ripe cucumbers, Cut into pieces (about 3i inch cubes). Peel and chop onions and add to cucumbers; sprinkle with salt, let stand one hour; drain thoroughly, Mix tur- meric and mustard with 1 Cup vinegar, add drained vegetables and .gook 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, stirring constantly 10 minutes. Add vegetables and re- heat to boiling point. Pack in hot sterilized jars. Seal. Yield: about 3 pints. Cucumbers au Gratin 1t cups soft stale bread crumbs 6 cups ,peeled, diced ripe cucumbers % teaspoon salt tee teaspoon pepper > cup grated cheese 2 cups thick cream sauce Reserve az cup of crumbs: Place alternate layers of cucum- bers sprinkled with salt and pee- per, and remaining bread crumbs in a greased ,laking dish, Add cheese to cream sauce and pour over the last layer, sprinkle with remaining broad crumbs. Cover nud bake in a tnoderbte overt, 350*F, for i0 minutes. Remove rover nail continue baking nuti1 crumbs ere browned, about 10 minutes. ilix servings, Modern Etiquette By Roberta Lee 1. What is the correct way' for a 'married woman to sign her naine in social correspondence? ?. 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 .;weer. the engagement and the wedding rings? -4, Should a banana be skinned and eaten with the fingers when it lis served whole? '5. Is it necessary for a woman to say "please" and "thank you" to her servants? G. Is it proper to seat a husband and his wife side by side at the dinner table? - ANS WERS =1. She should use her full name. If;Jane Smith has married Henry Brown, site should sign her social correspondence Jane Smith Brown. In writing to a stranger she should • write below her signature, Mrs. Henry Brown, 2. The man should i 'carry i. 3. Bothh s ouI d be worn • on the third finger of the left et isa ,'with the' wedding rung bel'ow:`- 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 not ex- actly necessary, but this courtesy should not be omitted when speaking to persons who are work- ing for her comfort, G. No; it is • customary to separate them. Eying Your Own A Berlin woman who wants a hairdo must take to the beauty shop her own hot water or a brick of pressed coal. Gas is so scarce that beauty shops are not permit- ted to keep a flame burning all day. They have a fire on the hearth, but customers must help proyide fuel. auuz lieclet A gay apron acids glamour to your role as hostess. These aprons take little material. Colorful em- broidery that a youngster rroulci love to do. You can shake these aprons from one pattern. Patter,+ nut has transfer pattern of an 9% x and two 3,14 x 5 -titch mous:,; dir- ections. Send :Cwcnty tents to coins (stamps cattnot he accepted) for this , pattern to Wilson Needle- craft Dept., 73 Adelaide -4. '',Vest, Toronto. Print plainly Pattern Number, your Nantc and Address. Quality Gua: eed LOUIS ARTHUR CUNNINGHAM CHAPTER XXI "I 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 I 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 of ine. It will be always there. Need it make 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:” "He, will not come back — not ever now." "He does not need to, he never went away. I know what love is, Meridel, because I love. I saw you cry and the tears fell on your wed- ding dress—and I knew." * * * They had come to the Chamber - land house. Pol Martin and Ro- sine, with Gerard and the two Chainberland girls and tiny David, caitie"iiiitvsi ease -yards to°meet them. Roger called to them, "Hole! It is late for infants to be abroad. You must run all the way home." On the way back, he tried to talk; so did Meridel, but every- thing they said fell.flat. It had no zest, no savor. There was a cold- ness, a beeriness in their hearts. Something that should have been splendid and shining had failed for then, and both felt that in some way tate blame lay between them. He thought I should not have al- ways •been questioning her love. 1 should not have been so exacting, so greedy. I should have taken the wondrous gift she offered me and thanked God for it. But I could not, I could not. And Meridel thought, What is wrong with me that I cannot love hint? Respect, liking, loyalty, ad- miration—all these things I have for hint. But not love. Perhaps in time it will come, but God help us if it does not, And Roger is wise enough to know that it is a grave risk: we ris. Why did I shed those foolish tears tonight? The dress is so lovely; it is made for one who gives herself to love—Roger. * * * Even 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, Mcridel close beside him. All about them 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 ill that great stillness -they heard a deep voice singing, coining toward them around a bend in the path. They froze in their tracks and the little ones clutched Meridel's hands. "Bonsoir, Nigaudl Bonsoir, Fri - cot!" "It is lie!" whispered Pol Mar- tin. "It is Bonhomme Fricot!" "What folly!" said Meridel, but a strange shiver, not of fear, mov- ed over her body. ."How could it be?" "Listen!" said Rosine. "Yves, Yes. It is he! It is he!" "Eh! Bonhomme Fricot!" called Pol Martin in his shrill soprano. "Bonhomme Fricot, what are you doing here?" The song perished. They saw only a .shadowy figure in the path before them, the glimmer of white at his throat. After a moment he spoke, reluctantly it seemed, yet with laughter in his voice: "Are You sure, Pot Martin and Rosine. that it is Bonhomme Fricot you have here?" "Yes, yes, we are sure indeed!" "It 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, Bonhomme Fricot? We know you." "I was the laughing soldier," said he, "I gave the real soldier my old clothes and shaved off my beard and cut off my hair and now you know why I laughed— because the soldier tried to kill instead. You see, I work for the king of England and I must some- times do strange things." "But it is brave!" cried Poi Mar- tin. "It is grand. Did yon come here to vist us?" "It's no use, i said Mk e Roger stepping forward, finding his brother's hand in the starlight. •You were `going the wrong way. You don't need to run, do you " "I talked with Tante Mimi, .I—" • "You were not going because of me?" Meridel came forward now and reached for the hand Roger held, so that three hauls were clasped together, hers so small be- tween the two strong ones of those men who loved her. * * * "We can talk when we get hone," said Roger, and he thank- ed God for the darkness, for the dim stars that let no one see his face.' "I'll go on ahead with these two fellows." "A moment, Roger," said Mi- -ehei. "Please—" said Meridel. He paid no attention to them. He sent Poi Martin and Rosine scampering down the trail and hurried atter them. They heard his voice faintly, "You can pretend it's the road on the magic moun- tain, if 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 him 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 Fsbre had stopped to gaze at each other in that strange light, "I was wrong," he said. "You did not forget our hour." "You did not mean it when you said, as you left me then, that you would not return?" "You knew I did not. ft was written, all this -long ago. Noth- ing could ever chant,e it." TH1i IND CHILDREN LOVE VI MO'S