Zurich Herald, 1946-10-24, Page 7JUST IN FON
No Repairs
Daniel Webster was on day call-
ing on ex -President John Adams,
lith;* at the time was failing rapidly
In health. As they were talking on
topics of the day, d friend came in
and asked the aged matt how he
'pias feeling. Adamr smiled at the
plan, and replied.
As a matter of tact. I inhabit a
weak, frail, decay` d tenement;
bat.rred by the wirds and broke in
trpcn by the storms, and from all
1 car; learn. the landlord does not
rated to make repairs."
Economical
"Pop, if I save you a dollar
world you give Int fifty cents 'of
it?'
n es, I guess so son."
"Well, I saved it for you. You
-lold me you wotilo give me a
do1'sn if I passed in arithmetic,
an I didn't pass."
That Should hold Him
in* (ending r quarrel): "I see
now why a womar it often called
a bird."
ha (smartly): ' Yes. because
they are always on the lookout Cor
crumbs." •
. Ste (quietly): "No, because of
the norms they pick up."
Have It Change.3 •
An official with a very annoying
manner was making an inspection
of zn aerodrome.
On this particular afternoon
Iarat.hute practice was being un-
dertaken by a number of pilots,
and the official asked question
after question of one man about
Ins experience and sensations
whit falling through t' : air.
"Cut supposing your parachute
fails to open wbile ;.ou are coming
?own " he asked finally. "What
do you do then?"
The pilot had had more than
env gh by this time. "Take it
back and change It." he replied.
THE SPORTING THING
HOBBY SQUAD11— 1 I
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"Remember now—this is a
meeting of the coin collector's
club!"
Worse
Sued for damages by a man he'd
knccked down. the motorist pro-
tested his innocence.
"But," he exclaimed, "I was on-
ly doing five miles an hour when
the man stepped m front of my
"1 hat makes it worse,' snapped
the plaintiff's counsel. "Imagine
the prolonged suf:cring of my
cli'r i as the car robed slowly over
him"
Just The Money
"What about the thirty shillings
you owe me?"
"Quite all right—it's your birth-
day next Sunday and I'm going to
bring it to you with my congratu-
lations."
"You just bring the money and
1'11 congratulate myself."
Failure
A land girl called on a farmer
in response to an advertisement
for a shepherd and offered her
services.
"No, no, my lassie," said the old
farmer. "I advertised for a shep-
herd, not a shepherdess."
"I know that," replied the land
girl; "but surely there is no reason
why the work should not be under-
taken by a woman?"
"Well, a woman once tried it and
made a mess of the job," explained
the farmer.
"Who was she?" asked the girl.
"Bo -Peep!" was the sharp retort.
Too Much
After innspecting the whole stock
of suitcases the customer shook
his head.
"I want a really good one for a
long holiday in the country," he
said. "I want to see some real
cowhide in it."
"Sorry sir," eplied the assistant
dejectedly; "brit I'm afraid we
+' haven't one big enough for that."
Easy For Them
"Aad --did you have to learn to
Write and speak French when you
were at school?"
"Yes, son, why?"
"Oh, 1 clunno! To me it seems
a waste of time trying, to do some-
thing the French do so much
better"
l{? dLE TIM
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. . Thickeners • ; p
During the past few months,
Canadian homemakers have had to
use different types of "Thickeners"
for sauces, etc. The Consumer sec-
tion of the Dominion Department
of Agriculture has received many
inquiries as to the relative thicken-
ing power of wheat, potato and rice
fours, cornstarch and most recently
wheat starch, After experimenting
with these different flours and
starches, they have found that rice
and potato flours and wheat starch.
have approximately the same thick-
ening power as cornstarch and
twice as much as all purpose flour.
Eggs are also thickeners and
when the suply is plentiful they
can be used in place of starch or
flour thickeners. Conversely when
they are scarce and consequently
high priced they may be replaced,
at least in part, by other thickehers.
One-half .ablespoon of cornstarch
or 1 tablespoon of all-purpose flour
may he substituted for 1 egg anti
vice versa.
Comparative Table for Thickeners
(1 Cup of Liquid)
tblsp.
White Flour..-._ 3 tblsp.
Wheat Starch —. 1 tblsp. ± 2 tsp.
Rice Flour-.-.____. 1 tblsp. + 2 tsp.
Potato Flour__-. 1 tblsp, -i- 2 tsp.
CHOCOLATE CREAM
2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
3 cups milk
4 tablespoons cornstarch (% cup)
or 8 tablespoons white flour (1/2
cup) or 4 % tablespoons of either
wheat starch, rice or potato flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
Add chocolate to 21/4 cups of the
milk and heat in top of double
boiler until chocolate is melted.
Mix cornstarch or white flour or
either of the other thickeners with
sugar and salt and blend with the
remaining half -cup of milk. Add
slowly to hot mixture In top of
double boiler and stir constantly
until mixture thickens. Cook for 20
to 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add well beaten egg yolk and cook
3 minutes. Remove from heat, add
flavouring and fold in the beaten
egg white. Chill. Six servings.
LEMON SNOW
4 tablespoons cornstarch (% cup)
or 4 % tablespoons of either wheat
starch, rice or potato flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups boiling water
lemon
2 egg whites
Mix cornstarch or eithet wheat
starch, rice or potato flour with
sugar and salt thoroughly together.
Gradually add boiling water, stir-
ring constantly. Cook over direct
heat until thick and clear, about 5
minutes. Add grated lemon rind
and juice(3 tablespoons) and pour
the hot mixture slowly over the
stiffly beaten egg whites, stirring
until well blended. Pour into in-
dividual sherbets and chill. Serve
with custard sauce using egg yolks.
Six servings.
VOICE OF r H
1 SS
Has Many Uses gat
The main reason why the soy-
bean crop is a profitable one is
because the bean makes glue, baby
food, lipstick, candy and synthetic
rubber and many other things.
—St. Thomas Times -Journal.
On The Up and Up
Perhaps that young couple who
spent their honeymoon in an air-
plane thought that by so doing they
would attain the height of happi-
ness.
—Chatham News
Then and Now
Girls when they went out to swim,
Once dressed like Mother Hub-
bard.
Now they have a bolder whim.
They dress more like her cup-
board.
—The Argonaut.
Practice Makes Perfect
The reason most people can
stand adversity better than they
can good fortune is that they've
had considerably more practice in
standing adversity.
—Kitchener Record.
History Repeats
The Germans are a dangerous
people, because they live, dream
and think in terms of conquest.
Defeat does not change their
thinking—it only delays their plans.
`Windsor Star.
$64 Question
What's holding up the new cars
is only the $2 question. To get the
$64 you have to tell us what's hold-
ing together the old ones.
Ottaa Citizen.
Cracker -Barrel Cat
"A New York grocer was fined
$50 for letting a cat walk on the
counter,"—News item. How times
do change! When we were a lad,
the crossroads grocer used to let
the cat sleep in the barrel of crack-
ers to keep the rats out.
—Kitchener Record.
4 AFL I W E Y
NEW AND USED
Of Every Description
Phone EL. 1271
H. W. PETRIE CO. LTD
147 Front St. W. -- Toronto
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HOTEL METROPOLE
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oPr. — C.N•R STATION
Just Don't Like Work
Tramps, vagabonds and hoboes
are to be given free psychiatric
treatment in Britain, in an attempt
to restore them to respectability.
Frankly, a government which
thinks a man is crazy simply be-
cause he doesn't want to work
sounds a little off the bean, to us.
—Peterborough Examiner.
Pa's Got 'Em On
The reason you see fewer scare-
crows in the fields these days is
because Pa's wearing the scare-
crow's clothes.—Windsor Star.
Harder Still
Those who say starlings are
the hardest birds to catch can nev-
er have tried their hands on the
dove of peace.—Toronto Star.
Cheerful Thought
Everything has it compensa-
tions. You can't buy soap chips,
but neither can you get new shirts
to wash.—.Edmonton Journal.
Horseflesh is Good
Food For Humans
Despite the perjudice against it
there is no scientific reason why
horse meat, now sold in some cities,
should not be eaten. It is sweeter
than beef, but coarser, heavier,
stringier and darker. Most of it is
cut from the carcasses' of horses
which are too old to work and
which bring from $5 to $6 a head.
It is not likely that many of us will
eat horse meat, and this for the
reason that there is not enough of
it. In the United States about
20,000 horses were slaughtered in
August—about double the usual
number for that month. Most of
the meat was sold as animal food,
chiefly to zoos. About four ounces
of hortse meat constitute a human
meal. At that rate the United States
would stare if it had to rely on
horse meat alone.
Canada Gets La.X'ge
Order From France
France already has ordered $270
million worth of goods from Can-
ada, and wants .marc, especially
farm machinery and newsprint.
Of the $270 million worth of
business, 8100 million was for food,
mostly wheat; $110 million was for
railway equipment, ships and
trucks; and $45 million for assorted
Canadian products. To ship the
goods cost another $15 million.
Advantage Over Us
Australia is planning immigra•
tion at a rate of 70,000 per year,
says the Port Arthur News -Chron-
icle. It wants to build up the
country and make it stronger for
emergencies like those which struck
it in 1941. Australia, too, has an ad-
vantage in location. Her residents,
unlike those of Canada, are not in,
position to slip across a border line
into the United States.
"ire? Goodness, no! Since I've been serving Grape -Nuts Flakes
for breakfast, my husband decided the stairs were too slow."'
"Would you believe it, I've found
that same thing everywhere I've call-
ed this morning — people rushing
downstairs to taste that malty -rich,
nut -sweet flavor of Post's Grape -Nuts
Flakes."
"And you should see my family tear
into the day's activities on that good
nourishment Grape -Nuts Flakes give
them: carbohydrates for energy; pro-
teins for muscle; phosphorus fon
teeth and bones; iron for the blood;
and other food. essentials."
"Umm ... may I step in for a bowl-
ful?„
"Certainly—and I want you to try
the simply grand muffins I've just
finished making from one of the
recipes on the Grape -Nuts Flakes
package!"
9 El 4 E i.Y,i` E R 'm
1 TOLD YOU IT WAS
COLD ENOUGH FOR YOUR
WARMER COAT, BUT YOU
WOULDNT LISTEN r'
I'LL KNOW
BETTER NEXT
YEAR
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D'J'EVER REMEMBER THAT RESOLUTION YOU
MADE LAST FALL ABOUT WEARING YOUR HEAVIER
FALL COAT AT THE FIRST SIGN OF COLD WEATHER -
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AND THAT ONE ABOUT NEVER FOOLING YOURSELF
AGAIN THAT YOURE SIXTEEN INSTEAD OF SIXTY -
f'
AND THAT ONE ABOUT DRIVING MORE CAREFULLY
THE MORNING AFTER THE FIRST SNOWFALL HAS
MADE THE STREETS LiKE A SKATING RINK.....
IJJ'EVER REALIZE TWAT ITTT TIME FOR YOU TO
MAKE THESE RESOLUTIONS AGAIN AND
KEEPING 'EM THIS TIME ?
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BREWERY
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