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By BARRY M U RlCAR.=
When Jack Miner died on Nov,
a, 1944, I was sorry for two rea-
sons; One was that the world had
lost a truly great
man, and the
other was, that
he had died be-
fore I had a
chance to talk
with him, Ever
since I had first
read his book,
"Jack Miner and
the Birds," I had
felt that here was a man who was
a friend of all people.
Two weeks ago, while down in
the Kingsville area, I called around
to the Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary.
The Canadian Goose was just start-
ing to migrate to the south; and eve-
ry day about 4 p.m. thousands of
them stopped at Jack Miner's to
feed. In the driveway to the Miner
home was a sign,—"No Smoking—
Your Friend, Jack Miner." Walk-
ing toward the rear of the house,
one could but think of the many
hours, days and years Canada's
friend had spent here. Walking
under these same trees, standing
beside this pond and looking out
from this same observatory, watch-
ing the geese land and take -off.
Presently we met. Manly F. Min-
er who is in charge of publicity for
the Sanctuary; Win. Edward Miner
who is in charge of the farms that
are used to raise food for the birds
and Jasper Wilson Miner, the. son
who has charge of feeding and
banding the birds. We felt that
there was another present too. One
who had covered these same
grounds many times.
Manly Miner says his youngest
brother Jasper is the most like his
father.
Three Sons Carry On
'The three sons give their- time
to carrying on the place that was be-
gun by their late father. They
receive no remuneration for their
efforts, but rely on the gifts of those
who are interested in their place
and their work. The sanctuary is
open to the public from Oct. 1st to
May' 1st, every day except Sunday,
which was one of Jack Miner's old
traditions—to observe the Lord's
Day. The sanctuary is closed dur-
ing the summer months because the
birds are away nesting, 15 men are
hired to help run the place during
the summer and 7 during the
winter.
Each of the three sons was born
on the property and helped with
the work. They planted all the
frees and actually it is the three
sons who have made it the beauty'
spot it is today.. While the boys
were busy working, father was
away on lecture tours to raise
funds to keep the place going. It
takes a sum of $20,000.00 annually
to run the sanctuary which of
course includes the feeding of the
birds, taxes, paying the men etc.
Geese at Rest
Following an interesting conver-
sation with Manly and Jasper, we
went up to the observatory which
has been enlarged this year to try
and accomodate the thousands of
visitors who flock to the sanctuary
to see the daily migration.
"Only this morning," said Jasper
Miner, "I banded 240 - birds. To
band 3,000 birds, we must catch
8,000 in the trap." In 'other words,
the Miners have banded so many
birds down through the years that
out of the 6,000, half of them are
old-timers.
It was a sight one does not soon
forget; to stand; and watch hund-
dreds of our wild Canadian Geese
soar through the air and come to
rest on the huge lake, north of the
Miner residence.
At four in the afternoon, the men
take a wagon load of corn to the
lake for the birds. From then
until sunset about 3 to 4,000 birds
come in to feed. From the first
freeze -tip in the north country the
birds start to migrate. You will
still have time to see them if you
happen to be in the Kingsville area.
New Friends
Sitting in Manly Miner's office,
we couldn't help but notice the
many pictures on the walls. The
most of them were of Jack Miner.
There were framed newspaper art-
icles about the sanctuary and 'it
only took a glance to realize that
many writers before me and many
photographers, too, had visited this
famous spot.
There is little left to say about
Jack Miner. His world acclaim
has gone before the public eye long
'ago. But"there is one thing I would.
like to say in conclusion. I felt that
with my vinit to the Jack Miner
Bird Sancuary I had found several
friends.. I felt, too, that I was
wrong in feeling sorry when Jack
Miner died—sorry that I would not
meet him. I did meet him that day
tit Kingsville -3 years later almost
to the day, and if ever I am down
that way again, I will 'go in and
*lee Manly, William and Jasper
Miner . , and Jack Miner him-
self.
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By Gwendoline Y
November 15th—and a cold east
wind a -blowing; three or four inches
of snow on the ground—and that is
our first taste of winter. It was
enough to make Partner and I
scurry around setting up furnace
pipes. At least Partner did the scur-
rying at first because he didn't
think he would need any help as
the pipes were partly assembled—
there were just a few new ones to
put in and elbows here and there to
be connected. So I went on with my
baking. But of course you never can
tell with stove pipes. The pies were
- done and my second sheet of cookies
in the oven when a voice from below
called, "Can you come and help me
down here just a minute?" Well,
you know how it is—cookies or no
cookies, when the Man of the House
is wrestling with furnace pipes and
help is required, one has to run—but
definitely! So with hope in my heart
but fear in my mind I gave what
assistance I could, first downstairs
and then. up, and racing back to
the kitchen whenever there was a
lull in the wrestling proceedings.
The result was only a few burnt
cookies on the last sheet. Not as bad
as it might have been certainly, and'
to have the furnace going was worth
a little trouble and inconvenience.
One can stand a certain amount of
heat with a storm blowing from
the east.
Yes, a little heat is all right—if
The Bookshelf
The Owl Pen
By Kenneth McNeill Wells
With Woodcuts by Lucille Oille
When Ken and Lucille Wells
found an old abandoned log cabin
up in Medonte Township, Ontario,
they were delighted. When the
farmer -owner told them they
could have it for fifteen dollars if
they would take it away, they
jumped at the offer, and the
township buzzed with the tale of•
their folly. While the Wells rang.
ed desperately up and down the
township roads looking for a piece
of land on which to rebuild the
cabin, the concession telephone
lines shook with the laughter of
the gossiping farm folk.
Just when they had given up
hope, they stumbled on the spot
they had dreamed of. Once again
the telephone lines hummed with
word that the two city idiots who
had bought that old wreck on the
hill had now bought four acres of
waste land by the creek.
In The Owl Pen Ken Wells, a
young Canadian newspaperman, tells
how he and his artist -wife, Lucille
Oiile, moyed and rebuilt the old
&t cabin and realized their dream bf
living in the country. They bought
chickens, ducks, goats and bees, and '
none of these creatures behaved the
way the reference books said they
should. The behaviour of the goats -
caused roars of laughter, the chick-
ens reduced them to tears, and the
bees left them smarting. But they
remained undaunted and now con-
sider themselves seasoned farmers.
Light-hearted and entertaining,
The Owl Pen describes the duties
and pleasures of country living in all
seasons. It is a beautiful hook and
•one which all country and would -lie
country dwellers will enjoy.
TEE OWL PEN—By Kenneth Mc-
Neil Wells, with woodcuts by
Lucille Oilic---J. M, Dent and Sons
Price $3.00,
Clarkt
only ,our railways would think so.
I came from Toronto by train one
nigh. last week and 1 thought I
would pass out from the heat. And
the offices and stores in the city were
almost as bad.
Do you know, the more I see of
Toronto the more I like the people.
They are so friendly. Yes, that's
what I said—"friendly." An opin-
ior which I know is not shared by
everyone. Maybe it is just because I
like people and I like to treat them
as people, not as human machines
tut there for the purpose of selling
hats or streetcar tickets as the case
may be. For instance, there is a little
waitress in a restaurant on Bloor;
she has a charming manner and
acts like a hostess anxious that her
guests shall be pleased. When I
thanked her for such good and pleas-
ant service, her face literally beamed.
A tip under the plate is one thing,'.
but I rather fancy personal appreci-
ation can lighten the load consider-
ably for over-worked little waitresses'
I had quite a lot of business to do
last week—in offices and stores—and
I found the same courtesy and
friendly interest wherever I went—in
fact the conductor on the train ran
past himself—he gave me a ticket to
Detroit! Perhaps one has to show
a willingness to go the second mile
ir. •friendliness, and that may be
something the other fellow recognis-
es by instinct and responds to auto-
matically.
Daughter and I had our evening
meal with a friend of hers and then
we went to see "Dear Ruth"—a show
which no one should miss if there is
any chance of seeing it. It is the
grandest comedy I have seen in ages
—a show that the whole family can
enjoy. And here's hoping we have
a few more in that style. Perhaps
we shall—who knows? It depends
on public opinion of course—and be-
cause of public opinion you may have
noticed that "Dear Ruth" and "Quiet
Week -End" are in their sixth and
seventh week respectively, whereas
"Forever Amber" had a noticeably
short run.
By the way, we are anxiously
awaiting the next issue of Maclean's
Magazine in which Blair Fraser
claims it is the farmer who is the
biggest profiteer these days. 'That
should be good. I wonder if Mr.
Fraser got his statistics before or
after the price of feed went up?
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Christmas Cookies
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Home-made cookies may answer
the problem of what to give certain
people on your Christmas list even
though the pre -holiday schedule
leaves little time for baking,
Molasses may be used as a
sweetening and the batter may
be mixed right in the saucepan in
which the shortening has been melt-
ed. Thus laborious creaming and
the need for a mixing bowl are
eliminated. Here is a recipe that
follows the "saucepan" method' nf
preparation.
Golden Fruit Bars
x/2 cup shortening
34 cup sifted flour
1/2 teaspoon each baking soda, nut-
meg, cinnamon, salt
teaspoon cloves
cup molasses
2 eges,unbeaten
1 cup each chopped nuts and
chopped raisins
Melt shortening in three or four -
quart saucepan over very low fire.
Remove from fire and cool. Mix
and sift flour, soda, spices and
salt. Add molasses and unbeaten
eggs to cooled shortening and mix
well. Add sifted dry ingredients
and mix thoroughly. Lastly, stir in
chopped nuts and raisins. Bake in
greased and floured 10 x 6 x 1 -
inch pan in moderate oven (375
degrees F.) twenty to twenty-five
minutes or until done. 'When cool,
cut in bars or squares. Makes
about twenty 1 x 3 -inch squares.
Tutti Frutti Crisps
Tutti Fruttie Crisps may be made
by the same method. The in-
gredients are:
1 cup shortening
2 cups sifted flour
1% teaspoons bakinga soda
1 teaspoon each salt, cinnamon
and nutmeg
1 cup molasses,
1 unbeaten egg
1 cup •each raisins and nutmeats
34 cup combined orange and lem-
on peel and citron.
4`W'hat'8 La a Name?"
What does the word "Ontario"
mean?
"On'ario originally was the Iro-
quois word "kanadarie", which
means "sparkling or blue water",
It was used to describe the waters
of the lake that is now known as
Ontario.
Later, "kanadarie" was corrupted
to "Ontario," and the white set-
tlers gave the name to the land
along the lake's shores for an ever-
exten ding area.
Candle Hint
Every woman who delights in
candles, and plenty of them, has
had at one time or another the
annoying experience of buying at-
tractive ones only to find that they
would not fit her candle -holders.
The best way to deal with a mis-
fit candle is to hold the base in
hot water for a moment. Thus
softened the pliable wax can be
made to conform to the size of
the opening in the candlestick.
6trictiy. 100130104
The business•• i In was interviews
lag his daughter's suitor.
"I regret I cannot see my 'wlayli
to allow you to marry my (laugh.
ter at present," he said, "But give
me your name and address and,
if nothing better turns up in the
near future. you may hear frt5ttl nay
again."
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Five Pocket Lectures: $1 Per Set;
Ten Sets, $10; 100 Sets, $100 etc.
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