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By HELEN PETRONE
Janet opened the door to her
apartment, thinking as she did
so that it had been only a week
since Craig and she had shared
this apartment they called their
"ivory tower," named that be-
cause of its odd shape. It had been
a storage room until the hous-
ing shortage became prevalent.
Then Old Mrs. Root, feeling sym-
pathetic toward the plight of
Janet and Craig Norris, newly
married and homeless, had cleared
it out, partitioned it ofF into two
small rooms and rented it to them.
That was just 13 months ago,
Janet remembered, dropping her
gloves on the table ane' lighting
the lamp with the same gesture.
They had been married only three
weeks, just long enough to realize
they were imposing on Craig's
family who were cramped for
quarters themselves.
* * *
Just a week ago they had the
quarrel that had sent Craig from
the apartment. It had been a blow
to his pride from the day of their
wedding that Janet should con-
tinue working. She enjoyed her
position in the advertising firm
where she had risen from a clerk
to copy writer ill just two years.
Since she left the house after
Craig in the morning and return-
ed before him at night, she never
felt her working interfered in any
way with h..r household duties.
But friends had spoiled everything
with their snide remarks about
"poor Janet still working," and it
was more than Craig could bear.
"They think I can't support you!"
he'd storm at her, but the more
he pleaded the more adamant she
had become. And now he was
gone.
The whole thing seemed so un-
important now. She glanced at
the telephone, half -inclined to call
him home, but her own recalci-
trant nature refused to allow such
a move. She turned on the radio
instead and pretended the tears
that welled in her eyes at the
strains of "Silent Night" were
merely tears of weariness after the
preparation of the office party
that morning. Deliberately she
opened the dresser drawer to put
away last night's ironing. Her
souvenir box loomed temptingly
before her. Lifting the "were she
stared at the items she bad col
...sect Craigs _class ring, ex-
changed for a• diamond after their
graduation from college; a press-.
ed orchid, oiie of those she had
carried at her wedding; various
cards, C h r i s t m a s, anniversary,
birthday, valentine. She picked
up a small gift card and read
again, "To my dear wife, Janet on
our first Christmas." It was the
card with the watch he had given
her last year.
* * *
Trembling, she closed the box
and turned quickly from the dress-
er. She had been a fool, she de-
cided. Without Craig, Christmas
couldnever hold the same mean-
ing for her as it once had. She
didn't stop to lock the door for
there was nothing of value any-
one could steal from her. Even
her $100, Christmas bonus lying
on the table went unnoticed. The
one thing she must not lose was
happiness, and that was no longer
In her home with Craig gone.
She hurried into her coat as she
started breathlessly down the 3%
flights of stairs. Tears coursed
down her cheeks and she prayed
with fanatic zest that she was not
too late. As she reached the last
flight of stairs, she crashed into
a figure who was hurrying up,
as oblivious of his surroundings
as she. She gasped at the impact,
but the man quickly regained his
balance and caught her before she
could fall. "Janet!" he cried.
* * *
She looked at him almost in dis-
belief. Then, throwing her arms
about him she gave vent to her
tears. "Oh, Craig! Darling, I was
Just coming for you."
He kissed h er and held her
tightly. "Janet, I've been such a
fool. I didn't realize until tonight
what an awful thing pride can be.
Will you ever forgive me?"
She sighed. "There's nothing
to forgive, Craig, I was the one
who was wrong. I'm going to quit
my job right away."
"No, you mustn't. I don't want
to deprive you of any happiness
and if you want to work, I'm not
going to stop you."
She laughed shakily. "We'll ar-
gue that out later, shall we?"
Arm in arm they climbed op
the stairs.
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"'They tell me the makes people
happy wherever she goes."
"You mean 'whenever'!"
CHRISTMAS
DINNER
MENU
Tomato Juice with Parsley Garnish
Roast Turkey with Rice Stuffing
Mashed Potatoes Giblet Gravy
Buttered Green Peas
Cranberry Christmas Mold
Honey Fig Pudding
Beverage
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'Tis the season to be jolly and
the air hums with festive plans for
the coming yule-
tide, but the big
event will be, as
always, Christ-
mas dinner.
You'll have tra-
ditional turkey, or
goose maybe, or
chicken, or per-
(' haps a roast of
/ beef. You'll in-
clude all the family favorites, of
course, and here are some new
Ideas for trimmings for your
Christmas dinner,
* * *
Rice Stuffing
cup diced celery
3 cup chopped onion
% cup fat
1 cup cookeed rice
2 tablespoons minced parsley
1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
1 teaspoon salt
cup water
3 cups oven -popped rice cereal
Brown celery and onion in fat;
stir in rice, parsley, seasonings and
water. Crush cereal into coarse
crumbs; combine with rice mix-
ture.
Yield: 2% cups stuffing.
Cranberry Christmas Mold
1 cup corn syrup
1 cup sugar
2 cups water
1
2 -inch stick cinnamon
teaspoon whole cloves
cups fresh cranberries (2 lbs.)
envelopes plain unflavorqd
gelatin
54 cup cold water
Boil syrup, sugar, water and
spices together for 5 minutes. Re-
move spices. Add cranberries, cook
without stirring until cranberry
skins pop open. Add gelatin, first
softened in cold water; stir to dis-
solve. Cool. Pour into P% quart
star-shaped mold; chill in refriger-
ator until firm. Unmold, garnish
with holly sprigs, if desired.
Honey Fig Pudding
34 cup shortening
cup honey_,.
1 egg ..
cup .milk;,:,:'
cup bran',
1 cup sifted,#lour,.
3s teaspoon soda
% teaspoon salt
1 cup finely cut dried figs
Blend shortening and honey. Add
egg and beat well. Stir in milk and
bran. Sift flour, soda and salt to-
gether and add to first mixture
with figs. Mix thoroughly. Fill
greased 1 -quart mold / full, cover
tightly and steam for 2 hours.
Serve with hard sauce or other
pudding sauce. Makes 6 servings.
Note: If figs are very dry, cover
with boiling water and let steam
10 minutes; drain thoroughly be-
fore cutting into pieces.
CAVA
A. DESTINED FO . LARGER
W'' 'RLD ROLE—GE { GE SPINNEY
BANK OF MONTREAL PRESIDENT URGES
VOLUNTARY CURB ON PRICE -RISES
B of M Depositors Reach Record 1,600,000,
Reports B. C. Gardner, General Manager
Moni-t;+sal, Dec. I "`Driy„;las •a7exorably cast this -country
in n_1a.r e `z.o1er"=`state t .i orge• W. Spinneyt in his presidential
speech foday to the (30th annual meeting of the 11ank of
Montreal. Tempering his confidence in Canada's future with
immediate considerations, Mr. Spinney made two urgent pleas
in his address. One was directed to management and labor for
"self-imposed restraint' from charging what the traffic will
bear," as an aid in curbing high prices, and the other was in
favor of a "vigorous, imaginative and highly selective" imrni-
gration policy.
Speaking at the same meeting,
B. C. Gardner, general manager,
reported a year of greater activity
in all phases of bank operation, with
depositors in Canadian branches
topping the 1,600,000 -mark, their
funds in the B. of M. amounting to
an all-time high of $1,783,000,000.
Commercial loans in Canada
amounted to $382,000,000, showing
a marked increase over last year's
figure of $277,000,000
Self -Restraint Needed
"The year has seen production
and employment at high levels,"
Mr. Spinney declared. "Anything
more unlike the widely feared post-
• war period of deflation and unem-
ployment could hardly be imagined.
"Indeed, many of our immediate
and pressing problems are of an
entirely differ ent nature, arising as
they have out of instabilities char-
acteristic of a boom."
Urging management and labor to
help check swiftly -rising prices both
in the individual and the community
self-interest, Mr. Spinney said that
at a time like the present, self-
imposed resraint from charging
what the traffic will bear, either for
goods or the skill required to pro-
duce them, is as necessary, as prac-
tical and as prudent as fire insur-
ance on a highly inflammable struc-
ture." No group, representative of
labor or industry, could afford to
ignore this safeguard, he added.
Urges More Immigration
"If ever there was a time when
Canada should press forward with
an immigration program, that time
is now," the president maintained.
"An influx of new skills will be
of immeasurable aid in bringing
about the further development of
our industrial capacity, and thus
helping to overcome some of the
instabilities that are the inevitable
consequence of our present relative-
ly small home market and our over-
dependence on external trade."
Referring to the slowness of re-
covery abroad, particularly in Bri-
tain, Mr. Spinney observed, "It is
difficult for us in this comfortable
country to realize the weariness and
the frustration that are the legacies
of ever deepening austerity. It is
necessary, I think, to remind our-
selves that economic isolation is no
more possible than its political
cnuntcrpart. All of us on this conti-
nent may well pray at this juncture
for deliverance both from blindness
of vision and from blindness of
heart."
Another factor retarding recovery
was the practical consequences of
popular fallacies, the speaker main-
tained, particularly "the doctrine
that, by some magical formulae of
monetary manipulation and state
control. a community may indefin-
itely consume more than it is able:
or willing to produce."
General Manager's Address
In his address to the meeting,
B. C. Gardner, general manager, re-
marked on the B. of M.'s expanding
post-war activities. He referred to
the opening of 28 branches.an.d.
agencies, the increasing of staff to
about 8,900 men and women, as
compared with 8,400 last year and
the adoption of improved operating
techniques in handling routine
transactions.
Enlarging on the B. of M.'s part
in the unprecedented expansion of
Canadian peacetime trade abroad,
Mr. Gardner said, "We have found
by experience that in utilizing the
services of banks which have been
long established in their respective
countries, we are able to provide
our customers with unexcelled fa-
cilities for conducting their import
and export trade. Up-to-date in-
formation and reports • on condi-
tions and regulations abroad are
fully at the disposal of our custom-
ers and are being increasingly
availed of to facilitate their foreign
operations."
In his closing remarks, Mr.
Gardner paid warm tribute to the
staff. Noting that numerous re-
turned veterans on the staff already
occupied important posts, he added
that many new entrants engaged
since the wa were also veterans.
Mr. Gardner paid special tribute
to the women employees who cool.
prise some 56 per cent of the total
staff.
"The organization and arrange.
ments, relating to the development,
the progress and the welfare of our
staff are under continuous and care-
ful study," Mr. Gardner said. "1
know of no feature of our business
that has required more care and
consideration over the past year."
CHRONICLES OF
GINGER FARM
By Gwendoline P Clarke
Subconsciously, I suppose, we all
realize that every home is a com-
plete unit, and every member of
the family apart of that unit ; what
affects one affects the whole, and
t' whole is as' important to one
as the other,
We realize this more clearly
when someone in the family is
called away nexpectedly; becomes
ill or has to attend to business away
from home. Then there has to be
a readjustment within the unit,
other members of the family tak-
ing over duties which the ill or
absent one has been in the habit
of doing. If one knows beforehand
that such a change will take place
preparations can be made 'to take
care of it, but if it comes as a bolt
from the blue then the degree of
disorganization depends upon the
ability of those concerned to rise
to the occasion.
* *
All of which leads up to the fact
that Partner is still on the sick list
and we have had a little experience
along the lines I have mentioned.
Normally Partner and the boys
do the barn chores between them
— the boys the heavy work and
Partner the feeding. In the winter
Partner also figures on looking
after the poultry unassisted. And
that, in case you don't know, is no
small job!
When the boys are busy with
a trucking job Partner will often
say "Never ,mind the night
chores — I can manage. You go
ahead with your trucking."
But last week lie toolc to his bed
— only not that quick. For a day or
two he insisted on going to the
barn — thinking like the rest of
us do, that the heavens would fall if
we don't throw in our two cents'
ti.orth to keep 'em up. In the end
he had to give in and the feeding
of the cows and poultry depended
then upon the tender mercies of
the boys. One day the young cattle
did quite a bit of jumping around
much to Bob's bewilderment —
until he realized he was still wear-
ing his driving cap — a khaki
colour service cap which the heifers
felt had no -business in their do-
main.
* * *
The poultry was another worry.
Bob looked after them before break-
fast but he didn't realize how much
attention they required during the
day, so I was always shouting from
the backdoor — "Pick up the eggs
before you come in." One night the
boys 'forgot to take a last' look in
the henhouse before supper and
I forgot to remind them — so there
were six eggs frozen and cracked.
If Partner had been on the job
that wouldn't have happened.
* * *
As for me I have been busy in the
house — busy with my usual work,
plus caring for Partner. But as
soon as he ' was able Partner was
anxious to do things to help me.
So yesterday I said — "All right,
I'm going to make some pies — you
can peel the apples." It wasn't long
before I saw Partner sort of
straightening his back, even though
he was sitting.. Presently he said —
"Good -night, how many pies are
you making — haven't I peeled
enough appl. s yet?" I laughed as
I answered — "Now maybe you'll
understand why I think there is
quite a bit of work to making apple
pies. And you will notice they take
far less time to eat than they do to
make."
* * *
Caine that night and I was busy
darning socks — fine socks and
oversocks. Partner watched for
awhile then he said — "I used to
darn my own socks in the army, let
me have a shot at those heavy
ones."
So I handed him a pair of socks
and he got along very nicely. His
only comment was — "I don't know
how you tell when to stop darning
— after you get through wish the
holes it seems there are thin places
all over the sock!"
So with each doing a little of the
other's work we learn something
of each other's problems. That is
the way it should be, but. being
human I know that is the way it
won't be not around here any-
way! Partner will be out again next
week and I expect he will take over
the feeding once again; the boys
continue their trucking, and the
heavy chores and I shall be left to
battle alone with my pies and socks.
LIFE'S LIKE THAT
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