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Zurich Herald, 1948-11-25, Page 7Helpful Mints For Busy Folks A mite -height mirror in the bath- . room is convenient for small chil- dren, and will work wonders in get- ting them to brush teeth properly, wash faces clean, and comb hair neatly. • s: * * Fruit juice instead of water in pie crust gives a delicious flavor. Try orange juice in the crust of apricot pie. 3, * * Oil cloth quilt patterns do nett wear or tear like paper patterns nor ravel like cloth. „ * ,* Before taking medicine, hold a piece of ice on the tongue to chill the taste buds. * * * Add water to "pie crust mixture with a clothes sprinkler for even consistency. • * * A small pad of velvet rubs off pow- der streaks on dark dresses, * * * When someone in the fancily has a cold, put a wide, flat rubber baud around his drinking glass or cup, You'll find it much easier to keep the glass—and the cold --confined to the original owner. * * Pumpkin pies cook quickly and evenly when the pumpkin mixture le heated before it is poured into the -pie shell. * * * Cut biscuits with the metal ice cube rack from your refirigerator tray, and a whole panful of dainty squares are ready in one operation. • * * A child's sleigh can be trade out of an orclinary sled by cutting off the legs of an old high chair just below the seat arid fastening the seat to the sled. i * * Coaling a fire noiselessly and with- out muss is easy when the coal has been measured into paper bags. * * Overshoes go on easily over rub- ber heels if a piece of paper is held over the back of the heel, s: * * Before putting pumpkin or custard itis an unbaked pie shell, spread on a, small amount of egg white over the shell to keep crust from getting soggy. * * Roll refrigerated dough on a board .,and dredge with powdered sugar Instead of flour. The dough is more pliable, and browns nicely. * * * U curtains hung after fall cleaning won't drape just right, fastest them to the sill or baseboard with small pieces of Scotch tape. It's not noticeable, and can be removed without damage after the ctirains have "settled." Makes The Kid Cry --And tained in the Old Country, speaker trucks. Here Ric seen coaching his Like It -The ancient office of Town Crier is still staunchly main - in spite of such modern innovations as radio, television and loud - hard May, present title-holder among the English town -criers, is young son how to "proclaim' announce and advertise". For Better Letters From time to time, we hear a bit of news or we read something we know will interest a friend with whom we correspond. We say to ourselves, "When I write I must tell her that." Then, when we sit down later to write our friend we wonder what it was we meant to tell her, or at least we are not sure we have re- membered all the items. It simplifies the whole business• and saves time if we keep envel- opes addressed to those to whom - we writet often and slip into them little memos of the news .and the thine we want to be sure to say when they first come to our atten- tion. Newspaper clippings may' be slipped in also. Happy Thoughts .Now Mean Happy Kids At Christmas All you nice people who are Christmas -minded right now, but also depressed by the decreasing dollar, niay find a few helpful ideas here. A needle, thread, scissors, embroidery cotton wool, some scraps of material alt of which may be found in any home sewing basket, is all that's necessary to make a pretty little gift for the many children on your list.' A doll's wardrobe, a tiny trunk, made from a cardboard box, a rag - doll, a personal laundry bag—all of these things can be made from materials on hand. Young Susan would be happy if her favourite doll received a gay print dress with panties to match. Rompers for the boy -doll, with a pert little tam. Even a little winter "jacket," made from an old quilt, and bound with tape, will keep the puppy warm on cold "days. Ideas for Knitting, Too If you prefer knitting toe sewing, little sweater suits with caps to match, may be quickly made up. Children love them. , When the wardrobe is ready, it is a pretty idea to pack then alt in a doll's trunk, though an attractive box much beribboned and decorated with seals, which may surround the doll's name, is e satisfale ctory. a Very small boys welcome sweaters in gaycolor, . little older are pleased with mittens that have original designs. Home- made stuffed toys, animals preferred, ale also acceptable to small boys. Here is another idea that 1 have put into practice for several years. Pieces of gingham, calico, and other material left over from. the fatuity sewing are put aside in the drawer that might be marked "Gifts," but isn't, as that night excite curiosity, When a suitable opportunity presents itself, ]. cut out Bunny rab- bits, placid dogs, and demure kittens. In odd moments 1 embroider on these cutouts the features of the respective animals. Then I stitch 't them up on the sewing machine, leaving an opening i t each otte that they niay be stuffed to the right proportions. From time to time 1 put into the animals all the clippings froinn the, household sewing, plus flimsy underwear, no longer fit to wear, (rate- - merits of handerkerchiefs, amid flimsy window draperies. It means it bit of work' with the scissors but that can be painless if you do not try to do it at one stroke. Ready for Small Friends Before long, the little gifts are all in readiness for delivery to sheets small friend as -i: care to remember at the festive season. Soft ssuddltigr toys that may be: taken to beet are always the delight of the little tote who never seem to have too many elf therm, The resourceful French have a proverb that watt often quota sine as I grew up: "Take what you have and you will never want," put it to the test during the long year of the war and found int vette, I expect to continue its practice for sotne tithe. Last week I gave you some hints on general safety measures around the farm. Now I hope I won't be boring you too much if 1 *rite about a different sort of safety. From now on, with the crops all in and most of the outdoor work done for the season, a lot of my readers will be doing a bit of hunt- • ing—and far too many users of guns, whether it be a rifle, a shot- gun or a pistol, fail to realize that they have dangerous weapons in - their hands, and that one second's carelessness may mean a bad acci- dent, or even a fatality. So here goes for some of the things every gun user should. know. * * * Itfany- tragedies occur when hunters are getting through fences. The gun should be put through the fence and placed on the ground be- fore you climb through or over. Never rest a firearm against a post, a car fender etc. It may fall down and discharge. * „_ t No weapon should ever on any account be pointed at anything you do not want to kill. Except when actually shooting it should be kept "safety." It is an easy matter to pull the hammer back, or slip the slide forward, just before sighting and pulling trigger. * * * A smart hunter always knows exactly where he is shooting. Us- ing field glasses, as m any excellent big hunters do, is an plan as targets are thus brought 11 up close enough for proper identi- fication. Many a man has fired at ' something lie was not certain about, 1 attd regretted doing so for the bal- ance of his life. * * * eke4, W 1004100.000000 Countless hunting occur in boats. When a man stands up to shoot in any spall craft it is apt to capsize with the result a bad docking --or something worse. * * * A mad gu° sl should bns la 12 e everlas and 20 -gang g' ingly on the lookout to see that the shells do not become mixed" A '20 -gauge shell will slip some dis- tance down the barrel of a 12 - gauge gun, turning the weapon into a dangerous, highly explosive `bomb." ith the Movie and Radio Folks By Cxrace It's years since I listened to Amos 'n' Andy. Just why 1 really don't know—except, perhaps, when you get used to tuning in a certain program at a certain time, it's hard to get used to a switch. Same thing happened in the case of Ozzie and Harriet. Their show was al- ways one of my favorites; but when they changed from Sunday to a weekday, I never could.remember to listen. * 1 * Anyway, one Sunday evening recently I got quite a shock --of the pleasurable sort — when those familiar voices cane pouring out of the radio. And they're as good as ever—which means just about tops —although it did seem rather queer to hear the sound of applause from the studio audience. *: * * Back itt the days of their 15 - minute programs — the days when movie theaters would darken their screens and turn on their radios be- cause they knew folks preferred Amos 'n° Andy to any film — the boys wouldn't allow even their pro- . duce; or Bill Hay their announcer, to be present in the studio when they were doing their stuff; And for my part the lack of applause made things far more real. (Re- member when the whole continent was on pins and needles over whether Ruby Taylor was going to dies or if Amos would manage to beat that murder rap?) a: * * Often Ieunters, without kuowittg they do so, jab the end of the barrel into the dirt. Then, when the ood wea- pon is fired, it blows up. hunter will look through the bar- rel—froi the safe end, of course —every4once in a white to make sure it min n't clogged. * * Beware of 'using modern smoke- less pd der shells in old guns hav- ing twiet;'steel or Damascus bar- rrels. Ft's teribly dagnerous and doing eo is an invitation to dis- aster. Those guns were O.K. in the days of black powder and lighter ammunition—but not with modern loads. They're apt to ex- plode at- any time—so if you own one of those "oldtimers" put it where it belongs. That's itt the rack over the mantel. Leave it there. I don't need to tell you that any firearm will give better service if kept clean and properly oiled. When the season is finished guns should have a good going over. Having guns checked by a gun- smith during the "off" season has saved many a life. A loaded gun should never, on any acount, be carried in an auto- mobile. Shooting from a car is not only illegal in most places, it's highly dangerous too. Always be careful not to shoot at any smooth or hard surace. The shot may glance off and hurt some- body. Summing it up the best of all safety devices is plain common sense. The man with a gun should never forget that he has a killer in his hands—and should keep that gun, and its proper use, 'uppermost in his mind every minute. And retnetnber that it's far better to missout on knocking off a deer, .duck, pheasant or rabbit than to have an accident, Human life is far too precious to risk for any sort of game. So, those of you who hunt, good hunting—which means SAFE hunting. Sharp The people wear a look of heavy gloom on their faces, and "sit op their hands" as the stage actors phrase it. The reason is that they'r"e only at such shows because they couldn't get tickets for some quid show, where they would have a chance of getting a washing - machine, or some such, for free. * * Staats Coatsworth, a radio actor of some years experience, has some interesting things to say about that same matter of studio audiences„ "How can a handful of well-mean-- ing people huddled into a radio theatre spoil a dramatic perform- ance?" he writes. "Easily. There will invariably be present a healthy contingent of the younger element known for its devotion to bubble gum. There is nothing more dis- tressing, when you're trying -to concentrate on your part, than to catch from the corner of your eye the impassive face of some bobby- soxer framed against a constantly- , growing balloon that you know wilt pop right during that pregnant • pause you mean to leave in your next speech. And sure enough, it does," But_ when Amos 'n' Andy decided to expand their show into a half- hour affair they had to agree to all the "fixin's"—other people on the show, an orchestra instead of the organ moaning that old thence of. theirs, (what was it, now? Oh, yes, "The Perfect Song.") and an 'audience all prepared to laugh and clap at the wave of an M.C.'s hand. * * * It seems to be working out O.K. —that is judging by the couple of shows I've already caught — and probably will, so long as they stick strictly to comedy. But 1 doubt if they'll ever be able to create the ,dramatic suspense of those two in- cidents I just mentioned, so long as the presence of the audience in the studio doesn't let the air audience forget that it's only acting, not rear* life, * * By the way they say those radio Master of Ceremonies are having a tough time raising those same • studio audiences to the proper pitch of enthusiasm at most programs. Estimates indicate uranium its present throughout the earth's crust in the -ratio of one part in 250,000. * * "Then, too, there is the dupes' set, . brought along by parents who prefer not to hire a baby sitter," he continues. "One night we were acting out the touching story of an aging couple whose childless marriage was the main stem of the plot. Somehow they had gotten into the toils of the law under suspicion of being imposters. As they pleaded their innocence and spoke of their barren lite, a small child in the audience began to cry Loudly and clearly. That must have mystified millions of listeners." * * x "It seems incredible," he writers again, "but I have seen folks bring portable radios to a broadcast. I can understand the fascination of tuning in on the broadcast they're watching; but I'll never compre- hand the maliciousness that prompts some of them to tune in on another program—and loudly! * * * Which will have to be all font' this week, folks, and thanks to Staats Coatsworth for the assist. '➢tie Sex Stuff "Hey, Pop," called little David, "Remember that dog you named Ben? It just had puppies, so 1 re- named it Ben Hurt' . at.sTop cot1RSE, SILLY l DP9N►TEI Y Na=VES4 SEC RR T S FROM ?ATHEtet • Wusug i Goff a G Wasaga e t I CI h ch Ontario Capitalization — 2000 5% Non -Cumulative. Preference Shares, Par Value of $100 and 10,000 Common Shares, no par value Public Offering of 5% Non-C,llrmu Preferred Stetc $100 per share,. Wasaga Golf & Country Club Ltd., proposes to erect a modern Club House and to provide full country club facili- ties, including all privileges, etc. It is further proposed to enlarge the present course to 18 holes. 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