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With more and more Ontario
fiam lies installing home freezhtg
outfits, some advice as to their de-
frosting may not be amiss, as it is
A job different in many ways from
eterrosting the ordinary automatic
refrigerator. An expert gives the
following hints as to the hest
method for •removing the powdery
frost and solid ice.
"Defrost before more than one-
half inch of frost forms over a
considerable area of the refriger-
atedsurfaces. Ordinarily, once a
year is often enough, but in humid
surroundings, or if the freezer is
frequently opened, the job. may
need doing two or three times a
year. Defrost, if possible, when rel-
atively little food, is i'n the freezer.
"Remove frost unmixed with
ice by scraping with the freezer
hi operation. 'If the freezer is not
too full, move food packages
from one part to another as you
work, rather than taking them
out.
"Use special scraping tools sold
for the purpose, or a broad, stiff
;spatula, a putty knife or a sharp -
edged wooden paddle.
"Catch frost on papers, cardboard
or cloths as it is scraped from
vertical dividers and walls; or col-
lect it from the bottom with a
dustpan and whisk broom. If pans
and broom are kept cold, the frost
will not melt from contact with
4l hem.
"If ice is nixed with the frost, or
• complete cleaning jab is' needed,
remove food packages and discon-
nect the freezer. Put the packages
oat trays or in baskets that have
been well cooled in the freezer. Pile
packages con,patctly and cover with
chilled blankets, newspapers or
other insulating material. Then
work as follows:
"Scrape as much frost as pos-
talble from the surfaces, to lessen
need for mopping up melted ice.
If the freezer has a drain, speed
melting by reaming cold water over
She Musta Been A Beautiful Baby --Frances Jean Lupe holds up
her baby picture to show how she looked in 1934 when she won a
$3000 insurance policy as the prettiest baby in Chicago World's
Fair competition. She collects the proceeds on the policy on her
18th birthday this month.
refrigerated surfaces. Do not use
hot water because this would cause
difficulty when starting the com-
pressor again,
"Speed defrosting by removing
loosened ice from the surface. An
electric fan can help melt the ice
if placed so that it blows room
air into the freezer or cold air
unit.
"if the freezer is upright, set the
fan on the floor or on a chair, to
blow air directly into the freezer.
teteeeeeeteftee eat:
BINGO SQUARES
1 8 -oz. pkg. whole wheat flakes
1 c'up salted peanuts
3 c'nps brown sugar
34 cup corn syrup
cup butter or margarine.
Pour cereal and peanuts into
greased large mixing bowl. Cook
sugar and syrup over low heat,
shirring constantly until sugar is
melted and mixture boils (about
:five minutes). Add butter or mar-
garine; mix well. Pour hot syrup
over cereal, stirring so that each
flake is coated. Press into greased
shallow pans. Cut into large squares
When cool.
Yi'e'ld: 27 3 -inch squares (three
9x9 -inch pans).
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And now that I've started it, 1
guess I might as well continue
along the sante line, and give you
e couple of more recipes I've been
'treasuring—both for the sort of
confections that are mighty handy
to have around, especially in the
warn . weather, when something
light and tasty, served with a cup
of tea or coffee. hot or iced, taste;
so well.
Chocolate Macaroons
2 egg whites
2-3 cup sugter
tsp. vanilla
2 cups corn flakes
'/a cup chopped nutnteats
1/2 cup semi -sweet chocolate bile
Beat egg whites until stiff but no:
dry. Fold in sugar. Add flavoring,
torn flakes, nutmeats and chocolate
bits; mix. carefully. Drop by spoon-
fuls onto well -greased baking sheet.
Bake b1 moderate oven (350° P.) 15
to 20 minutes. Remove froiu pan
At once.
Yield: 2 dozen macaroons (2 ins.
in diameter).
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Cream Cheese Cookies
Ya cup shortening
1 package (3..oz.) cream rhcese
Y1 cup sit};ttr
1 tsp. lepton juice
1 cup sifted flour
2' tsps. baking powder
r/ isp. salt
! cups oven- popped rice
cereal.
Blend sho'rteniatg, cheese and
sugar; add lemon juice. Stir in
flour, baking powder and salt which
have been sifted together; mix
well. Shape dough into small balls,
roll in finely crushed oven -popped
rice cereal. Place on ungreased bak-
ing sheet; flatten with fork. Bake
in moderate oven (375° F.) about
15 minutes.
Yield: 3 dozen cookies (1 % ins.
ill diameter).
If the freezer opens on top, the
fan may be placed on the bottom
of the compartment and tilted up-
ward slightly, to blow against a side
wall; or the -fan may be put on
the freezer and tflted down to blow
into it.
"While ice and frost melt, - wipe
u,p the water witIh cloths, and clean
the non -refrigerated surfaces of the
freezer. Wheit defrosting is done
and the freezer clean, connect the
freezer and let it run half an hour
or so to lower the temperature
somewhat before replacing the
food.
"When returning food packages
to the freezer, take time, if pos-
sible, to make an inventory. It is
a good opportunity to bring the
older packages' td the fore, and
mark them plainly for first use."
N `-wg, of "The Ex"
Idere's best news in a long while
for women who do not sew, but
are smart buyers when it comes to
outfitting thrnselves and young
daughter. This is it ... this year et
the C.N.E., the clothes fol- the
Mother and Daughter "Cover Girl"
competition need not be home
sewn. They trust be smart, suitable
to the wearer and as close as pos-
sible to what the typical Canadian
woman and daughter would wear.
Daughter must not be older than
10 by September 1, to be in the
winning line -tip. First prize will be
$50; second, $40; third, $30, and
fourth, $20. Mother with daughter
by hand will look their prettiest for
the judges the afternoon of Sep-
tember 1 with the winners' parade
in Woman's World in the Coliseum
that evening at eight. Write today
to Kate Aitken, women's director
of the C.N.E., for your entry form.
When the whits luau discovered
this country, the Indians were run-
ning it. There were no taxes, there
ring it. There were no taxes, there
was no debt. The women did all
the work, And the white roan
thought he could improve a system
like that! •
Helpful Hints
For Home -Makers
Tint chenille bedspreads or Aug
rugs in the washing machine, Add
the coloring to the final rinse, mix
with the agitator, then put in the
article; to be tinted. Stir wwiththe
agitator for a few minutes, rinse
in clear water, dry in the shade,—
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Shower the bride-to-be with con-
fetti as she begins to open the gifts
at her shower. Fill balloons with
confetti before inflating them.
Hang them over the gift tabie.
Puncture balloons with a pin to
start the shaker.
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When we buy equipment, such as
lawn mower, sprayer, washing ma-
chine, iron, or refrigerator, we tack
the pamphlet on the garage wall, or
file it in a special drawer in the
kitchen. A handy reference for the
name and address of manufacturer,
or sketches showing repair parts
or directions.
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Cooking spices arranged alpha-
betically on my cabinet shelf save
me ,e. lot of hunting. The shelf for
spice cans should be very narrow;
you can have more than one shelf
if necessary, but stand the cans
single file.
ttawa. Youth Win
Summer Ski. Meet
Hitting almost a mile a minute
clip, two Ottawa youths recently
'shared top honors in the annual
James I. Brewster memorial ski
recce at Columbia Iceleid. George
Grossman, 20 -year-old son of an
Ottawa building contractor, cap-
tured the trophy by turning in a
time of 1.37.1 for the mile and a
half slalom course, while Ron Car-
wardine, a student of Carleton Col-
lege, secured second place with 1.39
minutes for the descent. The two
Ottawa lads, both members of the
Ottawa Ski Club, were• triumphant
over 19 other contestants from
Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, Ed-
monton, Jasper and Vancouver in
the gruelling run over the rugged
course down the face of Athabasca
Tongue of the Great Dome Glacier.
The first half of the run was prac-
tically sheer ice, while the latter
half was wet, with the snow surface .
in a late stage of firnification and
with many small crevasses to be
hurdled.
The ladies' section of the event
was Won by Lois Woodworth and
Lorna Pirie placed second.
The junior boys' section was cap-
tured by 16 -year-old Jack Bruce,
while Milton "Sonny" Keine, also
Id, was second.
The meet was witnessed by more
than 200 persons, and the trophies
were presented in the chalet by
Mrs. I. Brewster and Mrs, Fern
. Clarkson. G. H. L. Dempster.
superintendent of Jasper National
Park, presided. In a brief address,
l\br. Dempster expressed the belief
this anneal race will soon become
a Canadian ski classic, and prom-
ised the full co-operation of Jasper
Park authorities in future runnings
of the event.
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The drought is with us yeti The
radio speaks of this ass being the
nineteenth day without rain. That
may be true of some districts, but
here, in Halton County, the dry
spell has been much longer. Except
for one or two very brief showers,
we have not had a real rain since
the middle of April. Sometimes
there would be rain in Toronto and
Hamilton and we naturally hoped
for our share, but it was hardly a
drop we ever got in this district.
And the result is all too obvious
. , and in so many ways. Everyone
knows what is happening to the
crops, the pastures, fruit and gar-
dens, but here is something that I
don't believe, has been mentioned at
all. Just this: The cattle and horses
are getting very sore feet from
walking on the dry, rough ground.
The poor things do so much wan-
dering back and forth looking for
green feed, a bit of shade, or run-
ning water. They are walking •
around fax more now than they
would be in normal times — and
the dry pastures are also having an
effect on their digestive systems.
So, even though it would be too
late now to help the crops, we still
pray for rain to make life more
bearable for our live stock. But,
according to the weather "probs,"
there is still none in sight. How-
ever, it. sometimes helps if we re-
member "the darkest hour is just
before the dawn." Maybe by the
time this column is printed we shall
have had some life-giving rain.
Wouldn't that be wonderfull
If we do get rain, we may have
some garden stuff even yet. Most
of our seeds actually managed to
struggle through—all they need is
a little 'e'ncouragement. In that, we
are lucky as some of our neighbors
tell us none of their garden seed
has sprouted at all. That is the way
with our clover. partner spent over
$100 on clover seeds of various
kinds. He might 'better have left it
in the bags.
Really, the weather does seem to
have taken a crazy streak.
The last two days, it has been
around 90, and yet, only a week
ago we had a sinall fire in the fur-
nace to keep our visitoar comfort-
ably warm. the is in 'Toronto again
now—uncomfortably warm, without
a doubt.
We did a bit of shopping last
Thursday and I had an idea the
stores were not quite as busy as
usual. Coming home on the bus, I
was chatting with a friend, at
present living in Toronto, who told
me that during the last few weeks
there have been quite a number of
peddlers going from door to door.
If that is a sign of the times, it is
one that nobody welcomes — un-
employment, with the cost of living
so high would be terrible. But per-
haps that is one instance where the
International Federation of Agri-
cultural Producers would get a
chance to prove its worth,
When I got home from Toronto
last Thursday, 1 just had time to
get a bite to eat and Shen Partner
and I went off to see a show. We
specially wanted to see it because
it was "Scott—of the Antarctic."
We thought it was something that
was informative and should be seen.
Not only that we were particularly
interested in the story of the ex-
pedition because Captain Oates
came from Gestingthorpe — a lit-
tle village near our hone in Eng-
land. Some time after the ill-fated
expedition, Captain Oates' persona'
effects were sent home, and t re
member they were put 00 exhibit
the proceeds, I believe, were usee
for some charitable purpose. 1 was
just a school girl of the time and
can't remember very much about it
except that, even at that age, the
tragedy of the whole affair sensed
so terrible.
The picture. of course, is a wwr-
derful production, but neither
Partner nor I really liked it. 'lite
suffering and 'privations that the
whole party endured seemed so use-
less—that is, according to the story.
We would have liked it better had
there been an epilogue—just Some-
thing to show in what way the
expedition had been of value to
acoientific research. Perhaps there
were many things in Captain Scott's
diary that proved to be of benefit to
future Antarctic explorers, but that
is a point that the picture did not
bring out. If it had, one would
have come away with a different
feeling. In most pictures, no matter
how much tragedy is shown on the
screen, one always has the con-
soling thought—"Oh, well, it is
only a picture—it didn't really hap-
pen!" But with "Scott of the Ant-
arctic," you remember, all the way
through, that what you see actually
did happen. As a result, one auto-
matically asks the question, "What
was the good of it all?" Brave
men suffered and tied — and for
What purpose? I'f anyone knows
the answer, I would be glad to hear
Well, even typing is hot woa'k
these days so ibis is where I sign
off and hunt a cooling drink.
GA1VIE GUY
The prian old lady was given she
'first glass of beer eche ever had.
Atter sipping it for a moment, rise
looked up with a puzzled air.
'How odd!" she murmured, "lt
tastes just like the medicine r7rt¢*
husband has been taking for the
last 20 years]"
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