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Last word in sleeping car accommodation, the new duplex roomette car with 24 self-contained
rooms, 12 located at floor level and 12 other rooms interlocked three easy steps above. the car
floor, was recently put on exhibit by the Canadian National Railways. ,Twenty of these 'cars
will be put into service this year and will operate on,the Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver service
and between Montreal and Halifax.
DO F
D DYES -
CAUSE CANCER?
In 1895 Prof. Ludwig Rehn call-
ed the attention of German sur-
geons to his important discovery
that out of forty-five workers in
an aniline -dye plant three had suc-
cumbed to cancer of the bladder.
His observations were verified later
in Germany, Switzerland and Eng-
land. When the United States en-
tered World War I and began to
make its own dyes, cut off from
Germany as it was, American
statistics of bladder . cancer in ani-
line -plant workers added more evi-
dence.
Today, aniline, azo and other
coal -tar dyesare recognized can-
cer -inciters. All are synthetics, and
most of them have no counterparts
in nature. There are about 600,000
compounds of carbon which were
unknown a century ago, and of
these several hundred can generate
cancers of the liver, bladder,
stomach, lungs or other organs. Of
the dyes the one that has been
studied most thoroughly is "but-
ter yellow," so-called because of its
color. Mix it with the food of a rat,
and cancer of the liver invarably
follows in the absence of protec-
tive agents.
Inspired by the work done with
organic cancer -inciters and with
special reference to the studies of
Rehm and his successors, Prof.
K. H. Bauer of Heidelberg hoisted
a danger signal before the recent
Congress of German Surgeons held
in Frankfort on the Main and in-
duced his colleagues to adopt re-
solutions demanding that the use
of known cancer -producing com-
pounds in food be forbidden, writes
Waldemar Kaempffert in The New
York Times.
Bauer concludes that one cause
of cancer certainly lies outside of
the body. That cause bears some re-
lation to what he calls the "me-
chanization and chemicalization of
the environment." It has been
shown that .some cancer inciters
can be produced by the body itself,
but, thinks' Bauer, the increase in
the use of physical and chemical
poisons of the coal -tar synthetic
type and the increase in cancer is
not accidental.
By "poisons" Bauer means coal,
oil, tar, pitch, soot and many of
their chemical derivatives, as well
as some metals, X-rays, the radia-
tions of radium and radio -active
isotopes. He pictures the chemist
as a Pandora who has opened the
box from which scores of cancer -
producing "poisons" have escaped.
All this does not mean that can-
cer is• to be accepted fatalistically,
but that the bine has come to take
preventive measures. Despite all the
k,X. J• TABLE TALKS
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An Ontario woman, Mrs. C. Jer-
emy of Coldwater, Ont., won a
prize of $100 at the Canadian Na-
tional Exhibition just because she
baked the best apple pie—or rather
two of then—in the opinion of the
judges. There were 17 judges—all
male and each a master baker—
and they had to select the hest
from 58 different entries.
Probably you've heard all about
this long ago; but I thought you
might like to see, and cut out, the
recipe for what the judges said
was "the best pie they had ever
tasted anywhere." So here you
have it.
For two pies Mrs. Jeremy always
uses:
3/ cups of flour
/ lb. of lard and shortening
mixed
tspn. salt
1 tspn. white sugar
—Never any soda or baking pow-
der. Dampens dough with milk and
r/ teaspoon ginger
/ teaspoon doves
3 eggs
IA cup Crown Brand Corn Syrup
1% cups cooked pumpkin
1/ cups undiluted evaporated milk
Pie crust.
Method
Mix sugar and spices in a bowl.
Add eggs and beat slightly. Add
remaining ingredients; blend well.
Pour into 9 -inch pie pan lined with
pastry rolled / inch thick and
having a high fluted edge. Bake in
hat oven (450 deg. F.) 1 hour, or
until sliver knife inserted in centre
of filling comes out clean
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Just in case you don't happen to
feel'like making pastry you can do
a very nice "switch' with that same
PUMPKIN PIE CUSTARDS
recipe by making •
It's very sitnple, You just pour
that Pumpkin Pie filling into cus-
be•it:v's one of the secrets of mak-
ing successful pastry is to chill the
dough before it is put into the oven.
She uses wealthy apples when pos-
sible on them about We cup of
white sugar.
"When the frost is on the
punkin"—you go on from there
yourself. For the chances are that
you've either recited, or heard re-
cited, Jinn Riley's beloved verses
dozens of times.
But although the frost. hasn't
as yet hit the "punkins" around
where I live, I'm afraid it won't be
longs now. So without further pre-
amble, here's the recipe for a really
fine—
PUMPKIN PIE
6 tablespoons browit sugar
•teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
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"catch cancer early" campaigns of.
the United States, campaigns that,.
arouse Bauer's approval and ad-
miration, over 80 per cent of all.
cancer cases run their fatal course.
That the prevention of cancer •
is not a utopian impossibility Bauer
proves by citing the decline in can-
cer mortality in aniline-daye works, -
where protective measures have •
been • taken. In fact, aniline cancer
is now seldom seen in German
chemical • plants.
But what of the general popula-
tion? Were, Bauer asks, do cancers
occur most. frequenl'y? In the, in-
testinal tract. The connection with
food and drink is obivous.
Condemns Food Coloring
Bauer says that banter of the
stomach and tongue • is especially •
prevalent in high -living proprietors
of German bars and in restaurant
waiters. Even in the general popu-
lation of Western countries cancer
occurs more often in the intestinal
tract than in any other part of the. •
body. Bauer regards. it as signifi- •
cant that in oriental rice -eating
countries, where much less artifi-
cally colored or chemically "doc-
tored" food is consumed than in
the West, cancer of the stomach is
much less frequent.
Bauer holds up "butter yellow"
as an example of what happens.
Here we have an azo dye, which
in Germany is mixed with butter
to give it an attractive color, He
does not see why it is necessary to
color butter at all, but if it must
be done why not use carotene?
The answer is that carotene is much
too expensive. About a fornight be-
fore Bauer read his paper, laws
were enacted to forbid the use of
synthetic butter yellow and' other'
dyes in German butter, cheese and
margarine. Bauer approves. He
would go further and forbid the
use of known cancer -producers in
any kind of food sold over the
counter or in a restaurant,
By Rev. R. 18arclay Warren
GOD AND THE NATIONS
Isaiah 1:21-28; 19:25
Golden Text; Look unto me, and
be ye saved, all the ends of the
earth; for 1 ani God, and there
is none else, Isaiah 45:22.
God deals with 'adividuals but
He also deals with nations. Isaiah
begins his lament of Isreal by not-
ing
oting its moral decay. Justice was not
executed in the courts. Those in
high places receive(' bribes. But
Israel was to be purified. The city
which was now an harlot would
become a city of righteousness;
transgressors and sinners would be
I ' destroyed. But. God was dealing
with other nations, too. He would
smite but He would heal. Isaiah
saw that the Messiah would be the
Redeemer for all nations. Thus he •
brought God's message, "Look unto
me, and be ye saved, all the ends
of the earth." He, Jesus Christ, is
the only hope for this' troubled
world. Esther B. York,• has said it
in poetry in War Cry.
"There is a Stranger in the council
hall
Where strangers meet to plan the
peace again. ._
He sits unnoticed by the farther
wall,
His eyes upon the leaders among
men.
His ears attend their clearly laid
designs
For living in tomorrow's homes and
marts,
As though, beneath their spoken
words and lines,
He hears the inner voices of their
hearts.
But when the delegates of all the
world
Have cried their million wants—
and lists are long—
After the blueprints, charts and
plans are hurled
In varied protests at the core of
wrong,
He is our Hope; He is the Peace
we seek,
Oh, listen world, and let the
Stranger speak!
tard cups. Set in a pan of hot
water and bake in a moderate oven
(350 degrees) for about an hour,
or until a knife inserted comes •out
clean. Makes nine custards,
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And that second last sentence
tempts ane to end with the very
ancient tale about the woman who
had a servant That was—well, to
put it mildly, rather sloppy. One
day Biddy came in and asked how
she would know when some pud-
dings, boiling on the stove, were
done. She was told to stick a fork
into them. If it came out clean, the
cooking was finished.
"By the way, Biddy," added the
woman, "if the fork DOES happen
to conte out clean, you might try
STICKING I N ALL OUR
OTH1' R FORKS,"
You've heard it before? Well,
wino hasn't?
New And Useful
For the Bedridden
Bed adjuster consists of two
sheets of /-inch plywood which fit
wider the mattress. Bottom sheet
lies fiat, has notched steel brackets
on each side. Top sheet is divided
into movable sections that fit into
the notched brackets. Moving sec-
tions up and down on brackets
adjusts mattress for seven positions
for upper part of body, five for the
lower part,
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Low -Priced Accordion
First low -price chromatic accord-
ion is being mass-produced of
styrene plastic. Said suitable for be-
ginner or accomplished musician, it
covers entire chromatic scale of
sharps and flats -40 notes—with 16
reeds for chord accompaniment.
Finger boards, grill and ends are of
plastic with bellows that open to
almost 19 inches in width.
* *
Electric Stapler
Portable electric stapler staples
correspondence or business forms
automatically. Paper work inserted
into front of machine is fastened
together at any desired spot. Cali-
brated scale guides used in select-
ing desired stapling position. Single
contact control prevents double
stapling.
* * *
Hand Soldering Device
Hand soldering device automatic-
ally feeds solder to tip of iron and
speeds up hand soldering by com-
bining both solder and iron in one
hand, leaving other hand free to
hold the work. Fits standard elec-
tric soldering iron from 57 watts
to 250 watts and can hold more
than six feet of solder from 1-16
fuck to 3-16 inch in diameter, maker
states. Slight pressure on trigger
brings solder to iron tip in quan-
tity needed for job.
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Tiny Tot — One of the tiniest
babies ever to survive, little
Candice Korvel celebrated her
first birthday by dipping a
chubby fist into her cake. Born
two months prematurely, Can-
dice weighed only 23 ounces at
birth. The "oxygen -tent baby"
overcame an attack of double
pneumonia, too, and now
weighs in at a hefty 17 pounds.
Policeman in witness -box. When
I told him he would be arrested,
he said. "What with you and the
weather, it is not a very nice day."
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HIiONICLES
FSM
Gv¢nd.oLime D. Clarhe
Reneutuer a few weeks ago 1
told you 1 had lost my glasses and
I suspected the pup may have run
' off with them? Well, I had no proof •
either one way or the other as I
never did find the glasses. Finally
I got new ones and just after that
all the papers were advertising a
contraption by which you could
keep your glasses hanging around
your neck. I felt it must have been
invented for me—anyway I didn't
waste any time in buying one of
the doo-dads . . . so now I really
know where to find my second eyes.
Oh dear, there is so much to
write about these days ... I have
had exciting news about the West
—but then there is also plenty go-
ing on in the East, to say nothing of
the glorious rain the last two days
which is just exactly what we want-
ed on top of our freshly sown
wheat. Of course, I am still up to
the eyes in canning, but as for i
pickles, I haven't got so much as
one jar put way yet. Even so, I
went on strike one day last week •
and went to our -W.I. Convention
at Guelph. I hadn't been to a con-
vention for fifteen years—not since
we left the Toronto area. It was
interesting, and inspiring and friend-
ly. Miss Lewis and Mrs. Futcher
were there and it was my privilege
to meet both of thein for a few
minutes. They both have such
pleasing personalities, and yet each
is so different from the other. Miss
Lewis has such a delightful and
tactful way of showing up the
wrong way of running Institute
affairs without making any one per-
son or branch conspicuous or
recognizable. •Not only that but she
is big enough, and generous enough,
to admit it if she herself happens to
be slightly at fault. We had proof
of that last Thursday when there
was a little difference of opinion
regarding the adoption of a report.
Mrs. Futcher, provincial presi-
dent, is so full of enthusiasm for
W. 1. work that it permeates her
every word and action. She carries
her audience along with her making
everyone feel that to belong to the
W.I. is a privilege that no one
should miss, and that every mem-
ber should do her part to make this.
great orgaization greater even yet.
But yet, being an Institute member
these days isn't as simple as it used
to be. Like everything else it be-
comes more involved and compli-
cated all the time. Gone are the
days when a few women could get
together for a meeting and feel
they had done all that was requir-
ed of them if the minutes were read
and approved; a demonstration of
cookies given, and a paper written
and read by one of the members.
followed, of course, by a friendly
cup of tea interspersed with lively
chatter and good natured gossip.
We have greater opportunities in
our branches now, but, hand in hand
with these opportunities are greater
obligations. We are able to learn so
much about arts and crafts, but this
knowledge must also be imparted
to others and details of our parti-
cipation be sent to Head Office.
Thus the more we do, the greater
our activity in any way, the more
we have to report. Each branch is
morally obligated to share with
other branches information about
the work it is doing. Only in that
way are we a part of the Institute
as whole. It is a case of wheels
within wheels—a fact that is
brought home to us more and more
when we attend district annuals
and area conventions. Maybe I am
mixing metaphors a bit when I
speak of wheels and branches—
but you know, there is a lot to
think about' in that one word
"branch." The dictionary defines
branch as part of a bough; and a
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bough as a main branch of a tree,
So the various W.I. branches scat-
tered far and wide are part of the
provincial bough s; provincial
boughs that have grown front that
great tree which was planted fifty
years ago by Mrs. Adelaide Hood -
less, and which took such firm root
in its native soil that neither wind,
storm nor adversity of any kind
has had any effect upon it whatso-
ever. The tree has been fertilized
by the zeal and interest of thous-
ands so that now its branches
spread from shore to shore. Carry-
ing the analogy still further we
might think of W.I. members as
the leaves upon the various branch-
es—leaves without which the tree
could not live. Old leaves have
their day and fall but newer,
younger leaves take their place—
and the life of the tree goes on,
while its roots spread and delve
further and further into the fertile
soil. Neither should we forget that
twigs from parent branches have
been planted and propagated in
other countries, gradually taking
root; growing independently but yet
recognizable as belonging to the
same species that had its origin in
d
Yes, it is good to be an Institute
member—even if one is only a jag-
ged leaf on the branch of a sturdy
bough!
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