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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1943-08-13, Page 70NT-1avW+` +sw %i ee 1 S , , P.I.. ai= Jane, a feshion artist who 11 been' disappointed ia, love, and Stella, .a free denote,, journalist di voiced trppm her husud share an apantiheltt In . London. Jane decides to join the Women'e Aux- iliary ux iliarryw ' Air ; Force and the night before entering the service •she declines 'Stella's invitation to' dinner and goes alone into the gloom of the city streets, She collides with •flight lieutenant of the R.A.F.,She accepts Ails invitation to dinner, but refuses to give her name or to see him again. "You should have. You -look like - the kind' of girl who can thinle- for herself. Just 'think for a moment and then see if you can look me in the eyes and say that it was pure 'acci- dent that made you come round that corner the very moment that I was hurrying along in such a. filthy tem- per that I nearly knocked you. over. Everything is meant in this world. You can take that from me. Life's: like a figure in a carpet. All set be- fore we start Nothing'can be alter- ed. Everything happens. at the .right time. Don't you believe me?" "About things happening • at the right time?' Perhaps you're right." • "Of course I am. That's why you can't •say good-bye to me when this evening's over. We've other playas in mind, . you and I." "If so" they are very one-sided ones," she sale,.'with ,a .smile. And changing• the conversa=tion: "Did you say we were going to B1aek Velvet?" "Yes: To the •second show. .We've plenty of time." All the same it ' slipped by very nicely, as did the show: The ' whole performance, when. the final vrurtain came, seemed to be a Blur. ' Now the audience -has struggling to get way._ He said, a hand ou her arm, 'Don't run away while I get my coat." • She watched him move from her side till he was' swallowed up in the crowd. There was s�oniething about his leanness • and the swing of ;• his shoulders as he • disappeared from view -that she knew, she would never forget. Then She turned and; push- ing, her own • way through the crowd, came out rote the inky darkness +i€t• a zneonleas . blaehe :oitt hWelon, - , - _, • She raced across LeicesteleeSquare and along Picadilly: As she hur'iled down Duke Street she wished, too late, that she was back in that foyer. She Was in bed and the light out when Stella came home' some little while .later: The elder girl crept in- to her room. Slie said, "Are you awake, Jane?" Jane sat up in bed and Stella switched on the light. She looked at Jane anxiously: "Darling, you've been crying." Jane assured her that she hadn't. Chen• she •said, well -perhaps she had' elt just a_ little depressed. But she =as• quite all eight now. Stella drew off ter long black vel - et coat and said she wished she'd ,ot. let Jane go off :on• her own that vening. "I dirdn't want you to, 'dar- ing." "I Wag fine. • I enjoyed myself en- armousl'y." "What did yo,u do?"' Jane hesitated. She knew that what lad happened tonight she would al- vays keep to 'herself. "I had some ood and •then went to see Black Vel- et."- • "That should have cheered you up." te71a undressed, put on a dressing own , and returned with her jar of old cream and-'a:•,box,of face tissues. Jane slid beneath the .clothes. "You. :an have all my nighties when I'm one. I bought myself' pyjamas to lay and thick ones at that. They're vhat we have to wear." ,Stella smiled, "You'll be sleeping n chiffon nightdresses again soon. '11 give you six months. All the girls seem to get married once they Din . the women's services." Jane shook her head. "I shan't get I Stella." Jane. hunched her knees up beneath he bedclothes and clasped her arms rouYid them. "Woufd you marry again?" she asked slowly. " . It wasn't the Find of question she woul , normally have. asked Stella. 1ut 'fouight- was a night for eonfl- dencesan•d tomorrow night she would be gone. '"here was a bleak look of suffer - ng now in the other girl's dark eyes. F. sheok her head. "No, I don't Bink I would," and after a moment's hesitation: "You see, crazy as' it may oiind, I believe 'at heart I've never quite fallen 'out of love With my hug band. Badly though he treated me, and' though T' coilld hardly 'bring my - elf to speak to him if I were to see hin'i again term rro*, neverth'ele'ss' if were ever to try oto Marry''asomeene• else, I don't sonieahow think f could. bring 4yself to go. through with it". Jane's heart emote her. " DM:ling, 'nip sorry: I Whit I •lfadh,'t made you k about �113111iii.h' ' "'Than all right. .I ,often., do. Silly, sn't it?" • n "Cra,zyei But then T Often' think of Oily " $".veil as the Said t1 pee Words s new qufite'. silddea1y that she r�la�a�'.ts w ialdn't; tihlnlr .'Toi%y iy in4r • •J;aee =went alone to Vietctiry Molle the ,next morning. ;della had' off edd to go With 'bier, but Jane :had e. - ehe'd rather �eey good bye to her .the flat, At Victory house she: w.. directed to e, room where' sever girls were already waiting. Soap were alone. One or two mulls ag Men stood beside their dauphte wondering just what was going t :happen next. Here and there wer younger men who had sportingl come along to escort their sister Cine girl had her bean with her. H when the time came for them to g aecogapauled them 'on the train jou ney down to the camp and right the very gates, where at last his gi was forced to bid a tearful good -by to him. With the start of the Journey ther came to Jane a feeling that she w leaving her old life behind forever A stirring excitement held her. Ther was chatter going on around her Names were being exchanged. Girls told of the Jobe they had held a. left to join the service. Glancing •them, she judged that mast of the were younger than herself and notic ed that the younger they were th moire they talked. After half an hour in the train the arrived at their destination. The walked hi (`body to the R.A.F. sta tion, where a, Male non -commissions was awaiting them-. He•took them tc the -orderly room and signed the in. Lunch followed .in. an =armoire, he which Jane soon learned to call th cook house. The long enamelled -to tables were clean. She.was+••given knife, fork and spoon, which she wa told would be hers for the time s'h spent at the training camp and whit she must take away after each mea and bring back again every time sh carne to the cook house, When the meal was over anothe N.C.O'.-a Wash this time=collecte them and showed them their hut Jane took in at a swift glance • the long bare room looking very much like a hospital ward••'rwith its twenty- two 'beds, each with a locker by its side. The sight of a stove at either end- was comforting, for at least when these got • going •they would be mod- erately warm. Here:they were shown how to Make their bedis and given a brief indication of their immediate duties:. Then . for a, little while they were left to themselves. Jane annex- ed one of the beds- and 'began to un- pack her belongings. Now indeed she was reminded 'very much of her first term at boarding school, only her. conditions weren't half so comfort- able and here, instead. of being just the only new girl, she was one of twenty-two: But soon ,they were all beginning to make friends. • Later in the evening, after sapper in the cook house, they all sat around the the stoves and again she notic- ed how the younger Ones' congregat- ed together, talking in high, shrill excited voices. As if' by common consent • they crowded together at one end of the room while the older, quiet- er• ones sought the warmth around the stove at the other. Now the bare hut was- transform- ed. Photographs had appeared on the lockers, photographs of •mothers, fathers; brothers -sisters and beaux. They went to lied early and Jane ' had a pretty shrewd suspicion that few of them .slept, but they were all ,smil= ing and good-tempered the following morning: The next day -there were fatigues. There was the hut to he swept and the floors polished and the stoves. to be cleaned oat and lit. They all worked with'a will and the morning passed swiftly with drill and a lec- ture on R.A.F. etiquette from a Waaf Officer and almost -before she .realiz- ed It, it was time for lunch -or din- ner,_as the midday meal was called at the camp. The -afternoon brought the clothing parade. Jane found herself fitted up with tunic, skirt, cardigan, shirts and the 'regulation -raincoat and cap and, though Ione of these garments could hare been said to fit her, they fitted none of .the other girls ally better. Still, nobody minded. They all re= paired to, their hut and settled down with needles and cotton to, alter their uniforms in the hoe that they might be made to look alittle better. She wrote to Stella at the firgt •op- nintunity. She 'said, "There's so inucb to 'tell you that I just don't know where to begin. On the whole it's very good. We get up at half -past six, have breakfast an hour later, din- ner at twelve and tea at four. Soup or :cocoa is there if we Want it at 4everi recheck. We're off duty each day at five and our lights are put out at ten -thirty," A subsequent letter feam Jane, say- ing; that she was so, tired out ,at the end of each day that sometimes she could hardly struggle- gong, for her evening ciip of soup, merely Made Stella Write back and say she hoped 'elle would soon get used to It, .She longed, ' to, see her, azrt Jane said in her letters ,she kMgecl to see her, too. They nd'lSt 'Meet" at the very Lta't op- portunity. .She wrote, "1 roust get t0 town if only to Order myself ehurti- form., ! ' that reek girls get `th•-ern. e er- at we e ed rs 0 e Y e• o, r- 0t rl ase• • e an at` m • e they d 0 m t e p a s e h 1 e r a for theAaeelvee' "final they wear when they're off duty laud vi?;ea? the ones, that aro 46n46d otit toe lawn wnAe. they are working ' . . . And ao the weeks slip lel} by. NO venter found Jane loosed' from the camp near London to :a. training cepa tre forty miles away. *looked for- ward eagerly' to the day_ when else would be posted kir aa airdrome and know that at last her -period ' of train- ing was over. It was Stella -who one day sent her a clipping from the personal column of the London Times- There was, a postscript to the, letter that accom- panied it saying, "Suppose this; isn't for you by any chance? After 1 these are your initials, and you vti&e at Black Velvet. I'd like to know just what you were up to that night. You had an odd look in your eye when I got home." 'Jane had rend the clip- ping, her heart racing. "J. L. Wily did you run away that night after Black Velvet?, It won't be any good. We shall meet again. Ion't you re- member what I said to you?" She'd had her blue suede handbag with her that evening, the one Stella, had giv- en her on her lastsbirthday, the one with J.L. in bold gilt Tetters. • Well, he was observant and he had a good memory. The advertisement wan in again and Stella sent' it down to 'her. The first time -Jane had written back and told Stella that her imagination had been running away ' with ,her. Of course the notice had nothing to do with4 her! This time she ignored it'. But as'befoee she tucked the clipping away in her pocket and read it a doz- en times a day, and her pulses leaped each time. So the old year slipped away with celebrations in the mess and Auld Lang Syne sung • at the top of many shrill feminine voices. , Jane wrote to Stella: "It's so long since I've seen a man, darling, that I've almost for- gotten what one looks like. -But my :period of initiation is over! Tomor- row I'm being posted to'an airdrome." And she gave her new address -that of a large R.A,F. headquarters some twenty miles down the river from. London. , Jane knew she'd never forget the thrill of that day, though it wasn't only the move to the - airdrome that „made it :so memorable. She picked - ' up :an evening paper and ' there, on the front page, was +his, -photograph! A girl leaned over ber shoulder 'and said, "That story was on the one o'clock news, I hear. Isn't it just too marvelous!" Jane read it and reread it. She knew his name now. Flight Lieutere ant T. Poel-Sanders. He'd : brought down three Messersehmitts single- handed. They were talking about it all around her in the mess. ne of Ertl in szl, 0negS 49d ciispue making, clever e,eeeoni �1 y'. tistic arrao ezuent are,the' of the -a.rt of sala,rl .Tusking; The, Copse ler Ser~t,Qn ,qf' miltio i D..£Pal'fntal?.t offers Some Sa;l:'a> noveltles;t Vihtel e rden Saalad a T Gips 'grated .Taw ?lets. A% cups• ,grated .raw term ;s 1% reaps 'shredded cable 14 supe finely shredded raw spina-' achi Lettuce . Salad dressing. Arrange lettuce leaves out xndvial-: nal serving ipkates and arrange beets and carrots in lightly piled mounds on Opposite sides of the plates. In between, place mounds of spinach and cabbage. Garnish centre of plate with hard -cooked egg, parsley or wa-. tereross. Serve with dressing. Six servings. Beane in Cucumber Rings„ Cooked green or wax beans, uncut 12 cucumber rings French dressing Jane quietly and unobtrusively an, nexed the aieWspaper and the one next morning that had his photo- graph. • (Continued Next Week) KeepApplian,es Spic and Spix. Canadians have been conservation Conscious for some time now. In al- most every line of endeavour, conser- vation is being observed; Clothes are kept spic and span to prolong their life and save materials that would be needed for new ones. Light is con- served to, save .electricity and house- hold electric appliances kept in tip top condition because they are now almost • til'hreplaceable. With proper care elee'irical appliances will Iast for years. Keep all appliances clean; repair them promptly and don't let them get wet. Excess grease, crumbs and fines gerprfnts can be removed with a clean, damp cloth. r" The plugs should be firmly held when the cord is being detached. This prevents flaying- of the cord, exposing wires which may cause 'a short circuit or making loose connections. Effici- ency is lowered and fuses may blow Out if too many appliances are at- teched to a plug or outlet at one time If .that cord becomes frayed where it joins the plug, it takes but a minute to .detach the cord, clip off the fray- ed portion and reconnect the ends. Twists and kinks in cords should be straightened out, The electric iron should be Allowed to cool before storing it away. Starch may be removed from the 's'ole plate by wiping it with a damp cloth. Ex- perts suggest an occasional, rubbing of the sole plate with paraffn orbees- wax, followed. by a .polishing, itsing a dry, soft cloth.' Vacuum cleaner bags emptied and whisked at frequent Intervale Will pay highedividen'ds in cleaning operations. Pins, tacks, pebbles -or ',other sharp objects should be picked tip before w+aouuiining. •If they are picked up -by the, cleaner they may damage the belt or tither moving parts. Tfieep the br'ushee clean and free from their end' Uremia . eela'd dyes Thin to"Sa19 6` medium-sized ie„lna,toi ye lb. "packaged oleeC eopked ,ehx's, sit 12 small •grgeu oniq: .Oueetit her ,slices th$ k1 a; or lettnee' 1'n1Tics, gat ern d PhilTer t1? French dressiaag or MaYcilbnt , y Scats and; peel tomatoes^ With a sharp knife Out tout .. parallel slices, being careful net t,Q: cut through to the stem end of the; tomato. Spreed the tomato .open fan wise and insert very thin slices of cheese or. -hard cooked egg between tomato . sections. Arrange on, a bed of watercress er lettuce. G'a,rnisli with cucumber .slices '"and small green onions. Sprinkle with salt and "pep. per. Serve with mayonnaise sprink- led with paprika and chopped green onion tops, or with well seasoned, French ' dressing. Six servings. } , i30N'"! Sheep eataa, of pla'iite arld tui Care. 'for f m'Atore anti they Paiih:t e'trnkWeed wit select twheir owl hve'r large areas oote• live ,a1;piest sot; and roughages.' big Fleet of New Locomotives for..,sac yy HEAVIER wartime freight and pas - senger traffic on lines of the Can- adian National Railways calls for more power and R. C. Vaughan, Chairman and , President of the National System, has welcomed the delivery of"the first of 30 powerful 6,200 class, Northern Type, locomo- tives, This new 6235 is already in service carrying war freight needed by the armed services„ and as each succeeding engine is received it win be promptly broken in for war duty. These locomotives are really "mon- sters," being 94 feet 94 inches overall and weigh 677,890 pounds in working order. They carry 11,600 gallons of water and 18 tons of coal. A feature of these engines is a wartime substi- tution of steel plate bells manufac- tured in the company's Montreal shops, for the traditional bronze bell, the bronze being required for war needs. Mr. Vaughan, inspecting the first of 'new engines, sat in the driver's seat as F. G. Pike, the driver, ex- plained the useof the instruments, Three Dimes Buy Three 'Courses .M*�EALTn&E, an important interlude LYl in the working day of stream - fined war plants, has been intelli- gently provided for at National Rail- ernya.Mimitions Limited at Montreal. by the Canadian National to manufacture naval guns and • artillery mounts. Encourag- keg seen and women employees tit eat food' in accordance with the national campaign, a cafeteria has. been established offering meals plans tied by expect dietitians, at modest a mobile canted serves sikeibroentssupplementing the work- see orksee home Ito& kits. T !Oa*. ,;o iwenfy Mitre, daily, thirty cents provides soup, meat or fish, two vegetables, dessert, bread and butter and a choice of coffee, tea or milk. Other meals costa nickel and a thine additional, according toe meat course. Stews, hash and meat pies feature the thirty cent type; for. the +.: nickel Dinty 1Vlbore'scora beef : cabbage enters; the forty cent menu gives roast, steak or chop,. Beef pot roast ib the favorite meati tomato macaroni and vegetabl to the sots list, pie leade for tierseit coffee is the popular beverage, The mobile canteen, Orb innhwagon a vel itleod Lod alb. ar ti um, iated 66 • ti tl built'izi National Railways Munitions- plant unitionsplant, The canteen MGM througgh the plant during fad eight-hour shifts. to that time its two-man trews sell pints of milk 200 half -pieta of oh late milk, 400 soft dr %;• , waC chewite mull, teelice isitt pO chips, donkli Wth, cakes; txsohi4414. •' ^ Thot+tbatatlbal•&chop o gh tl 'a t e popnlarO#?naa . cake; arcouiits for belt .t sales. Y. Tk* pactti.y Y eb d,i... ... gat Witii'ketite lkili ifiata►x' .u., qs • l ONE r.TS:•. .,r parostora, S0Naltorir 'Etc , D,1000040.1ty,�. TPI a9Q s +1'S /4 l,! 'e telephon, g•74. K4 f4 111.4410M BII•r'rlsten . SollORal: Etc• WOW= .. OITAB,10 Beaseh O1G1ae ")gena411 aeafortli flikanie1111. +i llione 173 • $EDICT SEA 'ORTU CLINIC DR. E. A. MCMASTER, •M.B. • Oraduste of University of Toronto The .Cmdc in fogy, swapped with 4eDr pie a 'and modern $-ray and. other •ha date 'diagnostic and therapeutics a alhannent. Dr. k'.- J, R. Monster, Specialist ip diseases of the ear,' eye, nose and throat will. °be at the Clinic the first °dimes ey in every month from 3 to • 5 0-'m- ' Preis Well -Baby Cl nilo will be held ago; the second and lest Thursday in Weary mouth from 1 to S pas. JOHN A. GORWILL, M.A., B.D. Physiolan and burgeon IN DR. H. E OSS' OFFICE Phone 90 - , - Seaforth hillARTIN W. STAPLETON, B.A., M.D. Physician , and Seirgeon Successor to Dr. W. R. Sproat ' Phone 00 TW aeaTerth ,. DR. F. J. R. FO.R$TER Eye,, Ear, None and Throat Graduate In Medicine, lllnitvereity'• of Toronto. Late assistant New York Opthal- seed chid Aural Institute, Moorefeld's Nye and Golden Squame Throat Hos- : pita, London, Eng. At COMMERCIAL 1RD'1' R., SEAFORTH, THIRD WED- i DAY dnreaoh month, visna 2 p.m. to 4.20 p.m.; also at Seaforth Clinic Rest Tuesday or each mon,th. 53 Waterloo Street South, Stratford' ,. AUCTIONEERS HAROLD JACKSON Sgeelalifrt 4a ' Fairni and' Household ,....- ._- :. . !demised in. Hilton sand Perth Coun- tless. ' Prices reasonable; satisfaction ID1aaraa Feed: For information, etc., write or phone . there'd 7ackson, 14 on 661,` Seaforth; EfeR. 4, 8eaaorth, EDWARD W. ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer For Huron i�oxreapondence 'promptly answered. as mediate 'arrangements can be'made 1 torr Hales•'Date at' The Huron Exposi- tor, Seaforth, or by calling Phone 203, Blirnwton- Charges moderate and satis- f faction guaranteed. v 1 LONDON. and CLINTON I .c NORTH' A.M. i Rioter ' 10.34 c eensatn + 10.46 Blue, J" .' 10:52 Brno'' 11.00 f niteet 11.47 '1 1 �.:.SOUTH . f 'a_.. a' :�.:.:. P.M. i Minton 3.08 Brucefleld 3.28 c RIppen 3.38 Mansell 3.45 g Exeter 3.58 c c C.N.R. TIME TABLE c EAST , A.M. P.M. Roderick , 6.15 2.30 i iOOlmesv&lle . , 6:31 2.48 1 E4nton • 6.43 3.00 hewforth • -•, • 6,69 3.22 j Rt 4 olumban ,........ - 7.05 3.23. Dublin - 7.12 3.29 • Kitchell 7.24. 3.41 WEST t Kitchell • .1106 10.01 Dublin .. .. 4.1.14 10.09 Yeaforth 11.30' 10.21 Minton -' 14.45 10.35 3oderich ... 12:55 11.00 i' C24. T1 TABLE - i EAST) P.M.• t, Keneset ''4,40 Jddertch `? . 4.35 's IdeG'aw • 4.49 i,nu`burn • • ` ,, ,,, .... . . ., 4.58 e . • • 4.58 Myth........ , 5.09 Walston ............ 5.21 s. lite/ an ght •, ...... 5.32 Pareno ®,45I 'NEST, o A.M. heewa to - . 8.20 P.M. I s � "• d t.• e are t •�, y. � -12.04 Melton N•010• Y•Y• d d tre0'9•• '-Xr1,2,�116 .. Melton Bili ir0l ... • ..•,,.. ' 12.28 i w••. -.Y 12`.89 Iir#t:ifirar ... > .,...•.•YY • • ....•. • . ••• 12,47 T glen ei�'. 1tt4 fden§i+tfh ,, ' - 1,00 a %i ee 1 S , , P.I.. ai= Jane, a feshion artist who 11 been' disappointed ia, love, and Stella, .a free denote,, journalist di voiced trppm her husud share an apantiheltt In . London. Jane decides to join the Women'e Aux- iliary ux iliarryw ' Air ; Force and the night before entering the service •she declines 'Stella's invitation to' dinner and goes alone into the gloom of the city streets, She collides with •flight lieutenant of the R.A.F.,She accepts Ails invitation to dinner, but refuses to give her name or to see him again. "You should have. You -look like - the kind' of girl who can thinle- for herself. Just 'think for a moment and then see if you can look me in the eyes and say that it was pure 'acci- dent that made you come round that corner the very moment that I was hurrying along in such a. filthy tem- per that I nearly knocked you. over. Everything is meant in this world. You can take that from me. Life's: like a figure in a carpet. All set be- fore we start Nothing'can be alter- ed. Everything happens. at the .right time. Don't you believe me?" "About things happening • at the right time?' Perhaps you're right." • "Of course I am. That's why you can't •say good-bye to me when this evening's over. We've other playas in mind, . you and I." "If so" they are very one-sided ones," she sale,.'with ,a .smile. And changing• the conversa=tion: "Did you say we were going to B1aek Velvet?" "Yes: To the •second show. .We've plenty of time." All the same it ' slipped by very nicely, as did the show: The ' whole performance, when. the final vrurtain came, seemed to be a Blur. ' Now the audience -has struggling to get way._ He said, a hand ou her arm, 'Don't run away while I get my coat." • She watched him move from her side till he was' swallowed up in the crowd. There was s�oniething about his leanness • and the swing of ;• his shoulders as he • disappeared from view -that she knew, she would never forget. Then She turned and; push- ing, her own • way through the crowd, came out rote the inky darkness +i€t• a zneonleas . blaehe :oitt hWelon, - , - _, • She raced across LeicesteleeSquare and along Picadilly: As she hur'iled down Duke Street she wished, too late, that she was back in that foyer. She Was in bed and the light out when Stella came home' some little while .later: The elder girl crept in- to her room. Slie said, "Are you awake, Jane?" Jane sat up in bed and Stella switched on the light. She looked at Jane anxiously: "Darling, you've been crying." Jane assured her that she hadn't. Chen• she •said, well -perhaps she had' elt just a_ little depressed. But she =as• quite all eight now. Stella drew off ter long black vel - et coat and said she wished she'd ,ot. let Jane go off :on• her own that vening. "I dirdn't want you to, 'dar- ing." "I Wag fine. • I enjoyed myself en- armousl'y." "What did yo,u do?"' Jane hesitated. She knew that what lad happened tonight she would al- vays keep to 'herself. "I had some ood and •then went to see Black Vel- et."- • "That should have cheered you up." te71a undressed, put on a dressing own , and returned with her jar of old cream and-'a:•,box,of face tissues. Jane slid beneath the .clothes. "You. :an have all my nighties when I'm one. I bought myself' pyjamas to lay and thick ones at that. They're vhat we have to wear." ,Stella smiled, "You'll be sleeping n chiffon nightdresses again soon. '11 give you six months. All the girls seem to get married once they Din . the women's services." Jane shook her head. "I shan't get I Stella." Jane. hunched her knees up beneath he bedclothes and clasped her arms rouYid them. "Woufd you marry again?" she asked slowly. " . It wasn't the Find of question she woul , normally have. asked Stella. 1ut 'fouight- was a night for eonfl- dencesan•d tomorrow night she would be gone. '"here was a bleak look of suffer - ng now in the other girl's dark eyes. F. sheok her head. "No, I don't Bink I would," and after a moment's hesitation: "You see, crazy as' it may oiind, I believe 'at heart I've never quite fallen 'out of love With my hug band. Badly though he treated me, and' though T' coilld hardly 'bring my - elf to speak to him if I were to see hin'i again term rro*, neverth'ele'ss' if were ever to try oto Marry''asomeene• else, I don't sonieahow think f could. bring 4yself to go. through with it". Jane's heart emote her. " DM:ling, 'nip sorry: I Whit I •lfadh,'t made you k about �113111iii.h' ' "'Than all right. .I ,often., do. Silly, sn't it?" • n "Cra,zyei But then T Often' think of Oily " $".veil as the Said t1 pee Words s new qufite'. silddea1y that she r�la�a�'.ts w ialdn't; tihlnlr .'Toi%y iy in4r • •J;aee =went alone to Vietctiry Molle the ,next morning. ;della had' off edd to go With 'bier, but Jane :had e. - ehe'd rather �eey good bye to her .the flat, At Victory house she: w.. directed to e, room where' sever girls were already waiting. Soap were alone. One or two mulls ag Men stood beside their dauphte wondering just what was going t :happen next. Here and there wer younger men who had sportingl come along to escort their sister Cine girl had her bean with her. H when the time came for them to g aecogapauled them 'on the train jou ney down to the camp and right the very gates, where at last his gi was forced to bid a tearful good -by to him. With the start of the Journey ther came to Jane a feeling that she w leaving her old life behind forever A stirring excitement held her. Ther was chatter going on around her Names were being exchanged. Girls told of the Jobe they had held a. left to join the service. Glancing •them, she judged that mast of the were younger than herself and notic ed that the younger they were th moire they talked. After half an hour in the train the arrived at their destination. The walked hi (`body to the R.A.F. sta tion, where a, Male non -commissions was awaiting them-. He•took them tc the -orderly room and signed the in. Lunch followed .in. an =armoire, he which Jane soon learned to call th cook house. The long enamelled -to tables were clean. She.was+••given knife, fork and spoon, which she wa told would be hers for the time s'h spent at the training camp and whit she must take away after each mea and bring back again every time sh carne to the cook house, When the meal was over anothe N.C.O'.-a Wash this time=collecte them and showed them their hut Jane took in at a swift glance • the long bare room looking very much like a hospital ward••'rwith its twenty- two 'beds, each with a locker by its side. The sight of a stove at either end- was comforting, for at least when these got • going •they would be mod- erately warm. Here:they were shown how to Make their bedis and given a brief indication of their immediate duties:. Then . for a, little while they were left to themselves. Jane annex- ed one of the beds- and 'began to un- pack her belongings. Now indeed she was reminded 'very much of her first term at boarding school, only her. conditions weren't half so comfort- able and here, instead. of being just the only new girl, she was one of twenty-two: But soon ,they were all beginning to make friends. • Later in the evening, after sapper in the cook house, they all sat around the the stoves and again she notic- ed how the younger Ones' congregat- ed together, talking in high, shrill excited voices. As if' by common consent • they crowded together at one end of the room while the older, quiet- er• ones sought the warmth around the stove at the other. Now the bare hut was- transform- ed. Photographs had appeared on the lockers, photographs of •mothers, fathers; brothers -sisters and beaux. They went to lied early and Jane ' had a pretty shrewd suspicion that few of them .slept, but they were all ,smil= ing and good-tempered the following morning: The next day -there were fatigues. There was the hut to he swept and the floors polished and the stoves. to be cleaned oat and lit. They all worked with'a will and the morning passed swiftly with drill and a lec- ture on R.A.F. etiquette from a Waaf Officer and almost -before she .realiz- ed It, it was time for lunch -or din- ner,_as the midday meal was called at the camp. The -afternoon brought the clothing parade. Jane found herself fitted up with tunic, skirt, cardigan, shirts and the 'regulation -raincoat and cap and, though Ione of these garments could hare been said to fit her, they fitted none of .the other girls ally better. Still, nobody minded. They all re= paired to, their hut and settled down with needles and cotton to, alter their uniforms in the hoe that they might be made to look alittle better. She wrote to Stella at the firgt •op- nintunity. She 'said, "There's so inucb to 'tell you that I just don't know where to begin. On the whole it's very good. We get up at half -past six, have breakfast an hour later, din- ner at twelve and tea at four. Soup or :cocoa is there if we Want it at 4everi recheck. We're off duty each day at five and our lights are put out at ten -thirty," A subsequent letter feam Jane, say- ing; that she was so, tired out ,at the end of each day that sometimes she could hardly struggle- gong, for her evening ciip of soup, merely Made Stella Write back and say she hoped 'elle would soon get used to It, .She longed, ' to, see her, azrt Jane said in her letters ,she kMgecl to see her, too. They nd'lSt 'Meet" at the very Lta't op- portunity. .She wrote, "1 roust get t0 town if only to Order myself ehurti- form., ! ' that reek girls get `th•-ern. e er- at we e ed rs 0 e Y e• o, r- 0t rl ase• • e an at` m • e they d 0 m t e p a s e h 1 e r a for theAaeelvee' "final they wear when they're off duty laud vi?;ea? the ones, that aro 46n46d otit toe lawn wnAe. they are working ' . . . And ao the weeks slip lel} by. NO venter found Jane loosed' from the camp near London to :a. training cepa tre forty miles away. *looked for- ward eagerly' to the day_ when else would be posted kir aa airdrome and know that at last her -period ' of train- ing was over. It was Stella -who one day sent her a clipping from the personal column of the London Times- There was, a postscript to the, letter that accom- panied it saying, "Suppose this; isn't for you by any chance? After 1 these are your initials, and you vti&e at Black Velvet. I'd like to know just what you were up to that night. You had an odd look in your eye when I got home." 'Jane had rend the clip- ping, her heart racing. "J. L. Wily did you run away that night after Black Velvet?, It won't be any good. We shall meet again. Ion't you re- member what I said to you?" She'd had her blue suede handbag with her that evening, the one Stella, had giv- en her on her lastsbirthday, the one with J.L. in bold gilt Tetters. • Well, he was observant and he had a good memory. The advertisement wan in again and Stella sent' it down to 'her. The first time -Jane had written back and told Stella that her imagination had been running away ' with ,her. Of course the notice had nothing to do with4 her! This time she ignored it'. But as'befoee she tucked the clipping away in her pocket and read it a doz- en times a day, and her pulses leaped each time. So the old year slipped away with celebrations in the mess and Auld Lang Syne sung • at the top of many shrill feminine voices. , Jane wrote to Stella: "It's so long since I've seen a man, darling, that I've almost for- gotten what one looks like. -But my :period of initiation is over! Tomor- row I'm being posted to'an airdrome." And she gave her new address -that of a large R.A,F. headquarters some twenty miles down the river from. London. , Jane knew she'd never forget the thrill of that day, though it wasn't only the move to the - airdrome that „made it :so memorable. She picked - ' up :an evening paper and ' there, on the front page, was +his, -photograph! A girl leaned over ber shoulder 'and said, "That story was on the one o'clock news, I hear. Isn't it just too marvelous!" Jane read it and reread it. She knew his name now. Flight Lieutere ant T. Poel-Sanders. He'd : brought down three Messersehmitts single- handed. They were talking about it all around her in the mess. ne of Ertl in szl, 0negS 49d ciispue making, clever e,eeeoni �1 y'. tistic arrao ezuent are,the' of the -a.rt of sala,rl .Tusking; The, Copse ler Ser~t,Qn ,qf' miltio i D..£Pal'fntal?.t offers Some Sa;l:'a> noveltles;t Vihtel e rden Saalad a T Gips 'grated .Taw ?lets. A% cups• ,grated .raw term ;s 1% reaps 'shredded cable 14 supe finely shredded raw spina-' achi Lettuce . Salad dressing. Arrange lettuce leaves out xndvial-: nal serving ipkates and arrange beets and carrots in lightly piled mounds on Opposite sides of the plates. In between, place mounds of spinach and cabbage. Garnish centre of plate with hard -cooked egg, parsley or wa-. tereross. Serve with dressing. Six servings. Beane in Cucumber Rings„ Cooked green or wax beans, uncut 12 cucumber rings French dressing Jane quietly and unobtrusively an, nexed the aieWspaper and the one next morning that had his photo- graph. • (Continued Next Week) KeepApplian,es Spic and Spix. Canadians have been conservation Conscious for some time now. In al- most every line of endeavour, conser- vation is being observed; Clothes are kept spic and span to prolong their life and save materials that would be needed for new ones. Light is con- served to, save .electricity and house- hold electric appliances kept in tip top condition because they are now almost • til'hreplaceable. With proper care elee'irical appliances will Iast for years. Keep all appliances clean; repair them promptly and don't let them get wet. Excess grease, crumbs and fines gerprfnts can be removed with a clean, damp cloth. r" The plugs should be firmly held when the cord is being detached. This prevents flaying- of the cord, exposing wires which may cause 'a short circuit or making loose connections. Effici- ency is lowered and fuses may blow Out if too many appliances are at- teched to a plug or outlet at one time If .that cord becomes frayed where it joins the plug, it takes but a minute to .detach the cord, clip off the fray- ed portion and reconnect the ends. Twists and kinks in cords should be straightened out, The electric iron should be Allowed to cool before storing it away. Starch may be removed from the 's'ole plate by wiping it with a damp cloth. Ex- perts suggest an occasional, rubbing of the sole plate with paraffn orbees- wax, followed. by a .polishing, itsing a dry, soft cloth.' Vacuum cleaner bags emptied and whisked at frequent Intervale Will pay highedividen'ds in cleaning operations. Pins, tacks, pebbles -or ',other sharp objects should be picked tip before w+aouuiining. •If they are picked up -by the, cleaner they may damage the belt or tither moving parts. Tfieep the br'ushee clean and free from their end' Uremia . eela'd dyes Thin to"Sa19 6` medium-sized ie„lna,toi ye lb. "packaged oleeC eopked ,ehx's, sit 12 small •grgeu oniq: .Oueetit her ,slices th$ k1 a; or lettnee' 1'n1Tics, gat ern d PhilTer t1? French dressiaag or MaYcilbnt , y Scats and; peel tomatoes^ With a sharp knife Out tout .. parallel slices, being careful net t,Q: cut through to the stem end of the; tomato. Spreed the tomato .open fan wise and insert very thin slices of cheese or. -hard cooked egg between tomato . sections. Arrange on, a bed of watercress er lettuce. G'a,rnisli with cucumber .slices '"and small green onions. Sprinkle with salt and "pep. per. Serve with mayonnaise sprink- led with paprika and chopped green onion tops, or with well seasoned, French ' dressing. Six servings. } , i30N'"! Sheep eataa, of pla'iite arld tui Care. 'for f m'Atore anti they Paiih:t e'trnkWeed wit select twheir owl hve'r large areas oote• live ,a1;piest sot; and roughages.' big Fleet of New Locomotives for..,sac yy HEAVIER wartime freight and pas - senger traffic on lines of the Can- adian National Railways calls for more power and R. C. Vaughan, Chairman and , President of the National System, has welcomed the delivery of"the first of 30 powerful 6,200 class, Northern Type, locomo- tives, This new 6235 is already in service carrying war freight needed by the armed services„ and as each succeeding engine is received it win be promptly broken in for war duty. These locomotives are really "mon- sters," being 94 feet 94 inches overall and weigh 677,890 pounds in working order. They carry 11,600 gallons of water and 18 tons of coal. A feature of these engines is a wartime substi- tution of steel plate bells manufac- tured in the company's Montreal shops, for the traditional bronze bell, the bronze being required for war needs. Mr. Vaughan, inspecting the first of 'new engines, sat in the driver's seat as F. G. Pike, the driver, ex- plained the useof the instruments, Three Dimes Buy Three 'Courses .M*�EALTn&E, an important interlude LYl in the working day of stream - fined war plants, has been intelli- gently provided for at National Rail- ernya.Mimitions Limited at Montreal. by the Canadian National to manufacture naval guns and • artillery mounts. Encourag- keg seen and women employees tit eat food' in accordance with the national campaign, a cafeteria has. been established offering meals plans tied by expect dietitians, at modest a mobile canted serves sikeibroentssupplementing the work- see orksee home Ito& kits. T !Oa*. ,;o iwenfy Mitre, daily, thirty cents provides soup, meat or fish, two vegetables, dessert, bread and butter and a choice of coffee, tea or milk. Other meals costa nickel and a thine additional, according toe meat course. Stews, hash and meat pies feature the thirty cent type; for. the +.: nickel Dinty 1Vlbore'scora beef : cabbage enters; the forty cent menu gives roast, steak or chop,. Beef pot roast ib the favorite meati tomato macaroni and vegetabl to the sots list, pie leade for tierseit coffee is the popular beverage, The mobile canteen, Orb innhwagon a vel itleod Lod alb. ar ti um, iated 66 • ti tl built'izi National Railways Munitions- plant unitionsplant, The canteen MGM througgh the plant during fad eight-hour shifts. to that time its two-man trews sell pints of milk 200 half -pieta of oh late milk, 400 soft dr %;• , waC chewite mull, teelice isitt pO chips, donkli Wth, cakes; txsohi4414. •' ^ Thot+tbatatlbal•&chop o gh tl 'a t e popnlarO#?naa . cake; arcouiits for belt .t sales. Y. Tk* pactti.y Y eb d,i... ... gat Witii'ketite lkili ifiata►x' .u., qs •