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loins R anamist
tgntemakers! Weddings are
remember. The wartime
ll} 344y have priorities but the
i•J '�"i +'CQ aspects have not been , re-
ls tea4l..Ilhe bride's dress has been
4r0.001V length and she Main-
, , .the right tb have a traditional
flouted wedding cake.
,There is more tea available, butter
my Pe extended and there's lots of
'lar;@ads. Although we may have to
.001:14) on the sugar if we make our
ttl>3 cookies and .cakes successfully
f4r the wedding luncheon.
' .Retaining such symbols and atmos-
phere as seen significant to you, don't
}hesitate to plan simply for a Wed-
ding. Perhaps shortness of notice or
uncertainV ahem leave for the groom
*i•11 put -=anything elaborate out of
reach. However, with a general plan
of a .flexi'ble Sort made out, complete
with aeeur-ate lists of everything from
the guests to the punch recipes, ev-
erything can go smoothly.
We've been .making plans for a
wedding 'luncheon at home and of
couree these foods are uppermost in
my mind today.
,Wedding Menu
Chicken Bouchees
Dainty Sandwiches
Small Cakes and Ides
Cookies and Tea
Wedding Cake and Punch
Small Sandwiches—Stretched but-
ter is used; fillings of cream cheese
with minced salted beans ... minced
`tongue, pimento ' or grated carrot,
mayonnaise .. , minced chicken, salt,
.paprika, cream • sauce . . - minced
fried mushrooms, seasongs,•suspicion
of crumbled crisp bacon chopped
hard -cooked egg, cress, young onion,
dressing.
Rolled Bread — With Spread of
stretched butter or cream cheese and
mayonnaise, well -drained fresh -cook-
ed :asparagus, or tuck a small' sprig
of cress into one end of each roll be-
fore serving.
Lemon Queens
-1/4 cup butter
1/3 cup sugar
Grated rind of 3t lemon
1 teaspoon lemon juice
2 egg yolks
5 cup flour,.
1/4 teaspoon salt
' % teaspoon soda (scant)
Legg whites.
Cream butter, add • sugar gradually,
and continue beating. Add grated
rind, lemon juice and egg yolks beat-
en until thick and lemon. -colored. Mix
'and sift, soda, salt, and flour; add to
first mixture and beat thoroughly.
Add egg whites.. beaten stiff. Bake
20. to 25 • minutes in -snail tins In oV-
en (350 degrees F.).
Cream Cake
2 eggs
% cup sugar
2/3 cup thin. cream,
1 2/3 cups 'flour
23 teaspoons baking powder
3,fi teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla.
Put unbeaten eggs in a bowl, add
sugar and cream; beat vigorously.
Mix and sift remaining ingredients;•
add first mixture. Bake 30 minutes
in shalloip cake pan in oven (325 deg.
F.). Cut in small squares and frost.
Chocolate Cakes
3 eggs, beaten until Iight
1 cup butter
1/2 cup- sugar
3 squares' chocolate, melted
1 cup moist bread crumbs, pack-
ed solidly
3 tablespoons flour.
Cream butter, add sugar, eggs;
chocolate, bread crumbs and flour.
Spread mixture in shallow buttered
pan and bake in oven (325 deg. F.).
'Shape with tiny biscuit cutter 'and
put together in pairs with cream ic-
ing between and on top.
Take a Tip
1. Washable floor mats should be
washed in real soapy water that is
not very hot. The carpet must be
well -rinsed or else the washing will
merely serve to flush. the dirt down
into the pile.
2. A rag rug that is washed will
remain clean longer if dipped into a
thick starch solution. It will 'also
stay in a better position on the floor.
3. Make certain that "washed"
floor mats are thoroughly dried be-
fore .putting back on the floor.
The Question Box -
Mrs. J. A. says: "Household lin-
e Letter :.
Echoes of the deaden conference
of Commonwealth ,role (Ministers
'reverberated through the Canad]an,
capital during the visit of Premier
• John Curtin of Australia. At a press
-conference and during private con-
versations while in Ottawa, the Aus-
tralian Prime Minister made it clear
that, like Prime Minister King, he
has' no thought of the Empire auto-
matically acting together on all world
issues.
That the Canadian Prime Min-
ister's' views .for individual decisions
by the Dominions, with concerted
Commonwealth action only by free
agreement of the member nations,
prevailed in London was more than
ever evident from the utterances of
Mr. Curtin while in Canada! As Mr.
King already suggested in his address
to the British 'Houses of Parliament,
Mr. Curtin said the co-operation •and
deep understanding of Britain and the
dominions might well form a model
for, a world organization for peace
and . security after the war.
- Pension Restrictions Removed
Another forward step in social leg-
islation was. taken when Hon. J. L.
Ilsley, Minister of Finance, announc-
ed that restrictions on earnings of
those entitled to old age pensions or
pe isionsr for the blind have, been re-
laxed. Some ,time ago the old age
pension was increased by Federal ac-
tion from $20 to $25 a month, but the
pension was reduced if the recipient
had an income of more than $65 a
year from other sources. The allow-
able outside income is now increased
to $125 a year, without reduction of
pension. Thus a pensioner can now
receive a total of $425 a year instead
of $365 as formerly.
'This will benefit people with small
incomes who could not previously
qualify for the increase because of
outside earnings or income. Resi-
dence requirements have also been re-
lased'so as to remove hardship which
had arisen in a number 'of cases be-
cause persons otherwise entitled to a
pension were barred by technicalities
from receiving it.
Health Insurance Making Progress
Now that the conference of pro-
vincial ministers of health with Hon.
ens will give longer wear if folded in
different ways from time to time.
This saves constant creases in the
same places. If linen or washable
clothing becomes scorched during
ironing, soak it at once in cold starch
water. Wash again."
Mrs. S. T. says: "If an omelet gets
'done' too much, transfer it to a plat-
ter immediately, make a tomato
sauce from, a tin of tomato soup thick-
ened witha spoonful of mashed pota-
toes, and pour over omelet.
Anne Allan invites you to write to
her c/o The Huron, Expositor. Send
in your suggestions on homemaking
problems and 'Watch this column for
replies.
SALE ! Dollars at Half Price!
Sounds like a sure -thing bargain,. But flow many of us realizethat-inCanada
we're getting dollars at less thanhalfthe price of other years
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fraction the price in many other countries to day. Here's whatwemean. A dollar
is worth as much S as itwill .buy. And to day your dollar buys atleast tw�ce
asmuch 6s it did in the last war e For instance, your buys a bar of
yr •r
laundry soapthat cost
felt fedora for
1918 M46
in those days.Today, you can buy the same qualify
that set you back
then. Truly your dollaris half
price since itbuys twice QS much. Price ceilings' and other anti-inflationaryy
measures have keptits value HIGH! And you protect your dollars worth
every time you buy a bond ,4�0 6 6 pay offo debt °refuse to hoard goods
or frequent black markets. That's how to make dollars count MORE!
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I promise to,give my support to keeping the cost
of living down.- I will buy only what I need. I
will observe the ceiling whether buying or sell-
ing goods or services. I will pay off old deEas,
save for the future, invest in Victory Bonds and
War Savings Certificates. And I will support
taxes wvhich help lower the cost of living.
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Ian Mackenzie has largely cleared
the path Tor health insurance
througbou;t the. Dominion, large scale
Preparations are in progress for the
dominion -provincial conference to be
held this summer or early fall.
The Domizacin •government is work-
ing out comprehensive plans for post-
war readjustment in Canada, design-
ed to maintain rural and urban pros-
perity at' present levels at least.
The federal program for social and
economic measures is alkkr well ad=
vanced. The .floor under farm 'prices,
family allowances, low 'interest rates,
easier' credit and other steps can and
will be taken by the Dominion. But
because of provincial authority under
the British•'hlorth Aineriea Act, other.
measures -require agreement and ac-
tion of the provinces. `_
It is hoped that the necessary un-
derstanding can be reached at the
Dominion -Provincial conference which
observers here believe will be one of
the most important events of the year
from .the standpoint of assuring a
'high post-war standard of living in
Canada.
Ground work for provincial .co-op-
eration is being laid by keeping the
provinces informed in advance and
almost continuous consultation in va-
rious forms regarding the problems
to be solved.
8,500 Veterans Placed in Jobs
More than 8,500 ex -service 'men of
the present war have- been placed in
employment through national selec-
tive service in co-operation with' the
veterans' welfare officials of the De-
partment of Pensions and National
Health. The system of caring for dis-
charged members of the armed forces
is being expanded and improved so
that when large scale 'demobilization
comes plans and machinery for re-
storing veterans to civil life will be
perfected.
The scale of grants and benefits to
discharged service men has been in-
creased. Starting on June let, the
allowance to those taking vocational
training or completing their educa-
tion receive '00 a month if. single
and $80 if married, together with al-
lowances for dependent children.
Those seeking employment,, awaiting
returns from a farm or business 'or
who are temporarily incapacitated,
receive $511 a month if single and $70
if married.
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Quickly Prepared
Recipes
To poets .,and song writers, June
may be the month which rh ith
moon• and croo*ebut to- et average
homemaker it is just another month
requiring the preparation of three
meals a day. Short cuts, ,quickly pre-
pared' recipes and dishes which can
be made in advance .can, . however,
make a meal preparation less of a
chore during the - summer months.
With this idea in mind, the Consumer
Section of the Dominion Department.
of Agriculture. suggests - today's. reci-
pes. The ice box potato salad is a
meal in -itself and the secret of its
flavour 'lies in adding the dressing
while• the potatoes are still hot.
Ice Box Potato Salad
3 cups freshly cooked hot pota-
toes
1/4 cup vinegar 4„
1/4 teaspoon salt- -
1/s - teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon celery salt
1/4 teaspoon mustard
1/4 cup chopped pickles
-1/2 cup chopped beef or other cold
meat
1/2 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
1/2 cup celery.
Cook potatoes in skins,' peel and
cut in cubes. Combine vinegar, salt,
„pepper, celery salt and mustard, heat
and pour over hot potatoes. Mix
well 'and let stand one hour. Add
remaining ingredients and mix light-
ly. Six' to eight, servings.
Curry Patties
2 cups soft, stale bread crumbs
2 cups ground, cooked meat
2 teaspoons chopped onion
1/2 teaspoon curry powder
1/2 cup gravy
1 egg
Salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons fat.
Combine all ingredients except fat
and mix thoroughly. Melt fat in fry-
ing pan. Drop mixture into hot pan
by spoonfuls. Flatten slightly . and
brown on both sides Six servings.
Cream of Vegetable Soup
3 tablespoons mild -flavored fat
3 tablespoons minced onion
2 tablespoons Sour
3 cups milk
1 cup vegetable water, milk or
water
1% teaspoons salt
Speck of ;pepper •
-1 teaspoon thick condiment sauce
1/2 cups finely chopped or sieved
cooked vegetables -
Paprika.
Melt fat in top of double boiler.
Add onion and cook over direct heat
until tender. Add 'lottr, Stir until
smooth. Gradually add milk and veg-
etable water and 4;ook.`.ovei" bolIuiig.
water, stirring oneagfi rally • ufitfl
eniooth and thickened, Adsl seastft1:
4nge, condiment sanCO and- regeteliles..
Heat and- service, ••,,l xtiikied with';
fiaiirika. Makes 5C rohps-ottlra
Gardening is bY no means the high-
Lly complicated, expensive and 'bailee -
some job that • some alleged experts
pretelid. It is interesting to know
scientific ,names of all fiowere-.•anis
vegetables,' to -raise $remendous sin-
gle blooms that would go to the top
in any floral show, but this sore of
thing is ,..of no concern to the rank
and file. The average person is quite
content with a good supply of fresh,
tender and handy vegetables, and an
attractive display of bloom. He or
she wants this,' also with as little
trouble and backache as possibile.
And this is quite possible, according
to the authorities, though some intel-
ligent care and a little healthy exers
disc is essential. The main points to
keep in mind once the garden is
planted and growing, as it will' be
now in most 'parts of Canada, are the
following:
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Main Care Factors
If the garden is thoroughly" culti-
vated once in early June, with all
weeds dug under and hard lumps of
soil pulverized, it will only need a
few light cultivations during the re-
mainder of the season to . keep it
••growing and weeds in Check. This
light running -over is best done when
the ground is soft , aftex a rain.
One cannot grow good vegetables
or flowers if plants are crowded to-
gether: Before growth is too advanc-
ed, such things as carrots, beets, let-
tuce and •self -sown or ,fine -seeded
flowers should .be thinned so as to
permit proper and' sturdy develop-
ment. This thinning' will also make
cultivation easier and it will encour-
age quick, tender growth among the
vegetables.
Bugs, fungus and other garden
pests are easily kept in control if the
proper sprays -consult a government
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Oatmeal' Bread
11/2 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
11/4 teaspoons salt
4,.tablespoons sugar
11A cups fine oatmeal
2 cups milk
1 tablespoon- mild -Savored fat, ,
melted.
Mix and if *flour, baking., powder;
salt, and sugar. Add oatmeal and stir
well. Add milk and melted fat and
beat only until smooth. Pour immed-
iately into 'a greased loaf pan, 8" g
4" x 3". Bake in a moderate oven,
•350 deg. F. for .one .hour, or until
done. After removing from the..oven,
brush the top of the loaf with melted
fat or top milk. If loaf is to be cut
in thin slices,:' allow, to cool in the
pan.
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bulletin or your nearest seedaman Or
florist --'-are applied immediately" after
first evidence of damage. Alao, a
healthy growing garden, well cultivat-
ed, ' well spaced and free of "weeds, is
far less susceptible to attack of any
kind than :the neglected sort.
Tall flowers 'and vegetables, .like
delphinium,' hollyhocks, tomatoes, etc.
should be staked and tied loosely to
these stakes, to prevent wind and
other storm damage. CIimbing sweet
peas, nasturtiums . and other similar
things should be supported by brush,
wire or strings.
To encourage continuous flowering,
blooms. should'be picked freely in the
case of- sweet peas, pansies, •nastur
tiums, etc.; and removed when! fading
in the case of flowers not ordinarily
used for cutting purposes..
Improving the 'Soil
To improve the soil, especially
light or very heavy types, it is an
excellent thing to dig in or plow un-
der what farmers call 'green manures'
This ., is simply "vegetable growth--,
weeds, grass or.. certain . Crepe like
oats, rye or clover down for this very
purpose. Gardeners with a fair
amount of land at: their disposal of-
ten set aside a different portion each
yearr, for - building up purposes.This
is cultivated at ten-day intervals each
spring up to' about the first of July,
then sown with a:cover crop of oats,
rye, clover, etc. Later when this
crop is up 10 or 12 inches it id plow-
ed or spadeli under as green manure.
Hours of Work Act
A statement issued from The office
of the Honourable Charles Daley,
Minister of Labour for. Ontario, an-
nounces the postponement of certain
provisions of the "Hours of Work and
Vacations'With Pay" Act.
The Act, which becomes effective
July 1st, of this year, wits designed to
establish a maximum 48-hourweek in
this province for all persons employ-
ed in business and industry, as well
as providing for one week's vacation
with pay, in each year, to ' everyone
so employed for a full year with one
firm. In other words, on the anni-
versary of each year's employment,
employees become eligible for a
week's vacation with pay.
The Industry and Labour Board, un-
der which body the Act will be ad-
ministered, says `that while plansare
now being laid for the -operation of
the Act, it would be unsound at this
time to: impose arbitrary changes. The
need for all-out production on essen-
tial war materials, might'be seriously
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interfered with if drastic Changes- iu b
present hour schedules,'which might
he made necessary. in Containing to
the terms of this Act, were made.
This is 'particularly true in view of
the man -power shortage existing at
the .present time. The Board, there-
fore, considers that a postponement
of the provisions of the act regulat-
ing "work. hours" is necessary, and
will be necessary, ,while the present
'ritical production requirements and
acute shortage of manpower exists,
"'Che Board.,. therefore authorizes
the continuanlee--of existing working
hours in all industries operating on
priority war materials in the Province
of. Ontario," the statement says.
Indu
. ,, stries.:..engagea In agriculture,
horticulture, fishing and the produc-
tion of foods and farm products
dairy industries including cheese anti:
butter production; firnis engaged in
the building and maintenance' of
roads. construction, transportation, -
textiles and other undertakings which
can be considered essential to the full
maintenance of the war effort,- shall
be considered in the category of war
industries in 'so far as present work-
ing hours are concerned. -
"Periods' of relaxation, both mental
and physical, to provide recreation,
are - essential for general health and
morale, however," Mr.. Daley said. • "It
is probably of more value in this time
of mental stress and physical pres-
sure than at any otber time. ' The
Provisions of the Act, therefore, ap-
plying to ,at •least "one week's vada -
tion with pay shall apply to all per-
sons qualifying under the term of em-
ployment. This does not necessarily
mean •that vacation' must begin On
July lst, but that vacations with pay
shall be provided for all employees
effective July 1,-1944, under the indi-
vidual employer's plan of allotting
vacation time, Mr. Daley said.. -
NEEDLING THE POWDER BOX
Face it . ..a lot of sweet smell-
ing face powder ends up on the house -T '
hold duster! •Hard to keep from
spilling, . . . abut how about giving
the next new box of 'powder a new -
treatment. ' Punch several small holes
with a fine knitting needle in this
paper Covering .. then shake gent
ly on your puff. ' • Just enough" .will
come oat for camouflage opet'ationa2
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Before you order dinner at a restaurant, you
consult the bill -of -fare. Before you take a long trip
by motor car, you pore over road maps. Before
you start out on a shopping trip, you should con-
sult the advertisements in this paper. For the
same reason!
The advertising columns are -a buying guide for
you in the .purchase of everything you need, includ-
ing amusements! A guide that saves your time and;
conserves your energy; that saves useless steps and
guards against false' ones; that put the s -t -r -e -t -c -h
in the family budgets.
The advertiselents in this paper are so inter-
esting it is difficult to see how anyone could over-
look them or fail to profit by them. Many a tine,
you could save the whole year's subscription price
4n a week- by watching for bargains. Just check
with yourself and be sure that you are reading the '
advertisements regularly --- the big ones and • the
little ones. It is time well spent . . . always!
YOUR LOCAL•PAPER
IS YOUR BUYING GUIDE
Avoid time -wasting, money -waisting de-
tours on the road . to merchandise value.
Read the advertising "road • maps."
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