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k,
Aker! B'aek lel , to
e ;wa tt a luxury, ?
stories erbout all the
house was passed, by
Ile Wash on the clothese
ni;aturet pair l'oi overalls
ing .int the breese next to a pair
Omit that :lumior was
:t farmer father's ioot-
could' always tell when win-
cotaiug• by the bright patch -
:Outs hung out to air before
were put on the beds, or com-
hadjut left when the big table
rand numerous serviettes were
s
P.,
�tr'r
I{rmes have changed though and it
r e 'Me that the laundry job is piece
work Nowadays. Many wartime fa-
brics require separate suds and rins-
g, Wander how often you hear,
lyiother, you didn't wash out my
teen • dress." However, it may be
that Mary did not put her dress out
to be washed, so it's wise to have a
separate clothes bag for each person,
or a clothes hamper.
The first step in washing, after the
clothes are collected is to sort them
• according to color, kind of material,
and haw •dirty they are. You'll have
done this many times of course, but
do you sort them on a table instead
of stooping to 'the floor—and then un-
fasten buttons, .turnthe pockets out;
close zippers, brush :off any dirt and
remove stains.
` Over -night soaking is no longer re-
commended, as the dirt gets saturat-
ed in the threads, but if the white
things are put in warm, soapy water
for 1.0 .10 15 minutes it helps loosen
the' soil. Wring out the clothes and
put in washing machine. It should
be filled about two-thirds 'full. If you
have hard water, add water softener
to the water before adding soap.
(Suds should be twp ipches high dur-
ing the whole washing time).
Have a second lot, of soiled articles
to go into the suds—a few at .a time
will remove soil more quickly.
Grandmother still uses the old cop-
per boiler to cook .the clothes in, but
unless .,there is an illness in the fam-
ily and the clothes must be steriliz-
ed, it is not necessary. There are
len, Women Over 40
Feel Weak,Worn, Old?
Want Normal Pep, Lunt Vitality ?
Does• west; nmdown, exhausted condition make
you feel fagged out, old? Try Ostrex. Contnlne
general tonics, stimulapts. often needed after 30 or
40. Supplies iron. Calcium, phosphorus, vi,arrl1
Bi. Helps you get normal pep, vim, viten''•. 1' -
troductory size Ostrez Tonle Table's only ;i,,;,. I or
wale 4t all good, drug, stores everywhere.
reliable bleaching agents Qn the mar-
ket. Follow, the instruetions to in-
eure the' best restate with their use.
Rinsing, • .however, is one of the
most -important steps in washing.
You need plenty, of water, and fre-
quent.changes to take out all the suds
and soiled water from the clothes.
Three timings tare wonderful if you
can do it, because it's the soap curd
left in the clothes that helps to give
them that tattle -tale grey. otherwise
two- rinsing/ 'will do a good job.
Then dunk• ,the shirt collars and
cuffs, children's dresses, aprons, cur-
tains and the like in thin etarch. This
mixture is made .by mixing one-half
cup of laundry starch with a •cup of
cold water, then pouring in two
quarts of boiling water. Cook for
five minutes and add one quart of
cold water. "
No matter how cold it is, we hang
the clothes out carefully so that it'll
be easy to take them down for, sprink-
ling., Of course, if: towels and sheets
can be dried thoroughly, they can be
folded and put away without ironing
—it's so much less work.
The laundry work is never finished
though, until you've washed out the
machine in a little soapy water, rine-
'ed it off,' wiped off the wringers and
released the tension on the rollers,
and rolled it away from the water
around the drain.
Take a Tip
1. To clean jersey cloth: Measure
and wash as sweaters are washed;
dry oe flat surface, stretching into
proper size and shape according to
measurements.
2. To clean corduroy: Squeeze in
soapy water; rinse two or three times
in clear water to which a small,
amount of water softener has been
added. Brush after dry.
3. To clean veils: . Wash in warm
soapy water. While wet, put into
shape on a towel. if black, wash 'in
strong solution of black coffee to
which gum arabic (2 teaspoons to 1.
pint) has beep added.
4.±To clean washable gloves: Wash
on '-hand in soapy lukewarm water.
Rinse in clear water. Take off and
blow into gloves, then dry at moder-
ate temperature. " If gloves become
too dry, put on hands and rinse in
water containing a small amount of
vegetable oil. Stuff with tissue pa-
per.
5. To wash, dress shields: Wash
in tepid soapy water. Put in 'a toweril
and weight down. Don't iron.
6. To clean raincoats: Brush with
soapy water. Rinse, pouring water
over it. Allow it to dry outside.
good hrea Nst is the 'best' be-
ginnin ' .fez• a hard day's' worlr, an'
'c.Ql U g to Pett, Director of
l` utOt ipn Division, ,Otta ¢'a. He, emir
siders that 'Better iireakfasys for, Bat-
ter Health' should be everyone's aim
for they, pay dividends in. increased
energy and lessened fatigue.
APProxtreately one-third of the
day's food needs should be provided
at this meal and this can be done
quite easily with (the" new 'Ideal
Planning For Health' chart as guide.
The chart, prepared by the Nutrition
Division, is based ole (Canada's Food
Rules- and. an be secured from the
Prov: tial lean
rtzne' ' of' 'Health.
n Pa ..
A good breakfast is one which in -
eludes one of the two daily servings
of fruit; raw or cooked, a whole grain
cereal with roily, whole wheat or
Canada Approved bread, and of
course a milk drink for the children.
Variety can be secured by the use
of different cereals, preferably hot in
cold weather, .by varying the types
of toast, with favorite egg dishes and
by adding other 'main' dishes which
appeal to the family's tastes.
A little planning can make this
important first meal the most popu-
lar one of the day. The men folks
will linger over it and late risers will
set their alarms earlier to allow for
more, than the old catch -as -catch -can
bite. A leisurely breakfast is advis-
able for good digestion too, and is
good insurance for health.
It's In The Bag
Carry your own brand of filing bas-
ket with you on your household tidy-
ing jobs. Pin a paper bag to the belt
of your housedress and use it to col-
lect the part of the jig -saw puzzle
you'll find in the hall"or the ties that
must go to the kitchen for pressing
. . . all the small items that have
to be moved from one place to an:
other every day. (A paper bag is
useful too when you go through the
house dumping ash trays and•picking
up apple cores). And how about des-
ignating a special drawer in a spe-
cial place as a Lost and Found De-
partment. • Help teach children to be
morereful about picking up their
toys if there is a kind of ceremony
about getting lost articles out of the
drawer. ee
(Clean on a. strong windy day).
7. To clean feathers. or flowers:
Brush with cornstarch or cornmeal
it light in color; br plunge up and
down in cleaning solvent. Attach to
a string and dry outside in a breeze
quickly. Brush carefully with an old
toothbrush.
Anne Allan invites you to write to
her c/o The Huron Expositor. 'Send
in your suggestions onhomemaking
problems and watchthis column for
replies.
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• Experts can roughly estimate the value of a
product by looking at it. More accurately, by hand-
ling and exaxnining it. Its appearance, its texture,
the "feel" andthe balance' of it all mean something
to their trained eyes and fingers.
• ' But no one person can be an expert on steer,
brass, wood, leather, foodstuffs, fabrics, and all of
the materials that make up a list of personal pur-
chases. Ana even experts are fooled, sometimes, by
concealed flaws and imperfections.
�. There is a surer index of value than the senses '
of sight and touch ... knowledge of the maker's
name and -for what it stands. Here js the most cer-
tain method,- except that of actual use; for judging
the value of any manufactured goods. Here is the
only guarantee against careless workmanship, or
the use of shoddy materials.
•, This is one important reason why it pays to
read advertisements :and to buy advertised goods.
The product that is advertised is worthy of your
confidence.
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ITTE1�i SPEC1A4s.Y
WRFOR .1146
WEEKY :NEWSPAPERS OP CANADA
JIM GGEENBLAT,'Editot:ot:the SUN.
Sw1r,T CURRENT 11:ASCAT0H6WAli
Farmers of f Canada are once •again
advised by the.administrator of iar'ne
machinery not to dispose of 'old trac-
tors or other rationing units' . unless
they have a. 'permit' to buy new ma=
chinery, because the •present system
o f rationing h'as to be continued un-
til supplies ' of equipment are more
nearly in line with consumer de -
mends. Parts to keep present equip-
ment in shapeare not rationed—
there are plenty of them available.
The supply of farm machinery for
1945 will be equal in tonnage to ap-
proximatLy 102 per eent. of the 1946
supply, but it will not be nearly en-
ough for the apparent supply. The
•policy has .been to take off' the ra-
tioned list any equipment as the sup-
ply situation warrants, . and at pres-
ent there are 35 lines unrationed,
The Department of Labour has he
sued a report which shows that• the
general index •number for wage rates
in the thirteen chief lines of indus-
trial employment in 'Canada rose to
139.5 for the year 1943, compared to
105.7 in 1939. The figure of 100
points represents the average wage
level for the period 1935 to 1939. The
index numbers relate only to wage
rates, including cost of living being
paid for normal 'working hours; and
overtime rates and actual total earn-
ings 01 eni'ployees were not taken in-
to _consideration when the figures
were compiled.
Here's a word from the consumer
branch for milady. People who like
to give stockings as gifts, (not the
kind that are hung on the mantle)
should find more in .the shops this
year—not Nylon, of course, but larg-
er quantities Of rayon hose from acet-
ate.. They are not of viscoe yarns,
for synthetic tires have first claim
on the viscose. Stockings made from
acetate are' just as serviceable, they
say, as those made from viscose
yarns, provided they receive the•'same
care. Washing after every wearing
and drying away' from direct heat for
at least 36 hours are two "musts'' in
making rayon stockings last.
National Defence H.Q..at Ottawa
advises that standard 'text telegrams
(Expeditionary Force messages) be-
tween Canada and war theatres and
vice versa will be discontinued be-
tween December 5th and nth inclu-
sive, because of • the overloading •of
telegraph circuits and consequent de-
lay in messages. Instead, during the
pre -Christmas period Canadians in
war theatres oueeide the United King-
dom will get five Blue Air Letter
forms, free of postage, to send to
friends and relatives at home at the
rate of one a,week; and wherever ad-
visable, these letters get air transit.
Suspension of telegraph service as
noted applies' only to 'Expeditionary
Force ,messages; other types will be
transmitted as' usual.
Canada's external trade during the
.first eight months of 1044 reached
$2,282,000,000 compared with $1,874,-
000,000 in the same period of the pre-
vious year. 'Receiving a large volume
of Canadian commodities were the
United Kingdom, United States, the
U.S.S.R., British India and Italy.
• With .the Seventh Victory Loan go'=
ing so well over the top, it is inter-
esting to note that savings deposits
in Canadian chartered banks at the
end of September last year totalled
$1,988,904,000. The Sixths Victory
Loan took a big slice out of these
savings, yet at the end of September,
1944, savings deposits had reached a
new -all-time high: with $2,464,187,000.
The national income has *en high
and is maintaining a steady climb. •
Failure to comply with National
Selective Service civilian regulations,
brought prosecutions in October
which exceeded those of the month
before, states a report issued in Ot-
tawa' by the director. There were
122 convicted as against 94 in Sep-
tember. Seven employers, who en-
gaged workers without permits were
convicted, and o&.the 78 employees
the majority were for" "quitting" em-
ployment without permission or - not
taking' high priority :work when re-
ferred by a Selective Service officer.
Convicted also were 37 conscientious
,bjector3. At November lst, there
were still 342 cases pending, 133 of
them against objectors. 1'
Here's a thought for Canada's place
in the post-war market picture. The
'Canadian Federation of Agriculture
which has its head offices in Ottawa
gives the latest facts regarding the
W artime progress of British' agricul-
ture., Wheat acreage.in England and
Wales is 82 per cent higher than in
1930. The area' in potatoes has more
than doubled, and there is an increase
el! 63 pee cent in the area sof hortn'
oultural crops. Total arable acreage
is 63 per cent above the pre-war lev-
el. '
Reporting to the Do'minien Bureau
of Statistics, 14,837 industrial estab-
lishments showed employment of 1,-
882,79Q men and women at the..:be-
ginning of September, lc,Wifitaettiring
efitablishumnts at plat 'time sh'aived
a, little heightened. 'setivity With-
,glain•oof . 6,249 employees, 'fh e, • in -
crenae is, the smallest at the begin-
ning of Septeinber in any year since
1936. There was, a further',reduetion
in the 'production of durable rams,'
lectured goods, mostly ' iron and steel
products. Expansion was above av-
erage- and showed important gains :in
the vegetable food preserving Indus-
try, it is noted.
A survey of the world wheat situa-
tion issued by the Dominion Bureau
of Statistics indicates that as a re-
sult of the prospects of short wheat
supplies in Australia, Canada may be
ealled on to make shipments to In-
dia and the Middle East, which us-
ually get their grain from Australia.
With an estimate ,early in October of
only 50,000,000 bushels, Australia has
the smallest crop since 194,9, Stocks
have been disappearing there • because
of the large demands by 'military es-
tablishments. Argentina will not
have a big crop, that is certain; and
will probably only cover domestic re-
quirements, which are about 110,000,-
000 bushels. Its present carry-over,
about .1177,000,000 bushels, will, cover
probable 1945 exports. No definite in-
formation is apparently yet available
on needs for liberated Europe, but.
these will bb heavy; unofficial guess
is 10,000,000 bushels for Italy, which
is reported to • have harvested a
wheat crop of 245,000,00G bushels,
with about 120;000.,000 in the Liberat-
ed part. France's food situation is
said to be better than other coun-
tries, but Canadian wheat is moving
in by way of Lisbon, Greece, of
course, will need outside help in
abundance. The United .Kingdom re
pprts a wheat crop of 11000,00'0
bushels. The 1939 crop was only 61,-
800,000 bushels.,
Odds and Ends: . Retail purchas-
ing in Canada measured by 12 trades
dealing mainly in clothing, "food and
household requirements was up 14 per
cent in -September from the , same
month last year. . ... The total sugar
beet crop of 1944 is now placed at
608,000, tons, 28 per cent. greater than
1943. . . . There are in Canada to-
d about 35,000 members of junior
fa m clubs`n a variety of farm and:
farm home projects. . . . Shocking,
but true --national authorities say
more than 300,000 Canadians have
venereal disease, hence :the accent
on the current national V.D. cam-
paign.
The Pessimists:.
(By R. d. Deachman)
I like the pessimists. Strange to
tell their maunderi:ngs brighten up
the scene. Record them for the am-
usement of your children and your
children's children. If all' their pro-
phecies took shape and form, earth
would be a 'hell, all things worth
while would pass away. It would,
indeed, be a dreary life..
I read, recently, this item in "The
Forum," a waggish leftish drgan, with
a fixed conviction that unless we
change our minds and become socia -
Rae 'few, if"any, will be employed in
nineteen hundred and something or
other. Here: is the story:
"During the past decade or mote,
however, it has become increasing-
ly evident that the expansive forc-
es underlying the growth of cap-
italism have disappeared.` Birth
rates. have been falling and popula-
tions have tended to become stable
in size. New frontiers available
for settlement and exploitation have
almost disappeared. Farm popula-
tiont have been falling in many
leading countries, while cities and
towns have ceased growing at their
previously high rates."
Now the curious thing • about that
item, and. the article which support-
ed it, is that it hasn't a single sug-
gestion for changing things — just
one sibilant whisper or croak to the
effect that.,some program, •other, than
private • enterprises, will have to be
adopted. Our pessimists always want
to throw the engine away when the
car stops—it's the only thing they
can think about. '
Of.•course the pessimist bas been
with us since the dawn of time. I
recall a saying of the late lamented
Mr. Jeremiah: "The partridge 'sit
teth on eggs and hatcheth them not."
Now that is a sad note, but when
you come down to consider the facts,
we have far more partridges, in the
world today, tharli in the time of Jere-
miah. How could he know whether.
this was a local or= general condition.
Some must have bees? getting live
birds out of tlieir,eggs. We shouldn't
be discouraged. Jeremiah sounds
like a Socialist out of office. -
It "was 'always thus, the croakers
keep ofi .telling their ,stories. I quote
from/ alittle book, "The New Phil-
osophy' Of the Public Debt," publish-
ed some time ago by the Brookings
Institution of Washington. It gives
two outstanding illustrations. One is
from the Hon. Cafl D. Wright, who
in his; ,first annual repot, as T.J. S.
Commissioner of Labor g 1886, near-
ly 60 years ago, pulled off the fol-
lowing: ." ' '
"On' all sides one sees ' the ae-
eomplishted results of the labor of
half a century. This full supply+• of.
geoiibmie.,tools tai Irlie° -mosir•14446
•
ei�ea
dot d re#uu
of the vast at 0,0*
ich ha0 bck,eeri aced d> r4il t`
•Pe' Pd Tike day 0018Cl+1 a 'IIsi(
krobap13'
.what w001d hsve• been e}r' position
,t0tisf if .rt xe conch ding sentlenc .0
WO, prophecy had, told,144t
regret ..to00y. it, Ago., we .'?vould,.ba
boon *at '-*here:: we vier afi 8
We are itliiezle;.and 'whlls''we ?pua.Y
not ,be ezky 'b'aplder, ,Lor woa7.tbi,`.does
not •necessarily,. bring :hu, ixian h'apP%
nese, we have made.. tremendous - nae-'
terial- progress, which is one of the
goals we seek in thea world of today.
•
''Then in the Contemporary Review
of the following year, 1887, there ap-
peared a story from the eminent Day -
id A. Wells; the business, analyst of
his time. His guess on economic con-
ditions, as expressed in August; 1887;;
wasas follows:
'There is very much that con-
tributes to the support of the idea
. . . that the industrial activity of
the greaterpart of this century has
been devoted to fully equipping civ-
ilized countries of the world with
economic • tools, and that the work
of the future, in this same sphere,
muss` be necessarily that of repair
and . replacements; rather ' than of
new construction."
What was wrong with' all these peo-
ple. They failed to see 'the cumula-
tive results of business expansion. A
young man said to me `the other day,
"Even, if we were to add three hun-
dred thousand more workers to our
industrial army i.t wouldn't begin to
solve the problem of unemployment."
That young man is Looking at it from
the standpoint of the number of men
employed within the factory—that is
all he sees.
Stand back a little from the stage
so that you may take in the whole
scene—you see only a elistorted pic-
ture from a front seat' in the movies.
Three hundred thousand more men
employed in industry, would require
seven hundred million dollars worth
of raw material 'to keep them busy.
That means employment, doesn't it.
Then what about the transportation
involved in moving the raw material
to the factory, sending out the finish-
ed product? . What about the distri-
bution of the goods imported in ex-
change for the exports sent out?
Think of all the collateral employ.
ment, the advertising and. •sale of
these products. Take into account
the repairing and servicing of many
of the products sold, and you get a
picture of events, in a period of ex -
Pension, when a nation wakes •up and
its people go to work.
(*tailing
Mammlyts little• . baby lovese)t4.-
lu' .ceolties, especially these, tor -,'hey
are rich and :crunchy and' full of nuts
and raisins... But note, only a third.
cup of sugar, , •
Pep Shoptenin' Cookies
1/3 cup j3hortening
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
14 teaspoon -almond flavoring
lie teaspoon vanilla flavoring
ee cup nut meats
la cup chopped raisins
1 cup bran flakes. -
Blend shortening and sugar thor-
oughly; add egg and beat until Sight
and fluffy. Sift flour, baking powder
and salt together and add to first
mixture with flavorings, nut meats,
raisins and bran flakes. Mix well -
Drop by teaspoonfuls on greased bak-
ing sheet; flatten with fork and bake
in moderately hot oven (400 deg. F:)t
eight to 10 minutes.
Yield: 2 dozen cookies (2 inches
in diameter).
THEY'LL LAST LONGER
To make a new broom last longer,
soak it in hot strong salt water be-
fore using it. This toughens the
straw and makes It more durable.
MORE KITCHEN L1FE LINES
It's the acid touch that keeps alum-
inum pots and pans all aglitter in-
side as well as out. Give them a do-
ing out with boiling water plus a lit-
tle vinegar: Let it bubble on the
stove for a few minutes. .
If food burns while you're on the
telephone with the friend ` who al-
ways calls when you're in the midst
of preparing dinner don't scream. Sal-
vage what food you can and put some
water in the pan to boil. This will:
loosen the black mass so • you can.
scrape it, off (with .a wooden spoon
please).
Enamel saucepans that have been.
burned take well to a pinch of soda.
in the water.
.91SNAPS1-10T GUILD
t. POINTERS ON INFORMAL CLOSE-UPS
Everyone finds interest in tiictures like this one.
m1ME and again ii this column
.1L we halve stressed the importance
of making,close-ups of people rather
than longer shots. Today we want
to suggest how you can make your
close-ups. more 'interesting.
The chief reason for a close-up,
of course, is to obtain a good like
nese of your subject. But it l'sn't
sufficient to confine photography
just to good likenesses. 1'or a series
of such pictures of a number of
people could be monotonous even
if the technique were perfect. But
pictures of the same people in cher-,
acteristic poses might well be ir1't e
inte1•esting even if the technique
left something to be desired.
There are a . number of factors
which lend interest, all or only a
Pew of which may be 'under the con-
trol of the photographer, depending
on the circumstances. If the subject
Is being photog#hphed around his dr -
her home, some" choice of -"clothing
is presumably offered., If the day id
sunny and time is of no conse-
quence, the time for the 'pietiise, to
obtain; proper lighting conditions,:
can,'.' be elosen. Iii res'idez}tfal, or'
sttbnimhtt beetioits, or in, the conn.
'ter; ' suitabte ba'ekgr°ouo:d's are .visit-
'Mitt° »rriblem, "Props" are avail
able on every hand to occupy tris
subject, for example --chairs; swings,
Pets,. flowers, garden vegetables;
sports equipment, in the"suiilmer;
and snow shovels, sleds, toboggans,
skis, snowdrifts, ice skates and so
on in the winter.
In the picture above we•ca.nquick-
ly analyze the outstanding qualities:
other 'than the attractive ,subjects
herself, which result in a snapshot
her man in the Service would be
very glad to have.
Take the costume. The comfortable
blouse and denim slacks fit in welt
with thew strawstack background.
Costume and background are in har-
mony and
artmoiny.and contribute to a reeling of
naturalness. The lighting is broad
but not so flat as to spoil modeling-.
The pose is simple a.nd unaffected.
Just what any one might do after a
picnic or a day helping a farmer as
a member of the Perm Service Force.
And the sole prop is One lone wheat
straw, beingEused as thousands be-
fore it have been Used.
Pictures like this are provocative.
'hhey make us all want to take
better close-ups. And a large per-
tentage, 'we: hope, willfind their
wajt to the boys in the Sevice.
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