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e 'thinking: of speelal Means,
rb enanker the success of a
, ni ends to .a. large extent on,
•-c&refuly planned and prepared.
ot} are entertain ng the "Teen-
s,', at a buffet supper, here are
cl7otter food fancies we especially like,
excnse they are so decorative and
'easily prepared.
Potato Salad
In setting up Potato Salad for Val-
entinins Day we use beets for a basis.
- Slivers of cooked beets are steeped
for 20 minutes iu hot vinegar to -which
a bag of whole spices has been added.
.pen, ehilled, put in lettuce cups
placed' in heart -shaped design on a
Platter. Press potato salad around to
keep tbe lettuce in position. The sal-
ad could be served in the centre of a
large platter surrounded by assorted
,.cold cuts: Spread each slice of meat
with cheese filling (-use cottage or
cream cheese mixed with salad dress-
ing and seasonings), then roll and se-
cure with 'toothpick-.
Relish Tray
This platter could be accompanied^
with a relish tray made up of small
gherkins, celery curls dipped in pap-
rika, and thin triangles, of white tur-
nips. Chill in separate containers in
the refrigerator for one-half hour be-
fore serving.
Glaze For Rolls .
If youwant a rich glaze to dress
up ordinary rolls, measure one-quar-
ter cup butter and one-quarter cup of
corn syrup into a saucepan. Boil for
three minutes, then pour over the
rolls. This glaze will top 12 rolls.
Cherry Petal Squares
An upside-down Prune Stare, serv-
ed .•hot, is just about the prettiest hot
bread we make. For the glaze beat
together two tablespoons butter, two
tgi►ls'Iibotas brown �suigar and o
tablespoons corn syrup. Grease an 8
ineh by 8 inch pan and spread the
bottom with the. butterscotch ' mix-
ture. Into it press alternate rows of
cooped,, pitted prunes and maraschino
eberries, cut petal -wise- To petal the
cherries, drain well, then, cut up to-
ward the centre into five petals. The
eherriee and •prunes should make a
regular patterns. Roll out two 8 -inch
squares of dough, either tea biscuit
or bread, about i inch thick. Cut
each in four strips. The first four
strips ,lay crosswise of the pan; the
second four strips weave lengthwise
of the pan so that when finished it
looks like a piece of rather amateur,
mending. Bake in a .hot oven for 15
minutes, then reduce the heat and fin-
ish baking. invert while still warm
so that all the butterscotch mixture
glazes over the square. Serve warm.
It's quite lovely—the . golden glaze,
the dark prunes, the bright red cher-
ries.
Take a Tip
1. Candles won't' drip if .chilled
several hours in a refrigerator before
lighting.
2. Wipe piano keys with cloth
sljghtly dampened -with denatured al-
cohol—soap stains. ivory.
145.°,2,3--"NC's"-q4ernngdon Street
WOO, rural --trent the Ifolbora V'ia
dict where Lender. is at two Jeanie,
ter b'leet Street, .these is one wall of
n...b..lingltn-.niamliut ne-henide: hat
might, in other parts of the world, be
called n -'meant lot. That vacant lot
accommodated the building which gat
the direct hit, - One.. wall :was saved.
from the building next door,
High up on that remaining wall,
perched like a bird on a precarious
bough, there is a small electric heat-
er
eater still standing melts tiny little al-
cove : whish wns once, -presumabIys.. a
fireplace.
The damage to this 'building is at
least 'three years old, and the elec-
tric heater is blackened and useless
with exposure. Apart from it there is
no other suggestion of the kind of
life that must have gone on there.
The land upon which the building was
bui},t is overgrown, the debris has
long "since been tidied away. There
is nothing beyond the commerce that
still thrives around about to indicate
that once here too, • below, above and
around the little heater, people earn-
ed a living, ran up and down the
stairs' to fetch things, to change their
clothes, to go to bed, or merely to
sit by its warmth.
No looter removed it, and neither
did someone who might sensibly have
attempted to salvage it from the
wreckage. . This is not surprising,
sing there is no access to it. So it
remains to tell stories about people
who liked to be warm.
Any imagination can conjure upp a
thousand different stories about the
person who sat before that heater,
and what has happened to him since
the bomb fell.
THE QUESTION BOX
Mrs. C. E. asks: "Can you suggest
an agent to remove mildew from
shower curtains?"
'Answer:. If they are made "of cot-
ton or canvas soall in soapy water.
then, without rinsing, dip them in a
solution of copper sulphate (get this
at your drug store). This simple
treatment protects fabrics against mil-
dew even after home laundering./,
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.
cause thea in , #1 be difficult to
make a good l,v n 'with VQMPetition
so near. Maybe had, a little prip.t-
ing press RI soM,e,, nieesmelling vege-
tables:-
ege--tables.- -.._:^
Hut-w.hy in>iist;,ta .at he was a man?
Perhaps the' oWiOn of that little room,'
wasthe maid, Maids are usually•'at
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the very top or;; ln' -the basement, and
maybe that will* different too, like.
the radiator '. . ,
Perhaps that was. where she retir-
ed after long btilurs of a dreary war
with 'dirt, removed her heavy shoes,
turnedthe switels, and dreamt for
awhile of what, she might have done
with her life if ,fortune had favored
her, while the electric wires burned
brightly into her eyes.
What made those people stop using
Foal in the fireplace? Perhaps it was
that very maid who, at one particu-
lar moment in. .her life, rebelled suc-
cessfully and refused ' to carry' scut-
tles so far up and ashes so far down.
The heater was bought to keep the
maid, that's ,it. It's shocking what
one has to do these days tb keep
them. "They don't know their -place
any more. The world ia.. certainly dif-
ferent.
It certainly is.. Take bombs, for in-
stance: they fall all over the place.
They leave little electric heaters.
hanging in mid-air. They even blow
stray limbs, into the ladies' neckwear
department of the big store that was
a" bit too near. .,
But whatever kind of imaginative
flight could you have about that?
None at all. . That is a thing to feir
gest.
Vesuvius did it'; in a much tidier
way. There in Pompeii you can see
stony witnesses to the horror of viol-
ent and sudden death, halfway be-
tween absorption in various -aspects
of domesticity' and that horror. You
almost have to say "Excuse me" be-
fore you look. You are: intruding on
a life that is still going on.
The metapbysitians must he right,
after all. You must see life in death.
Something must come out of it. That
arm we spoke of is no use at all for
this sortof thinking. It isn't any use
for anything. ,It doesn't mean any-
thing but disgust; it doesn't teach us
anything. Let's get rid of it. It
would be horrible in a matter of a
few hundred years.
But that electric heater! It may
turn into a. radiator! It will warm
new people, people who have been
changed by learning to contemplate
death as casually as they trample on
a; flower. And a radiator, being big-
ger and rather -4 cumbersome, won't
stay. suspended Iike' the little heater.
And if it did it won't remind any-
body of light: shining in another's
eyes.
That's progress.
el,k'ref3rossl
Was he frighteneli between the time
the alien airman pressed a button
high, high up in the darkened sky?
What about the people who. loved him
and whom he loved?
Was he a grocer, or did he have
a shop like the one opposite, which
is one of the few remaining shops
where you can still buy a mousetrap,
mall of string, and a pre-war tin of
shoe polish all in the same place?
Surely he would" not have exactly
duplicated the business opposite, be -
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For "agge Mans and F's't mate8.
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'fitte fir• Industtiee ,gild 'Tial p.
Am -01440A, 'of Clailatta has x dee tl
ianued ,a n@ntoran(iilz.,a wtacb mist:
disturb those who Inglinte that the'
frame of Canacin 'lien in ah,,, dT.
Ing'• -foreign. tr 'slth-4,-oeO . g'-4O-t#t
memorandum and a, Wei sinthi fitted
to the' federal genernlnent none
months ago, the airplane • nianufae•
tuners .of Canada want tpirifE;'Prefer=
ences for their prods ots -in-:foreign
markets and a protective tariff
against foreign planes' imported into'
Canada and on ."substantially Conan
plete components" of planes "where.
it is necessary in . order to permit'
manufaoturing in Canada to become
firmly establiebed"—the ancient. -plea
Tor infant industries. But on the
other hand, the industry .demands
free entry of ,parts, materials and
components of a sort not .made in
Canada,• so as to reduce its own cost
of manufacturing. It also is opposed
to the duties now levied on machin-
ery' and tools which it must import.
It would permit reductions in tariffs
on planes imported into Canada only
if they are of a type of which no
equivalent is produced here—in other
words, if they are npn-competitive.
"Given an unhandicapped- entry in-
to
nto the world's markets," •says the
brief, "it is submitted that the ins
genuity, resourcefulness, dtermina-
tion and skill of the Canadian aircraft
industry so amply'demonstrated in
its performance during the war, will
make a large ' measure of successful
competition possible:" To this end It
asks the government to secure reduc-
tions in other nations' tariffs on Can-
adian planes.
Altogether these proposals add up
to heavy protection for otir plane in-
dustry after the war. and parallel the
demands of the wartime shipbuilding.
industry for subsidies so that it may
resist the competition Of cheaper
ships built in Britain. And all these
barriers to competition are asked in
the name of competition.
It is useless to consider the 'air-
plane industry or any other in isola-
tion, or to say that because certain
nations maintain high tariffs against
our planes we must maintain similar
tariffs against , theirs. We have to
consider our national economy as a
whole and we have to realize that its
prosperity depends not on the suc-
cess'of a few highly specialized manu-
facturing industries but on the sale
of our' great • natural- bulk produets,
for the simple reason that we can
produce them more cheaply and effi-
ciently than most other nations. But
if we raise tariffs against the pro=
ducts with other nations can produce.
more efficiently than we can, they will
certainly • not buy—because they will
not have the means of buying—Can-
ada's natural exports.
We have to consider, in fact, whe-
ther it is worth while to , subsidize
such projects as shipbuilding and 'air-
plane buildingfr either directly or by
tariff; -if sueh- -subsidies are going to
damage other industries far larger
and more important.
And finally we have,tto consider this
question basic to all others: Since
we have to import if we are to export,
what products are we. prepared to
import? Industrialists like airplane
manufacturers agree that we must
import hi .huge volume but they al-
ways insist that not their kind of
product but something else must be
imported. If all the current demands
of this sort are accepted and written
into our tariff laws, we shall import
very little, certainly not enough to
assure . exports which will keep our
basic industries prosperous.
Nazi Captives'
Morale is how
Morale of thousands of Nazi pris-
oners of war in Canada has plunged
to tecord lows, their unbounded en-
thusiasm of a few weeks ago for a
smashing German victory in Europe
destroyed by the complete 'Allied re -
co ery on the Western front and by.
tliereat Russian offensive.
Adding to their keen disappoint-
ment and causing much grumbling is
the fact that their pay. from the Ger-
man government is far behind. Many
of the. captives have started asking
whether the limited allowances they
had been receiving from Germany will
be rgsumed.
Shortly after they' learned of Field
Marsh Von Rundstedt's b r ea k -
through, . Nazis in prisoner,. of war.
camps and in work camps acroas Can-
ada' stiffened their attitude towards
their guards.
Their hopes fell as the German
break -through was checked and driv-1
en back, stand their arrogance chang-
ed to utter dejection when the' win-
ter offensive was .launched by the
Russians and swept towards Berlin..
The ,captives have been biven any-
thing but encouragement through the
financial pinch which is backing into.
their camps from their none -too -pros-
perous homeland. Captives in .Cana-
dian camps, are now more than two
months behind in the pap from their
government, it is learned from, offi-
cials.
Feeling the shortage of toads, many
captives are .,grumbling that Hitler is
neglecting them..
While the funds • were conning
through prisopers recelved'their. al-
lowances in canteen tickets, The
monthly allowance was $6.60 for each
• man below the rank 'of sergeant, and
$11 •for each .nen-commissioned offi-
cer of 'sergeant rank Or higher.
Officials e'tpi:ain: "Payments were
made to the Men about every six
weeks, but the funds arrived 'here
very 'irregularly."
111 iritits 44',o�nRNe the
kol)r sayings proye 'th mso'1vee -;
ame';idea'in r6verrs€i is a*pis9ssed;;?ii
!he' proverb,. "Vamil aritry lireedn ,anti-
tee,Pt'r 400P, as , td}oujail we 40,
a, reo ate what we hatren,'t
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Xt;etnetitber when., onions were so
at •
scarce ththea were sold,.: , wheli
they Weare. a'y, 1 to soy one to. a
91149,0101,' Thla)tangerit holy, was
highly • prized: tl?yeq,» ',l'n,Qay that sit-
uati.onsis re'Nersetl. '.'here , has been
a „Winner onion, 4'rgp but ,.:r. ; do
housewives fiock..to.:buy teem? 'No.
Patriotic wartime housekeeping en-
tails making the best •-ttise of the na-
tion's food supplies and right new,
.that means using more soni'ons. For
a starter, try theserecipes from the
Consumer Section of the Dominion
Department Of ----Agriculture. They are,
Patrfotics Iiy
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One morning a liegro janitor cable
to 'work with a blioit; eye, a , sw'olle a
lip and other bruis'ee.:
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Stewed Onions and Tomatoes
3 cups sliced onions (3 to 5 med-
ium onions)
31,k cups canned tomatoes
(one 28 -ounce tin) .
1 teaspoon sugar
Salt and pepper to taste
1 half-inch slice toast, cubed.
Sinister onions, tomatoes, sugar,
salty- and.:.zpei►per• for. 15 minutes: Add
oubed toast, stirring gently. Serve at
once. Six ,!servings.
Creamed Fried Onions
2 tablespoons mild -flavored fat
4 cups sliced onions (4 to 6 med-
ium onions)
4 tablespoons Slur
2 cups, hot milk." -
Salt and .pepper to taste.
Melt fat in heavy frying pan; add
onions; cover and cook slowly until
tender, about 15 minutes. Blend in
flour .and cook one minute; add hot
milk gradually and cook, stirring con-
stantly, until., thickened. • Season to
taste. Serve with meat liver or liard-
cooked eggs. Six servings.
Civilization
(A Kanaka chief in Micronesia,
quoted by Willard Price in "Japan's
Islands of Mystery").
"Benefits!" he said, "Too many
benefits! Before the foreigners came.
we, lived at peace. The forest fed us
-'simply but sufficiently. We did not
work. Is work a virtue when there is
nothing te.. be gained by it? Neigh-
bors were friendlyi children "were
obedient_ Life was a•trade wind -with-
out gusts or squalls.'" But now comes
struggle—the struggle to make mon-
ey. Money •fbr what? We do not
need clothing --the sunshine Clothes.
us. We do not need an iron roof to
carry rain water into a cement tank.
The water that streams • down the
trtink of a tree can be turned into a
jar. We do not need farming tools
of iron and steel. 'We can make' ' our
own from the shell of a giant clam.
We do not need., aldrin clocks and
phonographs -and electric lights. They
spoil the soundsof the forest and the
light of the moon: We do. not need
the telephone—We can talk to those
on faraway plantations through the
shell .trunipet.. We do not need
Schools. The father can teach , his
children all that is_ necessary„for our
simple Manner of life. We ,do „Trot
need hospitals. .This is a small :island
-nit seine did- not die there ,'iv-oillrT
soon be tea..manY 4leooplo; nod little,
food. But our young their are upset
by the idea •'that they fate 4 do conte
tliitrg, erect .± it :is, aonaettnibrg "hse
less. 0iii' the, athletic fiefd 'real, `tlnO
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Concordia Onions
12 small onions, sliced
2 tablespoons mild -flavored
2 tablespoons flour
ni teaspoon salt
nn teaspoon pepper
Si teaspoon mustard'':.;.
1 teaspoon curry powder
tional) -
Inn cups milk.
fat
(op-
Cook onions in boiling salted water
until t . tender. Meanwhile prepare
sauce, *Blend fat, flour, salt, pepper•
mustard and_curry powder. Add milk
gradually and cook, stirring constant-
ly
onstantly until thickened. Drain onions well,
turn into serving dish and pour over
them the sauce. Six servings.
. Dutch Creamed Onions
4 cups sliced onions (4 to 6 med•-
him onions),
4 slices bacon
2 eggs
2 cups milk
Salt and pepper to taste./
Cook onions five minutes in %email
amount of boiling salted water; drain.
Dice bacon and saute until crisp.
Grease baking dish • with bacon •fat.
Arrange onions and bacon in . dish r
Beat eggs slightly, add milk, salt, and
pepper and pour over onions. Bake
in a moderate oven, 350 degrees F.,
until set, about 30 minutes. Six serv-
ings.
ereings. -
NOT HOPELESS!
An old knitted garment so., shrunk
and matted that ravelling is hopeless.
is not a dead loss ... not by 'a long
shot. When the seams are unpicked
the pieces can be cut as though they'
were cloth. Sew round the edgesby
machine before stitching seams and
be careful not to stretch- There may
be a parka, a child's warm shirt or'
panties in that old sweater of yours_
Father was hurious; his shaving
brush was missing.
"Doesn't anybody, know where my
shaving brush is?" he thundered -
"N -u -no," answere a smair ,voice
from the nursery, "but Willie's wood-
en horse has grown a new tail!"
eSNAPSIIQT GUILD
YOUR TOWN AT NIGHT s$
Whether it's'ammetropolis or a small toinin,. litju'il find interesting scenes
i for night photography.
pERHPS it has been a long time'
since...your boy in, ,the Service has
seen Main Street==his Main. Street
—in the old home town. And whether
it's a metropolis or a village you
can safely. wager that a night pic-
ture of his "Great White Way"
would.giveahim a lift.
No, it doesn't require a fine pre-
cision Camera to take such pictures.
An ordinary box-type.cainera will do
nicely. '
'Fhe lighted marquee of the thea-
ter.the steres, and,.. other places of
btrsfnesit offer~ unlimited opportuni-.
. ties for excellent night pietures•from
almost any angle or viewprtint,'And,
if the paveitren'ts are•wet, so much
Alta better, "because the reflections
will provide; added interest in: the.
Snisiied print.-
Such `pictures, 'which. require .long
nitric 'egpttstires, Will net fiht►w
trace of pcda6ional kneeing :people
dr v'eh4clen •.proyided their do not
•t top,iit the lelc ;pi --felons If uitn°auto-,
*orotObiie'b'da; ar ,trolley- oat oemiet#
tbwat(tthis damera,,d)1,01,><+ ccd salts
i1tr °f or ,ibe *Intent
Yenypt..;tiff' y{bCl
during exposure. The amount of ex',
posure will necessarily,' depend on
thequantity and quality ofthe light
do the 'scene, the speed of the films,
and the size of the lens opening.
The largest lens opening or a box -
type camera, using an exposure of
from two to ten minutes for a well
lighted scene, will usually give sat-
isfaetory results with fast panchro-
matic, tlm. If the illumination is
weak, the exposure may have to' be
increased to twenty -dye minutes, or
more.
Buildings that are entirely or part-
ly outlined with electric lights (the
lights showing as tiny white diska
On a black background) make fan
tast1eally interesting" shots. Details
of the building should not pboW int
the finished 'print or the offer will
lie_ lost; therefore,, care should be
taken to avoid oYerexposnre. 'VI1it'h
a folding type camera nee a lens
opening of f/16 and allow about five
to fifteen see nds, depending on the
ltrlllialiCy 'of the lights, this IOUs
Setting, rsitoitld give ;detail around[
004 lighto only; ted mite: them titaika
titin quite dro.maseanto.
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