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O. • Romemakersd Many a tine'
les her soother by serving her
)ved .dolly sandwiches and ' tea,
t like . A!lommie s bridge' party.
e, 'wonderful. opportunity fon a
il1,14l to iu;►itate pRise and daintiness..
9j1, ,)unio$ hostess will' be educating
lrexde1f to take the part of mother's
helper before You know it. Deal you
--• think these tea parties: should -be. en-
- caeraged without too much concern
in 'the gossip with Dolly.. Give your
,;daughter some dainty sandwiches and
tells her how they are made and why
they're goodito eat, Help her to ar-
range a few . sandwiches on her own
dolly dishes and garnish with carrot
•stieks. When your back is turned ev-
eryr word -with the same inflection will
Abe whispered to dolly perched up in
a great big chair.
C.hifdren's Party, Sandwiches
1.+`'Trim the _crusts off the neatly
• ' sliced bread.
2 Cut a few. •squares or circles- de-
pending upon t e number of chil-
dren to be served. - t••
3 Spread with butter mixture: 3c
pound butter beaten with 1 . cup
Milk and chilled for an hour in
the refrigerator.
4. .Make several open-faced ones:
'ri . Know Just •
n
-How You Feel
•
'.'I^know because I have been that
way myself. I have beep so chron-
ically tired that I thought I would
never feel well -again. However, I
found that• Dr. Chase's I\erve Food
'-soon gave me new pep and energyand
put me on my. feet." .
Tired feelings; indigestion and loss
of sleep are quickly relieved by Dr.
Chase's Nerve Food.
• Ask for the tie* econ-
omy.size bottle of
Dr. Chase's
- Nerve Food,
60 pills-60cts.
18O,pi11s�1.50
-DE Chases
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(a) .a slice of peeled orange
(b) a slice of hard-caokedd egg
(c) tinted, cheese
(d) pureed` pry,.itres or dates
(e) a whole eat'dene.
5. Make dainty filled ones:
(a) .fintilerminced meat moisten-
ed wits salad; dressing
creaiped eheeiie
Mashed cooked fish with a
salad, nil •
(d) chopped- har&coifked eggs
and onion creaip:ed with a
little ,milk
(e) bananas mashed with boiled
dressing
(f) ' shredded lettuee sprinkled.
with lemon juice.
NOTE: Do not season $king"high-
ly fqr children, Salt is sufficieyet.
The Question Box
'Mrs. S. N. requests rachis";for cabe
bage rolls previously published,
Cabbage Rolla •
Into a mixing bowl put 11% to 1%
pounds of ground beef, ee cup bread
crumbs, 1 beaten egg, % cup„ of milk
or tomato juice and 1% cups cooked
noodles•. •-Saenison and blend thorough-
ly. Add the centre' tender leaves of a
small cabbage which have 'been chop-
ped and sauted in a little bacon drip -
Ping:
Place mixture on the well -washed
outer leaves •of the Cabbage and roil
.up each one and fasten with a tooth-
pick. Brown in. a little dripping and
sprinkle with salt and pepper. Ar-
range air : baking dish. Pour in stock
to a depth of about one inch; Cover
and bake in an oven 325 degrees for
1% hours. .Arrange roll's on hof plat-
ter. Make gravy ,with drippingin pan,
'using ...a bit, of top _milk and strain
mixture over the rolls,
Bake potatoes at the same time anal,
choose an oven-cookede dessert and
thus utilize oven heat to the best ad-
vantage.
(b)
(c)
Mrs. "B. C. asks fora moulded fruit
dessert uSing'a small amount of sugar
and available fruit.
• Lemon Sponge
. We made this .lemon sponge .pud-
cli>=g the other day, adding less sugar
and .a little more flour than usual -
Instead of 1 cupful of .sugar we.. used
% cupful . and found it ,sufficiently:
sweet. To the 3'a cup of sugar add
the juice dad' grated rind of 1 large
lemon, 21,,. tablespoons flour, 1/4 :fea-
epoore salt and beaten yolks t of two -
eggs. When smooth, and Well blended,
gradually stir in 21/4' cups of milk and
1 teaspoon melted• butter,' and fold in
the stiffly .beaten 'Whites of the two
eggs. Pour ink, greased "Casserole or
balling -dish; set in pan of hot water
and bake in a moderate oven 35 min-
utes. or until it is firm on top. • Serves
four.
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Fred ,Orange.. Dessert
2 tablespoons granulated gelatine
a cup cold water
1. cup hot water
' teaapoon, salt
Weenie orange juice
1 tablespoon 1en:tdn juice
Orange sections.
Soften gelatine in cold water for '5
minutes. Add sugar and salt andel*
Water and stir over heat until gela-
tine is dissolved. Add orange and
lemon juice, . mixing 'well. Pour one
cup of the mixture into a lightly
greased mould and chill. When it be-
gins to thicken arrange orange sec-
tions kelt. Chill remaining mixture
and, when it thickens whip until fro-
thy .,and fhick, : then pour into the
mould: Chill -.until, firm in refrigera-
tor. Nemould and garnish with addi-
tional oranges sections.y.
'Mrs. J. reasks 'how to serve can -
r -ed 'cut beans. Butter is scarce at
her house and they don't like cream
sauce."
Green Beans;' Creole
2% cups canned- green beans
3 tablespoons bacon fat
2 tablespoons, finely chopped •on-
ion ._
1/3 cup condensed, Rh:hate soup
. or chili sauce
Salt and pepper.
Drain beans. Melt bacon fat and;
add onion. Cook slowly until ,onions
are soft. Add tomato soup or chili:
sauce and beans. Toeeetogether wMl,
Cove- and heat through over element
turned "low." 'Yield: 4 tc.) 6: " •
Anne Allan invites 'you to write to
her • C/o The Huron' Expositor.' Send
in• your suggestions on homemaking
1•roblems and watch this• column for
replies. ,
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Subsidy Cancelled
The subsidy of 50 cents per pound
paid during 1944 and 1945 will not be
paid on 1946 importations of, packag,
'ea bees, according, to an announce-
ment by the Wartime Prices • and
Trade Board,. To offset the resulting
increased cost cif',produetion a revi-
si,on..wili be made in the ceiling. price• .
of the 1946.hony,. ecrpp. ,The exact
-amount of this increase has not yet
been determined:- -
While the number of beekeepers in
Canada increased in 1945 to 43,800
there was a decrease of 12 percent
in the total honey crop for. ,the 'year,
due to the adverse Spring. -and early
Summer 'weather. Of the total of •30,-
683,000 pounds, 9,095,000 pounds . were
Produced in Ontario.'
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Only your continued support of the Red --Cross can ensure
that the splendid work being done for our sick and wounded
veterans—wilt—be kept up. Your support will make possible
such vital peacetime worksas the upkeep 1 of Outpost
Hospitals, the Peacetime Blood Donor Service, Nursing
services, Disaster Relief, the Visiting Homemaker -Service-
the Junior Red Cross, and many other services for the soda'
betterment of our people. L
There will be no Red Cross drive for funds this year. four
continued inenabership in the Red Cross is all that is asked.
1Vfirdrium membership fee .ia' one dollar. Your local Red
Cross Branch will,;provide you with further details.
'A,11$11A•N. S.E. , ,CROSS ..Sa" li`'l
C. fit E _
.e (lay' Jadtftre role Site s, in ' Montreal
• .talydard)
Appi•oxi;<teatp 3r 1•,0Q0 , Briltish war
brides and clk lien are settling down
in .homes acres the Dominionfolecrer'_
big a relatively mild Atlantic cross
-
leg on' the Cunard .Whiee Star liner
Mauretania. Tilley•have -come fape to
face with C.arada's -housing ahotage
and moist og :them .arp doubling tip
with in-laws, put house-huntiing is- nit
interfering. -04 their shopping spree.
Most have spent'six years waiting for
a good go: aii,the shbps—without cou-
pons—and they are taking full ad-
•'eantage of its -,•Pur coats and scarce
silk stockings, have .luras Priority, with
outdoor bents: and ditty- cut chees-
es running a close second. m
Food is still an importalit. topic to
the war bridb°t a but now they are able
between mouthfuls, to concentrate ,on
conversation. • ' , , -
The brides arrived at Halifax 'on `a
damp,• foggy morning, but even. the
weather couldn't subdue their spir-
its. They cheesed and waved lustily,
as the great, ship was warped, ,They
said. later thee, eguldn't'talk for emo-
tion when the Canadian Army pend
played "0 Canada."
Great Exodus Begins
•
° Immigration and customs officials
went aboard as' soon as the gangplank
was down and the. great exodus be -
gene The first special train carrying•
brides to the west left the same af-
ternoon. Those' bound' for the Mari-.
tinges - were also disembarked the
same day. The rest, of the excited
passengers• rernained on 'board an-
other 'eight.,
The special train carrying, ,brides
from Halifax to Montreal and drop-
ping many off at points between the,
two--•e1•ties left at 2.3,0 p.m. the efol-
lowing ' day. Mothers and ...babies were
seated well before departure time and
,Red Cross workers set up.'" shop in
compartments.
• I sat down and chatted with two
brides bound for •Montreal, Mrs. Lucy
Aird, and Mrs. Yvonne Abner who Is
going to have a baby in ,April. They
were -telling .m.e the sound of• screa>ri-
ing• babies wo=uld haunt thein for a
month when a• large, motherly Hali
gonian interrupted our conversation.
She bent over solicitously. •
+Are any of you Church of Eng-
land?" she asked'hopefully.. . •
The two girls looked,• at each other'
perplexedly and 'then• looked at' me: I
felt 1 had to say something -e1
"press," .• I said-
' "Oh.", said the Haligonian, .her lip
curled in *distaste. ''(Presbyterian."
She continued down /he aisle. looking
for a member of the Church 'of Eng
land. I went •• on ' talking with • the
brides:
Lucy Aird is'a navy,.wife.-She was
married to i.ieut. R'illiarp Aird, 'five
years ago. because. "the :drat y'• got
.there first." '12refeeenie home eight
months ago and was lucky • enough° to
find an apartment for his• British
bride. '
Yvonne •Abner. is true to the army
and her lieutenant husband, Carl. She
is living weth her in-fiws in Montreal
until an apartment can be found to
house the coming addition to the fam-
ily
Mrs. Viols t Myhre is loving in Cal-
gary with her in-laws. Iter husband,
Pte.' Wilfrid Earle. Myhre, has been
home -since September. She was mar-
ried last August and is going to have
a baby in May. "I Used...to call him
k-
Speed,' she• laugh ei•: elVles. Myhre ad:
mitted she was seasick the 'first two
days out of Liverpool but the, excite-
ment of getting to Canada settled her
tummy after that.
Mrs. Elizabeth- Shields' dearest
wish is to'get out "and•snowball with
Alec." She 'is living in Toronto and
was married to Pte. Alec Shieles,3ast•
August.,
Lee Merryiveather: (and' the girls
teased her about her name). is living
with her in-laws, in Edmonton..,a$he
and her Husband, Cpl. Howard' Merry -
weather, expect a baby in Aprll. S`he
Was almost speechless with .excite-.
ment. •
Yvonne Coombes is quite at home
en Red Deer. Alta., with her gunner
husband, Joe. • They have ;} cottage
Joe bought when he gat h-oniea in Aug-
ust and Yvonne is. leai'ning how to,
prepare the• Canadian dishes. her hue -
band likes best. •
Young Widovy" Brings Child
One of-tihe saddest stories to come.
Out of the Mauretania's arrival is .the
story of Mrs: Sariie,'PIatana, Who was.
married',to FO. Daniel Platana., of Re-
gina in July, 19.44. Six weeks later her
husband was killed in actiont--'Eleven
months ago. Terrance .Antoine Plat-
ana was horn. Mrs. Platana said she
had come to Ilye with Daniel's par-
ents In Regiva because her own fam-
ily had all died within the last five
year's. "I feel as if I knows his' people,".
she said. "They have been. frightfully
good to me. ,1 want Terry 'to be a`
Canadian, just es if Denied .were
-
•Mrs. Platana end Terry boa -led the.
Montreal special. The first night out
Terry's cough got worse and the train
doctor Was coiled, teleery may have
whooping cough This was the, last
blow for Mrs. Pletana, buf-'she is still
keeping her .courage'' inti ct. •
The train finally .pulled o•tt to the
accompaniment of gcu'eams, and wails
from the 53, children on board, The
women looked more like tired, ner-
vous mothers than, they did
Tlfe first afternoon. , Passes: uni en-
t1aally eitc6-pt for the children who
vpihltted at meals, atelefli)t.dis.posalele
diapers which !were disposed of in the
wrong place, But the first evening!
�llat, was • lamethiug else.
First eiccitement• Was Abe little,
blonde bride' who calpue, rus14,lg out
of the ladies' °rooni and tapped me
nervously' on the shoulder. "-I say;'.
she said, "Pm having• a bit of trouble
getting used to your , appliances.
Would you mind helping me?'' I hur-
ried to the ladies' retie , 3;9,th her
Great clouds of live eteapot were ri.s-
fag from the depths of ,the lavatory.
We • looked at each, ."What en
earth did MI do?" I asked. curiously.
"I' just followed instructions;" she
said helplessly. "Do they all do
that?" Sbe looked worried. 1 told her
they didn't,,..eet to my knowledge, and
we .called the porter. He •fought his
way through the steam and deftly
turned a handle.. T1 Turkish bath
atmosphere cleared.
"What did I do wrong?" the little
bride asked. "You turned the -thaw -
eta valve instead, of pressing on the
lever, madame," he explained patient-
ly.• ----
We returned to Car 21 where the
noise and bedlam of tired; bored chil-
dren had' reached headache propor-
tions. Berths . were maw tali dnd we
retired—but not to -neat.
At midnight a piercing wail Tose
out of the car. • I had been warned
that the night would be 'long and
loud, •so I rolled over and tried to
ignore it. ' It got worse. Finally, I
Poked my head out the green cur-
tains. A.toddler in blue sleepers was
scurrying up •• and down the aisle.
"I've lost my mummy," he screamed.
The officer commanding, Lieut. L.
Smith, was called. It appeared the lit-
tle boy had left the lower berth ,as
seared with hts—Mother to go for a
stroll. Now, he couldn't . find his way
back. Smith had to , awaken every
mother in the car tt .find ,where the
child belonged. He was finally•restor-
eci to his mother who said resignedly
"that was the only decent' sleep- I've
hatl since we left..England."
The car was quiet again, Suddenly
Smith 'said' "Good 'Godt r My head
jerked out of the green , curtains
again.':? womant•was lying 4n the cor-
ridor' of the car, out cold. She was
finall - revived. "What happened to
you?e Smith asked. "I imagine it.was
the heat• in my berth," she replied.
He' put her on a ,chair between the
b
•
cera xwbei elbe could get all, the fresl',
air she w44ted, i. -we 1, ttek ! "Pi
Rall an bgur later a tedd ,0 ors
W',orltev wiKeh9q• ;the- *grnaii ill, the
Perth of Oahei1Tr
, 'e1' Weer in ,eii(htber'
1.10111r,"a etold the bride Thei`e was
a scramble out of the berth as tiler
prospective gel e�•4per„ Qpldemt:: ay?'
ened her ter at rhildrent They Droit pit-.
ly burst into loud, inddignant 'howls
and thrust cold little ,Ss#s inti my*.
lace: I gr'e'w `pittelr alVAnt children, We'
finally got thenal' off Ore train; but
there wets no sleep titer ;light. A .bride
was destined for a11aos:tevery 14a11
tt w}t along the vit} '- And all seemed
to have a ciaretu ehil&eia.
The riex days' o,•ulr s eg blurred-' with
tiredxtess. p our *tires. crumpled and
dirty traincra*Zing slide, we talked
about •elanada: •
"It ligbks like i Christmas • card,"
the,, brid`ea bald. "Is it 'true Canadian
girls hate use" 'What is Sudbury
Sudbury like?e "What ere the words
to '0 Canada?'" "De you -think I'Il
lose my ,accent?" "Do you think my
husband, will remember me?" "Can
we lee, skate?" "When does the snow.
melt?" "Is • it hard to learn Frets?"
They' are earnestly°'d'esirous of be-
coming 'good. Canadians. Every ram-
shackle: house we passed they thought
was 'lovely and p,ietn;esque."•'They
thought the air' at Truro; N.S., was
"magnificent" •and, bought—every ap-
ple in the town. At.,Moncton, . N.B.;
they bought out the•'anagezine stand
and laughed at their -ignorance of
Canadian money. They asked each
ether if they had been "diddled."
After Quebec City, eyebrow tweez-
ers, nail polish and hair curlers were
unpacked. The great glamorizing, pro-
cess began, They were inarticulate
with excitement as the train puffed.
slowly over the Harbor bridge into
.Montreal. They all had pains in their
tummies and their hands' *ere like
ice. They, couldn't sit still rand they
got easily.' annoyed at ttie children.
They were allowed off the train, car
by, car. They were home, seasickness,
tiredness, temper forgotten, , ,
Die Protecting Young
While out -shooting rabbits- Wed-
nesday of last week, our veteran trap-
per, Wm. Snell, came upon what he
'thought . was ka live rabbit in a field
on the farm of 'Preston'Dearing, just
west of town. Het took a shot at .it,
but it did"not move.n it investigation•
he found that the rabbit had been
frozen• to death and beneath it were
seven young rabbits, all frozen, that
' that
scold unc and
should `be e4ka by,Wei's. If
ki 9 f" li'O'!d
max i� se eek &rid l
eyeein ggad eentelion, Get pains by and us
iYs' Kidudi'r' cif bei
kidaeys {et rid of 144krisans ltd.
and ezei= yea.,fee1 ice,
See what DD�Wd„brim. #vs.
tree mother rabbit bad bee, trying to
'pr tett.- Erieter Thmesr,Ovocate.
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SAUSAGE . CM Ss._ ..PROLE
21/2 cups macaron i, Dia :pieces -
2 eggs
1 cup milk • -
�a teas_ u_oop salt
1 cup. grated cheese
6 large, pan-fried sausages, cut in
pieces. °
Cook and drain • macaroni, Beat
eggs until _light, add milk and salt.
Add this mixture ;to the macaroni and
blend in cheese, reserving a little for
topping. Phase' half of the macaroni
mixture in a. well -greased baking dish.
Cover with sausages and "top with
the rest of the macaroni mixture.
Sprinkle top with termaining cheese.,,
Place in a panof hots water and (hen
-
poach in a Moderate oven, 350 'de-
grees F. until set, about one hour_
Six servings. -
Note.—Diced bologna or wieners , 4
may be substituted for the sausage.
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rvice .. .
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