The Lucknow Sentinel, 1941-02-06, Page 6sticks
ark t nitions?
Shortage of Skilled Cher sets
in Dominion May Mean They
Moved_-,Fron .--1 Fon.
- Essential lndustr,Jes,to Work
on War Golds
heavy demands: ei the skilled
labor supply in Canada are' anti•
- cipated :as . the • nation reaches its ,
peak; •an war production, Dr.
Bryce . M.:Stewart, deputy mini--.:
ter of: labor, • stated in; releasioga,
the, re ort of, the committee Ire, ;.
headed on`abor eo ordination.
On Dec.. 3 1, w ar Contractors1
were employing 1'49,600 hien ` on.
war . production. ` Estimates- `by :)
the committee were ',that this
iiun'ber , would be :increased by
lire '' end of the ,present Year to• r
220,000.
-�- - •-It- is to a meet.- this --increase l
need of skilled workers,;s well as
20,750 skilled ' tradesmen which
will be'erequired by 'the navy,
array and air: force that the gov
• esnmeht. ''is . undertaking expan
• sign: ofoetati't training plan •now
g
terpin approximately 10,000 .
a `year to; train 100;000 in the
calendar year. •
SKILLED WORKERS SARCE
Already there' is a scarcity of
skilled
labor in the following
,-]tars,- Dr--Stewari=.said:..Chemists,
core ...makers, boiler makers, die
•makers, lathe hands,. • ,moulders,
,. i .attern:• •makes •-iron-_'sh p tierld
ers, steel ;` tool' • 'sharpeners;• tin=
smiths, toolmakers; and drafts
Inert:•
•
"We are". told," Dr: SteRia't• '.
said "there -are ''nia ehenusta ,un=•
employed :at present, in Canada
and as mote are required they : •
wri •
moved from non
't' 1' Have o
bernvd
,essential, industry,: They will be
moved fora the making of'. bin
"Stick -to-'the •snaking•of 'oin�inr7
tions."
...oma
• SER!AL STO
`-:F icer
SY; PAUL
1 •
co'YR,GHT. .1940.... '
NEA SERVICE . INC:
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Carrie+ 1:ane -an-:-eastern
who came into the frostier west
•to' find a home., : •
:. Mark." Deuel , —; a homesteader
`-les - ,usiiiess to •him-
. , �
Who }ieepa a .
self
'Ashton Oaks` a land agent,
• •wit•*.. town lots . to sell.
* s
Last -Week: Mask and - Carrie
go to a, dance• with • the Taylors.
They have a 'perfect evening, un-
tit Oaks, drank;. .tries to ':dance
• s
r -wrth-�C.-sure, s)iiouts ;;ilial -he pent
'the afternoon • . with her ' at Rock
Creek.:: Bette), infuriated, slugs"
"the ' tigea , ;a-nd' Oaks-is-harried-
from
aks-is`hurried-from the hall. Sapper calls' breaks.
thetenslon but Carrie is !_sliest
with fear for the •ft:tare.
• 8. '
CHAPTER :'VII.
,Carrie . was to move. into .her
'
ne soddy home" on '.Monday.
Late Sttad's
?,...aft
r dinner with'
'
Mark; she had driven back
to
• Ronk Creel.: with ..the. Taylors,- so
ainie'get.an..early start.. on the
soddy next morning. •
Afteeakfast; , E L. Iay_Ior
hooked , up, his -team;, threw •his
h�n i4els,o ri: i-- hO:
in front of his soddy for his wife
and Carrie: They were ready with
a big .lunch' basket, :Mrs. 'Taylor
remarking. that • this day• ;called
as
Why ;A ` ushan
Deserts A Wife-
.
If , a husband .des erts' his
wife, says • Dean Hervey of
Temple :university ;law :school,,•
it's a fairly safe bet she does;,
one or More of the following:
1. Talks too much, about
her operation.
2.' Comes down to break
' fast in curlers' and negligee:;
3.
Saves'up'and' retells ,all
the children's 'misdeeds.
4 Tries to :.keep up with::.
the Joneses
5.• , Criticizes" too Mach.
6. 'Shows , no sense , of hu=-;
Dean Hervey` sed 17,500
husbands left ;'their `:wives in
1940.
S'unple Attire
For Toddler
kpw Buttons; But •Bf0 .and
'Mailers -Promote• Self -Help in ,
Stria;ll' Youngsters
hild•re. 's
1Vtanufacturers of c, n
clothes have -Matte• great progress
in .the' direction .•• of comfort, sim-
pitchy; 'and :promotion• of self-help.
There are .few buttone, some -
'
times• none, at all' on a, garment;
big buttons, big 'button holes; and
zippers
Mother$ whlo ,'make • their
dren's lothi'ng'still• may, like some
.fussy° messes, bet such are •-rapid-
,ly passing. ,Frills aridruffles are
hard to; launder. and keep clean '
and' are n'ot'durable, .Worst of all •.
tfie toddler''or runabout who must ,
• wear- them is hampered in his ae
tivity and, on:their aocoant may
frequently • be scolded for getting •
•theui,soiied or torn. If he subMita
"•to contin;rtous :canteen about his
-fancy garment, other children soon
will ahu i hien:
' CO:MFORTA;BLE CLOTf3.ES . .
+^- WIreth'er" liandamade' o, ready
''made, •children's, garments should
_.he_ ComfOrt , at aro oomy_,� _We may:.
forget that the child grows •ai}d
ries clothes•, do not. Accordingly
' ander-Wear '.and „rompers often be-
come tight. 'Not only are they very
rnnifortabi' to the; child 5111: r T'
as rs bad' for Pie posture. • • -
`Ft or play the .sidtpiest garment
is" the hest; :When the 'toddler er
run:about comes home from a place
Where he had to ' he 'dreesed , an,
see that 'ho',rh.anges at once to,
.play Athos'. and that .he soon
,. learns ;to . take such ,respai si'bility
Itintsolf.' 1)0 tlr'is for economy, as' •
Wt -11 ''a i; c'E7riitort. '
for some sort of celebration In
honor !-their-.new--tie ghbor.'
Carrie, would never forget that
' morning, the utter; quietness of.
.the prairie; its treendous sweep,
the grasshopper.' stirring up lie-,;
fore .the wagon, 'the sun '.beating
down so that it ,seemed to touch.
fire to the early. morning breeze.
Big. Ed was ":colleerned about
• his ;small. patch 9f corny withering
in the, shimmering heat.: He
stopped the wagon once, got .down
and .examined the browning tas
said #ls 1Muoll ani! C.ai ie, skiing
there opposite him, :noting ,his'
fine'bronzed face;, his wavy dark.
hair •blowing in the, wind, toyed
with the theught'; t would. be even
better , were they,eating here. to-
gether alone as
It
Pas Iate afternoon :when
Ma`rka"and Ed- began putting u1i
the rafters; for . Qarr le',s rood , on
which they. were 'ito• 'lay tin, tar
paper, and a final' thin layer of
sod.
FINISHED BY SUNDOWN
"Seems to me,`she's' getting• -°a
little fa'ney," ;`.Taylor, : sheeted
;from the 'rooftop,' ,. "Only • soddy
around here with. a tin roof I
know; of. Most '.sof us just got
• 'brush" He vvavvd " . to. Carrie,.
who remarked it .:did-n';t Took very
fancy to her.... •
-
"Now that's. the" kind of thanks
'awe'' get :for our work," said Ed,
threatening -to agl},t without fin
ishing the job. " • • •
But it was, finished''at. .sun
down, and the -four of -'them -sat
down for 'a celi'ebration dinner'
cooked right ons Curie's sheet -
iron stove, the first piece of • fur-
niture put in place, '
Carrie, excited andflushed,
insisted on. cooking it herself and
Mark watching ` her; had the
thought -she looked: 'indescribably
better in calico dress ,and apron
than in .her white satin gown.
He wanted to say .'asmuch, but
didn't as they .sat outside ` the
-soddy-in the moonlight=and;Aa'lk --
ed, for hours,::it., seemed? •
• At last, Taylor hitched up his
- an ..
•team, _ ehmb�, up in . his `wag
and : started : home, leaving Mrs
, Taylor to _stay with Carrie,, for
her • first night in her new 'prair 1 e':
"Got to, have vain 'soon,"..he: ob-
served,
b served "if it's going 'to make it."
He .1'ookedu.P ' •'at -the -wagon,.
Winked at Carrie. "No corn, 'no
mush this winter"
_
"NO: CORN THIS WINTER'
Carrie laughed but suddenly
she was' struck by the picture be
hind that thought. Winter .. and.
desolation ',And wilderness, and if
food.
sfo
.
re, were no crops, no
the
p
sunshine.
Ile • 'suns
She '• 'shivered Itt
• � `ESS
`'O� PO
YOU, use LESS
BETTER 'RRS LTS
.._
It'sl the double-acntoit of:
Calumet. Baking Powder that '/
,.pmts you to use -less, -.slid.-;.•
still get better results.
Calumet gives continuous•, .l
leavening -during miliingand
in the oven, Easy -opening,
won't -spill 'container, with.
handy Ineasuringdevice under
' the lid. AND THE PRICE
IS SURPRISINGLY. LOW.
LI
•
"This' is no place for a. woman
alone," the words came back to
herr.
_lot: as casual, a_rete hid her
t• "oughts; She ' took 1,rp• the. can:..
ve sation..Where ' the 'Taylors left
off;
"No mush ,, at Taylors-?" said'
Catrie:' "Then we'll • have. cake!"
a s
I. wee.' still early when. en "they
pulled." up, on the knoll across
Rock Creek. which Carrie had
seleeted ler her soddy But al-
ready 31erk, was there to' meet
them, sitting cross-legged on . the
grass while his . horse grazed
nearby
"'Bout . time you're ` getting
hese,": Mark rose;' greeted them.,
"Where you been all morning?"•
Carrie , was overjoyed. "Why,
we've eaten an :enormous break -
,fast; and we rode, into town. &to
shop . already — didn't you,' see
us?" I . She :• stopped breathless, .
climbing :down -'frons the wagon as
'Mark -stepped' up to assist her.
"Well -' I :don't ace why you. ,
• couldn't have , let me 'in on some
of: :that :breakfast, he ., grinned, •:.
"I'm about starved. I :must -have
missed you In town this morn-
ing." • • ,
THE HOUSE GROWS '
Ed Taylor . unhitched his team;
unloaded , the plow and. hooked
the • horses to it:: "Now; Carrie,"
he said, '"just tell me 'where you
want your sitting room `and I'11
start rightin plowing :for it." •
°Ile.•sla)iped.the reins en. his bays
and set the plowfor a, shallow
,' hermit' along ' the knoll:
That was the beginning of
• Carrie's . sedhouse. , It grew un-
' believable fast. In a little while
fl:ig--£Sd lrad.:Irlowed.•enougt -anaai
" "Be ower • in the morning
gain," he., said to Carrie, "and
dig Yen, ; a well down by' -the'
real break-
fast
a
rip Better h
fast on that .new stove in there:"
•
o d` rood d?�
'iWant Windom! : '. Shut When
'Men :Wall .., Them Open,
n,
, Why are Gagmen able to ':Stand
hotter rooms than 'men',; •
Does. 'it mean that women;' are
more . cold-blooded than, nen?
P'artly,a, yes, according to Dr. C.
P. Yaglou, Associate Professdr at -•
Harvard. School of Public • Health.
Under the .-same ordinary condrb•.
,tions '' temperature of room 71
F.:and 30 per cent: humidity
?-the surface:skin• tempera
ture of women ,is' about two de -
agrees • • lower than that of,: men.
During.•. killing weather ' in. the •
summer, men. are more affected
than women, the ladies being ,'
quite content with, ordinary„•room
temperature. ': '
few office buildings -.or,•
- homes in America : are at 70 deg.
F. in coldweather.. They_, are •
closer to 80 dei or .85 deg., and
the humidity is closer to ,10 than
•
:. CLOTHES -MAKE • DIFFERENCE
The chief ' difference which
'-causes the male and• female reac-
tion to this is clothes. The Ameri-
.can male dons, about .:November
, 1st, clothes, the weight and con •
-
y sistenoy of which would keep
him comfortable out of :doors Alt
;the North Pole. The American i e( -
i
.riiale .changes ,the, weight •of her
house clothes hardly at all, winter
er Ammer.
Ya' fiou forini�"'Yat` - d:
-. Doctor g
, ;group ` of 'women wearing: their
own winter: clothes were... shivery
and uncomfortable in a.:room of
70 deg. but . ; became perfectly'
co•lifortable' when they • dressed in
Men's . ,ordinary winter ' cloth„es.
ingly '`straight -farrows' 'for the
Whole thing. andWMark, got -busy
cutting the firm, browsing they into threefoot •lengths:, Then they
began 'to' • lay:the foundations,
filling the' cracks with: soft earth.
r, The : joints were broken as in
brick laying, and every third tier
laid crosswise to bind the others
together.` . ' •
, Space' • was left, for one door'
and three windows and by noon
Mark Was: putting• the friaries in
place and tamping. sod around
them ' Mrs. -'Taylor and Carrie
heIped, carrying on a lively con-'
-versation--all- the wh'ile's
"Tliis, fa; the coolest: kind'of
house in the runner," Mrs. Tay -
kir told Carrie, „aid warm in the'
winter:��fl'arrie--tdiought,--=-ia�:s.._
minute of •Ed 'Taylor's Whiter pic-
ture again and wondered what "
,.good it would be to hare' a warm
house and nettling to eat, but.she.
kept, her thoughts to herself,
They ate, •raveitously' at noon,
salt pork, canned tomatoes, corn-
bread' and • jelly. Carrie nevem re-
"membered. a better meal. Mark `
•
Content
The trea;u:•es .of the night ar'e,
spread
in ss;lent brilliance overhead:
''s'h'e lonely moon, fog-vvisped and
new; a ` '
Abo.•e, the spark of yega;s' blue.
Into My *cart 'thole comes con-':
tent -
•b`r'om .peace in Yieaveirt,s fir iri;t-
merit.
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A' Soup . Discussion
This-week,I-'hasye had; two' re-,'
• " quests 'for my method Of making
tomato 'soup. Maybe -I have ne-
glected, P,
1 cted this topie ie f r• we • all do
• use a•' certain amountof canned
soup. ' However,' al ays remora.
-Irma -that-whenever• pessible, -sohu
'
'should be 'Made •up•;specially; if we
are' watching - closely the budget
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He•'slapped,; his knee, winked' at
` Mark, :"You knew,' Mark, .that was:.
a pretty good feed Carrie put, out
tonight: • Think-) you could get.
along, on that. regular?
' • • Mark' flushed '"Guess' so,"' he
' , admitted, .'quietly, , glad Carrie
couldn't see his • face ,,too clearly •
in the moonlight. Why did people
like Ed :Taylor. always have tq hit'
right on . , your most • inner
thoughts? • ' •
As he was 'leaving, 'Ed' called
Mark outside. "I,, wouldn't tell.
her, of course, but that well's a
let more important than just
water? , I don't like this long hot..
spell, Mark;; Everything's too ,dry.
1 • knew a time once in Iowa when
,.a well came' in inighty handy in
a, pretty lead grass fire. Good
4 place...= to - craw'L-rnto,:.':y-ou know;_
tiff she 's all•, 'over.
He said good night, the wagon
rumbled off and Mark wentback
to t1reo.Iid3.' . • .
"W 11, 't' lace t t T et
c i s a u tithe g
moving, . too," he , said to ,'Carrie
• ;and Mrs. Taylor. "it'll be ,cooler •
riding back to town now." Ile •
thanked Mrs: Taylor for staying
this• first night with ' Carrie and
Mrs., Taylor suddenly* decided
was time for her to "get moving,
too." ' She . disappeared into the •
cool, 'dark soddy,' explaining .tlike
:bed still` had to be unpacked. -arid.
made up. .
"I LOVE -You '
' Mark -vas alone with . Carrie,'
standing by 'Mark's horse in the
^ fading moonlight. The prairie was
ominously quiet, save for the '
funny" little chirp=chirp of Cr'ck-
ets in the grass.
"Marla"' said Carrie, "I can't
tell you• how,,, much it meant, to:•
have you out .here 'todayI.
"Well, •'it meant somethingto
pie, too;;' :•Mark managed' to scut: -
ter, feeling 'himself tense • and •
glowing.
"'I—I wish I might do as much
for you," Carrie went on. ' She
Was . close, ' so 'close. Mark could
• aTrn bt s e ,the colo;. of" er
in: the moonlight. -The'tip of her '
firm little chin reached almost
to his shoulder• and she ;looked 1dp
at brim now, saying words without
saying anything
Mark .could ' hold himself' no
Unger. •
"Cartie,—Carrie," . he cried, his
voice suddenly 'husky; "1.love
you '..1 lotke . you.."
It •was out, • just 'like. that.
Neither knew what quite :hap-
- pened next except that Mark
Deuel felt her 'warm little body
snuggling .'close in his arms, felt
her arms creep • around his neck,
--felt her lips press tba}lis-acrd; feel
ing• them; strangely remembered
what' Ed Taylor, had, said about
a prairie fire. • and 'a well.
(To' Be Continued)
ISSN "A1 •
A
•
1.
Cream, of Tomato Soup ,
Strain • • canned':.. t" o' m a t o as;
place on heat and bring . to bell..
Season with pepper and salt; and
a little' • sugar. (I am not giving.
the amounts for'. all, tastes,. for a
seasoning are different). Melt.
' butter, ;tin Measurements • it:-
should'
t-should be 1 level tablespoon to -
.each : cup of tonia oes . ~ . n' le -
:melted
eF,melted. butter • adda tablespoon
of flour (and 1 tablespoon but-
-ter). Blend carefully and add tq.
the tomatoes; as it reaches the :
boiling' point, the butter and: •flour
mixture. Stir constantly' until,. it '
thickens, then• allow ; to •cook -.ion •
'slow heat until no taste of starch
remains.
Now'. add • a pinch • of
soda: : Stir until • effervescing
lessens, then add :the milk, which
has. been : heated. ttit not boiled.
Stir well and serve when teal hot
but try -to :avoid, boiling. '.
• Cream of• • Corn Soup • •
'1 medium sized onion
•....can .corn,
3 cups' water :
• 3 ' tab'lespoon:s•- butter'
3. • ;'tablespoons flour
1:. ,teaspoon salt
/ teaspoon pepper .
3 . cups milk, • '
Finely choppedw•isiey
paprika: • •
Combine ,• the • ..chopped'" onion,
corn ,and ' water. Cover and 'cook,
gently for 30 'minutes. ;Press
-through a coarse' sieve.' Melt but-
ter and blend• in the flour, salt
• and "pepper. Stir and cook: until •
thick., Add the corn mixture.' and
reheat .well..• • Sprinkle ,each 'serv-
ing with chopped parsley and' ,
paprika. 'Six. servings.
Cream' of Carrot and Pea :Soup•
. 1 . -•eup' sliced carrots -
. 1 ' , cup canned• peas : _ •
• '1- • thick.' aliced 'onion
2' cups .boiling- water ,
a'lespoons *utter
3 tablespoons flour
3, • . cups milli
1 'teaspoon,s'alt • ,
1/s ' teaspoon 'pepper,
• Comb,qne the carrots.' and on
.ma with the boiling' water And
cook' for ten , minutes. covered.,
' „Add' the peas: and cook for five
Minutes. Thiess all through,, • a
sieve. 'Melt the', batter and. beat
in flour. • Add ::milk and carrot
mnixture. •Cook 'stirring constant-
ly until thick. Season teataste.,
,
:Reserve• a° few slices of Carrots`
and peas -'for ,garnish.. • ,'• •
AIways -remember that' the .
water•• in.; which- you have • cock ---
ed your vegetables should never '
be, thrown away — it • is a -splen-
did foundation . fora' 'creamed.'
scrip's. • Then with milk soups the
liomeniakpr has a splendid oppor. '
,tunity• to vary the milk budget:
Remeinber each adult should have
one pint of milk :a' day and each
'child .one. quart. ' • " ' ,•'
Rude Clambers welcomes 'personal
• letters from interestltd readers. She ,
is 'pleased to••reeeive suggestlous•
• ontopics • tor'•her coronal; and Is''
even really.; to Haden to yea; "pet
tleeves+" Requests for • reelpes qr
epeeist menus ure in order. Adidress
your letters', to "Mise faille
.bers; 73 West,. Adelaide' SI rem!. ''ro-
ronto." Send stamped; self-addressed
ens'elo.pe ,15 you ,wish a reply.
_ Fashion Flashes
In the varied trig collection of.
turban
hats', the double effect of; a to tran
s 1 noteworthy` .It has a white felt
•. that' fits' the back
stove-pipe•own el
oP .. the "Iieiid,., an'a," i ii8iri ghi g.
her''ia _
front 'than,,the .round top of the
crown is a triangular "coronet' `of
bright green and White . printed
*„ e.
ester
te.
of
o ul'axii
The p y the n P
'pink Or blue formal -hat to match
. a crepe dress'; au eraseinble fashion
established' last fall continues,.
with pink outnumbering'% blue.
_... These: 'psf,e dr'es's -anti :hat
sem:bles .Jiave greatest representa-, . -
titin with r•silver foxor town ur,
Jackets and , mink�•coats`
An ' evening'-tireas that may be
worn two, ways'is built up .trona e
gray credo 'slip;: wearable with' a
slim -line; ' black net -and -lace • tunic
with long'Iseeves, or with ,a, floor
length; Overdress • chartreuse tulle
'in full; shirred panels: from,, the
waist.
Sandwich Tip .w
If , sandwiches must be , made
several hours before. serving, ar-
range on • plate and cover with a
Cloth e. wrung out in cold' . water.
Place in refrigerator 'until time •
to serve.
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