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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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Ca'747araw By •SAb1E, 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 u .:• copal NaaoL"ECRAFr stance, INC: , • CROSS; STITCH CLOTH • PATTERN •2738, Bright fruit' motifs in easy• cross stitch are. the thing to liven;a clods or scarf — especially -these motifs. that look like, applique tea. P y Pattern .2738 contains .a transfer pattern of..a 15 -inch motif, /four' 4x414. '.inch, four ''21/4x21/a : inch motifs; materials required; . illustrations of stitches. ' Sendtwenty cents in coins (stamps ' cannot be accepted) for this pattern to Wilson 'Needlecraft Dept,; 73 West • Adelaide St., Toronto. Write' plainly PATTERN' NUMBER, yottr NAME and ADDRESS.. N 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. REAP ABOUT THE: FREE. OFFER BEEOW* f �R 1 15 ,fQ E-_ . t`,'C�OL'5 ~'> ''Ptibliahed lI by the Ciro: - 1fr adaSta.re.h Vv Borne Bervieo JJa�r .- if't 17ept„ Is a yule. uable Booklet 'entitled "52 Baking Secrets".Write • for your • F13EE copy flew enclosing- •a Crown syrup label, to Canada Starch Rome , Service, Dept • 38, . 49, •Wellingtoai Street East, • Toronto. . THE CANADA STARCH COMPANY LIMITED • • 4