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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1941-11-06, Page 6THE EXETER 'TIMES-APVQCAT.^THUIWAY, NOVEMBER 6th, 1041 Notes from A Woman's Workshop TO THE FALLEN They >ent with songs to the buttle, they were young, (Straight of limb, true pf eye, steady and aglow. They Svere staunch to the end against odds uncounted. They fell with their faces to the foe. They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. i—Lawrence Binyon NO DRUMS YOU AND YOUR CHILD AWistipfe Day 1941 Not drums and music now; not plumes and tears; * We march because we must, Lest the incredible evil of these years Batter our world to dust: Let loose our hold on all things sweet, Comfort and joy, no less than towei- and town May wither in this time, dropped from our feet Like an entangling gown— .Release these lesser things un­ flinchingly, And hold, if need be, this the high success,— As once our fathers did—to stand -up, free, Proud, in a wilderness. -—Margaret Widdemer * * * DON’T FORGET TO OIL ’EM The other day we had a man at the door whose business it was to repair vacuum cleaners, In the course of conversation he said that so much of the breakage in house­ hold appliances was the result of needed lubrication. Women, he said, would keep on using their washers, vacs, sewing-machines, in­ definitely, without oiling them. The result was that bearing and •moving parts lasted only a fraction of the time for which they were designed. There is a good deal of truth in that, women perhaps being less mechanically-minded and less accustomed to handling machinery than men. It is a good plan to count the places where a machine should be oiled and then in the process, none will be overlooked. Electrical appliances are already becoming scarce. If we value oui* own convenience, let us keep our household .machinery running with well-oiled smoothness. Apropos of the above, lubricate your egg beater or meat cuttei’ with glycerine instead- of oil, which might impart a bad flavor to the food. * * * QUEEN WILHELMINA In many t homes where the tele­ phone 1$ in the living hoom, oiie can­ not very well avoid hearing many conversations, ‘ It seems astound­ ing that many women who, I think, would not be untruthful in ordinary conversations, will lie over the tele­ phone. Perhaps it is because they do not have to face the listener where expression would betray ’them, or perhaps they do., not visu­ alize her personal reaction to the story they tell, but it is not very .good to think that we are honest only under pressure, as it were. The worst of it is that children who learn most of all by imitation, hear this loose handling of the truth, and feel that since their par­ ents practise it, they too need not he too careful in what they' tell. In two such homes I know the' children to be as glib at invention and as slippery-tongued as their mothers. Surely the need for forthright truthfulness has never been more clearly demonstrated than it is at this time. Their are enough liars abroad, without our raising in our families, children to swell the ranks.* * # WATCH THE TEAPOT Most housekeepers must plead, guilty to the fault of wasting in small ways. We do this almost un­ consciously, having perhaps never known extremes of need. For in­ stance, take tea. How often we throw in the tea by guesswork, or if we do measure it, we do so with­ out direct regard to the exact amount we need. In our own fam­ ilies at least, we should be able to tell just how many cups are needed, and provide tjiat amount and no more. Also, by experimenting we can find out the brand that best suits our taste, .remembering that costly packages ‘and fancy wrappers are paid for by the consumer. When making the tea we should provide the necessary fresh, boiling water, have the pot hot, and then study the problem of how long the in­ fusion is to be steeped to produce the best results. Bearing in mind that it takes invaluable shipping .space to bring us this luxury, let us use it economically. * * n ■She might be spoken of as a tra­ gic figure, this exiled queen of the Netherlands, but “tragic” is hard­ ly the right word to apply to this determined,, hard-working woman, living in England, it is" true, but beeping watch over ithe destinies of 70,0.0'0,000 of‘'Tier’ subjects. Eight million Of them are still living in the captured homeland, the remain­ der in the East and West Indies and in Dutch Guiana. When the Ger­ mans so suddenly overpowered her little country, she was so loathe to leave her people that she stayed on, hunted from one spot to another, hardly able to tell friend from foe, at last making her escape with the enemy almost upon her. These terrors which might well have shat­ tered the nerves of any woman, only served to stiffen the resistance of the stout-hearted Queen. Former­ ly she had spoken often to her sub­ jects of “moral rearmament.” This gave her strength in her own hour of need. Her daughter, the Prin­ cess Juliana and the two little prin­ cesses, have found a haven in our own land, but the queen-mother carries on, keeping check on all the acts of her cabinet in exile, closely informing herself on all internation­ al developments, superintending the affairs of the colonies, watching the movements of her navy and air force. Amid all this pressure of work she takes a little time* for her favorite recreation of painting land­ scapes. There may have been mans* times when queens were the envy of lesser folk, but to-day, in anxiety and suffering, they are kin to the. lowliest of their people. * * 4 USED STAMPS NEEDED Said a wise woman: “Whenever anything is on the tip of my tongue, ■ I find that the best thing to do is to keep it there.” By the way, have ydu used sugar beets as a vegetable? They are most* delicious, sweeter and mild­ er than red beets. ' ' ' ' KETTLE AND PAN 'Citrons are on the market now and here are some ways to use them: Citron Pickles 3 pounds citron/ * 2 cups brown sugar 1% cups cider vinegar 2 tablespoons pickling spices, tied in cheesecloth Pare the citron, cut into small pieces, and allow to "stand in weak brine over night, In .the morning drain, cook slowly until the» citron is tender; drain again, add sugar, vinegar and spices. Oook slowly hours and put away in steril­ ized jars. Citron Preserves Pare citron, take out seeds and cut in cubes. Boil in water with a small piece of alum until tender. Drain and allow %' pound ”6f sugar to each pound Of citron, and 2 le­ mons for each 5 pounds of citron. Make a syrup of water and sugar in the proportion of 1 pint of sugar .to 1 quart of water; boil until clear. Skim; add lemons, sliced thin and seeds removed. Cook until citron,is transparent. v o—- And here is another cream cake recipe. It looks like a good one: SOUR CREAM WALNUT DREAD MISS ISABEL GRAHAM DIES AT SEAFORTH- INJURED FALL Miss H. Isabel -Graham, widely known .Seaforth resident and recog­ nised as an outstanding poetess, was fatally injured Wednesday evening of last week. She died in an ambu­ lance while being removed to Scbtt Memorial Hospital after a fall at the home of R. B. Holmes, where she had called to give a music les- • son. On entering the home she slipped and fell down the cellar steps, which are located just with­ in the side entrance, where she had been admitted. Miss Graham was a daughter of the late Rev. William Graham, pioneer ’minister of Egmondville Presbyterian Church who came to Canada from Scotland, and Eliza­ beth Gouinlock, daughter of the late John Gouinlock, a noted edu­ cationalist of Edinburgh, Scotland. She was born in Egmondville and after graduating from the 'Seaforth Collegiate, went to Toronto to fur­ ther her study of music for which, from childhood, she had shown a remarkable gift. At the Toronto College of Music she studied piapo and pipe organ upder the late Dr. F. EL Torrington and harmony with Clarence Lucan, a noted Canadian composer, who later made his home in New York. Besides her musical talent, Miss Graham had a most un­ usual gift of expression whichsfound place in several volumes of poetry which she published and which were internationally knbwn and recog­ nized for their simplicity and imag­ inative thought. For many years, She was a member of the Canadian Authors Association and of the Can­ adian Women’s Press Club in which she took an active part and in which her talent was universally recog­ nized. For some time Miss Graham was secretary of the Huron (Presbyterian Women’s Missionary (Society and all her life had been active and keenly interested in every bra'nch of the work of her church. ---------V--------- STAFFA. INSTITUTE HEARS s FACTS ABOUT VITAMINS The Staffs Women’s Institute held its regular monthly meeting in the community hall on Wednesday ,of last week. The general business was conducted by the president, Miss M. Davis, after which Mrs. Roy MacDonald, convener for Agricul­ ture and Canadian Industries, took charge of the meeting. Miss ,M- Davies gave a review of vitamins A B and C. Mrs. Russel Worden read an interesting paper on Vita­ min D. Mrs. !H. Caldwell, of Kip­ pen was the guest speaker and gave an interesting and' amusing talk on the topic for the month. Mrs. E. Allen rendered a very beautiful in­ strumental, after which there was a contest, conducted by Mrs. H. Les­ lie; The meeting was closed' with the National Anthem,, followed by a social half hour and tea was served by Circle 2. ------r—V--------- FRIENDS HONOR STAFFA, FAMILY Prior to their departure for their' new' home in London the friends and neighbors assembled at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Worden; to spend a socials evening and pre­ sent them with aVfitting token of friendship. Russell .Worden read the address and Mrs. Tye Worden, Clifford Miller and K. Drake pre­ sented them with an electric iron, toaster and a bed lamp. Mr. Bar­ bour made a very fitting reply. Pro­ gram numbers included Frank Stagg, solo; Mrs. K. Drake, solb; Lois and Alleen Peper, duet. Lunch was' served before the guests left for their homes.■---------.y_------- BEQUEST TO SEAFORTH MAN In a decision handed down at Osgoode Hall by Justice J. A- Gil- landers, his lordship rules that Fos­ ter Bennett, of Seaforth, is the Fos­ ter Bennett mentioned in the will of James A. Jamieson, formerly of ■Seaforth, and not ahother cousin of the same name residing in Orion, Alberta. Discussion was heard in Weekly High Court, London, a week ago, as to which of the two men should receive a legacy amounting to $1,20'0. ENGAGEMENT Mr, and Mrs. Harold Hodgins, Lucan, announce the engagement of their daughter, Edith Bernice, R.N., to Archie .Wellington Thomp­ son, sOn of Mr, and Mrs. John Thompson, Centralia the we’dding to take place early in November. In answer to an inquiry as to •where used postage stamps may be sent, we offer the following in­ formation: British and Foreign Bible Society, 16 College St.,’ To* ronto, & m 4 4 * nr ♦ ♦ 4 * ♦ ♦ # ♦ * KITCHEN KINKS * * Vinegar added to dried glue * * will make it usable again, * * Q-M— 1 ■* * To prevent the iron from * * sticking, add a little salt to the * * starch. # # 4 4 4 4 # 4 4 * 4 4 * 4 * # 1 egg • 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup' sour cream 2, cups flour % teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup chopped walnut meats Mix in order listed, egg? sugar, creaihi Sift flour, soda, baking nowder and salt together. Stir the flour mixture into the cream mix­ ture, a little at a time. Add nuts last and mix well. Tour into well- greased loaf pan and bake one hour at 325 degrees. A Letter from Manitoba Mountainside, Man., i Oct. 24, 1941 This is a fine clear morning fol­ lowing a week of dry weather, a godsend to those who have not fin­ ished threshing yet, and there are quite a few who haven’t. This has been a peculiar year. “The worst I’ve ever seen in Manitoba,” say the old-timers who have lived over 40 years in the West, Spring was wet, delaying seeding, and we all know that crops sown late have a very poor chance, A very hot spell in July worked havoc on most of the crop, especially in this district where we always have more mois­ ture in the spring. The fall was wet, delaying harvesting. ’Two very light falls of snow came early in this month, but most of the pre­ cipitation has been in the form of rain. We have fogs here, too, which can postpone' the threshing for a few hours or more. There was no Killing frost until September 25th rand pansies and some other flowers are still bloom­ ing in our garden at this late date. Robins dire still hopping and flying about with a cheerful “Peep, peep,” which tells us that summer has not entirely departed. The grass is emerald green, the greenest we’ve ever seen in the West at this time of the year, when the fields and roadsides are usually brown. Na­ ture has been very freakish this year in bringing out yellow blossoms on a shrub in our Caragana hedge in Steptember and I picked some ripe raspberries late in the month. At the same time a neighbor report­ ed lilacs in bloom. , Yesterday was open season -for ring-necked pheasants. We hope the one day allowed for shotting these lovely birds did not prove very successful for the sportsmen (a misnomer, surely). It is diffi­ cult enough for these birds to live through our Manitoba winters un­ less farmers scatter some grain foi’ them near the barn yards or straw stacks where they pick up a pre­ carious living. Gardens were good, the 1 potato crop fair and wild fruits except tall bush cranberries were killed or. blighted in the spring. Even gar­ den fruits such as gooseberries and currants did not materialize. Somewhere I read in.this paper that “the farmers in the West are sitting pretty this year.” It is in­ deed just to6 bad that the writer had not 'been more familiar with western conditions. If he had, I am sure that item would not have appeared among "tjlie editorials of the Times-Advocate.When I get the “home” paper I always look up the home items first, then the edi­ torials. Perhaps others attach as much importance to .that column as I .have done, and if it were not for the fact that we live in the west and have seen no farmers “sitting pretty” this year, we too might swallow all the editorials. Despite bonuses for keeping bare summer fallow or sowing coarse grains on land prepared for wheat, many Of the farmers are having a hard enough time. It is a long haul to Fort William and deductions for freight take a .good slice off the price quoted in the newspapers. Grades of grain are very low this year,, as in many cases stooks were sprouted and not sufficiently dried out when. ..threshed. In some cases elevators refused to accept this soft grain. Threshing in most cases was carried out with only half a. gang—sometimes only a single stook team could be operat­ ed—and owing to very inclement weather this naturally caused con­ siderable loss. So many of our young men have enlisted help is very scarce and so high-priced farmers find it .difficult to pay ' these in­ creased wages. It is true .that; stock and dairy produce prices are good and many farmers keep a good dairy herd. But this is essentially a graim-growing country, though we try not to keep all our eggs in one basket. Yesterday we received the infor­ mation (radio) that while Western Canada could get fifteen million dollars for decreasing ' their wheat acreage,* farmers in the east were being helped to the tune of fifty million, by the Federal Government. Of course we do not believe every­ thing we hear over the radio. October 28th Still the sun shines brightly, though the first really dold weather came two nights ago. Threshing in the district is " all completed. We are hoping for milder weather for at least a fortnight—even, less time would enable farmers to plow the stubble land and cultivate the sum­ mer fallow before “freeze up” which comes usually in the first week in November, although ‘ occasionally farm operations may extend all through the month. Westerners are usually optimis­ tic; /the abundance of sunshine should make us so, and we don’t mind our feed grain going to • the Ontario farmers freight-free. The little jealousies' and rivalries of one province towards another are ail lost in the common cause of defeating the powers of darkness which are threatening bur civilian** tion. J, W, R- MARRIED in California in one of the season's most char­ ming wedding ceremonies,. Miss Ruth Joan Evans and Alfred Law­ ton Smith, Jr., both of Alhambra, California, were married Saturday, Oct. 18th, at Marengo Avenue Meth­ odist Church, The fall theme of the evening rites was apparent in the autumn shades of the bridal at­ tendants/ gowns and in the richly colored, bronze and golden dahlias which they carried. The bride's gown of white moire taffeta was figured with a white chrysanthemum design and was fashioned entrain with a demure princess styled bodice and a bouf­ fant skirt. A brief veil falling from a tiny crown haloed the bride’s head and shoulders, and a cascade of white spider chrysanthemums fell in a shower from her hands. Mrs. Dale Stoddard, matron of honor, wore rose-rust taffeta and held bronze colored dahlias, while Miss Margaret and Mi$s Georgann Smith, bridesmaids, were gowned respectively ip blue-green and gold taffeta and. carried gold and bronze and gold dahlias in their respective bouquets, Dale Stoddard attended the groom as best man, qnd Guy Evans and Lowell McGee were ushers, showing more than 350 guests to their places in the church. Pre­ ceding the entrance of the bridal party Douglas F. Greth, accompan­ ied by his wife, sang “I Promise You” and “Thine Alone,” The Rev. Arthur Nagef 'perform­ ed the ceremony, and the bride’s father, John Roscoe Evans, ecsorted her down the candle-marked wed­ ding aisle to the altar where whits dahlias were arranged in profusion. At the close of the ceremony, 100 guests went to" the home of Mr. and Mrs, Lester N. Day, 2601 West Grand Avenue, for a’ reception, af­ ter which the newlyweds left for a week’s honeymoon trip. After Oc­ tober 26, Mr. and Mrs, Smith, Jr,, will be at home to friends at 631 South La Paloma Avenue. . Mr. Smith, .son of Mr, and Mrs. Alfred Lawton Smith, 1821 Cedar Street, is a graduate of Alhambra (High School and is a former stu- “ dent at. Polytechnical College. His ' bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs- John Roscoe Evans, 1813 Pepper •Street, is also an Alhambra High School graduate and completed ■courses at * Pasadena Business Col­ lege and the American Institute of Banking. She is a member of San Gabriel Valley Opera Company.— Alhambra Post-Advocate,. . ---------v--------- Mr. Drinkwell— “What time did I get in last night Thompson?” Valet—“Well sir, the grand­ father clock on the stairs -pointed to half-past three when I picked it >up this morning.” 70 Years of Security to Policyowners •4. 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