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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1942-07-30, Page 60* 30th, 184$ y«* TOB BXBTBR TIMES-ADVOCATE Notes from A Woman ’s Workshop A PRAYER FROM ENGLAND Lord, I thank Thee for my bed, For an unbombed roof above my head, And for Thy gift, my daily bread. Shelter, food, with fuel and clothes,, comprise the sum-total of our ultimate needs. What good things we enjoy, over and above these, are part of that “more abundant life” that comes with material prosperity. Indeed, the treasures that we gather around us in our journey through life can, on occasion, become a drag upon our freedom and if, as they in­ crease, our hearts are too firmly set upon them, they may at length loom so large upon the spiritual horizon, as to shut out the stars. All values are comparative. As the poor Russian peasants hid shuddering in the hitter cold of the winter frost, how desirable must have been the wretch­ ed hovels that they called their homes. No doubt a starving Greek upon the streets of Athens would barter the Acropolis itself for a loaf of black bread. We might ponder these things as we go reluctantly about the making of our own diminutive sacrifices. —The Missus THE LONG VIEW GARDEN WISDOM Fergus Editor Met Many Titled Personages * By Hugh Teinplin But I several House people don’t know much and titled persons. The of Canada does not al- •Canadian about titles Government low Canadians to accept titles. There is some argument about whether this is right or wrong, but the the­ ory is that this is a thoroughly de­ mocratic country, where class dis­ tinctions do not exist, but opportun- ities^are equal. Before leaving for a visit to Bri­ tain, it had seemed possible that I might meet one or two titled per- much come head as I Some day of days, some dawning yet to be I shall he clothed in immortality, And in that care That Jane day I shall not greatly upon as once chipped But in spilled candle-grease the stair. It will not grieve me then it did That careless hands have my teapot lid. I groan, being burdened, that glad day I shall forget vexations of the way, That needs were often great when means were small Will not perplex me anymore at all. A few short years at most, be less I shall have done with storm and stress, So for this day I lay me feet Oh keep me sweet, my Master, keep , me sweet. it may earthly at Thy Cabbage plants should be dusted to control imported cabbage worm larvae. Dusting with arsenate of lead at the rate of two teaspoons to one pound of hydrated lime or ’grade wheat flour is recom- green is also suit­ dusting. .It should proportion of one pound of hydrated Cauliflowers can the same treatment as After the heads form in the cauliflowers it is better to use pyrethrum powder at the rate of one part to four of flour. It is ad­ visable to pull rhubarb in the late summer so as to enable the to store a reserve of plant within the root for next year,* * * OVERSEAS BOXES low mended. Paris able to use for be used in the teaspoon to one lime or flour, be given cabbage. plant food a —Fay Inehfawn * * * BANANAS TOO The banana growers, who have been faced with ruin owing to the shortage of facilities for shipping their crops, are now seeking a mar­ ket for the fruit in a dehydrated • form, known as banana flakes. It is claimed that these may be used satisfactorily in all recipes where ■ the fresh fruit has been used. begins to seem that the need for conserving shipping space may de­ velop a whole new technique in the preparation too. * at most com- diet rather The boys can get cookies without Book of 72 Tested Recipes under label of every CERTO bottle the and " can- K Mo Happiness in the Home When Mother Is Siok The tired, worn out mother cannot make a.happy home if Bhe is sick and worried by the never ending household duties. • " ’ *' She gets run down and becomes nervous and irritable, downhearted and discouraged, can’t rest at night, mid gets up in the morning feeling as tired as when she went to bed. Women suffering in this way may find in Milbum’s Health’ and Nerve Pills a remedy with which to help recuperate their health, build up the ran down system, and assist them back to health—happiness again. ' Pnce 50c a box, 65 pills, at all drug counters. . Look for our trade mark a “Red Heart” on the package. The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. JMtafce Belter Jams and Jellies (In case you are wondering, I did not see the King and Queen. While I was in London, they were up at their Scottish home, saw Buckingham Palace times.) The first member of the of Lords whom we met after arrival in London was not at all the type I had pictured, and for reasons which appeared later. He was Lord Snell, who had been chosen, or had volunteered to guide the Canadians through the Houses of Parliament. He was assisted by Sir Harman, i presenting That was as might took us to such as Fawkes hid when he tried to blow up the Parliament of his day and the cloisters where Cromwell stabl­ ed his horses to show his contempt. Parts of the Houses of Parliament are quite old, while other parts w,ere built during the reign of Queen Victoria. Now the House of Commons chamber will have to be rebuilt once again, for it tunred into rubble when several big bombs hit it at once. Lord Snell and Sir Patrick Ha­ mon proved to be most entertain­ ing humor and much g< bantering of each other House of Lords. Later that Lord Snell was peer,” getting his title time of Ramsay Macdonald and the Labour Government. He had ’been a manufacturer and at one time a workman, we wanted anything, or wished to go anywhere, we only had to ask tor it. Somehow, our hosts had not arranged a chance to meet Win­ ston Churchill, probably never thinking how much we would ap­ preciate the opportunity, but when it was mentioned to Mr. Bracken,. he arranged it at once, and went farther than we had asked, taking us into the House while the Prime speaking, as well as him in his office. ! of Commons Minister having us was meet Patrick M.P. for Burlington, re­ tire House of ’Commons, a most interesting trip, be supposed, and they all the little odd corners the cellars where Guy CERTO is Pectin Extracted from Fruit When pectin is used in making jam and jelly, the Wartime Prices and Trade Board Order No 150 allows you to use sugar not in excess of one and one-quarter pounds of sugar for each pound of fruit. On the basis that “fruit” means “unprepared” fruit, tills allows you to make your jams and jellies the Certo way which gives you approxi­ mately two-thirds more jam or jelly from the same amount of fruit. sons but I never gave it thought. The invitation had from Sir Malcolm Robertson, of the British Council, and, afterwards discovered, he was the Rt. Hon. Sir Malcolm Robertson, a member of the Cabinet, It seemed likely that I might meet him. There were friends who asked me; “Suppose you should meet a Duke, would you know how to address him properly?” I had to admit that I would not. I knew in a vague sort of way that there were ranks of knighthood, but whether a Lord was any higher than a Viscount, I really had no idea—-and I don’t know much more about it yet. But I met many titled men, from Sirs to Viscounts, and never had any difficulty about forms of address. Moreover, I found them very hu­ man, as a rule, the exception being a Canadian with a recent title, which probably had not changed him much, at that. I learned, too, that many of the most important men have no titles. For instance, there is the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, and a number of members of the Inner j War Cabinet, who are not even Sirs. There were other persons with military ranks. For instance, all the world knows the name of Gen­ eral Charles de Gaulle. I met him several times. I talked with the heads of the various services, with Rt. Hon. A. V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, for instance, and Air Marshall R, H. Peck, and Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Harwood, one of the naval heroes of the last war. Then again, I talked one after­ noon with Viscount Bennett, former Prime Minister of Canada, now en­ joying life as a member of the House of Lords in England, and one morn­ ing at an informal breakfast in a private dining-room of the Savoy, a group of Canadian editors sat at a table with Viscount Greenwood, who was Sir Hamar Greenwood, and before that a student at the University of Toronto *at the same time as two of my traveling com­ panions, Bishop R. J. Renison and B. K, Sandwell. ■ It could be truly said that the four of us had one thing in common—we had all to the same University. I have gone through my black notebook, which served diary while I was away, and picked out the names of the widely- known people whom- I met. It is a long list, and I won’t burden”you with it. I have forgotten for what some of these people were famous. But you may be interested to hear about some of them. Our Titled Hosts has noBrendan Bracken hut two of our other hosts the Ministry of Information Sirs. Sir Malcolm Robertson so a Rt. Honourable and is of the British Council, which with publicity. He was just as striking title, ■from were is al- head deals about in his looks as Brendan Bracken, though his coloring was dark, not red. He was a very tall man and one gained the impression that he had seen a lot of life, I met him only formally, but ‘Sir Harry Brittain used to come around often to the Savoy and talk to the Canadians for hours. He was the founder of the Empire Press Union and evidently must have been a publisher, hut he was interested in all. sorts of other things as well. For instance, he was, or had been, a member of Parliament, and he was a great flower grower, having originated a few new varieties. He always had a flower in his button hole. Sir Harry had been to Canada I several times and liked this country very much. He also liked to talk to Canadians, and he would drop in at the hoted about ten at night, and stay for several hours. In 1924 he was host to a party of Canadian editors who went to Europe foi* a trip, and my father was in the party. Sir Harry’s home is in Ac­ ton, England, and H. P. Moore, of Acton, Ontario, was in that' . expected it would be. group. The two became friends i and there was some interchange of j correspondence between the two I Actons. Later Sir Harry visited Mr. Moore in Acton, Ontario, and he wanted to be remembered to friends there. I will tell only one of Sir Harry's . stories. It seems he ■ originated a new! color in flowers, an orange carna­ tion, if I remember correctly, and was granted permission to call it after Queen Elizabeth. It was shown first at one of the big flower shows, where the King and Queen were to make.an appearance, and Sir Harry was there to present aj bunch of the new flowers to Her | Majesty. Afterwards, 'they stood j around and talked arid he told the i •Queen a few jokes and there was i much laughing. Later one of the j royal escorts came to Sir Harry and said: “I was so glad to see you laughing and joking with Her Ma- jesty.” “Yes,” said Sir Harry, I ‘she seemed to enjoy it,” “And no I wonder,” replied the other. “Us­ ually when people see Their Ma­ jesties coming they get faces on them like coffin-lids." guides, with a steady flow of •Qod-natured and of the we learned a “Labour during the Viscount Cranbonie HENSALL FARMER KNITS SOCKS; IVAR PRISONER SENDS TRANKS Campbell Eyre, well-known Hen­ sail district farmer, has received a post card from a prisoner of war in Germany, acknowledging the re­ ceipt of socks. In February,. 19 41, Mr. Eyre knit. a few paids of socks for the Kippen East Women’s In­ stitute. In them he put a note with his name and address. Saturday, he received a card from somewhere in Germany. The card, marked “Kregsgefan- genpost” (correspondence for pri­ soners of war), was evidently from a British soldier. It was in the form of a return post card, and had been passed by both German and British censors. The instructions on -the card were bi-lingual, being printed in both German and French. The mes­ sage, written to Mr. Eyre on half a dozen lines provided for the pur­ pose, and dated May 24, 1942, was j as follows: , ! socks, which I received today, are very much appreciated, half of the small community of 50 j in ’this camp, I would like to thank you and the others who have sent these gifts. Words cannot ex­ press our appreciation. Yours sin­ cerely, G. E. Warham.” The first Cabinet Minister was the Viscount Cranborne, tary of the Dominions. Our of editors visited him in his offices in Whitehall, not far away from the Houses of Parliament, and just across th’e road from No. 10 Down­ ing Street. Our cars drove in through an arch guarded by several soldiers and we stepped 'out amid piles of sandbags, guarding en­ trances to doorways. I suppose the buildings are old. At least, as we climbed stairways and walked along halls, I had the idea that every­ thing was very ancient, as I had I met Secre­ group Space in overseas boxes is premium, so try to include often those foods which will plement the soldier’s than luxuries, along without candies and but they can’t get along vitamins and proteins. Therefore, concentrated juice and cheese Should be “musts” in every box. High on your list should go such foods as tinned meats which are prepared ready for use, sausages, salmon and sardines. Send egg powder, powdered milk, envelopes of chicken soup, powdered chocolate prepared with milk and sugar and to which only hot water need be added to convert it into a nutritious, appetizing beverage, ! Send raisins, dates, tinned nuts. S|nd jams and jellies as often as : you can, but be sure to send them in tins, not cartons or glass jars. Send soap separately from food- It is cheaper to send cigar­ tobacco through Chocolates are too. soldiers find fruit It of meals. Interesting, A * * * GOOD LAND Right here in Canada we can grow almost all the food actually neces­ sary to an adequate and nutritious diet. Our own fruits and abun- dant vegetables can supply all our needs, so let us make full use of them. When we indulge in expen- *sive imported foods we are spending ■larger amounts of money, not for the purpose of greater nutrition, ' but. solely to add variety. When the limitations that upon the resources of housekeeper and re-- strong, healthy fam- the manu- safer sent margarine stuffs, ettes and facturer. this way, Many quite palatable, so butter may not be needed.» * ♦ When replastering or patching plastered ceiling, the first thing to remove all the loose particles After a is and nail up any loose laths. the new plaster is applied,» let it dry for about three weeks, then go over it with vinegar and treat it ■we consider were placed the pioneer member the ilies that she raised upon the most primitive foods, we must realize J with a coat of size before putting on that too great variety is not essen­ tial, and learn to distinguish be­ tween our needs and our wants.* * * CANADIAN EXPERTS NOW TRAIN BRITISH WOMEN fresh paper.♦ * KETTLE AND PAN Some of the neighbors have been trying out this recipe and report success: gone little as a have Rt. Hon. Brendan Bracken Arriving at our destination, there j were introductions and we passed into the Minister’s own, .room, which was quite large. He sat at his desk at one end of the room, and we formed a sort of audience, facing him. He gave us an official welcome to Britain and went on to tell us something of what Canada’s soldiers and other armed forces! .were doing. The Army, he said, was being kept in England because that was still where it was most need­ ed. After Dunkirk, the Canadians were the only forces in all Eng­ land which had equipment. The Air Training Plan he termed “■ derful”. Lord Cranborne offered to ans­ wer questions, and did, but there was one he rather evaded. Asked about Rudolf Hess, he was rather non-committal, not telling us any­ thing which hasn’t already been published. It is said that Viscount Cran­ borne is one of the ablest of British statesmen and might be a possible candidate for Prime Minister but for ■the fact that his health is not good. won­ ONLY MEN OVERSEAS GET GIFTS DUTY FREE OTTAWA — National Defence Headquarters has issued a warning that only Canadians who are serv­ ing overseas are allowed to receive, duty free, gifts and other parcels sent from this country. | “There have been an ever-increas- I ing number of parcels arriving over- Sir many thanks for the pair of seas for civilians and other ..persons They not entitled to receive the above On be- privilege,” a statement said. Men who are serving with •Imperial forces in England other parts of the British Isles not receive parcels duty free unless they are bona fide Canadian citi­ zens. A while ago this column had some information regarding the sending of teachers from the Canadian In­ stitute of Child Study, University of Toronto, to England, with the purpose of training workers for the nursery-schools now so necessary where many mothers are absent from their families, working at war industries. The classes under Dr. Blats are now in operation. During the next six months forty girls will take courses of from three to six Weeks, under the supervision of the Canadian experts, and when .graduated will become assistants to trained nursery teachers. The first training centre is at Birmingham, where a school has been equipped for the work, adian teachers wear a uniform with a crest on beating the words “Canadian Child­ ren’s Service.” It is interesting to know that we are able to con­ tribute something to Britain’s need. Meanwhile it appears that up to date, nothing definite has been done to meet a similar need here in our- own land, where an increasing num­ ber of mothers are taking their places in war production. * jjf ik * * # * KITCHEN At this time especially er, there bread to the home, vinegar to every four cups of flour, to prevent mould from forming. If wrapped bread is used, the wrapper should be remov­ ed before the bread Is placed In the bread box, and left-over bread should never be allowed to accumulate.■* « # $ $ ♦ v .♦ * * * especially The Can­ neat blue the sleeve Eight Cake (without sugar) cups sifted cake flour teaspoons baking -powder rind pow- I * # * * A* # * # * ik * » * * * KINKS of year, moist weath- tendency for If baked in and in hot, is a mould, use two teaspoons of 2U 2% % teaspoon salt % cup butter or shortening 1 cup light corn syrup 2 teaspoons grated orange 2 eggs, unbeaten % cup milk 1¥2 teaspoons vanilla Sift flour once, add baking der and salt. Sift three times. Cream shortening, add orange rind and syrup gradually, beating well after each addition. Add quarter of the flour and beat till smooth; now add the eggs, beating well af­ ter each, and then the remaining flour alternately with the milk. Lastly add vanilla. Honey-Orange (Can be used as 2 cups once-sifted or 1 % cups once-sifted bread flour 3% teaspoons baking powder % teaspoon salt 4 tablespoons shortening or but­ ter « 1/3 cup honey 1% tablespoons grated orange rind 1 egg % cup milk Oiildren’s Molasses Cookies 2 or Muffins cup-cakes) pastry flour %baking soda baking powder salt cups once-sifted pastry flour 1% cups once-sifted bread flour teaspoon 2 teaspobns % teaspoon teaspoons ground ginger 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 5 1/3 tablespoons mixture of 1 ter and shortening % Clip (each)* brown sugar, lasses and corn syrup 1 ugg but- mo- I have already written about my meeting with Prime Minister Win­ ston Churchill. I heard him speak in the House of Commons, and then met him in his own office in the Parliament Buildings afterwards— an experience not likely to be for­ gotten. And he proved to be ex­ actly as I had expected—forceful, dynamic, full of good humor that day, and smoking a big cigar. .On other days I met several of the Cabinet Ministers, individually or collectively and on October 1st, sat at a long table in Olaridge’s ho­ tel in the West End of London about half the Cabinet. The ministers with whom party had the closest contact the two whose business it was to deal with publicity, Hon. Brendan Bracken, Minister of Public Infor­ mation, and Rt. Hon. Sir Malcolm Robertson, President of the British Council. (Frankly, I may make some mis­ takes in titles or otherwise. After a lapse of nine months, it is not easy to recall all the details, and I have no copy of the British Who’s Who. Besides that, several men then in the innermost circles are out now.) Rt. Hon. Brendan Bracken is a young man, younger than myself, I should guess. He is said to be a rich man, partly through his own efforts. He is striking in appear­ ance, not at all handsome, but cer­ tainly different, his chief charac­ teristic being a shock of red hair which defies combing. He was in the publishing business and has been secretary to Churchill and is a personal friend of the Prime Min­ ister. The group of Canadian editors felt much indebted to Brendan Bracken. It wasn’t just because he gave us a dinner one day, at which we met many of the minis­ ters, though that was a memorable ’occasion. But apart from that, hospitality seemed unbounded. our were with (To be Continued)