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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1944-03-09, Page 6Hints On Fashions 00000 ism Black with pink is a delightful color scheme that is pleasing to frocks for dressy wear esl.Necially,, such as this dainty, "date" dress. The jacket is shell pink and buttons snugly in a smoothly fitted line. Stitching gives body to the ruffled flanges on each side of the front, The skirt is centre seamed with a few gathers concen- trated on each side. Household Hints - By MRS. MARY MORTON A friend of mine used to say that it was easy to serve good meals when there was plenty of everything to use in them. This was long before ration- ing and she meant—if you had enough money to buy good foods and plenty of them. Aver FT TN TRUTH' p 71-dar No. 34 /r41 kosir ceitf~ &Av. 7e, 'Pt 4YORY PEA,A01 Y4a Cif& Ole 4/40 SW/4/60, SPENDING NOW IS BAD BUSINESS Goods ate scarce in wartime$ you cannot always get what you want. So spending is bad business besides *licit it risks breaking the price cell, lig. Save your money for when it can buy just What you want and help promote eni, ployment, too. 'You'll help- Canada and help yourself by . saving all you can. ltltlN litRAtt LIMITED • tondo*, c.nadd -44t ow' 72) WIN 71/4" w4R— WHY W01)404/(7- / BE wir# MY gaY 01/6"Rghaels—Bur S'77.14 7-/-//iVie Hag/ / s'acivp MONEY a My BUS/NESS' „ BUT IF 41/tRY‘wh- r//exe.4,7- 2/X-4" Ye9/1 1442, /01/S-4164-1,4710A1 so 1V At/awry is'oav goat) ic/A/.0 yOlze "we/a/41444.5-er Re4w4/a Mac// OF "rivyrriov 000104:ximiwww , /c`/CA's' n/oalp ae) e/1,4a.,914/: ND .a;e4,7/./4*A e4 e4' 7//dr emkte zer,. Ae4a4.- iizAt/Av.? dadt r'r WINGHAM ADVANC-TIMtS Thursday, March 9th, 1944 "Makes' Bread that's rich, deliciou4, light-textured, tasty, more digestible! ALWAYS FULL STRENGTH, ALWAYS DEPENDABLE how much you will enjoy .a steaming cup of Neilson's famous Chocolate Cocoa TONIGHT.' vg lb. 19c It& JERSEY °fill °64A, VIE MIXING BOWL Iv AMR MAN *doe IIrope Ilesemealie Hello Homemakers! You have prob- ably been using your" egg beater more Shan usual during the last month or two. If so, you may have wondered sometimes just when egg whites were beaten enough, One recipe will say, "add beaten egg until firm and glossy bet not dry." 'There iS no set stage at which egg whites are beaten enough. It is a ran' of "it all depends." That is, you -beat egg whites to different stages for different purposes. For example, when making a meringue topping for a pie or folding in an angel cake mixture, egg whites should be beaten only until they are a soft foam. The air bubbles are small and the beaten whites are glossy and moist but forms soft sounded peaks. Fairly stiff beaten eggs are used in making omelets, souffles, cake frost- ings and meringues. In this case the whole mass is glossy yet stiff enough to slip from the bowl intact. The peaks are pointed and you should be able to cut clearly through the whites. If, however, you beat egg whites any stiffer than this, they will be dry and 1111 01110i LAST-M1NUTE TIPS ON NEAT-SAVING Don't dry wet clothes on your radiators It's the circulation of air from around the radiator that warms the room. If air can't reach it, if it's smothered by wet clothing, it's little better than a radiator turned off completely. A friendly reminder from your 'blue coal' dealer MacLEAN LUMBER & COAL CO. Phone 64W. look dull. Small flakes or lumps ap- pear, which will spoil the texture of the mixture to which the egg white is added, Several things affect the way an egg white acts when you beat it, One is that eggs at room temperature will beat more rapidly than those taken directly from the refrigerator. An- other is that the thicker the egg white, the longer it takes to beat it, but the foam does stand up better. It is amaz- ing how much egg white is left in the shell, so scrape each shell out after you have carefully separated the yolks and whites. Grandmother has always beaten egg whites with a quick round click of the fork on a cold plate—using a favourite fork, but any, fork does the job, A good rotary beater is a good whip to use, in a shallow cold bowl, but they are as scarce as the electric beater, which does the job easily for you. And then if sugar is to be added to egg whites, use fine granulated sugar, adding the required amount gradually. Hot Water Sponge Cake 1 cup flour, 13/2 teaspoons bak- ing powder, Y teaspoon salt, 2 eggs, 1 cup sugar, 6 tablespoons hot water, 14 tablespoon lemon- juice. Sift the flour, measure it, add the salt and sift it again. Separate the whites and yolks of the eggs and beat the yolks until they are thick and lem- on-coloured. Add the sugar gradually and beat again. Add the lemon juice and hot water and mix thoroughly. Fold in the flour, alternately with the stiffly beaten egg-whites. (Be careful not to beat the cake at this stage.) Bake in a floured sheet or loaf tin in electric oven (sheet, 325° F, 30 min- utes—loaf, 300°-325°F, 40-60 minutes). Coffee Frosting 1 unbeaten egg-white, %. cup granulated sugar, 3 tablespoons cold coffee. Place all 'ingredients in the top of a double boiler. Place over boiling water and beat with beater for 7 min- utes. Beat and spread on cake. Fish Fondue 1 cup milk, 1 cup soft bread crumbs, 1 tablespoon butter, teaspoon salt, 3 eggs, fish. Scald the milk, add bread crumbs, butter and salt. Add egg yolks, slightly beaten. Cool to lukewarm. Add 1 to VA cups meat or fish, dran- ed and flaked or chopped. When ready to bake, fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Turn into greased baking dish and bake in an electric oven of 350°F for 45 to 50 minutes. Yield: 6 servings. * * * * THE QUESTION BOX Mrs. W. S. Suggests: Burnt Sugar Pudding 2 egg yolks beaten, I table- Spoon white sugar, 2 tablespoons corn starch, 0 cups, milk, Ye tea- .' spoon vanilla, 3 tablespoons brown sugar, Make basic cornstarch pudding by heating .I5j pups milk and adding a paste made of sugar, cornstarch, beat- en egg yolks and vanilla, with a little of the 14 cup milk, Put three table- spoon brown sugar in frying pan and carmelize, stirring constantly. When liquified, stir in 31 cup boiling water. Let mixture cool, Fold in g egg whites, beaten, until firm and, glossy. Answer; This is a desseq to be recommended to serve- your best friends.. Note: The incorrect amount of sugar in the oatmeal cookie recipe was shown two weeks ago. We , heard from thirteen people who said they had tried them and we are truly sorry this happened. The amount should have been 1%, cups sugar, not 214' cups. Anne Allan invites you to write to her c/o The Advance-Times. Send in your suggestions on homemaking problems and watch this column for replies. with Milk Luncheon klot Baked Sandwich Cabbage Salad Graham Crackers Milk Tea Dinner Boiled Fish with Egg Sauce French' Fried Potatoes Canned or Frozen Peas Calavo Salad Gingerbread with Lemon Sauce Coffee or Tea Hot Baked Sandwich' r. Toast slices of bread and make sandwiches with slices of leftover meat; cut sandwiches into triangles, if you like, and place in buttered individ- ual baking dishes. Cover with cream sauce, add a- layer of grated cheese, sprinkle with paprika and bake in a moderate oven (400 degrees F.) until, cheese is slightly brown, Egg Sauce for Fish 1 recipe cream- sauce 2 chOpped hard-boiled eggs 1 tablespoon chopped parsley 1 teaspoon lemon juice or vinegar Add eggs, parsley and lemon juice (you may use more lemon juice if you prefer to make a more acid sauce) to white sauce'rteerresmaouvceing from fire, Cream 2 tablesii6Oris butter 2 tablespoons flour „1/2 teaspoon salt , % teaspoon pepper 1 cup milk Melt butter, add flour, salt, pepper, and cook 1 or 2 minutes until thick and smooth. Add milk, and cook, stirring constantly, until thick and smooth. Lemon. Sauce i/2 tablespoons cornstarch 1 cup boiling water 2 - tablespoons butter 1/2 cup sugar 1 tablespoon grated orange rind 3 tablespoons lemon juice Ye teaspoon salt 'Combine sugar and cornstarch, add water and bring to a boil, stirring con- stantly, until thick and smooth. Re- move from heat, add remaining ingred- ients, and serve over hot gingerbread. CONSERVATION CLIPS FAST ACTION HELPS PREVENT MANY COLDS every dig andadab can be used another day . . another way! Plugging Electricty Difficult to get electrical repairs done quickly these days Good idea to keep cords and end pieces in shape so they won't need retrairing. Here are some tips. 1. Never remove a plug from an outlet by pulling or jerking. 'This strains the copper strands and may cause a short circuit. Hold the plug firmly and gently dislodge it from the outlet. 2. Care should be taken that furniture is never moved onto cords. The protective covering of the cord may be ripped and a scary shock. in store for whoever touches the exposed wires. 3. Cords should never be placed where they are apt to be tripped over, Releases Received From Messrs R. P. • MacLean' and C. J.' Allbon, Official Delegates of the C.W.N.A, NOw in England With the Canadian Press Party Sponsored by the United Kingdom Information Branch. . LIFE ON A TROOPSHIP by R. P. MacLean Life on a large troopship was ex- perienced at-first hand .by a party of eight Canadian newspapermen who are currently in Britain as the guest of the Ministry of information 'of the United Kisgdom, Included in the group as representatives of the'weekly newspapers of Canada were Charles Allbon of the Springfield, Nova Scotia, Record, and R. P. MacLean of the Kelowna, British Columbia, Courier. The party sailed from / an eastern port on one of the largest of the ships carrying troops across' the Atlantic. Censorship reasons prevent the nam- ing of the ship, but her name is a household word around Canadian fire. sides. The ship was essentially a troopship and the thirty-odd civilian passenger, including the news group, were just so much surplus baggage. It was not a luxury journey, and, indeed, there was no pretense about that matter. It simply resolved down to.getting across the Atlantic, and, if civilians had to be carried at all, they went as comfort- ably as possible with all due regard space and the to the exigencies of fact that the ship was under military orders. Those cabins which in. the heyday of, peacetime luxury travel accommo- dated two people, are now converted he -twin beds are into space for six. T. gone and in their stead are three rows steel cots. The r cabins accom- ixteen! Fortun- of upper and lower normal four-passenge modate rollers than s ately the newsmen were assigned to ix men crowded ith the luggage the smaller cabins! But, nevertheless, s into one small room w for a month or six weeks,' and no available cupboard space, was a prob- lem which had to be met ands solved. It was solved, but the solution was' tiered the news- not ,comfortable. However, what got men more than anything else was the sense Of confinement, Blackouts news- 1y in the evening aboard ship come ear and. at this. time of the year tary long wring the black-into the morning. D out no one IS permitted on the open deck and no portholeis allowed tp be open, This simPly me.ant that by bed- fora breath of hungry for a glimpse it be a Stormy time every man Sorge fresh air and was hurl of sky—even though one, In addition, there was th6 necessary restriction 'on movement, Every inch of space was used to accommodate the troops and this meant the peacetime the passengers ble, The smok- stamping grounds of were not now availa ing room Was no longer a place to smoke;ere available in n short, the only hundreds of officers main 'lounge and out of bounds' smoke no ;tocktails w the 'coektall lounge, I place left for the hun to congregate was file this was frequently (unless one wanted to sit in on the 4, Tacks should not be used to hold -down 'cord. The metal tack may' break through the insulation' and cause a short circuit. 5. Cords that are frayed or broken, or .cords with loose plugs should be replaced immediately. Grills and Grouches Doing light housekeeping °and cook- ing on a grill . . for one? It takes imagination and ingenuity to contrive exciting meals that can be cooked on one or two burners. Try, cooking Several vegetables together for inter- esting flavour. For instance, mash together potatoes and turnip, or car- rots and turnip.' Make the bottom of the double boiler do the vegetables and the top do a pudding. Save the vegetable water for gravy too. .Don't let the size of your "galley" get you down , . , think of the cook on , a corvette! . meeting) as it was the only available place the military organization could hold its necessary meetings. This meant that hundreds of unattach9d of- ficers and the civilian passengers Were confined almost to their cabins—and there was nary a single 'chair in those cabins. was when the lounge was available, it almost impossible to obtain a chair and a table for bridge was im- possible. Those chairs and tables were permanently in use for bridge games, poker games and what have you. Spacious as the lounge may have been in peacetime, it was not suffici- ently large to commence to accommo- date the crowd of officers 'aboard. When it is remembered that this ship was carrying about five times her normal peacetime complement of pas- sengers and crew—and in summer months has carried six times that number—some idea of the congestion can be obtained. No wonder that it was no unusual sight to see a peer of the British Realm sitting on the floor, back to post, reading his book; or a colonel and a general squatting on the 'floor playing rummy; or a .dozen poker,' crap, bridge and rummy games in full flight on the floor. The smoking restrictions ,too, were a little arduous on some. The lounge and the promenade deck were the only available .places duririg the blackout. Smoking, in. the cabins was strictly taboo., At this point those who know the writer are commencing to smile, but „without cause,• as for some reason, he decided that he did not' want to smoke and did not do so for four days! And, what's more, it was not because. he was seasick! During the daytime, the open decks were available but for a major portion of the s ivoyage these were not popular as the passage was a rough one. The result of all' this was that the average clay aboard ship consisted of rising about eight, .breakfast at nine, a brief turn on the open deck, a chat in the cabin until boat drill—on those, days when one could be held—and then a sleep till three or four, ,Another chat followed and then dinner with More chat and bed. This program was varied' on certain days when movies were shown in the lounge, but these Were for the most part cancelled as 'it just was not safe to 'have a number of people sitting on chairs in long rows during heavy seas, But the appetite for the movies was considelably .dampened in any case on the very first 'day when—of all things! —a film was shown depicting how easily a submarine could sink a shipl True, it was a British submarine sink- ing German ships, but the picture Was all too real for :the taste of most of those ;officers making their first cross- ing through submarine-infested wat- ers! We all thought that someone might have shown just a little better judgement' in their selection of films!' One of the things which grew to be part of one on that ship, was'the life, belt. tven before leaving harbour we had to tote that belt wherever we went. We slept with it: ate with' it even when we rust went into the next cabin it went with us. Leave it be- hind and a military policeman would Wine roaring behind yott. At first it was hard to remember, but before long: 'it became as' much a' part of your ap- parel as your tie or your trousers. We ate just twice a vlaY. There. were five sittings; five for the troops and four. for the officers and, civilians. The bugle for the first breakfast sit- ting for the men went about six and the first dinner call went before four in , the afternoon. Our party ate at nine and seven. The seven-to-nine stretch was not bad but the nine-to- seven stretch was very, very long some days! The meals were excellent with plenty of everything including un- limited butter and fruit. No account of the voyage would be gomplete without the mention of the, loudspeaker, Why such a thing as a.' public address system was ever invent- ed is a mystery. They even blew the bugle over the damned thing and we did get so tired of hearing. calls for "Task Force This" and "Unite Com- mander That" and calls for this officer . to report to this place and that officer to report to that plaCe. But it was just too much when they interrupted the news to tell Lieut. Smith to hurry or he would miss hiS dinner. And then there was boat drill. At a given signal we adjusted, our belts and hurried to our emergency stations and were there assembled and eventu- ally marched to our boat stations. The civilians and a group of U.S. army nurses were grouped together and there was some comfort in the thought that the women and the civilians were to be first in the boats—just in case!' The trip was not a smooth one. On the contrary for two days the ship• rolled until even the ship's officers said' it was just about as bad as they had. seen. There were minor injuries—sev- eral. Entertainment was cancelled- The dining sat:-14as almost wrecked. Several passengers were jettisoned out of the upper berths. Baggage, shoes,. trunks and boxes slid backwards and forwards continuously across the floor. And that was not all that slid. Five• members of the press party . in one fell swoop 'did a nose dive across al- most the' entire width of the ship and: only the fact that some negro troops, acted• as a buffer prevented' now. injury. The incident is funny now. It- Was painful. then. - WelCome, indeed, was• the sight of land and it is difficult to Say whether the newsmen or the negro troops wel- comed it more. Wife Preservers Today's Menu Breakfast Oranges Cereal Coffee Scrambled Eggs Toast Dibs and Dabs Know the best storage methods for your food? Keep left-overs in the re- frigerator and remember to keep them covered; a saucer will do the trick just as well as the pliofilm bonnets made specially for this purpose . And don't let left-overs get pushed way to the back of the refrigerator .". chances are that when they turn up they won't be very appetizing. A daily check at meal planning time is a good idea . . From Developing Right at Start At the first sign of a cold, put a few • drops of Va-tro-nol •up each nostril. Its stimulating action aids Nature's defenses against colds. . . And remember—when a head cold makes you suffer, or transient conges- tion "fills up" nose, spoils sleep, 3-pur- pose Va-tro-nol gives valuable help as it (1) shrinks swollen membranes, (2) relieves irritation, (3) helps flush out nasal passages, clearing clogging VICKS• m relief it brit g oy s. the VA:MO-MOIL WITH OUR WEEKLY NEWSPAPER. REPRESENTATIVES OVERSEAS wIlleon••••• When substituting bl•own sugar for white, use Weight for weight, not measure for measure, as brown sugar is lighter in weight ,per volume than white. Brown sugar should be packed solidly in cup; aranulated should not. , • °STAIN THEM AT YOUR • HYDRO SHOP