The Brussels Post, 1949-1-19, Page 7• Over $56 Million
Daring the. 349 days horse racing
to Canada at 34 meetings in 1948, a
total of 56,178,491 was wagered, an
increase of $7,658,582 over the
amount wagered at 329 days 'racing
at 36 meetings in 1947. Prize
motley in 1948 totalled $2,7b5,400,
an increase of $431,725 over 1947.
Of the total of $56,178,491 wager -
'ed in 1948 Ontario accounted for
$37,368,215 wall 144 days racing,
British Columbia was second with
$7,213,00 wagered during 70 days
racing;' 3I anitoha was third with
$4,216.707 w•agered,at 28 days roe=
' ' ing; Alberta.fourth With $3,447,711
at 39 days racing; Quebec fifth with
'$3,157,975 and 56 dart racing;
Saskatchewan, sixth with $773,903
wagered during 12 days raring,
There is oto pari-mutuel betting
at race tracks in the Maritime:pro
vinces under the Superrvisiou of
the Dominion Departmeet of Agri-
culture,
..The statinties fur cities show that,
xoronto was the leader in the a-
modnt wagered -by a big margin
with $26,288;059. ' Vancouver was
•secohd with $6,225,283; Fort 'Erie
.third; with $4,$15,369, followed by
Winnipeg, $4,216,707; • Hamilton,
$3,974,369; Montreal, $2,579,013;
Niagara Falls, $2,290,418; Edmore -
ton, $1,994,172; Calgary, $1,453,539;
Victoria, $988,697; Ottawa, $578,962;
'Regina, $421,977, and Saskatoon
with $351,926,
• The largest amount wagered at
any meet, was at the fall seven-
day meeting of the Ontario Jockey
Club, •Woodbine Park, Toronto,
Ont., when 92,280,007 was wagered.
It's A Fur Cry front the sunny
b e a c h es of Florida to the
wintry blasts up north, but this
outfit is good for both places.
'Dee Gentner's the lady's name
and she's wearing a caracul
jacket over a caracul bathing
suit.
Plenty of Hide
A full sized soccer match -ball
takes two and a half. square feet
of leather-. The best balls are made
from English cow -hide and they're
hand -stitched throughout. The best
quality is cut out from the centre
of the hide. Even if the whole cow
hide were used in malting footballs,
as many as twenty-five thousand
head of cattle would be needed to
make footballs normally 'consumed'
in . Britain every year. .
Can't Hurry London
Every time I come back to this
town after being away for a spell,'I
somehow start looking around for
changes in the old place says Stan -
le Maxted. I, never seem to learn
that London refuses to be hurried.
Of course the Luftwaffe • did push
her around a little — made her
change her ways, some—but alarms
and excursions are no new story for
theOld Lady. She `net settles her
Y1
bonnet dead centre again—or maybe
it's worn . a little to the left these
days — then she pushes her specs
back up her high bridge nose; and
pursues her Stately, way. No, tak-
ing the long view, London doesn't
change much. •
SA LY'S SALLIES
'After we're married, dear, you
won't have to work at the office,
so late,'
s
CGwertdottr.e P. Cle„t,lce
Friends, allow inc to introduce'to
you the latest addition to Ginger
Farm, She isn't very big as she is
only two months old. $tie . has
honey -coloured hair, brown eyes, is
very lively and weighs four pounds
before feeding — probably five
pounds afterwards. Since her entry
into the family circle_ there !las been
no peace except when she is sleep-
ing. During that blissful period we
walk around on tip -toe and speak
.``in hushed voices—at least we did
until I decided she might just as
well have her sleep in a box down
in the furnace cellar. This 'disturber
of the peace is a pure-bred cocker
spaniel. no less, goes by the name
of Gip; and has been with us now
just over two 'Weeks. This addition
to the family was not my idea at
all. It was just a brain -wave of
Daughter's who has always wanted
a cocker 'spaniel so she bought this
little tike and sent her hone for
Mother to look after.
* * *
After Gip arrived the fun began,
_ especially when Mark, our half-
grown black cat appeared on the
scene. Gip was ready to meet all
comers, pian or beast, with ,a
friendly greeting. Mark, of coure,
arched his flack, spat, swore, and
ran for cover every time Gip moved.
Tippy, our collie, sniffed around
the puppy and then his Hp began
to curl and he was ready to take
her by the neck it the hadn't inter-
vened. Such a time as I had for a
couple of days, afraid to leave the
three of them together and yet sure
that to do so was the only way in
which they would get accustomed
to one another. And then, in no
time at all, Gip and Marlc were the
best of friends. Now they spend
every waking minute wrestling and
chasing each other around, although
at time they will stop and both
take a feed from the same dish; and
at night they sleep together in the
same box.
* h *
Partner says he has always
wanted to see a wrestling bout at
the Maple Leaf Gardens but now
he has decided he doesn't meed to
because he can see all the wrestling
he wants right here at home. The
pup and the eat both sit up on their
hind legs and bhen make a quick
grab at each other and roll over and
over. The cat goes for the pup's
ears and the pup bites at the cat's
tail. The cat works a tight clench
by hooking her front paws around
the pup's neck, making the pup paw
the air with her hind legs until
she eventually works herself free.
Tippy is still our big problem.
Naturally she is frightfully jealous
and it wasn't until today that she
would allow the pup anywhere near
her at all. Probably when they
can both run out Tippy will find it
lots of fun to have someone to run
around with her,
* * *
Gip is really a cute Bette thing.
Already she will sit up .and beg,
and her bright little eyes are so
intelligent you almost think she
knows exactly what you are saying.
Which is fortunate, because I have
to say plenty, as she is very far
from being housebroken. The first
day she was here she more or less
had the run of the house, but I
soon found that wouldn't do at all
-I don't need that much exercise!
But yet I didn't want doors shut
all over the house so I got a big
piece of cardboard and fitted it
across the sitting - room doorway.
That keeps the puppy out—much
to her annoyance — and yet still
leaves room for air to circulate. It
is also low enough for us to step
over and Mark to jump over. Oc-
casionally Mark, or the big dog,
knocks down the barricade and
there are a few frightened yelps and
squeals but naturally none of them
is reaily hurt,
* * *
So that is the way '''of things
at Ginger Farm right now — and
amid all this menagerie I had
Christmas dinner ' to get, the tree
to decorate, last minute presents to
wrap. And what that pup didn't
do when the Christmas presents and
wrappings were scattered around
the ' house after Christmas isn't
worth telling. As far as I can see
there will be never a dull moment
around here for some time to come.
There is only one thing I don't like
about the "little tike, and that is
her name—Gip. That was Daugh-
ter's choice—what I would like to
call it is "Honey"—because that's
her colour and that's her nature.
Famous Manuscript
Comes Back Home
The original manuscript of Lewis
Carroll's Alice in Wonderland has
spent the past twenty years in the
United States. And now, as a gen-
erous tribute to Britain by a group
of anonymous Americans, it has
been handed back to be kept in the
British Museum. There, Mr. Luther
Evans, Chief Librarian of Congress,
presented the manuscript to the
Archbishop of Canterbury who is
the principal trustee.
Valentine Selsey decribes the cere-
mony as follows;
"It took place in the 'Conference
Room where the trustees hold their
week -to -week meetings—in fact, it
happened just prior to one of those
meetings, and, when it was over,
we were hustled out of the room
so that the meeting could proceed.
I mention this because it is some
indication of the informality of the
event.
"Mr. Luther Evans did not want
the publicity; nor did the museum;
it was, nevertheless, a great occa-
sions—the return of an old friend,
and a great gesture by friends
overseas. Mr, Evans was not act- •
ing solely for himself. Others had
given him support—both financial
and otherwise. We heard from Mr.
Baby Doll For Baby Gorilla:.,—Santa was very good to little
Sinbad, baby gorilla at the Lincoln Park Zoo. He brought a
doll for Sinbad, who seems to be very happy with Santa's
choice,
Evans something of the history of
this manuscript.
"Apparently, twenty years ago, it,
had come up for auction in England.
At that time, the British Museum
had tried to buy it for .the nation,
but the price had been too high,
and an American buyer had carried
,the manuscript away. It went to
America, and then, eighteen years
later, it carne on to the market
again.
"Mr. Evans, who had just been
appointed to his present job, decided
to try and purchase the manuscript
and to return it to England. He and
his friends would have willingly, bid
up to £25,000, but tate sale was'
clinched at £12,500. Why had they
done this? Mr. Evans told us.
"It was a guesture of respect for
Britain, and for the British way of
life. And, secondly, the manuscript
should never have left England any-
way, This was a case of that cul-
tural plunder which all civilized
nations are fighting against, and to
return the manuscript was some-
thing in the nature of cultural
reparation.
"But what of the manuscript it-
self? It is a very small one, written
in the tiny, neat hand -writing of
Lewis Carroll. The illustrations are
by Lewis Carroll himself, and the
photograph at the end of the manu-
script is of the original Alice for
whom the story was written. She
was the daughter •of a friend of
Carroll, and the author dedicated the
story as a 'Christmas gift to a dear
child in memory of a summer day.'"
New — And All Of Them Useful
Pee -Wee Radio. New radio is
only the size of a cigarette package
and uses a hearing -aid device, •
New Headlight. So that night
drivers can see around a corner be-
fore making a turn this headlight,
which fits into circle of the new
Ford grille, is linked to the steering
mechanism so that it swings around
about- one third further and faster
than the wheels,
For Juicier Roasts, Meat skew-
ers made of heat -conducting alumin-
um alloy. It is claimed that six
of them inserted in a roast will cut
cooking time and reduce shrinkage
more than a fifth.
i1
BY TOM 4IREGORY
To SAVE TIME AND TROUBLE
IN SHOVELING COAL FROM A BIN
YOU CAN CONSTRUCT AN UNUSUAL
DOOR THAT PERMITS THE FUEL
TO BE REMOVED FROM EITHER
THE TOP OR BOTTOM OF A
BILLED BIN.
SEVERAL BOARDS ARE CUT
TO' FIT THE OPENING AND EACH ,
BOARD 19 HINGED SEPERATELy
TO THE CASING, THE FREE ENDS
HELD WiTH A HASP AND STAPLE.
TO MAKE SINGLE UNITS OUT QF
THE INDIVIDUAL BOARDS JUST DRiVE
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FIT SNAIL
IN 'tad. VASE NECK AS
A
No Snag Fish Lure. Made with
retractible hooks this fish lure is
said to be tangle -proof. The hooks
'spring out from the plastic body
only when tension is placed on the
line,
Measuring ..Pencil. Mechanical
pencil with a built-in measuring de-
vice. By rolling head of pencil over
any flat or curved surface, user can
read dimensions, up to 36 inches,
along side of pencil.
For 'Icy Driving. This device
pours grit in front of the rear
wheels of autonmobiles. Grit contain-
er fits permanently in luggage com-
partment, and discharges through
tubes hidden under fenders. Con-
trolled by switch on steering post.
For. Loose Joints. Small metal
syringe squirts glue into loose furni-
ture joints, Syringe is fitted with
small drill to make hole for the glue.
Frosted Light. This newly de-
veloped, frosted incandescent light
blub g ives evenglowover entire
n
surface, unlike present type which
glow more brightly at bulb end. It
will reduce glare from naked lamps,
For Even Suntan, ,A sin lamp
which moves automatically over a
6 -foot distance to provide uniform
head -to -toe exposure, then shifts off
automatically to • avoid over-
exposure, •
Island of Birds
And Knitters
Fair Isle is a tiny piece of British
territory lying between the, Orkney
and Shetland Islands. It is three
and a half miles long, by half that
width, and about eighty people
live there, with three children at-
tending school. The only contact
with the outside world is by a ship
that puts in once a week—when
weather conditions allow. The Fair
Islanders grow their own food and
catch fish but their chief source
of income comes from knitting,
The wool from their sheep is sent
away to be spun and when it comes
back, the women• dye it in bright
colours with dyes which they make
from lichens, flowers and berries
and knit it into gaily patterned
jumpers of intricate design.
The Fair Isle has another claim
to fame. It is a stopping place for
migrating birds, and millions pass
through every year. Nearly three
hundred different kinds have been
seen there, both common and rare
ones, and several birds on the Bri-
tish list have never been seen at
any other point in the British Isles,
Peter Scott, himself a well known
ornithologist and son of the famous
Scott of the Antarctic, says that
when the birds migrate they fly
along definite routes which they
have used for hundreds of years.
Fair Isle lies at an important point
on one of the main migration routes,
which goes north through Britain
and then forks; one stream of birds
goes on across the North Sea to
Scandinavia and even further north,
the other turns North-West to
Greenland and Iceland, making
Fair Isle into an avian sort of junc-
tion. Scott remarked ,on the extra-
ordinary sense of direction that
, birds possess, but said that although
much study has been devoted to
the subject no scientific explanation
of this annual miracle has been
found. Fair Isle is an admirable
place for studying birds because
they are all gathered in a very
small area, and can be much more
easily seen,
Now Fair Isle has been bought
by George Waterson, who intends
to set up an observatory to study
birds and bird migration in particu-
lar. Waterson visited the island
regularly before the war. Last
January he bought the island, and
began to develop it as an observa-
tory. He said that what they intend
to do there is to keep a continuous
record of migrating birds, and to
trap and ring' them so that the
people who find them later alive or
dead, in other parts of the
world
will have a guide to the limits. of
their migrating. They will ales
study those birds that live on Fair
Isle all the year round, and there
will be scientific research into the
plant and insect life and history '
of the island, so that it should be-
come a valuable source of informa-
tion on many aspects of natural
history.
9s Rt
LE TALKS
e av A't1.dtews.
During the holiday season most
housewives just sort of let that old
Food Budget "go hang". But now
ti- , the festivities are over for an-
other year a Int of us again have to
keep a watchful eye on food costs,
especially in homes where the
growth of the family income never
seems to keepestep with that of the
:;..; generation. •
So J think that probably many of
you would like to have this recipe
for a White Cake --plain but good—
which, besides being easy to make,
has the advantage that no eggs are
required in its preparation. It can
b served as a plain cake while
warm on the day it's baked, or with
sauce of some sort when cold.
Plain White Cake
2 tablespoons lard or shorten-
ing
131 cups sugar
2 cups sifted flour
Grated orange rind
Ye teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons -baking powder
%z cup evaporated milk
31 cup water
METHOD -- Cream sugar with
shortening and grated orange rind.
Add milk alternately with sifted dry
'ingredients, beating until just nicely
mixed. Bake in moderate oven —
350 deg. — for about fifty minutes.
* * *
Recently I was talking to an old
friend — one who went to school
with me in a little Ontario town
more years ago than either of us
would be likely to confess, except
on the witness stand. She asked if
I remembered the PEPPERNUTS
that some of the German -Canadian
women used to hand out to us kids
in the olden days "PFEFFER-
NUSSE" was what they called
thein.
I certainly did remember them,
and how good they tasted. More
than that, I got hold of a recipe
which I'm sure a lot of you may be
glad to have, and to try. Here's
how they're made.
Peppernuts
4 eggs
1 pound sugar
2 ounces citron
2 ounces almonds o.
'Grated rind of 1 lepton
4;4 cups flour
1 teaspoon nutmeg
?: teaspoon ground cloves
One'eighth teaspoon black
pepper.
METHOD—Beat eggs well, and
slowly add the sugar: mix and add
the citron. almonds, Ienaon rind,
flour and spices. Chill the dough,
then roll about one-half inch thick
and cut with small, round cutter —^
a small egg cup will do, or anything
approximately one inch in diameter.
Place ou waxed paper and let stand
overnight to dry. Next morning, be-
fore baking, turn each cookie up-
side down and put a drop of water
or fruit juice on the moist spot in
the bottom of the cookie. Bake at
350 degrees. The water or fruit
juice tends to make the Peppernuts
"pop". Let them ripen and soften
for a while, as they'll be quite hard
at first. Sounds like a bit of bother
but I know you'll say they're worth
it,
arg
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relief an coughs,
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How To Get Quick Relief
From Sore, Painful Piles
I can help most pile sufferers. I be-
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relief from the itching eorene0s end
burning pain of plies.
My Hem -gold treatment is different.
Hem -Raid is an internal medicine -- a
small tablet taken with a glass of
water. It correct. the conditions IN -
EBBE your body that cause you such
intense pile soreness and pain,
But I'll be honest with you. Hem -
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more than others so I want to Protect
those who are not eatlefled. I refuse
to ask People to pay for something that
does not help them as melt es they
expect it to. If Hem -Bold helps you.
▪ ureiy it is worth the smell cost. Other-
wise I want your to have your money
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are honest about such things.
All I ask is you use Hem -Bold ao
directed for 10 days. Then 1f you are
not eattsfted return what you did not
use and get your money back, This it
an unusual offer but Hent -Bold to an
unusual medicine. It has been sold on
a refund promise for over 40 years, r
am not asked to make many refunds
so it must help moot fouls who use it.
At all drug stores.
"Do People Really
Call Me Crabby?"
Do you sometimes feel that people are
beginning to think you are high-strung
—always tense and nervous—so that
you fly off the handle easily?
Your Nerves Can Play
Many women find it hard to realize
their nerves are "bad". Yet it's not
unusual for a high-strung woman's
delicate nervous system to get
off balance—especially during the
functional changes she faces in
girlhood, young motherhood and
middle life. That's when a good
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It will help you feel better, look
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During the last fifty years, thou-
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