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The Brussels Post, 1949-11-16, Page 7Helpful Hints For Housewives If you stud your broom or duet plop agalns'ej a wall or door, try fitting the hteudle-end with a rubber AM such all -that used en,a crutch, This will, keep the handle from sliding and falling. Also prevents its marring the woodwork. * * * An old percolator makes an ex- cellent used -fat container, The cof- fee basket strains fat as it enters. When used again, fat will pour easily from the spout. e * * • If you use oilcloth on your kitch- en worktable or pantry shelves, here's a tip that will make ft wear far longer, especially at the corners where k breaks through first: Lay the cloth on the surface where it is going to be used and mark the under sides at each corner point with a pencil. Cover these pencil narks carefully with a wide piece of adhesive tape, You will be sur- prissd how mulch more service you will get from the oilcloth. t. * e: When you make your baby's overalls, put snaps on the inside leg seals instead of sewing then up. Diapers can be changed in a minute byrust unsnapping tin 1 t Pi g thelegs. Open overalls are easy to iron, too. * * * Before unrolling a paper shade that needs to be cut narrower, care- fully measure the width desired. Then, press a thumbtack firstly into tate shade at this point. When you unroll the shade, you will find that. the tack Itas made a series of holes about :three mcis's ,,,rt down the entire le— follow this handy guideline with your scissors, and (0e 1111 Walite(i - part snips off in a minute. * * * If you necd extra serving space when guests come, drape your port- able ironing board with a piece of cretonne or other material Let the cover hang clear to the floor. Titis In ndy surface takes"up little room and holds a number of dishes. It's a real step saver. * * 5 A pie plate pivoted on. a nail or wood screw makes a handy revolv- ing tray for your spices. Mount it on a kitchen shelf with a washer between. the plate and the shelf. Let it overhang a little for easier turn- ing. * * * Reserve a special spot in your refrigerator for the children's after school snacks. When they rush home from classes hungry, they know the food and drinks in that place are theirs without asking. Saves reshuffling of your own sup- per menu, * e: * Give this idea a try if your ice cubes slide around the sink when you loosen them from the tray: Place a colander in the sink to catch the cubes. No more run- aways! And the ice is drained, ready for use, * * ' * A soda straw stakes• en excellent aid for lighting the gas -stove oven, Since the straw is waxed, it burns readily. Furthermore, it is long 'enough to reedit the burner without placing your arm inside the oven. t, * * Here's a way to make attractive, two-tone buttons for the dresses you fashion yourself. Buy two sets & two -eyed buttons — a colored sei with flat centres, and a White set small enough to fit the inner part of the colored button. Sew through both sets of buttons. For a perfect finishing touch, mount an extra pair on earring bases. * * * When trimming surplus material from the bottom of a garment, I slip it over my ironing board and do the cutting right there. It is much easier than trying to work on a table, and it prevents my Rc- cidentally cutting into some other part of the garment. * * At Small holes torn or burned in w linoleum are no problem at our house, We simply melt a bit of wax crayon the sante color as the Pattern and pour it into the hole. When this is smoothed over, the spot is almost impossible to find. The Ultimate — Biaks — "JNiat man is the worst skinflint I ever heard of. He puts buttons in the collection .plate in church." Skinks — "Well, that's not tan - common." ' Rinks "No, but he takes the 'buttons off the pew cushions," SALLY'S,. SALLIES 'They tray you're a One-meite woman, Sue, Where is her J !Maggie Boosts. Girl Scouts—Filth star Margaret O'Brien re- . ceives the thanks of Mrs. C. Vaughan Ferguson for her work in a short movie titled, "Come Along VtTith the Girl Scouts." The filet, now being shown tlationa ly, is a plea for volunteer adult leaders for Gill Scout troops. • HRONTICLES . I GER M P rl",rhe When you conte to the end—not of a perfect day, but a perfect week, then you are glad to sit alone for awhile, if only to rest your weary bones. At least that is the way T felt last week after spending clay after day in the garden—pruning, clipping, weeding and transplant- ing.. Never before have I done such complete clean-up job in the fall. And I still need another two days to really finish the job. One thing is certain it was good for me—and it was good for the garden, even though my hands are a sight to behold... and my knees T during the day a; rubber kneeling stat was my only -salvation—and at night a good rubbing of liniment. Partner was always saying—"Why don't you let up a bit?" But how could I let up when we were have - big such wonderfully co-operative weather—a high of 70, no less. Incidentally Partner didn't show much sign of letting up himself. He was doing very much the sante kind of work as I was, only heavier, and along the fences. Every day we had a glorious bonfire as a re- sult of our combined efforts be- cause whenever I had so much brush around the I could hardly move, Partner would conte to the rosette,. take away the brush ane burn it. VVhfle we were thus en. gaged Bob was chugging away in the front field at his fall plough- ing. So together it was a typical picture of autumnal farm activities, complete with a casualty thrown 4609 SIZES 5- Aite4a. 41444 .1 gond skirt ---the foundation of your separates wardrobe' Thie beauty talccs just ONE YARD of 54 -inch fabric In any given slzel New—pockets, yoke, slim lines! Pattern 4609 comas in waist sines 24, 25, 26, 28. It takes only one yard of 54 -inch fabric, Send TWENTY-FIVE GENTS Mc) In coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern, Print plahtly SIZE NAME, AbDRi�'SS, TYLE NUMBER, Send order to Box 1, 1.2S Eight- eenth Se., New Toronto, Ont. • in. Oh yes, we didn't get away without that. One day at noon Partner walked into the kitchen, put out his hand and said—"Do you think you can handle this, or is it one for the doctor?" "This" was a huge thorn that had gone in at one side of Partner's thumb and come out the other. Not just under the skin but through the fleshy part of the thumb. I looked at it dubiously and prepared to oper- ate, Bttt then I thought—"What if it should break? It would certainly be one for the doctor then. In which case Partner might as well go first as last and save trouble. No sense taking chances with a thing like that. There have been too many fatalities resulting from blood poi- soning from injuries even less ser- ious.' So it was the doctor who re- moved the splinter. He also gave Partner a shot of something—pre- sumably anti -tetanus serum. Now the thumb is as good as new. Well, by Saturday I thought it was time I reserved a few hours for giving the house a once-over, otherwise I was afraid when Daughter carte home for the week- end she might think I had forgotten how to use a atop and duster. But oh dear, the wind got up and et turned cold. It also rained—such a heavy rain. Doors banged, windows rattled, and the kitchen fire stroked, It was a grand day for clean- ing house! So quickly our weather can change. . . one day working a house dress; the next day going in the garden and too hot even in down town and getting my fur coat out of storage. Now the'weath- er has moderated again, Tite sun is shining brightly overhead although along the horizon there are banks of slow-moving billowy white clouds—a sky to delight an artist. But why should I say an artist particularly? One doesn't have to be an artist to appreciate a lovely sky. It niay take the brush of an artist to reproduce such beauty on canvas but certainly ordinary folk like you and me are quite as well able to appreciate these pictures Nature paints. A funny thing happened Saturday mornisug. I had been working away for some time when suddenly I noticed my watch had stopped— watches have a way of doing that if one forgets to wind them. The bedroom clock was going but r knew it wasn't right, so i turned on the radio to get the tinte,.I heard a newscast going on and the an- nouncer wound up by saying "Our next newscast will be at eleven o'clock," "That's fine—the morning is early yet" I said to myself. And then I stopped in my tracks, "But that's crazy — or the radio is. It mist be later than 10 o'clock." So 1 listened again, and presently the announcer said — "This is station so-and-so," (I have.forgotten what the call letters were.) Presently 1 realised it WAS Niagara Falls I was listening to — and Niagara Falls is on standard time! Maybe I should start a few clocks going in this house again — and put same on feat time and some on standard! I suppose titore must be many a comedy of error's these days as a result of this two-time confusion, How nice it will be when we are bank to normal and can hear our dhvourite programme without stay- ing up hall the night to do so, Now I esti going out to get a bast Molting of tomatoes. Think of it Pipe tomatoes in the garden the last week In October) 1 Was Nearly Crazy With Fiery Itch— sill I dleoovoen di pr. D, D, DonabC auras L 101101 —11. A. D. Pre,seltltloa Word ptl ar is euro, sonansg 11eU modloakfon 0 ease and eotttrort'from esual hating ao99 pie pimples, sober, athlete at h otflor itch troubles. Trial bottle gap oat application cheeks oven rho most intense oh or money (Sack. Asirdruggist for D. D, D. Prelerlptioh (ordinary or extra strength). UNDAY SCIIOOI, LESSON By Rev, Barclay Warren THE GREAT INVITATION Isaiah 5511-11 GOLDEN TEXT: Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while Ile is near. Isa, 55:6. Here indeed is a buyers' market. "He that hath no money; conte ye, buy,,aud eat" Isaiah proclaims the great invitation in terms readily understood. He offers a very poign- naut reproof for our day, "Where- fore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your lab- our for that which satisfieth not?" What millions are squandered an- nually in Canada in such pursuits! Isaiah offers a better way: "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon." The golden text reminds us that the natter of seeking the Lord is an urgent one. .If we postpone there will come a time when He will ' not be found. Death will close the door of -opportunity. Also we may harden our hearts against the Gos- pel call, until God is no longer near. This matter is more urgent titan that of insurance on your life or property. We ought to seek the Lord right now. You will be utter- ly amazed at the good things which .God has in this life for those who conte to the Gospel feast. Here is life, eternal ife. 0 that we might become earnest as Christian in Pil- grim's Progress who put his fingers in his ears, and ran on, crying, "Life! life! eternal life!" The lesson closes with an affirm- ation of the power of God's word. "It shall not return unto Me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please." When the works of Marx and Hitler will have been for- gotten, God's Word still standeth sure. Let us search the Scriptures. Better Let The Doctor Prescribe Twelve -year-old Mary Smith complained, "Mother, I've a sharp pain in my right side, and I feel nauseated." "Tell me about it" suggested her cautious mother. "When and where did you first notice the pain?" "Yesterday. It started with a Call ache in my stomach," "You'd better go to bed and rest a while. We'll watch it. If it isn't any better by noon, we'll call the doctor." "May I have a hot water bottle?" "'!'hat isn't wise," answered her mother, "Should this turn out to be appendicitis, heat or cold only dulls the pain, but does not lessen the danger." Later, when Dr, Ferguson came and made a blood count, he bun- dled Mary right off to the hospital for further diagnosis. He had found a sharp increase in the "white count" of her blood. (In appendi- citis, lilce other infections, this is the body's own method of combat- ing invading germs). An operation followed soon after. Mary had no complications, writes Matilda Rose McLaren in "Successful Farming." Appendicitis is an inflatnmation of the appendix, a small worm - shaped organ attached to the be- ginning of the large intestine. It probably starts with a blockage of the appendix by fecal natter front the large intestine. This then inter- feres with drainage, injures the KIDNEY •ACTIVITY ViITAL TO HEALTH Don't wait until you become depressed, but avoid backache and rheumatism by taking KLAAS TILLY DUTCH DROPS as soon as you suspect sluggish kidney action. If you suffer pain and distress due to kidney impurities ask your druggistfor KLAAS TILLY HAARLEM Importod from Holland . Olt walla, and permits germs to set up est infection, While Children and young folios frotn five to 25 are usually suscept- ible to the disease, it is no respector of age. If you notice symptoms similar to Mary's, call a doctor at once. It's not safe to wait, You may have a severe attack of ap• pendicltis in .which tite inflamma- tion aubsides without an operation, but never entirely clears up, Mild attacks may recur, and between them you may or may not feel well. In such cases, the physician may advise an operation, even if symp- toms are mild, because it's possible the next attack may be severe and you may not be able to get med- ieat care quickly. If you have abdominal pain and nausea, you may also be constipat- ed or have diarrohea. Bat avoid taking a laxative or enema, Either may cause the appendix to buret and spread the infection into the abdominal cavity. The generalized abdominal infection which may fol- low is the gravest danger of acute appendicitis. While awaiting the doctor's ar- rival, avoid physical exercise, Rest in bed, Accept no food and only a Knell amount of water for refre,h- ment, Do not rub the abdomen, nor apply heat or eald. Chances of death from acute ap- pendicitis are a great deal less to- day than they were even five years ago, 'Dhe cnb'aeulous new sulphana. wide drugs end pencillitt,-ppO, wipe out infections oVeeuight.. ;s8itd an appendectomy can be performed with great safety when it le done at once, before complication set int WAKE UP YOUR LIVER BILE— Without Calomel—Md You'll Jump Out di Bed in the Morning Ravin' to Go The livor obouid pour out µbout 2 pinta ee kilo Juke Into your digeotivo traot ovary day( Table bileis not bowing freely your food may = not digeot. It may lust denyIn the digestive tract. Then gas bloats up your stomach Yob got oomtipotod. You feel sour, sunk and the world looksuak. It takes those mild, gentle Carter's Llttlo Lar Pule to get these a pinta of bac flow. 1pg(lel fFreely togqmake e�yyou feel "up and µ h' bile Rowafrooly. Ask for Carrtter's Lve ittle 2making Pills. 8ae at s+ry • 15 sty Lam 'Dumplings cost so little made with MAGIC Cut 2lbs. iamb Intel" pieces; brown well in hot drip- ping; pour off oecesefet. Add 4 e. boiling water, 2 celery bops, 2 oprige paraloy, 1 bay leaf. 1 tsp. Bolt and iQ rep. pepper. Cover and simmer 2 hrs. Add 134 o. diced oarrota, 6 peeled email onions. Simmer until moat and vegetables are tender, about M hr. Combine 1 the. molted butter and 2 tbs. flour and stir in a little hot gravy; stir Into stew; stir and cook until thickened. DUMPLINGS: Mix and sift into bowl 14 c, onco- Bifted poetry flour (or 14 o. once -sifted hard wheat flour), 8 tap. Magic Baking Powder, 9T tap. Balt. Cut in finely 14 tbs. shortening. Mako n well In eautre, pour in 38 e. cold water or milk and mix lightly with a fork. Drop by small spoonful. over hot stew. Simmer, without lifting the cover, for 15 minutes. ase 7g,' ecumactikm, Itetalta see N MUCH 01 TER STRENGTR and vitality of Canadian life and the rich quality of its democracy stems from the blending of racial and cultural heritages from many lands. Few countries draw more strength from more nations than does Canada. Canadians are justifiably proud that so many races, without sacrific- ing their national characteristics, have united themselves into one Freat citizenship—the Canadian amily. - Probably no race has produced more emigrants than the Irish. A century ago, the Irish formed half the population of Canada and today, in every town and village from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island, one can find a son of the Emerald Isle. The Irish brogue echoes through all of Canada's history. Blessed with the "gift of the gab", their industry and ambition, coupled with an imaginative humour, are qualities which have won -friends and enabled them to contribute much to Canada's progress. Calvert DISTILLERS (Canada) Limited AMHERSTBURO • ONTARIO Calvert, Secretary of State to King James 1, and head of the famous Calvert family, founded one of Canada's first colonloa In Newfoundland In 1622. Calvert and his detcondanft fostered the principles of rellglout tolerance and democratic freedom and thus helped sow the fertile seed of democracy to the New Wotfd.