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The Brussels Post, 1942-9-26, Page 7THE BRUSSELS POST Wednesday, September 234, 1942 Make the most of your Tea THE MIXxING BO By ANNE ALLAN Hydro Home Economist IiOW TO SAVE 1 '.IaCTRICITY IN THE IIOME Hello Homemakers! The order of the Doininion Power 'Controller restricting tIhe use of electricity indicates the acute power situation. However, the saving that Is hoped to be accomplished %rough this regulation .is only a small portion taf the total required to meet the growing demaude. of war industries. Thousand' of munition manufac- turers — from the little village machine shops to the .huge indus- trial plants — must push forward in the great crusade for Victory. By baking on the duty of "Elec- trical Power Warden to the Home" each homemaker can do her share. Here are suggestions that will help you save electricity as well as keep your electrical equipment in service for the duration: LIGHTS Turn out the lights when you leave a roam. Use lights only when and where necessary. Place trilite or table lamps to euable several persons to read or sew and the children to play games ow the floor, Try tc -accomplish, your job in the attio, cellar or clothes closet quickly and then shut off the lights. •-. Watch sour porch, garage and hall lights, too. Keep lamps, reflectors and shades clean so that no light will be washed. Do not use decorativice or colored tamps as they •absorb light. RADIO Turn off th6 radio unless you are lla;en/ng to it. T' pie, w:11 save electr•ic:ty as well as wear GU your tub' -s. HOT WATER HEATER Turn taps off tight and have leaking or dripping tape fixed. Use cold water to soak cooking menses. • Stack cooking utensils up, and wash them along with the, dishes at the end 01 the meal. For the bath, run the cold " water Mist, then turr, on the hot water to bring the temperature to lukewarm. Do not wash under running tap. WASHING MACHINE . v <ttng machine only the water lite with hot water. Operate only lot•g enough to re- •^.oee ee n!e soil — not stains, too. tIse warns water ie the lirat rinse only. bine while Do not operate ma using clothes wringer. ELECTRIC IRON Small articles of line fabrics can be pressed while your iron ds heating. Don't let your iron get so hot that you have to wait for it to cool. Clothes that only need the damp- ness baleen out can be pressed after the iron is burned "Off" ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR Do not leave the refrigerator CibeSNAPSHOLGUILD PICTURES FROM HOME Pictures from home are always; a grand gift for the boy In the armed services. He'll aIwaya enjoy pictures of the family doing things. Send him snapshots frequently. °CORDING to the best infor- shot of Nancy hard at work on the farm: She's been helping Uncle Henry during the farm labor short: age, and she, earned more than enough to outfit herself for school' this fall." When you look at things that way, you shouldn't have rnueh trouble finding good pictures to send the boys in the armed services, For in- stance, yotl might photograph dad working on the car in an effort to ' make it. last "for, the duration"i;• • maybe you could get a shot of another starting out to shop with her ration book. If Johnny builds a toy boat, or heipc with the scrap rubber collection, you'll have two more good subjects there., Keep your eyes open; try to de, velop your "nose for news" and you'll never lack subjects for pic- tures ,from home. SO. John van Guilder (l oration there's nothing which. makes its big a hit with -the boys in the aril* services as letters from home—aiu picttu'es. But what kind of pictures? Most of us have already sent snapshots of the fonts to service men. What conies next? , The answer to that is- .trews pic- tures! Not professional news photos, of course, but records of the little,; personal trews: events',that ;take place in '.every home all year round. Suck all**. ;inay not rate ear big news to pie world at large, but hey always will be of interest lb soldiers, sailors, And airmen, Our illiustration. bits `.Wella,+ al:, though' it may, not loops it, conies under that heading. Net long ago it was sent to a boy in the army with the following note: "Hero's a snap- • Don't let one disastrous fire wipe out the results of years of labour. Let us study your pro- - party, estimate the protection you need, and write a Pilot Insurance Policy to give you ade- quate protection. Wo write Pilot Insurance to cover selected risks in Automo. bile, Fire, Burglary, Plate Glass, Public Liability and other general insurance. W. S. SCOTT :RdJ:SSELS Representing door open longer than necessary — or open it more frequently than you need — or let the condenser system become cloggee With 'lint and dust. Defrost your refrigerator regu- laiily — never allow more than MI to 34 inch of frost to accumulate. Do sot place refrigerator near the range — leave space around each gide and at the top. Do not load the refrigerator with packages, bottle and cans that may be stored on pantry shelves. Do not place warm foods in re- frigerator; wait till cool. ELECTRIC RANGE Turn electric element to "Off" as. soon as your tea kettle begins to sing. The heat stored in the electric element will bring the water to boiling. Don't boil more water than you need, and keep the kettle free from lima ELECTRIC TOASTER Do not leave toaster 011 continu- ally for staggered breakfasts. Use toaster only while making toast. OTHER SMALL ELECTRIC APPLIANCES Use them only when the electric range is not in use and then, only as long as necessary. COOKING A small arnuunt of warm tap water is sufucieaut far cooking vegetables. Do not boll potatoes and other vegetables. violently — gentler heat uses less Power and will coops them even better. Use , .flat•iloittometl pate with. close fitting lids. Always place small utensils on email electric element. Use "High heat for as little time as possible, .then turn to "Low." Whenever possible use your well -cooker. or steamer. To cook skillet meals, use your deep fryer or skillet ,Such meals. mean ,saving in electricity since they require. only a fruit cup to complete the meal, For example: Vegetable Medley, Flank Steak Creole, Vegetable Noodles, etc. Use a double baler to heal; left- over products If posisilib3e, The lower part caul be used to cools eggs, tongues;. etc„ for arse next dray as devilled; eggs, (mbd tdngue, etc. Conserve power,, when using the oven by baking or roasting as many dishes as possible whenever ft is oiur Do not leave oven elements an till the last minute. Make rase of soused heat to furnish the' cooking. Bljinlnate reheating the meal try to senve•the family at one sit- ting whenever possible, Apra Allan! invites 'you • to write to hes care of Prusse's Post, Send it your questions, 011 homemaking nrobleme and Watch this .ecluttin for reprice,, Town and Country Meet to do Job On Saving Fuel This Autumn 1t is patriotic "hot stuff" to be cold. Because fuel must be saved officials of •the Wartime Prices and Trade Board aro urging Canadians to use es little as possible. Many people who live in the conn• try still experience that early morn. Ing chill in houses which have no central heating equipinen•t. This year then' oily neighbors are asked to follow suit and manage with small tires lighted only for an hour or two In the morning and in the evening. The coal administrator is anxious that furnace fires should net be started early this year so that fuel can be conserVed, This aneans that being a -little chilly in the house Should he regarded as all in the day's war work, r CANADA'S WAR EFFORT A Weekly Review of Developments on the Home Front: September 10- 17, 1942. ' ! VIM * * x 1. Purchase of typewriters by oivilians is prohibited on authority of Wartime Prices and Trade Board. * * 5 2. Hon, W. D. Herridge., in address to Ottawa Kiwanis Club, urges Presdent Roosevelt be leader of United Nations. a * * 3. R. C. A. F. • participates iu bag raid on' Dii"seeddorf. * 5 * 4. Primo Minister King reviews ,Canada's war effort - in national raddo broadcast. * * * 5. Wartime Prices and Trade Board issues order rendering illegal unauthorized use of its name by business concerns. * * * 6. Effective September 20, sharp curtailment in non-essential uses of electricity in power shontage areas of Ontario and Quebec announced by Munitions Minister Hon, C. D. Howe. 5 * • 7. Three R.C,A.F. squadrons par- ticipate in 100% attack of the on Bremen. • F e 8. Canadian patrol vessel Raccoon presuaned lost with all hands on board, Naval Service Headquarters announces. * * 9. Elliott M. Little, Director of National .Selective Service, speaks and eandatcts question and answer period at Canadian Congress of Labor Convention, Ottawa. :>: * * 10. Fi,'et Chilean Minister to Can- ada. Dr. Eduardo Grove, pieseata letter of 'Credence to Sir Lyman Duff, Deputy Governor General. • * * 11. Dienpe casualty totals issued. x * * 10. PhWp Murray, CA. 0, Presi- dent, appeals to Canadian Congress of Labor Convention in Ottawa for policy, of no strikes claming the war. * * ' 13. Power,Controller Symington f. orders Ontario Hydro Electric Power Comanislsdon to reduce load supplied ; two conrpan'es in Thoraltl, Ontario, war Clectr telephone Ibies for ALL1011T PROAUCTION Your telephone is part of a vest interlocking system now carrying an abnormal wartime load. Don't let needless delays holdup messages on which production efficiency may depend. OTHER "WART/ME TELEPHONE TACT/CS" SPEAK distinctly, directly into the mouthpiece. ®ANSWER promptly when the bell rings. elBE BRIEF. Clear your line for the next call. ®USLLoOFF-PEAK Distance Calls. for your Tbese things may look, trifling, bttt on 6,500,000 daily telephone calls, they are eery important, Appeal To Canadians' To Eat Less Pork For a Few Days 2, G. Taggart, chairmanof the Bacon Board and foods adtndndstrator of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, appealed on Sunday night to consumers throughout Canada to re, frain from buying fresh pork, bacon or harp during the next seven weeks. Purpose of the appeal — issued through the Wartime Prices and Trade Board — is to enable the Baton Board to maintan satisfactory weekly shipments of bacon to Britain so as to assure the contin- uance of the British bacon ration at the present level. (The bacon ration in Britain), is four ounces per person a week). With the- co-operation of Canadian eonsttnners during the next few weeks, until about November 1, shipments of bacon to Britain can be maintained, Mr. Taggart said. It is expected that additional hogs will be marketed early in November. Not a Paying Proposition A Mildanay ttusines* man, who owns a farm near his village, sowed most of it in fall wheat last fall. This sunioner he threshed about 850 bushels, and he estimates his ex- penses totalled about $5'75, all the work done having been paid for at current wage rates. The expense list included everything in conneo- Von with the crop. He figures that flnanolally he has just about broken even in Itis experianent. —Mildmay Gazette. FakeLicenses It is reported that three men have been canvasedng rural distriots in Weleington as radio inspeotors, selling radio licenses. The men are fakes and no doubt the pollee will soon catch up with them. There is in every town and village a man authorized to sell radio licenses and farmers., like town people, should deal with him. —Arthur Enteprise- News. MONUMENTS To those contemplating bullding a Monument, I have just secured a big selection of different kinds ♦ of granite. Stas ma before buying Ielsewhere. Cemetery Lettering a Specialty. qAll Work Guaranteed h JOHN GRANT CLINTON MARBLE and GRANITE WORKSO Clinton — Ontario `e For further particulars apply at♦ The Post, Brussels — Phone 31 044e+s♦•se«•40MOs♦N♦N M♦! L SEQU•Et. TO BATTLE.OF-BRITAIN 'iR.A:F'.'TO "SCOURGE REICH FROM END TO END." in the Battle of Britain, beginning on the Sth Aug, 1940, the R.A.P. hurled baale,the dull might of the 'CiArnlan 'Air ,force, 'strewing tie; ;',E ng1ish countryside with wrecks, of Geranan bombers its lrandreds. Now lighter and bomber Conlinand are • ahrryiilg 4he., offeusdve across the ' Ohantmel ss deep into industrial Germany..British bombers have dealt a series of encashing blows at great centres of production for *he "Welfrntacht" Calogico, Basco anti Brexnetr-:' have beat devastated blr forces ?69 'over a theMseitti banrbera, Bassett ,,laprnbene. al'e hitting ltlie• euioth ii'ttftt"byi flay- light and lighters and making daring offensive sweeps on targets In enemy -occupied France. in the words of Britain's SBomber Com- mand. chief "We are going to scourge the Third Belch from end to end," a6 )neat and 'women, each doing a specialised jab and all necessary to.; keep one heavy boanber of the Stirl- ing -type lit• action.,; Multiply this a thouseaiti-fold • stir -a.' very conserve% tine estimate of the man and woman rower' behind the ever-expanding ' er might of ,$rifein,