The Seaforth News, 1945-10-25, Page 6Modern Etiquette
By Roberta Lee
1. Is it necessary to send a
reply ewhen one receives an invi-
tation written on avisiting card?
2. When a wedding engagement
is broken; what should the girl
return to the man?
3. Do the women leave the table
before the men at an informal
dinner?
4, Who are the only persons ane
can ask to fill in for a dinner par-
ty at the last minute?
2. When one is introducing Mr.
Jones to Mr. Smith, is it proper to
say, "Mr. Jones, my friend Mr.
Smith"?
0 How should a divorced man
and woman act if they should by
chance meet in public?
ANSWERS
1, It is not absolutely necessary,
although a hostess is always grate-
ful to receive a reply. 2. All gifts
of jewelry, including the engage -
:latent ring, all photographs and
letters. 2. No; at an informal din-
t neer the men and women hsuall}
leave the table together. 4. Ask
only a very intimate friend, as it
is a favor you are asking. The true
friend will accept, as he never
knows when he may want to ask
you to do the sante thing. 5. Not
Mr. Jones ie also a friend. This
expression implies that Mr, Smith
only h your friend. 6. A courte-
ous bow is all necessary.
MORLVING BLUES DIS-
APPEAR when breakfast
includes Maxwell House
the choice blend of
Latin-American coffees
that stimulates and cheers
you. Start the day well
with Maxwell House;.
OF COLDS, SORE THROATS
The Queen Couldn't
Buy—No Coupons!
Queen Elizabeth attended a
(burch bazaar 1n Aberdeenshire
the other day and made 'several
purchases, relates the St. Thomas
Times -Journal. Coming to a,: stall
With knitted -goods, she expressed
admiration of the workmanship,
but said to the woman in charge:
"I would like to btty some of these
things, but I simply cannot do It.
I have no coupons leo;" However
she handed over e. cash donation.
There are probably many people
who believe that the King and
Queen and other members of the
royal family are exempt from re -
toning in all its forms, Or alter-
natively, that no merchant
troubles about exacting coupons
from them, OT to fill any order for
the royal household.
That is not so, The King and
Queen, the princesses and Queen.
Mary have the same ration books
es everybody else, end they ad-
here strictly to the regulations.
During the previous war it was
made known that King George V
and Queen Alexandra used.marga-
rine the same as the other people
did to make up for the deficiency
of butter, notwithstanding that
there were fine dairy herds on the
royal farms. The Toyai family go
without whenever their ecu^ons
are used up.
How Can 1?
By Anne Ashley
Q. How can I clear. Ieat:ter
ture frames, portfolios, and other
leather articles?
A. Use benzine. Apply with a
soft cloth, and if the benzine re-
moves the polish, apply the white
of an egg, well beaten.
Q. How can I make tar soap?
A. By mixing thoroughly until
united, one part of tar, 2 parts of
liquor potassae, and 2 parts shav-
ed soap.
Q. How can 1 remove berry
stains from the teeth?
A. Rub the teeth with ordinary
table salt.
Q. How can I supply the neces-
sary moisture to the hanging bas-
ket without danger of dr I'f irn wa-
ter?
A. By pattn..t the err.:_ tom
frett a drscarris we: 1,aitcry cell
in the center L: .,and
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HELEN TOPPING MILLER.
. _ CHAPTER III
"I'll have to be going soon,"
Gary reminded her. "I've been
enough trouble to you. And I'm
going to pay, back everything, you
know the nurse 'and the doctor
and all, It may take me a couple of
years, but I'll pay,"
"Of course," `Mona •Lee was too
wise a woman to begin pretesting
that he owed them ;nothing.
When they propped Gary Tall-
man up in bed at last and let Slim
come up to shave him, helooked
out the windows at the green world
where a lazy rain was falling, and
then brought his eyes back to Ade-
laide. She was perched on the foot
of the bed, holding the bowl of hot
water. and laughing at Slim's ear-
nestness as he scraped — and with
breathless suddcness Gary saw
Mexico go sliding off the end of
the continent and plump itself into
the Panama Canal — and he never
missed it.
He was in lobe and it hurt.
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Then there was the morning
„when they let hint put his feet on
the floor and stagger over to a
rocking chair and sit there feeling
giddy while the mattress was turn-
ed. That was the morning that
Mona Lee Mason caste in with
her amazing suggestion. "Harvey
says, Gary, that if you want to sue
me for damages on account of your
Injuries, you can probably collect
front my insurance company,'
Gary's voice rose to an angry
yelp. "Sue you? Sue you? What
lied of a heti does he think I ant?
Mona Lee looked at him with
eyes that misterl a little. "I told
Harvey you'd say that," she said.
Two weeks front the day of the
accident. they e Gar:" go down-
stairs His arm was still in a sling,
but lee coend men. at.no.
ne get open and
non. Inergen in. Grace. with
s
:it:. e. eye and'.seavy
tt:asrc-.: tr ntsnes. and 'race
ins:: :.d a re... : my had neve:
vee.^.
s • e
'Henn yes—e,. Grace ki»' i
her fat er en Crie e •ebr.s F :site;
a gic;'en. harm a: her norther, took
an olive out cf the dish. "Hello,
Wreck. How are yell?"
"Fide, thank you." Gary stum-
bled to his feet.
"You know 01 — and this is
Bob Ferguson. Mr. Tallman, Bob.
Mont's orphan."
"Pull up chairs. gang," Harvey
Mason gestured hospitably.
"Can't do it, Dad. W'e're having
dinner at the Dutchman's. And
then we're going dancing. We
came for Adelaide. Get some
clothes on. Addie, and let's go."
"I'm not going." Adelaide said,
I've cease home with the milkman
and met the Wa==ter at the gate ev-
ery Int riling tine week. I'm tired.
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. danced a little in front of Gary's
eyes, and Harvey yelled, "Hey —
yotl can't put a four on a five!"
And Gary muttered, "My error,
and dragged his eyes back to the
table,
Adelaide said, "Mother, in the
morning I'm going to take Gary
, out in the Suri, -He's' as pale as tan.
low.".
"Oh, my word — he won' again!"
Mona Lee hummed happily. It
was so nice, having Adelaide at
home of an evening. Not having to
lie awake, stiff with maternal
dread, listening for a, car that did
not come, And little Phil would
have iooked like this boy, Odd that
Harvey couldn't see it. Too bad
Gary isould have to be going, just
when they were getting to like him
so much. Maybe Harvey — hut no,
that wouldn't do.
The week went by so quickly,
He drove out in Adelaide's . little
car and kept front wincing and
grabbing the door handle when
she passed trucks in ticklish places
or swung around a meandering
cow,
They tallied endlessly. She liked
to hear about the queer ports he
had seen.
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And then there were only two
days left and on that morning Gary
and Adelaide walked across the
fields and into an eroded canyon,
where a -little wet -weather stream
wandered. They sat down to rest
on a boulder and tossed bits of
rock into the water. Gary crunr
bled a soft fragment in his hands
and was idly brushing the dust,.
front his palms when he jerked
erect suddenly, staring at it, and
then bent quickly and began pick-
ing up other pieces, looking at
them keenly.
"What is it? Adelaide asked,
He did not answer, but went
scrambling up the side of the cam
you, digging with a jagged stick at
the low outcropping. When he
came down, his face was set and
intent. "Has your .father ever had
a geologist out here?" he asked.
"Not that I know of. Why?"
"I'm not sure — I haven't had
enough experience to be sure —
but I'd like to check this area on a
geophysical map."
"Gary you mean oil? You
think there's oil — on our land?"
"I wouldn't say, definitely. But
this looks to me like the right kind
of structure — I'm probably wrong,
but I might he right"
tTo Ile Continued)
Englishman Gives
Farm To Veterans
Arthur Davis Martin, 05, used to
watch valiant Spitfires go out to
battle with enemy bombers during
the blitz and wonder what he could
do to kelp Wren in the services after
the war.
Then he decided to turn his farm
in the fertile section of Essex over
to the Crown as a gift for the bene-
fit of servicemen. It is valued at
£50,000 12225,000) and includes a
Targe farmhouse and 13 cottages on
its 1,00o acres. The Ministry of
Agrir u t':r e plans to establish an
horticx :oral research centre on the
property and cm -servicemen who
want to work in agriculture will re-
ceive training there.
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We threshed lest Friday. And
that completes the round -up . of
summer chores. At least i think
it does, but I'm not sure because
there is some red clover that we
hope to harvest but the continued
-ret weather lies put it down so
badly it may not be worth cutting
—or threshing if it is cut.
We had the threshers this time
for only one steal and for it f had
good help. You see partner was
promoted—he helped me with the
meal Instead of with the thresh-
ing, 1 didn't spoil it by asking
which lie would rather be doing—
one shouldn't Iook a gift horse in
the mouth.
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And in the house what have 1
don? Not very much, I'm afraid,
We have been so unsettled, what
with the weather and Partner be-
ing away. But I ]cave managed
to chase a few spiders around--
and
round-and their number is legion, They
were very happily settled down
in what they probably hoped were
their winter Quarters. That also
applies to mice. After being free
of mice here for months suddenly
they were everywhere, One night
young John even found one sitting
on his bed, He said he couldn't
any attempt to catch. It because
we were all In bed and asleep
and he was afraid of welting us:
Nevertheless T hardly think he
slept with the mouse.
Naturally I ant taking means to
reduce the number of our unwant-
ed guests. And do you know, in
spite of modern inventions, the
beet mousetrap I have used to
date is the old-fashioned kind with
four holes, one on each side. I
don't even bother to put bait on
the hooks—just drop a hew
crumbs where I plan to tet the
trap and then just set it clown on
top of the crumbs. And if any of
you dislike setting spring traps
as much as I do you will know
what a relief it is to deal with it
trap that won't scare you with a
sudden snap.
Is this a trivial subject to write
about, do you think? 1 don't think
so. Mine around the house eon rho
a lot to mar the happpines; of a
home. They are annoying enol un-
sanitary. Who wants to eat food
or use dishes that mice have been
running over? And if mire are iu
the house how can anyone be sure
where they will. go? And what
woman can guarantee to stay
good-tempered if she finds rodent
trademarks over her freshly
washed tea -towels?
Or it maybe that she Is alone
in the house awl trying to like it,
She knows there is absolutely
nothing to be afraid of , .no prowl-
ing knights of the road are likely
to come her way. Sbe ignores the
sound when boards start to creek
or when furnacne pipes emit a.
crackling noise. Those are sounds
to whieb she has become accust-
omed.
ccustomed. But she is taken complete-
ly by surprise when suddenly se
crossthe stillness oOmes a scur-
ry of feet.. Where did the sound
come from --was it overhead, in
the walls, out in the kiteiieu,
or, mercy ate, was It mien running
across the floor of tine roots in
whieb she was sitting? But then
again, was it. mice? Could mice
make all that noise? 11 she were
sure it were mice she Wouldn't
be frightened but it could be rats
. or squirrels . or, perish the
thought, a shrunk might have got
into the cellar. Thinking such
thoughts is not conducive to a
quiet, happy evening. It Leanne
the nerves with frayed edges, it
dowers one's self•respoet and fin-
ally it makes one feel utterly 'I
diculous when watchfulpussy
makes one Dying leap and then
proudly ambles across the room
with one small mouse tightly held
between her teeth.
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So be warned my friends and
the very first time you see or heaa'
a moose getright down to busi-
ness, If you don't—well, that one
mouae may soon be twenty. I
don't know the tate of increaee
but I do know that in three days
I caught eigbt mice.
And now, if you will excuse me,
I will set my trap for the night
and hie me to bed. Boards have
already done their creaking and
pipes their crackling but...1 defi-
nitely don't want to hear the sour•
ry of little feet
Abraham Goner, a Canadian
geologist, invented and developed
the process for nnakiug kerosene
in 1552.
NO NEED to tell biers how eager we
are to welcome him back.
110 NEED to remind hire that our
plans for his welfare are as far-
reaching and generous as any in
the world.
BUT THERE 1$ NEED to prove that
now, with the life -and -death
struggle ended, we are as deter-
mined and wholehearted as ever
in our resolve to give him the best
break in the world.
HE WILL BE WATCHING the out-
come of this Ninth Loan Drive.
He knows that on it depends the
success of our plans for his
rehabilitation and employment.
There can be only one answer.
And that is the overwhelming sup-
port, by every Canadian, of Can-
ada's Greatest Victory Loan.
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