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Gwendoline P. Clarke
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Having separated the skins and
the pulp from three baskets of
;grapes; and having set the same
on the stove to simmer, 1 may,
perchance, snatch a few moments
to have a chat with you. •
When I was leaving the kitchen
just now son Bob called out
"Come quickly, Mom, before it's
too late , ..see what's on the win-
dow -sill." I came . . ..and on the
dining -room sill what did I see
but a real live hen -pheasant. Un-
fortunately our movements scared
the bird and it flew down and a-
way.
* * *
Feathered foul around here seem
to be' fond of finding queer places
in which to roost. We keep an
egg pail hanging from a beam in
the hempen and yesterday what
should I find .but a pullet making
her nest in that same pail. How
she ever got to it I will never
know. And every night in the
big chstnut tree at the hack of the
house there are about twenty-five
chickens—some pullets, some
roosters, perched on the highest
branches of the tree. We are not
afraid of chicken thieves getting
them because before anyone could
climb the tree the birds would be
squawking and fluttering to the
ground.
Naturally birds that are fond of
the high spots are not too particu-
lar where they lay their eggs so
that we find nests in,the most in-
accessible places. A favourite
place is in the 'straw mow where
to reach them one must slither
and slide, getting one's hair and
shoes full of prickly bits of straw,
often so small they are almost im-
possible to find. . . . brother, can
they scratch!
* * *
Well, how does everybody like
being back on standard. timet
Personall,i we haven't noticed any
difference at all We get up at the
same time as before, irrespective
of clocks—only it just means wait-
ing an hour longer for our dinner.
Which just reminds me of some-
thing I was thinking about the
other day. Circumstances drove
me to the conclusion that it
doesn't pay to be out of step with
the rest of the world. It was like
this: For the first time in—I don't
know how many years—we didn't
put in an appearance at our local
fair. Partner is •still in the hos-
pital and I didn't feel much like
going. But still I had to go down
town some time to I thought it
might be a good idea to get my
shopping done while the rest of
the folks were fairing. But it did-
n't work out that way. You see
every store I went to had a notice
tacked up—"closed until 5.p,m."
So you see what I mean when I
say it doesn't pay to be out of
step with the rest• of the world,
particularly in one's own com-
munity.
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* *
Now I must fly—my ears and
nose tell me, that my grapes are
no longer simmering—they are
boiling over. Bob says it smells
like a still in the house. I must
make a note of that and ask nim
mtinat-'re"-tt''ron. -^a'oo'rit St'ilTS' uo
now the telephone is ringing.
The grapes have been pushed to
one side. I don't feel much like
attending to them now because
the telephone call was from
Daughter. She had just came
from the hospital and. left her !Sad
just coming out from an anae-
sthetic—an anaesthetic which was
necessary for an examination,,
that had to be made. Now I'm
wondering whether I should be
there. I was at the hospital yes-
terday, and shall be tomorrow but
right now I am here and wishing
I was there. Oh dear . .
it o prove how fast Aspirin is ready
to go to work, just drop one in a
glass of water. "Clock" its disintegrat-
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two seconds, you'll see it start to
disintegrate. It does the same in your
stomach That's why it stops head-
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Supper Dishes
With a golden sunset, an au-
tumn breeze and a purple•, ` haze.
over the fields we wonder what's
cooking for supper. Perhaps. Mo-
ther will catch the spirit Of. the
evening and serve a tyPmcally au-
tumn supper.
The three suggestions given by
the Consumer Section of the Do-
minion Department of •Agricul-
' ture are for good. hot . slipper
dishes. The stuffed peppers have
a grand flavor and the meat pan-
cakes are guaranteed to Make : a
hit with men folk.
Stuffed Peppers .
1 cup macaroni or spaghetti,
14 inch pieces
4 cups boiling water
1 'teaspoon salt
0 sweet red or green peppers
It's Easy To Soften
Hard ; ,rown Sugar
In this day when no housewife
handles sugar with reckless hands,
the bricklike aspect sometimes as-
sumed by brown sugar can be
especially baffling, according to
the Christian Science Monitor.
But there's an easy way to soften
it, so that it can be measured just
as thriftily as its present value
dictates. First, break the sugar
up—using a hammer or hatchet
if necessary (but carefully!)—suffi-
ciently to get it into a jar or can
for which you have a tight cover.
Then put in with the sugar, a slice
of bread and cover the jar.
That's all there is to its In a
few days, the sugar will be in a
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COMM) ING/C P
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. 2 tablespoons fat
1 cup ground cooked beef
1 teaspoon salt
Dash of pepper
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
/ cup whole wheat bread
crumbs
Cools the macaroni or spaghetti
in salted boiling water for 20
' minutes; drain and rinse. Mean-
while cook the peppers: 5 minutes
in salted boiling water. Rinse' in
cold water, cut in half lengthwise
or crosswise, remove the seeds,
drain well. Saute the onion in fat
until clear, add beef, salt, pepper,
parsley, then macaroni or spa-
ghetti; mix thoroughly. Remove
from heat. Fill the peppers with
the meat mixture. Sprinkle the
bread crumbs on top and bake in
moderately hot oven, 375 deg, F,
until peppers are tender but not
shrivelled, about 20 minutes. Six
servings.
Meat Pancakes •
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
OR 234 cups sifted pastry
flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
/ teaspoon salt
1% cups milk
2 eggs, well beaten '
1 tablespoon fat, melted
1 cup ground cooked beef
Mix and sift dry ingredients.
Add milk to beaten eggs and stir
into dry ingredients; mix until
smooth, add melted fat and meat.
Pour from a pitcher or quarter -
cup measure on to a hot, lightly
greasted griddle. Cook until edges
are done and bubbles on top begin
to break. Turn and cook on other
side Serve at once with tomato
sauce. Makes 16 pancakes about
5 inches in diameter.
Egg Plant Creole
3 tablespoons fat
1/2 small green pepper, cut in
strips
2 tablespoons chopped onion
1 medium eggplant, peeled and
diced
5 large tomatoes
Salt and pepper
Melt faat in frying pan. Add
and ,cook for a few minutes. Add
eggplant. Cover and steam for
about 5 minutes. Peel and chop
tomatoes, add to eggplant and
cook uncovered until eggplant is
tender, about 15 minutes, Season
to taste. Six servings. .
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How Can 1?
By Anne Ashley
Q. How can I determine the cor-
rect time for boiling chicken, fish,
and ham?
A, A good table is: Chicken, per
pound, 20 minutes. Fish, per pound,
10 minutes. Ham, per pound, 25
minutes.
Q. How can I give a white layer
cake a good' flavor?
A. When „bat ing a white layer
cake, a very. delicate flavor may be
obtained by placing two or three
rose -geranium: •loa'zttis in the bot -
tout of the pari :',1entove them
when the cake is pit together.
Q. Should iroti ltemisils be boiled
before using?
A. Yes; before.. using 'new uten-
sils of ironware boll them with so-
da.'"`When in the store they are
greased to kcdii them from rusting.
. Q: How can I bleach laces and
fine muslins?
A. 'Wash in .one gallon of water
to which has been added one table-
spoonful borax dissolved in a little
boiling water.
Q. How can I prevent the linen
tablecloth from sticking to the ta-
ble?
1, A piece of waxed paper or oil-
• cloth placed under the linen which
covers a table will prevent sticking
to the polished. surface during hot
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Britain Tries Out
New Small Thresher
y HELEN TOPPING MILLER
CHAPTER I
Mona Lee Mason was lost the
moment she looked at Gary, Tall-
man, standing there waiting for a
ride at the filling station. He had
sandy, curly hair and an engaging
smile, and he walked up calmly and
with naive confidence.
"I'm Gary Tallman, from Alaba-
ma," he said, in an educated voice
overlaid with a southern drawl.
"Would you let me ride into town
with you? I missed the bus, and
it's pretty important that I get into
San Antonio tomorrow. I assure
you that I'm perfectly safe. You
can have this man, search nue, if
you like,"
Mona Lee looked at hint. He was
a nice looking young man, with
frank gray eyes. .:His tan riding
pants and boots had cost stoney,
and his one suitcase was of good
leather.
She said as kindly as she could,
"I'm not in .the habit of picking up
people..." •
".Naturally," he agreed. "I
that when I looked at you."
"My husband—" began
Lee uneasily.
"I know. He's probably a very
wise husband." He smiled at her.
"But I'm a petroleum engineer
from—" he named a good univer-
..sity— "on the way to a job."
"My son-in-law is in oil. Leases."
Mona Lee mentioned the company,
stalling for time.
"Up with the big fellows, is he?
I've been trying to get in there,
but they're not taking on any geo-
physic men. But there's a chance
in Mexico — if you're willing to
work cheaply," •
"l"TaYy�ulr.4�Il�tic�ti��mT%ti"� T . #t
last seventeen years, Mona Lee Ma
son had been feeling a sick jerk of
agony whenever she saw a tall boy
with sandy, curly hair. Because
little Phil would have grown up
looking like that — tall and swag-
gering and audacious, with hair ex-
actly this color. •
"I don't go all the way to town,"
Mona Lee told him. "Our place is
two miles this side. But probably
you can get a ride the rest of the
way."
The boy put his suitcase on the
floor in the back. But he opened
the front door and got in beside
her.
"You've been over in the oil
fields?" she asked. "Pretty hard
work isn't it?" and that is
"I've been rigging —
tough. Especially if you're itching
to be doing something that you've
been trained to do."
"My son," Mona Lee went on,
"is third year law at the University
of Virginia."
"Swell school," approved her
passenger.
* *
knew
Mona
A new simple: harvester of spe-
cial value for sdimall farms is being
tried out at lwveshannin central
England. Although it costs no
more than it binder the machine
threshes standing corn (wheat)
and preliminary trials over fifteen
acres have shown it does the work
smoothly and speedily. The grain
is guided by prongs in the front
of the harvester so that the heads
are caught in a miniature dram,
threshed and then released, A
sacking board at the hack carries
two sacks of grain. The York -
,girt Post suites that apart from
the size and cost it differs from
the ordinary combine harvester in
that it docs not cut corn but sim-
ply threshes it, leaving the strait
standing in the field.
"The law," Gary 'Tallman went
on, "is pretty crowded. Your hus-
band is in law?"
"Oh, no — he's a rancher. He
raises grade Brahma stock and
buys cattle."
She felt his eyes move over her
and was glad that her new spring
suit and her straw hat were beconr
ing. She was forty-three, but the
young boys still danced with her
at parties, and that pleased Harvey
though he wouldn't say so. They
had been married twenty-four
years, and they had been happy
years.
* * *.
This boy talked well. He had
.seen a lot of the world. His fa-
ther, so he said, was in cotton in
Brazil and his mother had died
when he was seven. Mona Lee felt
a chocking lump of sympathy at
that. She loved boys so much. She
mothered every lanky male crea-
ture Harvey hired on the place.
The irony was that she had never
„been able to• mother Harvey Ju-
nior, at all. Nor her young son-in-
law, Oliver Kimball.
Harvey junior had always been
terribly self-sufficient; resenting au-
thority,
uthority, reading books that worried
his mother. But this boy here in
the car was pleasantly easy. , He
had been around the world on a
tramp freighter, he told her. He
bad worked, rigging wells and wad-
ing hot mud in a Louisiana swamp.
"But you can't be more than
twenty?" she said.
"I'm twenty-four. I worked iu
summers, played football in the
. fall, attd waited on tables in the
,..ioriiiitory to get through school.
Mona Lee thought' of Harvey
Junior — dark and lean and tall,
dark like her but not like her in
other ways — he was too quick
and smooth ' and sarcastic. Not
much like his father, either. Har-
vey Senior was blunt and earthy
and direct. Mona Lee admitted to
herself that she was a little afraid
of her son, But little Phil would
have been like this stranger here.
Phil had loved the soil and had al-
ways opened his big gray eyes
wide and told the truth naively.
My father married a' ain
"–Scent, sY e –has three"M or her
own, and I didn't want to take
help from them."
* *
She found herself telling him
about her daughter, Adelaide, who
was fair and calm and quick-mind-
ed
uick-minded like Harvey.
"She didn't want to go to col-
lege. She's at home this year, but
I think she's a little bit lost. She
has beaux hanging around, but I
don't think she cares much about
any of them."
"You," said the boy abruptly,
"have good handsrode a lot.
�horsc. In
Brazil last year,
se
fellows down there are terrific on
horseback."
Mona Lee smiled a little. "Son,
I grew up in a western saddle. And
I can generally stake a horse do
what I want him to do."
"Does your daughter ride, too?"
"She used to. And then her fa-
ther bought her a little car and
now she says horses don't go fast
enough. This is our place now —
it begins at this fence."
"Good looking cattle," approved
Gary Tallman.
"Every last head of that Herd is
eligible for registry. Of course,
some of our stuff is just beef
stuff.—"
"Look out!" barked the boy.
It was Slimu's fault, of course.
( To Be Continued)
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