Zurich Herald, 1945-10-25, Page 21'
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Ms'dern Etiquette
By Roberta Lee
1. Is it necessary to send a
reply when one receives an invi-
tation written on a visiting 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 one
can ask to fill in for a dinner par-
ty at the last minute?
5. When one is introducing Mr.
Jones to Mr. Smith, is it proper to
say, "Mr. Jones, my friend Mr.
Smith"?
6 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-
ment ring, all photographs and
fetters. 8. No; at an informal din -
leer t le .men and women usually
leave the table together. 4. Ask
only a yery 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 same thing. 5. Not
if Mr. Jones is also a friend. This
expression implies that Mr. Smith
only is your friend. 6. A courte-
ous bow is all necessary.
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ISSUE . 43--1945
The Queen Couldn't
Buy—No Coupons!
Queen Elizabeth attended a
cburch bazaar in Aberdeenshire
the other day and made several
purchases, relates the St. Thomas
Tunes 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 buy some of these
things, but I simply cannot do it.
I have no coupons left," However
she handed over a cash donation.
There are probably many people
who believe that the King and
Queen and other members of the
royal family are exempt from ra-
tioning in all its forms. Or alter-
natively, that no merchant
troubles about exacting coupons
from therm, or 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
as everybody else, and ` they ad-
here strictly to the regulations.
During the previOtis war if was
made known that King George V
and Queen Alexandra used marga-
rine the same as the other people
Aid to make up for the deficiency
of butter, notwithstanding that
there were fine dairy herds on the
royal farms. The royal family go
without whenever their coupons
a.re used up.
How Can 1?
By Anne Ashley
Q. How can I clean leather pic-
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;*se part -,of . tar, 2.•-p sets;. of
liquor, p1We'ttn,..,and' 2 `psi fF shav-
ed soap.
Q. How can I remove berry
stainsfrom 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 dripping wa-
ter?
A. By putting the porous cup
from a discarded wet battery cell
in the center of the basket and
filling it with water. The water
will seep through.
Q. How can I prevent tearing
when loosening the leaves of head
lettuce?
A. Cut out the core, place in a
bowl under the cold water faucet,
and turn the water on full. The
lettuce will loosen and can be
easily pulled to pieces. '
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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 protesting
that he owed them nothing.
When they propped Gary Tall-
man up in bed at last and let Slim
come up to shave hint, he looked
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 be scraped — and with
breathless suddeness 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 love and it hurt. •
* *
Then there was the morning
when they let him put his feet on e
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 carne 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
from my insurance company."
Gary's voice rose to an -angry
yelp. "Sue you? Sue you? What
kind of a heel does he think I am?
Mona Lee looked at hizn with
eyes that misted a little. "I told
Harvey you'd say that," she said. •
Two weeks from the day of the
accident, they let Gary go down-
stairs. His arm was still in a sling,
.but he could stand alone.
The front door banged open and
three people barged in. Grace, with
a little hat over one eye and heavy
mascara 'on her lashes, and her
husband and a man Gary had never
seen before.
* * *
"Hello, you -all." Grace kissed
ler•father on the eyebrow, flicked
a gloved hand at her mother, took
an olive out of the dish. "Hello;
Wreck. How are you?"
"Fine, thank you." Gary stum-
bled to his feet.
"You know 01 — and this is
Bob Ferguson. Mr. Tallman, Bob,.
Mom's orphan." .
aa -"Pull 'up "chairs, gang, " Harvey
Mason gestured' hospitably.
• ;`:can't do it, Dad. We'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 come home with the milkman.
and met the rooster at the gate ev-
ery morning this week. I'm tired.
I want to read a good book." •
"Oh, I see," said Ferguson, nas-
tily. "It's a book."
°1Have a pleasant evening
;With your book!" said Bob Fer-
guson meaningly, as they. went out.
Gary was so happy he was a lit-
tle drunk though he knew how
brief this happiness was, and how
soon it would be ended. But he had
tonight.
* * *
They played dominoes, because
Gary could play with one hand.
The white spots on the • blocks
danced a little in front of Gary's
eyes, and Harvey yelled, "Hey —
you 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'zn going to take Gary
out in the sun. He's as pale as tal-
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
bane looked like this boy. Odd that
Harvey couldn't see it. Too bad
Gary would have to be going, just
, when they were getting to like him
so much. Maybe Harvey — but no,
Haat wouldn't do.
The week went by so quickly.
He drove out in Adelaide's .little
car and kept from wincing and
grabbing the door handle when
she passed trucks in ticklish places
' or 'swung around a meandering
•;`.'Cow.
They talked endlessly. She liked
to hear about ,the queer ports he
had seen.
And. their 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 crum-
bled a soft fragment in his hands
. and was idly brushing the dust
from 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 can-
• you,, digging with a jagged stick at
the low outcropping. When he
came down, his face, was set and
intent. "1 -las 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
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 evoul:de't say, definitely. But
this looks to me like the right kind
leaf structure,=-- Irn probably: wrong,
but I might be right."
(To Be Continued)
Englishman Gives
Farm To Veterans
Arthur:Davis Martin, 68, used to
watch valiant Spitfires go out to
battle with enemy bombers during
the blitz and wonder what he could
do to help men in the services after
the war:,
he decided to turn his fariii
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 ($225,000) and includes a
large farmhouse and 13 cottages on
its 1,000 acres. The Ministry of
Agriculture plans to establish ' an
horticultural research centre on the
property and ex -servicemen who
want to work in agriculture will re -
delve training there,
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* • * A
We threshed last Friday: And
•khat completes the round -up of
mummer 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
wet weather has 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 meal and for it I had
good help. You see partner was
promoted—he helped me with the
'meal instead of 'with the thresh-
ing. I didn't spoil it by asking
which he would rather be doing—
_ one shouldn't look a. gift horse in
the mouth.
And in the house what have 1
dost? Not very much, I'm afraid.
We have been so unsettled, what
with the weather and Partner be -
big away., • But I have managed
to chase a few spiders around—
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 weking us.
Nevertheless I hardly think he
slept with the nionise.
Natural! I, are ,taking means to ,
e nu
reduce thmber of our unwant-
ed guests. And do you. know, in
spite of modern inventions, the
best mousetrap I have used to
date is the old-fashioned kind with
four holes, one on each side. 1
don't even bother to put bait on
the hooks—just drop a few
crumbs where I plan to set the
trap and then just set it down 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 a
trap that won't scare you with a
sudden snap. •
Is this a trivial subject to write
about, do you think? I don't think
so. Mice around the house can do
a lot to mar the happpiness of a
home. They are annoying and un-
sanitary. Who wants to eat food
or use dishes that mice have been
running over? And if mice are in
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 and 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. She ignores the
sound when boards start to creek
or when furnace pipes emit a
crackling noise. Those are sounds
to which she has become accust-
omed. But she is taken complete-
ly by .surprise when suddenly a-
cross the stillness oomes a scur-
ry of feet. Where did the sound
come fro o—was It overhead, in
the walls, out in the kitchen,
or, mercy me, was it mice running
across the floor of the room in
which she was sitting? But then
again, was it mice? Obeid mice
make all that noise? if she were
sure it were mice she wouldn't
be frightened but it could be rats
or squirrels . . or, perish the
thought, a skunk might have got
into the cellar. Thinking such
thoughts is not conducive to a
quiet, happy evening.' It leaves
the nerves with frayed aclges, It
lowers one's self-respect and tin -
ally it makes one feel utterly ri-
diculous when watchful prissy
snakes one flying leap and then
proudly ambles acrosa the room
with one small mouse tightly held
between her teeth.
* * *
So be warned my friends and
the very first time you see or hear
a mouse get right down to busi-
ness. If you don't—well, that one
mouse -may soon be twenty. 1
don't know the rate of increase
but I do know that in three days.
I caught eight 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 I defi-
nitely don't want to hear the scur-
ry of little feet.
Abraham Gesner, a Canadian
geologist, invented and developed
the process for making kerosene
in 1852.
NO NEED to tell him hbw eager we
are to welcome him back.
NO NEED to remind him that our
plans for his welfare are as far-
reaching and generous as any in.
the world.
BUT THERE iS 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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