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Once again: war is bringing to Can-
adians the vital value cif vegetables.
So important are these in the aver-
age diet that besieged Great Britain
is now stressing home-grown, fresh
vegetables above 'almost any other
food. They are essential in any diet,
and when properly grown are the
most fiavorable of our foods, as well.
The secret of high-quality vegetables,
the kind that wi11 take most of us
back to the supper delights of our
childhood, is quick, unchecked growth
and freshness.
If we can keep carrots, beets, beans,
peas and such things growing quick-
ly and steadily, then there is no
chance for .woody fibre to develop.
Having done this the only other thing
necessary is to make sure that no
time is lost between picking and the
table. Garden peas and corn, for ex-
ample, fresh picked, have a flavor
that is impossible to get when these
same vegetables picked one day and
used the next. By that time the na
tural sweetness has disappeared.
Most For the Money
For sheer volume per. square yard
of soil employed, vegetables are the
biggest yielding crop one can grow.
Not only cart most lines be grown
close together, but with some things
like lettuce and carrots, 'for instance,
a second crop can be harvested in a
single season.
Small vegetables like lett'uc'e and
-radish require rows 15 inches - apart.
Beets, beans, carrots, peas and spin-
ach
need 18 inches between,' .while
potatoes, corn and staked tomatoes
must have a couple' of feet to thirty
inches. Space mlay be saved. witch the
latter type if something quickenatur-
rng such as lettuce and spinach are
planted in between. The bigger
things will not need the full room at
first and; 'by the time they do, the
early crops will be Out of the way.
Lawn Work Now
Because grass is a cool -weather
plant, any work with lawns should be
started just as quickly in the Spring
as possible, experts point out. This
does not mean, of course, that the
soil should be worked while it is still
wet. That sort of thing never helps
in ariy kind of gardening. But once
one can walk over the ground with-
out getting shoes ;ruddy, then the
rake can be brought into play.
In both new lawns o. r patching, the
soil should be raked fine and level.
Authorities advice sowing only the
highest quality of seed mixtures and
as thick as directions specify. To
get even results it is best to make a
double sowing,- one across and once
lengthrvijse. Small patches can be
protected from the birds by brush.
Both new and old lawns benefit
from rolling while the ground is still
soft. Grass, like any other plant,
benefits from rich soil and an annual
application of fertilizer. This im-
proves the growth and also the color
of the grass i'tsel'f.
Building Up Soil
Perfect garden soil is a light, rich
loam, which means a mixture of sand,
clay and rotted vegetable matter. The
latter is technically known as humus.
Unless one is lucky it is not usual to
find such a perfect combination in
ones own garden. But with a little
care, something very similar. can be
created. Frequent cultivation in it-
self will go far towards creating a
good garden soil. ,„Plowing or spading,
plus harrowing or raking, will looser.
up the toughest clay, and after a few
years it is amazing how-, much easier
it will be to work. Another simple
corrective will be the incorporation
of humus, such as well -rotted manure.
green' vegetable matter like a crop of
weeds, clover or green oats.
•
Messrs. Jones and Messrs. Brown both make shoes -shoes
exactly similar in quality and style. Messrs. Jones do not
advertise. Messrs. Brown do, and sell a very much grater
quantity than Messrs. Jones in consequence. Who pays"for
-Messrs. Brown's advertising? .
Not Messrs. Brown -because their profit -on the quantity
sold --is Messrs. Jones' profit multiplied many times. Not
the public -because they get, for $4.00, shoes ,of a quality
for which Messrs. Jones charge $4.50. Not the retailer
because the profit is the same in both cases.
No one pays for advertising. It is an economy -not a
charge. It does for the operation of selling what Messrs.
Brown's machinery does for the operation of making
shoes -speeds it up, and multiplies its efficiency. It makes
possible big -scale production and so reduces costs.
It Pays To Advertise
MADE IN'
CANADA
LONDON and WINGHAM
NORTH
Exeter
Hensall
Kipper
Brucefield
Clinton
Londe'sboro
Blyth
Belgrave
Wingham
SOLTH
Wingham
Belgrave
Blyth
Londesboro
Clinton
Brucefield
Kipper
Hensall
Exeter
A.M.
10.34
10.46
10.52
11.00
11.47
12.06
12.16
12.27
12.45
P.M.
1.50
2.06
2.17
2.26
3.08
3.28
3.38
3.45
3.58
C.N.R. TIME TABLE -,
EAST •
A.M. P.M.
6.15 2.3'0
6.31 2.48
6.43, 3.00
6.59 3.12
7.05 3.23
' 7.12 3.29
7.24 3.41
Goderich
Hoim'esville
Clinton '..............
Seaforth ...
St. •Oolunvban
Dublin
Mitchell
Mitchell
?xtblin
Seaforth
Clinton
Goderich
WEST
11.06 9.28
11.14 9.36
11.30 , 9.47
11.45 10.00
12.05 10.25
C.P.R. TIME TABLE
EAST
P.M.
4.20
4.24
4.32
4.42
4.52
5.05
5.15.
9,00-
Goderich
,00
Goderieh
Metnset
McGaw
Aubtnrn
Blyth
Walton
McNaught
Toronto ......
WEST
A.IVt.
Toronto 8.30
teNaught ...• 1 12.0
Waken .. • 12.13
'Dinh... . ..... ... 13.23
. . i .'i . - Y Y . I .. Y a .' 12.32
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The . Canaddaa cpast grows' fainter
and fainter through ,the porthole of•
the wardroom. We are aboard an
American destroyer bound for ,some
port in England. Not even the Bri-
tish Admiralty knows our exact des-
tination. . London will ..decide that
when we are a few days off the Bri-
tish coast, according to the preval-
ence of submarines and dive .bomb-
ers. Our orders are to proceed to a
penciled dot on the 'vast chart of the 'off in the middle."
tossing Atlantic and await instruc-
tions.
,. I share the captain's cabin. The
scale of comfort for officera'•on a de-
stroyer approximates that for in-
mates of 'the Kansas State Peniten-
tiary. They have tiny cabins with
two -decker bunks, a washstand and a
single cold water faucet. The ward-
room is a steel box running across
the ship -about 20 feet by 10 feet with
a dining table and chairs securely
fastened, down against. rough weather.
The officers agree these destroyers
are much more comfortable than Bri-
tish boats. "Now take that radiator,"
Guns (the gunnery officersays.
"You'd never find that on Hisales-
ty's ships.. Got to crawl do your bunk
to get warm. We ,do have electric
heaters, sometimes. But' no bloody
.good. Remember Narvik, Number
One?"
"Do '1 rather!" says the first offi-
cer. • "We'd conte , down off the
bridge and fairly sit on the bloody
things, but they wouldn't take the
chill off our bottoms. You Americans
do your crews rather well too. Bunk
-and real mattresses. Always ham-
mocks in the British navy, ever since
Drake's time."
"Do the men like our bunks?"
"Why, I can't say that they do.
You see, you're never 'seasick in a
hammock -it swings free of the roll
of the ship. And the men complain
that sleeping on these mattresses is
like trying to sleep on a -ruddy Lump
o" jelly --have to hold on with their
tFeth. Bloody good little,.._.... ships,
though -fast -just what, we need.
Can't really thank you people enough,
you know."
The signalman comes up to the
captain with a message: "Submar-
ine reported 600 miles away."
The captain steps to the chart and
makes a neat little penciled dot,
writes "U-boat"- and the date. Two
sailors on watch step up and look at
the dot which is two days, more or
less, ahead of us.
Later .I notice that Guns, natunally
neat, is slopping around with shoelac-
Pr untied. Guns is 40; half his years
have -beeir spent in His Majesty's
Navy; if anyone knows about torpe-
does, it will be Guns. So I ask.
"It's all in getting used to it," says
Guns. "I never wear sea boots like
the other chaps on this ship, apt to
drag you down • in the water. In the
submarine service in.a. tight spot we
chaps left our shoelaces untied. You
can kick them. off quick. Don't know
that it does any real good. Makes a
chap feel better.
"Worst of all is the cold. We pulled
one chap out of the Skagerrak. Been
in only 15,Jninutes. I gave him arti-
ficial respiration for' half an hour but
it did no good," Guns said sadly. • "I
could feel him die -in my arras."
After a pause I say: "I .expect
things are pretty grim in a submar-
ine wardroom -not as cheerful as
here."
Guns shakes his head. ' "Fellows
laugh and joke. Count the buznips
from depth charges. But whether the
next one will 'get you.'l
"But doesn't it sometimes get pret-
ty tense?"
I have been tactless and Guns looks
mildly annoyed. "Chaps look at it
another way. You figure that if one
of 'em's got ,'ur number" -here he
nodded gravely -"you'll get it rib mat-
ter What you dlo. But if it hasn't,
why, you never will. Chaps figure it
that way. If they didn't-" here he
seemed unable to say any more.
'This evening we, should arrive at
our secret •des ination. From there
we may be told to skiint the south of
Ireland, or go on through the North
Channel.
''Nasty' spot that," explains the first
lieutenant, shaking his head. "Lots
of little islands there to hide U-boats
waiting to slink out and, take a crack
at shipping. Sometimes Jerry sends;
out a squadron of Heinkels for varie-
ty. Got to sweat your eyeballs in
the North Channel." .
whiolt arltash our atarhatu4 beam.
Presently a convoy looms u i ahead
on . its way to the western woririt'
a couple or plump liners plus+ h laand-
ftil or dirty bobbing freightere with
British warabipa shopherdillig thettY
Slowly It dwindles out of Watt aateri;<.
The sI pwtJnian ooltlet running with
a nressal;o: "Ship 50 tulles aaatQria
giving distress llguala.' Being attach-
od by enemy aircraft. Messatto b'ok.e
The signalman comes in from the
bridge, rain dripping from him,. The
captain reads the message.
"Ship jii,9t torpedoed 300 miles
back," he say's _gravely. "Jerry 'was
a d'ay late if he was looking for us"
After a silence we go on with ,lunch.
The ship is wallowing wildly . in. 40
degree rolls. Only one plate illus a
fork or spoon is set before each Man
-he couldn't hold on to more. Big
seas splatter over. the. bridge and
there is a terrific din are tootliibrusrh-
es, ash trays and fouuta4'n liens clat-
ter back and forth over cabin, floors.
Living in a destroyer 'is, like keeping
house in a• concrete mixer, .yet this
does not interrupt the imomem'oria11
British custom of teal: even tllioutg+li
we 'have to wave til •cups Hack sand
forth like tennis rackets to keep thehn,
from sli4iliing._
Today 'tve rahottldI sight Band.
iitiorliitig we picked up .h 'taarning&hat
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all, air 'raleds ott ahead 44difg eVet
the 1i'ls'b . $d'. 17p Aircox i l ,esu1 1 j
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„Does that moan she's sinking?" I
as k.
"Likely." says the captain,
"'Plink they'll turn us mound, sir?"
asks the first lieutenant.
"Probably not," says the, captain.
"Our oil tanks areu''t too full. Might
need the reserve for a brush with a
U-boat up ahead."
, F'ifteen minutes later: "Aircraft
off the port bow, sir!" the lookout
calls. There it is -a :speck --a rising
black fly -4 crow -growing 'bigger.
The coy, "Action stations!" rings
through the ship. "We may have s,
Little fun, you know," the first lieu-
tenant says, looking at the approach-
ing plane. "No, sorry, 'think she's
ours. Probably out to look for the
slinking ship -chase Jerry away if he's
still there." The big bomber swings
over us, our gun crews following him
carefully. . He makes his recognition
signal to make sure we don't open
fire, then fades off into the horizon.
"Look down there!" The first of -
Seer points to a floating oar.
"Probably from a lifeboat: You
know it's damned lucky we're getting
these ships of yours. This sea lane
is crammed full of a bloody muck of
wrecks, simply because• we don't have
enough warships to escort 'em."
"Ships astern, sir," calls the look-
out. Two or three hulls are on tihe
horizon. A few minutes later he calls
again. "Ships astern' gaining,
The lookout is clearly nervous. The
hulls are much larger now. "Don't
mind them," first lieutenant ,says im
patiently.. "If they'd been enemy
they'd have opened fire long ago."
In ten minutes we recognize them
as the fat liners we passed earlier.
Now they are making full speed back
for safety. But, after overtaking us,
the convoy obviously gets a signal
that all is clear. It turns and againr
steams westward.
I go down to the wardroom for
lunch. When. I come .back up the
captain is scanning the horizon with
binoculars.
he ' sa. "object ahead
there." Our cap is very matter-
of-fact. "Might be a berrel," he con-
tinues.
"Hm," he says again, as the object
is:momentarily lifted into the sunlight
on a big wave. As another wave lifts,
it he calls: "Oh, First, alter course,
will you? Think that's a raft out
there -rather thought I saw 'a signal
from it."
The .ship's , wake boils out in a
nighty curve. The captain continues
to peer through his glasses. "Hm,"
he says, "five people ,on it. Alt least
one of 'em's alive."
In a few minutes you can cou.nt
'them with the naked eye. Their raft
is a huge orange •doughnut, within
which five then are squatting, one
-waving a paddle. Shortly they are
close abeam; 'with; engines off, we
drift slowly toward them. Ons fellow
paddles frantically until the raft
bumps the ship's flank. A ship's lad-
der' goes oversid'e: The watersoaked
horizon -blue under the • orange life
jackets tells us, they are R.A.F. suers.
One of the aviators rises unstead-
ily, grapples weakly at a rope, and
topples into the sea." A sailor dives
Overboard, comes up behind the man
.whose Loose -roiling head is just above
water. The sailor ties the rope under
his arms and pushes tbinii to the lad-
der, and three sailors pull his sea-
chilledl bod'y to our deck. The' others
with help are able to mount the wood-
en rungs and are halt' led, half car-
ried down to the cozy warmth of the
wardroom:
Lying lump, they are too weak ev
en to raise their arms as we strip
off She wet uniforms. Their water -
soaked; • flesh feels dead, the. texture
of cold 'boiled oysters. Slowly then
they mumble out the story'. Their
big bomber on patrol came down yes-
terday. They had just 50 seconds to
toss their inflatable life raft in the
sea and 'climb on before the ;lane
She fnft rraliwriabI .
d�'ttggy--ow Ia vIt tty
In at in wpiriti. by
h t t aalNid of hire
lei. nays,pbili a fri nd
etipi{eetatt.Dogs Kid-
ney i''ilie. *1 anee
Thleei
teak I a�ddrw.
"weahetl taadU feeling
•tae a an a lafed by�
clear he.ited energy ';inti ': tea deep.,
kleedeci 0. heckeehe, lassitude end other
ii ne of 40011y. hidneys disappeared. tlz
-Dodds Kidney Rills
statriC, All bight- they aa'lapped earl's
other to keep awake, which meant
keepiin'g alive. Au hour after dawn
they sighted a slr.ip, screamed and
waved frantically, She came within
a hundred yards but passed without
seeing them.
No, they don't .want food. Just a
drink of water and then sleep. So,
rubbing them down with hot towels,
we roll them into blankets.
Meanwhile, the signalmen have
been busy. Our flotilla leader orders
us full speed ahead to the nearest
-British port. Men who have -been 22
hours in the bitter North. Atlantic
need litispital care. So, showing our
heels and a' long plume of black
stroke to the other destroyers, we
abandon zigzagging and, heedless of
submarines, forge straight ahead. At
dusk we sight the coast line and'pres-
ently are nosing our way into port.
'There are muffled harbor lights..
There are -outlines of Air Force am-
bulances wanting for the fliers. Thus
the first job of the' former American
;destroyers is done before ever they
reach England. '
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• A newspaper reporter was invited
to take his first aeroplane trip with
a stunt flier for the movies. He was
filled with forbodings, which increas-
ed when a parachute was strapped
on, to him and he -was given careful
instructions regarding its use. . The
stunt man also wore. a parachute, and
When he put a heavy leather coat on
over it the reporter asked timidly,
"How can you use the parachute with
that coat on?"
"Oh," replied the pilot, nonchalant- "
ly, "I'd have plenty of time„to take
the coat off when we fell."
They went up and flew 'for several
minutes, untilf feeling warm, the stunt
man began td remove his coat.
"Hot, isn't it?" he said, genitally,
but there was no reply. The reporter
had jumped overboard.
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