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DECEMER,I,L1942
Sketching Old Haase
Provides Pay,and Play
(By Margaret adtuher)
READING, ENG. — Technically, I
:Suppose, I ern an out -of -work;• yet nev-
ser was a body busier. I am Atilt heng-
i eng about, waiting to dear up those
family aftairs—which I could not elo•
elf I were Working in an office. Mean-
while I have been doing something
which certainly fills. the gap. For
'houts at a time—so absorbing is it -
1 can even forget the 'war, though
that seems impossible till one exPeri-
-encee it.
It all began on one Saturday af-
ternoon, When 1 set off, a pack the
size of a cottage • on my back, and
cycled into the country to make a
sketch of a charming little sixteenth-
-century house. I thought it would do
me acid to try my hand at that sort
of thing again, for I was feeling stale,
news -bothered and altogether horrid.
We all know what it is to feel like
that at times. It is something to be
fought—not encouraged; so I tackled
it in the best way I could think. And
no sooner had I started than out rush-
ed the owner of the house. I thought,
for one nasty moment that she was
going to shoo me off, but far from it.
' "Oh!" she exclaimed, with delight
in her nice' face, "I've been longing
for somebody to do my little house.
Will you let rof buy it when you're
finished?",
Really Useful Work
And that is how it all began. Now
I am spending almost all, my time in
bustling around, paint -box and all;
and curiously enough, folk •seem to
regard it as really useful work. I was
a bit afraid. at first, in a quiet' way,
that they wpuld imagine I was some-
body slacking about and never doing
a hand's turn in these times, but no-
body has ever even hinted as much,
praise be.
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Ip fact, I have Net finished one
for a delightful c,oUple: a retired med.-
iota missionary and his wife. 'When I
left them—full of happiness to have a
sketch of their beautiful home — he
said to me in a lovely way': "Well,
good-bye; and God bless your brush,
and may it prosper and give pleasure
to many. Believe nie, you're doing
good and useful work in this. There
is so much ugliness in the world now,
and somebody must try to preserve
beauty. You go right on With it."
It is years since I sketched serious-
ly; in fact, I thought I had dropped
all that for ever; but it is coming
back and I am recapturing the forgot-
ten knack—and finding new ones too.
It was my dear friend up in the North
who told me to do it, and I am grate-
ful to her for the encouragement she
gave me, and the luck her kind,words
have brought; for it is not easy going
to be marking time between jobs na-
turally.. One still hes to go one eating
and what not.
Cannot Place Me
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What interesting people I am meet-
ing! They can't quite make out at
first, of course, and—aren't we a fun-
ny nation?—they •don't quite know
where to 1'place" me. I can see them
hovering around wondering if I should
have a snack in the kitchen, or tak-
ing pot -luck with the family in the
dining room. Up to now A has al-
ways proved to be the dining room,
so I suppose I have managed to make
the grade. But you will gather from
this that I wear my worst rags on
these occastons: and why not? Blobs
of paint and showers of rain do not
add to one's clothing, and I'm taking
no chances. Another thing about this
is that I seem .to be filling a gap in
the Christmas present crisis; for
what can one buy now? Coupons and
'points', have put paid to candies and
clothing; and -there is another angle
too, I find: people want pictures of
'home' to "show the boys when they
come back." For one never knows in
these days of blitzes, does one?
Handsome Canadians
Everywhere I go there are Cana -
-xCrie:xee.
-Yeeereeeese
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escorted to the Hying- Wont and Mr.
Onion& McDMigald read the address.
and Mrs. A, W. Norris and Mrs. OS
mond MeDougald presented' these
with a silver relish ash and two sets
of sliver salt and pper shakers.
The hostess made a suitable reply, ex-
pressing much •appreciation of their
gifts and also saying that their home
" was always open to their friends and
neighbors.—Mitchell Advocate.
IRONING WASTES TIME, POWER
The saving of electricity is vital to the production of war winning
weapons. Particularly in Ontario and Quebec, householders should
co-operate in this wartime job by saving some electricity every' day.
Consumer Information Service suggests that aU the family washing
should be done at one time, and that only those articles be ironed which
really need ironing. The young housewife in the picture above is iron-
ing a heavy bath towel. By doing this she is wasting time, power, and
what is more, reducing the absorbency of the towel itself. Rough
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towelling, face cloths, and other such articles do not require ironing at
at all, only a good shaking before they are hung up to dry, and again
when they are being folded;
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dians now: jolly, handsome fellows,
always ready with a cheery word and
a greeting. They look healthy and
happy, and one told me yesterday that
he is'so contented here thee "it will
be hard work" to get him out of Eng-
land when the- war is over.
geons have put him right, after
months of work on him. He tells me
that he knows of nine similar cases,
all on the road to recovery. When he
came round, after the accident, his
entire body was paralyzed, but now
nobody would guess that anything had
Another—now looking the picture happened to him, so splendid does he
of health—is recovering from an ex- look.
traordinary • accident. He broke his
neck—believe it or not-eand.
the stir -
He could tell you, how Italian tanks scattered
• ID Libya -'how Sicily looked by the light cif
flare bombs; how the Huns ducked for cover
ID a half-dozen European countries. He's a
,member of an R.C.A.F. air crew—those much
travelled- 'lighting comrades of the skies.'!
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Trained in Canada—R.C.R.F. air crews take
the world in their stride. Smooth -working
• attack tea.ma —bomber and fighter Pilots,
Neviga.tore, Bombers, Gunners, Wireless
Operators—ready for action on any front.
They seek out and destroy the foe wherever
he can be found. After victory these keen
young Canadians will lead the Way to a
bright new world. Our future is in their
hands. Their future is in the skies.
YOung men with a tciste for adventure—and
a yen to pin Hitler's ,ears,back---,haye a new
career awaiting them in RoC.Al. air crews.
R.C.A.F. training in • Canada is expanding
steadily. More planes, • more schools, more
instructors are now available. At present
applications are being accepted for air crew
at R.C.A.F. Recruiting Centres throughout
Canada.
If you are physically fit, z1entaZIy alert,
over 171/2 and not yet 33, jou are eligible.
If you are over 33, but have exceptional
qualifications, you may still be consider.
ed. Lack of formal education is no lOnger
a bar to enlistment.
WOMEN TOO—join
Canadian women fill
vital j obs in tee R.C.A.F.
Women's Divlsion,, re-
leasing men for air crew duties. Recruits ars
needed, age 18 to 40, physically fit, with at
least High School entrance. Many usehrl and
fascinating jobs await you. No experience need.
ed. The Aix Force will train you quickly to !aka:
your place with Canada's airwomen. Full in,
formation at any R.C.A.F. Recruiting Centre.
or write address below for booklet.
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Then
there was the very large
young Man who (naturally) is known
as 'Tiny.' He is an ex -policeman,
having entered the Force when he
left Oxford, where he was studying.
The Battle of Britain put him out of
action, both his feet being injured dur-
ing rescue work in a blitz. During
that episode he was busy -rescuing a
girl who had been -hanging upside
down from a rafter for seven hours
and the young woman, when she was
brought out by Tiny, was. full of apol-
ogies" for being caught Tisi'`such an un-
dignified position. It worried her
more than anything els.' But poor
Tiny's best friend was killed beside
h4m—and how he hates the Paper-
hanger's Boys for it!
By the way, Iris name—a very en -
usual one—is Muttlebury, and he
thinks his- only living relatives are
in Canada. He would be tremendous-
ly interested to get word from any
Muttleburys, so if a letter should
come my way . . . well, I'll see that
it's forwarded to the right quarter.
Storms Holds Up Traffic
A busload of passengers bound for
Clinton and Goderieh was runleaeled at,
Dublin Wednesday night and obliged
to make the rest of their journey by
train, so difficult were driving condi-
tions owing to the storm that had rag-
ed all day and increased in fury as
night time came. The last five miles
into Dublin required one hour. Visi-
bility was almost nil. Not much snow
fell in Goderieh and district, but plen-
ty of it—several feet, it is said—fell
in theStratford-Wingham-Kincardine
districts', and pointe north. Travel-
lers reaching Goderich told of -waist-
high drifts and of snowplows being
out for the first time. Driving visi-
bility, horver, presented the great-
est problem. The gale reached mile -
a -minute velocity, according to the R.
A.F. weather bureau at Sheppardton.
All planes, of course, were grounded.
Highways were very icy and still are,
what traffic that is out barely crawl-
ed along. Mot of the hills are now
sanded. No accidents are reported.
The monthly meeting of the Old Age.
Pensions Board was called off on ac-
count of road conditions.- Bile traffic
to' Stratford has been resumed.--Ged-
erich Signal -Star.
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As Christmas approaches,
hen, with its activity
picy fragrance, becomes
most fascinating as well
est rooms in the house.
The whole question of food for the
holiday season needs careful plaeMing
f the pleasant bustle associated with
Christmas is not to develop into a
reneied flurry et the last minute.
This year, more than ever, the ques-
ion lel. holiday •meals needs careful
onsideration. Celebrations will be
all a less lavish and altogether sim-
Aer, scale as Canada celebrates her
the kit -
and warm,
one of the
as the bus -
Worse Than Torpedo'
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And I must not forget the charm-
ing, bright-eyed young woman who
had jest been torpedoed on her, way
back. from Australia. "The maddening
part of it is," she.said, "I've lost. my
fur coat." Her healthy body and
ininde.have ehaketi off the effects of
that adventure, but she is going to
feel the want of that fur_ coat for
many months, with another winter on
top of us, you may be sure.
My sketching adventures have also
brought me in touch with a little wo-
man who is .doing. wonderful work:
looking after evacuated children from
East End of London. She has half -a -
dozen at a time in her cottage, and a
nice baneful they are, 10 be sure. But
She manages; and she said to me:
"Ceneyoutell the overseas people how
grateful I•am to the Red Cross? Those
Canadian supplies, for instance. It's
grand stuff theyare sending. I've
known a delicate child change com-
pletely in a fortnight on the dried
milk, for example. It's been the
making of lots of them." Well,
there's the message, anyway; and I
seem to have a lot of messages this
time, don't I? But it all shows the
right spirit.. "Get through to our
fihends over there," is what people
are saying to me in one way and an-
other, all the^titoe.
That is the real feeling, and I, for
one, deeply mistrust anything else.
Who knows how those occasional
whiffs of criticism are sent out? Any-
body with any horsesense would sus-
pect the source of them. Occasional
grumblings there always will be since
we're all human, but, speaking for
myself, I have never met a first -band
authentic case for real complaint.
There are naughty boys and girls, all
the world over, Just as there are al-
ways little jealousies, - no matter
where one goes; but if we were 11 -
Ing in a perfect world there wouldn't
'he a war on at all, would there?
' ''• small way; go on wav-
ing a hand or calling out 'Good luck!'
when I ace any of the Canadian boye
on the road; and I certainly mean it.
.And, If I happen to have a •Canadian
nevrepaper in my ,pack it always finds
a Weleotte home in the Pocket of
somebocle'e thole.
"I Wender if there are hny kite/tell
tePieetit In Ilene eheete AwittagOeit,
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to take eere Or extra;
Meets. A buffet style ongipert
Christmas eve and a fireelide tee. Oa
Christine's night are ease' teCerepere
and an be stretched to accommodete•
almost any number of friende Who
may drop in:
By the week before Christmas plum
puddings, mince meat and fruit, cake
should be made and out of the way.
During this week:
Make a list of all staples _required
and order them.
Order the turkey, goose or chickens
for the Christmas dinner.
Make cranberry jelly, pour into ster-
ilized moulds, cover and store.
Bake cookies, make salad dressings,
etc.
Christmas vieek:—
Monday—C,omplete details of holi-
day menus.
Make final shopping list and com-
plete shopping by Wednesday.
Tuesday—Complete baking, to a k e
pastry for mince pies, wrap in wax
paper and store in refrigerator.
Wednesday — Prepare bread f or
stuffing.
Thursda,y-eWash salad greens, put
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in ice box in crisp, Stnere
goose or ,ohichen. •
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Q0,,rrOt f4,gge
Celery
-Re,dishei Pickles
Roast Turkey Sausage StuffiAX-
Cranberry Jelly '
Parsley Potatoes Baked Squ
Creamed Onions
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Roast
Sage and Onion
RDrestingApples,
Mashed Potatoes Gr#en Peas
Mashed Turnips
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Roast Chicken, Savoury Stuffing
Red Currant Jelly
Browned Potatoes Buttered Beets
Creamed Celery
Hot Mince Pie
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INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED
Matte in
Canada
MO/ Greetiais, ego,'
oat irofff vista/le
ere ew.--eyeefte
“AuWAR SAVINGS
STAMPS AND CERTIPI,
cAres. REGULARLY"
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"I've hung up the Santa
Claus suit for the duration.
l'm in uniform now -loaded
down with war calls.
"I can't get material to
build more -lines.
"So please don't ask me
to carry Christmas
messages, particularly
long.haul calla to the
eastern s6iboard and the
far west
"Thank you . . 1 know
you'll understand."
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