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. Sell & Dried Fruits. In the Winter menu while dried fruits do not supply vitamin C they |' do retain all other essential properties | of fresh canned fruits. AN Vitamins A. and B, mingqral content, fuel value, laxative properties, alka. ling reaction--all these qualities are abundantly supplied. by the dried fruits. Prunes, dates, raisins and figs are excellent sources of iron. Peaches, apricots and apples, though léss rich in iron, contribute other mineral con- stituents in goodly amounts, The fact that these dried fruits are always availablt and are inexpensive makes "them worthy of the consideration of all home-makers and particularly those who are trying to maintain a swell-balanced and adequate dietary on a_ greatly reduced food budget. 'The uses of dried. fruits are many and of great variety. Plain cakes and simple steamed puddings are made interesting and glven more food value by. their addition, : Raisins or figs may be stewed in a little water until tender to make good sauce to use over rice pudding. Corn. starch pudding too, is improved by the - fruit sauce, : . Cooked, Prunes - The reason many people do not like dried fruits is hecause so often the "home-maker does not prepare them to appear appetizing or, attractive, Prunes, for instance, delicious as they are when properly cooked, have been the butt of. boarding-house jokes for. 80 many years that many folks com- pletely ignore. them simply for this reason. Fa 'The packaging and- preparation of dates, prunes and. figs have been great. ly improved within the last few years, To:day the home-maker may buy dates already pitted; figs, too, may be pur- chased all ready for use. , : Housewives may well afford the Juxury of attractive looking and deli- cious, tasting desserts, if they make ~ liverd¥iise of dried fruits. The: cost of these fruits {s gpmparatively small and the food value great. _ Properly. cooked prunes do not need the addition of any sugar. Those prunes which require soaking should be covered with cold water and allcw- ed to soak for several hours or. over- _ night; .then simmered until tender without changing the water. Other . prunes that require no soaking should ---- be boiled briskly for ten minutes and simmered for fifteen. Or they may be placed in a casserole and baked in'a moderate oven until tender, The - baked prunes have delicious flavor and thick rich syrup, If sugar is add- ed, it should not be until the prunes are almost tender. The mistake most women make In cooking this fragrant and delightful fruit is in adding too much water, with. the result that the prunes are taste- less, and the juice thin and unpalat- able. There are many sizes of prunes, the smaller ones are just as good as - the lagger for dishes in which they will be' stoned and chopped, so use "discretion in 'purchasing them. . Brupes For Salads -- =~ | Prunes and figs steamed and stuffed ; With cottage cheese make nourishing and inviting winter salads. . Prunes stuffed with peanut butter in a salad . are a treat for the children, Long, slow cooking is essential for all dried fruits in order to soften the skins. If prunes are soaked overnight in water to cover and then simmered always below the boiling point for three or four hours and. allowed to stand again overnight before serving, they will be, deliciously tender, firm ard well flavored. If sugar is added: it should be put in just after removing -. from the fire, Prunes and. Cranberries 1 cup raw prunes, 1 cup sugar, boil. * 'Ing water, 1 cup cranberries chopped, ¥ box plain gelatin, % cup cold water, - After cooking prumes until fender, drain, and measure the juice. Add enough boiling water to make the total voluxie three cups. Wash the cran- berries in running water in a colander, then add: the berries to the hot water and prune jyice and-cook 10 minutes. Add the gelatin, previously soaked in the cold water for five minutes, and the stoned prunes cut in quarters. SE 'Woman's 5 8 fh ed bd ore ins By Mair M. Morgan Turn into a mould, rinsed with cold 'water, and chill, Tg l Baked Prune Whip * | Stone cooked priines and press them through a sieve. To 1 cup prune pulp add 2 tablespoons sugar and the beat- 'ea whites of 2 eggs (very stiff), Beat | the mixture well with a large strong | egg beater, turn into a greased baking |, dish or 4 individual 'greased custard cups, Bake in slow 300 degree oven about 20 minutes or until firm. Serve |, plain, or with a sauce made from the 'yolks of the 2 eggs. This may be a plain boiled custard sauce. : Prune and Cereal Mould 1 cup raw prunes, 14 teaspoon salt, 14 cup fine breakfast food, boiling water, Prepare prunes as usual, Stone them, measure fruit and juice. Add enough boiling water to make 4 cups. Add the salt, sift in the cereal 'while stirring constantly. Cook in a double boiler 3% hour, stirring at first to prevent lumping, Turn into & mould rinsed with cold water, and let cool. Unmould and serve with cream and 'sugar, Bananas With Figs 4 ripe bananas, 2 tablespoons pow- dered sugar, 4 figs, 3% cup chopped nut meats. Peel, scrape lightly and slice the bananas, Wash, dry and chop the figs. Spread them over the bananas Sprinkle with the sugar and nut meats and serve cold with: whipped and sweetened cream, Sweet cracker crumbs may be used for this dessert instead of the chopped nuts. : Fig Paste (Laxative) 1 1b. raw prunes, 3 1b, figs, 1 oz. sen- na leaves, cold water. Soak- the prunes in water enough to cover over|- A tractive garnish for the steamed spin- ach. night, In 'the morning add the senna leaves, tied in a cheesecloth bag. Sim- mer together until the prunes are done. - Remove the bag of senna. Storie the prunes, ="op them. fine. Add. the. finely chopped figs. "Place them -both with the prune' juice and cook together slowly until thick, Use as-a spread for crackers, as a filling for sandwiches or cake. This may be beaten into a boiled frosting as a flavoring. i Dried Apple Sauce Soak dried apple slices over night, simmer in water in which they were soaked until thoroughly swelled. Drain them, To each 2 cups apple slices add 1 cup grape juice and simmer the ap- ples in this until they are tender. Sweeten with 14 cup sugar near -the end of the cobking period. Cool. Serve on buttered toast or on day-old cake slices. ; Children's Sandwiches _ Soak assorted dried fruits, such-as apples, apricots and prunes, overnight in water enough to cover them. In the morning cook as usual until tender. Add little sugar while cooking if apri- cots are used, and cook until thickened like a paste. Cool it and use 'on bread and butter as a spread. Evaporated Fruit Butters Evaporated or dried pears and]. peaches make especially fine fruit but. ters when the winter's. supply of fresh fruit butters runs low, Soak the. fruit as directed for the cooking of dried fruits. Use enough water tg:cover the fruit. In the morn- bi Fn the 'sathe water until tender, then press the fruit through a sieve, Measure -the juice and the pulp, and for each cupful of it, use % cup of sugar. Cook down the pulp be- fore adding the sugar .to prevent dark. ening of the butter, Cook if Jaws 20 minutes to half an lidur, "then add sugar and cook until the consistency of jam, ; : : Boston Brown Bread Mix together one and one-half cups yellow cornmeal, one cup graham flour, one cup white flour. Add 1% cups milk fn which is beaten one t2a-| spoon soda, one cup molasses and ono teaspoon salt. Have batter thin, pour into cans and steam 'for three hours. It sweet milk fs used put soda in with the molasses. Raisins or chopped dates may be used if desired. Lemon 8ponge Pie One and one-fourth cups sugar, 2 tabelspoons flour, 1 tablespoon butter, % teaspoon salt, 3 eggs, 1 cup water, 1 large lemon, plain pastry. ed . Miss Mary McCormic on arrival in London: to sing at the London Palladium despite an injunction to prevent her singing except in Florida.-- 2 : Line a deep pie dish ' with plain pastry." Mix and sift sugar, flour and salt. Rub in butter and add grated rind and julce of lemon, Mix: thorough. ly and add yolks of eggs beaten until thick and lemon colored. Add water and beat'with a rotary heater, Beat 'whites of eggs on a platter with a wire whisk until stiff and dry. Fold into first mixture and 'turn into the pastry lined ple dish, Put into a hot oven for ten minutes. Reduce heat and bake '40 minutes In a slow oven. The oven should be 425 deg. F. when the ple is put in and the heat should be reduced, to 324 deg. F. to finish baking. Household Hints The drier the cheese, the better it is for cooking purposes. Add two tablespoons of tomato cat- sup to the pan in which the fish is bak. ing. Strips of crisp bacon make an at- Stale cake may be sliced to line a mold for a gelatine or cornstarch pud- ding, Oranges and lemons to be grated should be washed well beforehand to remove soil from handling. - Boil onions in milk instead of water it you are looking for a real delicacy. It' takes away all strong taste and re- sults in a delicious dish. In darning stockings, it is best to use carefully matched yarn, and re- inforce with a long and short stitch on-the inside before the holes actually appear. : If you are usiug wool for darning, hold it to the sterm of the kettle for five minutes. = - When sweaters need mending and you have no wool to match them, care- fully. remove the pockets and unravel them, and wind wool on a-wet rag. A good way of mending a towel is to bind the edge with gingham. ----e Child Was Father Of the President {Franklin Roosevelt: Said. as a Boy "If I Didn't Give the Orders, Nothing Would Happen" New York,--Mus, James Rocsevelt recently recalled the first birthday of "my boy, Franklin." ¥ While the Wnited States celebrated his 62nd anniversary, the President's mother remembered the sunny up- stairs room in their hiouse on the Hud- sonlthe room where Franklin was born. ' te It came near being a dark day. that January da; 52 years ago. For, as thé Predident's grey-haited mother recalled -in her .book published last year, "When he was born I was given too much chloroform, and it was near- ly fatal to us both. "The nurse said she never expected the baby to be alive, and was surpris- to to find that he was." : Pictures from his boyhood recur. to Mrs. Roosevelt; such, pictures ag the time when she admonished him, "Franklin, wher: is your obedience," and he grinned, "My 'bedience has gone upstairs for a walk." She sees, too, that more significant scene when she said, "Don't give all the orders, Franklin." And her son answered, "Mummie, if I don't give the orders nothing would happen." Lesson Vil.--February 18, "Said within themselves." > oe > +e Jesus' Power to Help--Matt, 9.1.13, Golden Text -- | desire mercy, and not sacrifice; for I came not to call the righteoUs, but sinners--Matt, 9:13. -TIME--Midsummer and autumn of A.D. 28, the second year of Christ's | ministry, PLACE--Capernraum; © "And he entered into a boat." The same boat in which they had crossed the sea, probably Peter's, "And cross. ed over," They left Décapolis because the foolish Gagarenes, dismayed by Christ's supernatural power, had beg- ged him to leave their territory. "And came into his own city," ithe city of his adoption, "And behold." Matthew's introduc- tion of a ial marvel. "They brought to him a man sick of the palsy." The disease known as palsy (shortened form of "paralysis") was sometimes painless, causing only u deadening of the parts involved, and was sometimes a form of catalepsy or cramps, causing the most intense agony, "Lying on a bed." The thin mattress which constituted the East- ern bed, "And Jesus seeing their faith." For the full story we must turn to Mark 2: 15; Luke 5: 17-20. "Said unto the sick of the palsy, Son." Or "child," a term of pity and of love. "Be of good chear." This seems to have been a favorite greeting with Christ. 'Thy sins are forgiven." Christ sees not only the paralysis of the man's 'body, but also the sin in the man's seul, "And behold." Matthew is filled with awe at the spiritual miracle ra- ther than at the physical miracle. "Certain of the scribes." A party of scribes' (and Pharisees, see Luke 5: 21( was sitting there, seeking to catch Jesus in some unorthodox statement. They did not venture in that company to speak openly. "This man blasphemeth,' Mark 2: 7 adds their thought, "Who can forgive sins but one, even God!" "And Jesus knowing their thoughts." Fer "he "himself knew what was in man" (John 2: 26). "Said, Where- fore think ye evil in your hearts?" There is One who knows our thoughts before they clothe themselves in words that fall from our lips. "For which is easier, to say, Thy sing are forgiven; or to say, Arise and walk?" Christ proposed at once to say the second, which was much the more difficult, because the falsity of the claim to work the physical cure would be at once expcscd 1f he should fail, whereas no one could prove him false in claiming to forgiva sins. The first was infinitely harder to do; the second, to say. "But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins." He here puts himself forward simply as the Son of man upon-earth, in contradistinctioa to God Alinighty in heaven. "(Then saith he to the sick of the palsy), Arise, and take up thy-"bed, and go unto thy house." If we sre to arise and walk, and manfully fulfill our destiny in the world, rising from the paralysis of neurotic excitements and overstratned pleasures, we may never forget that first we have sins to be forgiven, and that still the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins. "And he arose, and departed to his house." The New Testament seldom takes time to describe the feelings of these whom Christ healed, but we may easily imagine the cured man's exulta- tion and the joy of his loved ones at Lome. "But when the .1ultitudes saw it, they were afraid." Filled with solemn awe at this exhibition of divine power. Even the scribes and Pharisees hushed their criticisms, "And glorified God, who had given such' authority uito men." Men, for our Lord had identi- fied himself with his fellows. "And as Jisus-- passed. by from thence." Matthew records his sum- mons to-discipleship with all modesty, devoting to it only one verse of two sentences, though it meant everything to him. "He saw a man, c:illed Mat- thew." His name. was Levi, butf prob- ably he signalized this great step in his life by the adoption of a new and significant name, for Matthew means The Gift of God. "Sitting at the place of toll." He belonged to the despised class of publicans, or collectors of the public revenuis required by the Ro- mans. "And he saith unto him, Fol- low me." In Levi's ears rang Christ's sentence which* he 'himself - recorded, You, cannot serve God atid mammon, "And he. arose, and followed him." Think of all that obed'ence involved, "And it came to pass, as he sat at meat in the house" This was at the great feast (Luke 6: 29-32) which Matthew gave to signalize his entrance into Christian: diszipleship. "Behold, many publicans and sinners same and sat down with Jesus and his disciples." Publicans and other sinners, for the Capernaum, Smart Simplicity By HELEN WILLIAMS, | Hlustgdted Dressmaking Lesson Fyp- lished With Every Pattern If yu want to look really smart, you must have a new right woolen dress. The original was diagonal pattern in flame colored rabbit's-hair woolen with toning suede belt.and bone but- tons, oo - - It is a simple straightline model, yet distinguished for its charming and different look. Its slimming bias lines make it suitable for quite a number of figures. - It's so quickly and easily fashioned. Printed or plain silks would also he smart, : Style No. 3286 is designed for sizes 14, 16, 18, 20 years, 36, 38 and 40 inches bust... ; Size 16 requires 2% yards of 54- inch material. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. "Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 15¢ in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. the Romans as supremely wicked. Matthew evidently used the occasion as an advertisement of Christianity, and invited all his publican friends to meet Jesus, "And when the Pharisees saw it." With the freedom of 'Eastern ways, thoy had entered the dining hall and were looking on sneeringly. "They sail unto his disciples." Not daring to ap- proach the Master with their eriti- cism, so majestic was he, with all his boldnéss. "Why eateth your Teacher with the publicans and sinners?" No- thing inthe life of Jesus gave so much offence to, the religious people of his time as his attitude to thc publican and the sinner. "But when he heard it." Christ may have conjectured the Pharisees' ob- jection by their lowering looks, or have overheard their mutterings, or may have been informed of them by his disciples, or may easily have had sup- ernatural knowledge of their incensed words;. "He said, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick." The Saviour takes the Pharisees at their own cstimation, that they were spiritually sound, if all other were unsound; it would have been wasted time to try to convince those souls seared by pride that their spirit of vain-glory and exclusiveness. was a most terrible disease, "But go yo .and learn what this meaneth.. . They, these self-appointed teachers of the Jews, were thémselves grossly ignorant of the reul meaning of their Scriptures, and neeled to go to school again. "I desire mercy, and not sadrifice."" A familiar passage, Hos. 6: 6, one of the lofiiest sayings of the Old Testament, bringing it very close to the New. "For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners." Thus does Christ summarize a great pur- pose of his life. His life was all love, bodying forth "he infinite love ¢f God. France Recalls atolls With 535 Killed i Recent Accident Brings to Light - Catastrophe Long Kept Under Cover by Censorship Paris.--Sixteen years after it hap- pened, 'the worst diséster' in railroad history---the wrecking of a French troop train with 535 killed and 243 in- jured--has been brought to light, Investigation into the recent Lagny train wreck, in which '200 died, brought forth details of the 1917 tra- gedy, long hidden by war censorship. Of the 1,200 French soldiers on leave who boarded the military train by de- tachments at Modane, near the Franco-Italian border in the Graian Alps, more than half were killed or injured less than: half an hour later, ENGINEER PROTESTS. Another troop train catastrophe had been credited with the largest number of rail fatalities in a single accident until the French wreck was brought to light. This was the death of 227 troops at Gretna Green, Scotland, in 1915, . Despite the protests of the engineer of the French troop train at Modane, who insisted that two engines were needed to control the heavy train on the sharp Alpine grades, he was given only one locomotive, Coming down a grade about 30 miles from Modane, he lost control and the whole train piled up in a tangled mass at the bottom of a slope near the town of Saint Jean de Maurienne, The first few coaches were derailed and the rest crashed into them, -SURVIVOR'S STORY. The train was composed of 'wooden coaches, as was the wrecked express at Lagny, and fire was responsible for the terrible loss of life. The wooden cars. burned like tinder and hundreds of soldiers trapped in the debris died before their comrades could veach them, Jules Brice, attached to the Eighth Engineering Corps and one of the sur- vivors, told the story of it after the Lagny disaster. He himself as badly injured and trapped in the wreckage of the troop train. "I had almost succeeded in freeing myself," he said, "when I found that my. foot was caught and.I was unable to move. My comrades tried to free me, but I told them to help those worse injured than I, Then the fire broke out and the flames began to approach me. I felt that I was lost. Fortunate- ly other soldiers came to my help and I was pulled out of what was left of the coach in which I had been riding. A few minutes later it was .nathing but a blazing mass." > S-- Beau Brummel Styles Appear for Women Paris.--Beau Brummel modes of the 18th century have now made an ap- pearance in the 1934 pageanteof fem- inine-fashions for spring. Reversible satine and heavy cravat silks with fitted jackets and lacy jabots, affected by dancjes more thin 100 years ago, have been adapted for wear by modish modern women, Styles include suits of black quilted satin, de- signed with fitted jackets and worn with high cravats of white elastic lace. Sport styles are fashioned on easy- fitting lines in contrast_to the former square-shouldered geometric silhou- cette. Skirts-are slightly longer and jacket shoulders smoothed to a natural line. Sports suils of beige crinkled linen, pale blue cloque pique, and heavy beige shantung are designed with plain skirts, fitted shipslength, ov loose three-quarter length jackets, ac- companied by blouses of multi-colored piquue plaid cotton. : eo 9 Two new fabrics appeared in even- ing modes. A heavy midnight-blue artificial silk, interwoven with cello- phane, gives a luminous effect to a long-sleeved dinner gown. Beige crinkled washable velvét gives slender fitted lines to a floor-length gown with, low back, . JY "J -- > 0 HER PARTY The damsel wept To see accept The girl she fairly hated, While those thought fine Had to decline . Or so they sweetly stated. MUTT AND JEFF-- By BUD FISHER 'COME ON, JEFF -1GoTA yoB = 2 A: | FOR YOU! THIS IS A CHANCE itp | [ Jews regarded the tax-gatherers for -- MR GLUTZ, i | US To GET BACK ON QUR FEET! if 'T WANT You TO MEET MY PAL, JEFF. TM SURE HE'S THE | RIGHT MAN FoR * 1 THE 308! 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But the trite simile is all wiong, This, then, is in defence of "Bossy," who lays claim to more sense thay she is credited with, It is not the "tail" of one cow, but a collection of * well-known (at least among old cow: mien) traits and instincts of thé cows of the open range--not the modern sheltered and scientifically tended kind who, for all I know, may well be dumb, not having to shift for themselves, wo Range cattle have a deep sensibility regarding their maternal obligations They never leave their calves alone while grazing or watering. It -is not an uncomn:on sight to see six or seven young calves around a sing'e cow, The next day, at about the same place, you may see the same calyes, but another cow standing guard. = Clubbing to. gether in this way, the mothers can trek several miles after water with. out leaving their offspring unpro- tected, During branding season sometimes a couple of thousand cows and calves are rounded up and milled around for a day or two while the branding ia being done. Naturally, cows and their calves become separated from each other, But as soon as they are set at liberty, both the cows and calyes high-tail it back to the spot wher: they saw each other last. Is this in stinct or sense? : Sheep and goats will graze a pas turage clean, but not so cows.. The) will eat the leaves and certain bushes weeds and grass, but they never eal anything down to where it is killed They protect their grazing further by eating only certain kinds of vegetablw at certain seasons of the year--the season when that particular vegeta tion furnishes the most nourishmenf and does the least harm to tha plant In grazing steep, hilly country cows lay it out in trails that woulé do credit to an engineer. Grazing trails seldom have more than a six per cent, grade, and are laid out s¢ there isn't a spring of grass on tha whole hillside that cannot be reache¢ from a trail, 8 : In the spring, range cows gram - back from permanent water, drinking out of pools and puddles of surfact water, saving the grass near the year around water till later on when the surface water is dried up. . Cows are even psychic! I'H prove it. You will see one cow absolutely foolish about her calf, and anothex one take no particular interest in hers Nine times out of ten, the calf that receives all the attention is sold for veal or dies on the range. In the Southwest a man was con sidered a newcomer or a fool if he prophesied on the weather, but if he | knew cows, he could foretell a storm At a certain time -: and never miss. every day, or every other day, depend. ing on the distdince she has to go, a cow will start for water. But if it is going to rain within twenty-four hours she won't go to the creek if she has: far to go. When it is going to be a hard winter, a range cow spends little time in lying in the shade during sum- mer; she's busy putting on extra fat for the lean days when the snow cov- ers the ground. = = : A cow can always tell when she 18 coming to the end of her span. Cows give little trouble when being driven to new pasturage, but just head them for the slaughter-house! There will be everything from -stampedes on down, They know what's coming. 1 know a rancher in New Mexico wha decided to transfer about four hundred Not caring to drive them, he headed them for the railroad loading pens. Every thing went fine, the cows marching into 'the cars: with apparent satisfac. tion, Two months later, they were ready for market. Thé car loading process was again attempted. But this time it was an entirely differént story For five hours, every hand waa kept busy trying to get those stam. peding creatures into the cars. They ran and jumped and bellowed and crashed the fences. There was some- thing in the air which they didn't like the way to the slaughter-house! . oF. If you still think you are justified in using the incorrect saying, "as dumb as a cow!" at least direct it to- wards something a little more intelli. gent than many people. This will make your comparison more reliable Cows may be dumb about such mat. ters as mathematics and technocracy, but they know a few things that con- tinue to amaze their all-wise owners! ee Work is Less Tiring If You Sit Correctly Correct sitting posture applies ta the girl who works in an office as well ag to the woman whose activities are largely social, If you have hours and hours of typing ahead of you, you'll get through it more quickly and certainly more easily if you put your feet directly in front of you, flat on the floor. Sit back until the base of your spine touches tho back "of the chair and then straighten out your spinal column, neck and head into one straight line, _ Don't get too near the typewriter, Give. your arms a chance to work freely, state fl vais iv The promised revaluation of gold in the United States will give that couns try a _ J fit of around $%,000,000,000. © RX Rt oo nT wr ~ my w ¥ A% SR = i ao nd, aCe (pS ty A J ¥ ¥ ¥ A NT A ng ~~ 2 Yager Meh S