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roa ol oe Toevevessssessessee * 9 ETITere - By Mair M. Morgan KEEPING OUT THE COLD From Alberta we get these suggest: fons to combat cold winds. This house- wife evidently speaks from exper: ; ence. x "While still hoping that our dream houses will materialize "some day. probably most of us are glad indeed to have a tight roof over our heads right now. If there are a few drafts coming in from around foundations, doors and windows, surely we have enough ingenuity to stop them. Here} are a few suggestions from one who has lived' many years in the Canadian West. = ! The greatest help of all is to have the house, including any back Kitch- ens, porches or verandas, well banked up with. clean, dry earth, Mr. Man-of-the-House may think this a nuisance at a busy season, but surely not. when he considers how this banking will protect the cellar, save fuel and prevent floor drafts. It is wise not to delay in looking over the windows from the outside to make sure that the glass panes are well puttied all around. This is a pleasant job on a warm autumn oe y, but not so if it is left until / Wher sets in, 2 ; If you have no storm doors, just talk a piece of clean cotton cloth or awning over the screen door, or smaller pieces over each wire panel. You wouldn't believe the extra com- fort which these improvised storm doors give! Last year we had a side door we never used anyway, so, after tacking the cotton, as above, to the screen door (with pieces of lath nailed around the edges of cotton to keep the, wind from tearing it), we put a bag of coarse feathers between the inner and outer doors. What a lot of cold breezes these two little contrivances kept out! Home-Made Stripping Weather stripping for around im- perfectly fitting: door and window frames . is satisfactory, and only costs a few cents. But we can, if necessary, save - the few cents "by cutting four-inch strips. of sacking, doubling: them twice lengthwise, and stitching them onthe machine. This home-made . stripping. may easily bé tacked to cover the crack. And do it work? It does. : : Last winter, on a very stormy day, in a neighbor's sickroom, I noticed that the. doctor had ordered a blanket hung over a drafty window. Then the room seemed so shut awdy from the blizzard and so safel- So, on reaching home, I sewed two brass rings to the heavy car rug, and hung it over our northwestern back door (on two nails driven- into the door frame). The sudden. cessation of cold wind was so welcome that I hunted up a sheet, a rug, a curtain, etc, on which to sew other brass rings (for speed and convenienc) to hang over windows, etc., in cold bed- rooms. : When two rooms are separated by an arch only, it is .better to hang curtains, no matter how humble, between, and have: one room really comfortable; than to have both rooms half chilly. I have seen quite handsome 'curtains, made of sacking; stenciled .to. match the' room: colors. A neighbor declared that his storm windows on the south side paid for themselves quickly . by. saving fuel, on. account of the extra heat caused by the sun. shining through the double glass, ow about clubbing together! and buying. at. Christmas a couple of 'storm windows for - Mother? However, if there are none, just pull the blinds down well at night, and be happy anyhow! An old coat thrown down in front of the kitchen door does keep out a lot of draft, but poor Mother has to keep her eye omit, and see that it is put back each time the door is opened! A better way is to take, say, an old trouser leg, fold it sev- eral times, 'and then nail it near ~ the bottom of the door, with a lath on top to hold it firmly. Then it moves back and forth with' the door. «On unusually cold nights, I find it helps to cover the eellar trap door with old rugs or sacks, thus keeping the cellar heat from escaping through the cracks. Bags of straw placed between the earth and the floor is another cellar, emergency measure, Even then, where we live, it is sometimes: necessary to cover the potatos with everything we have. Often -there is a crack between the two window sashes, or on the win- dow sill, which lets in quite a bit of cold. "Snakes" (long, narrow, homemade bags filled with sand or sawdust), made long enough to go across the width of the window, will overcome this trouble. If you have time to make an extra quilt or two, interlined with sheep- wool or down from ducks or geese, you will be glad of them later on. Remember that one of the secrets of kedping warm in bed is to have plenty under you as well as over. Just now a sheep's fleece can be bought for very little, so how about one for a bedside mat? WOOD BOXES LARGE If possible, have the wood boxes large enough that one or two fillings a day are sufficient. The wood-car- rier would like to feel that he is through sometimes. When we have done our best, na- ture will help us out by banking high the windy side of the house with a thick, white fleece, finding and filling every crack and cranny we may have missed. Then, with the family safe and warm at home, we can follow the ad- vice: of the poet Cowper, when he says: Now. stir the fire and close the shut- ters fast, Let" fall the, curtains, wheel the sofa round . . . So let us welcome peaceful evening in. * 4 @ TO STIR. PAINT For best results in outside paint- ing, do not shake the can to mix the pigment with the liquid, but pour off the liquid into a clean container, then stir: the pigment in the 'can with a flat wide paddle, working from the bottom up. .Add the liquid again, gradually, stirring the while. . *¢ sO CABBAGE AND SPROUTS When you think that the common cabbage contains some of those rich vitamins which we all try to get into our family menus; it is surprising that it is not treated with more care and consideration. * More often than not, a cabbage is over-cooked and therefore inferior in flavor and indigestible and practically valueless as far as nourishment goes, The first essential is to have fresh cabbage, never a stale, wilted one. Remove the outside leaves and wash in salted water to bring out the in- sects; 2 ) Cut: the stalk of the cabbage ac- ross to make it easier to cook, then put in boiling salted water (one-table- spoon salt to 2 qts. of water), then 'boil ~ quickly with the lid off until gsoft--no longer, Drain thoroughly be- 'fore serving, - A cabbage is improved by the ad- dition of a small nut of butter and a sprinkling of pepper on the top be- fore it is in the vegetable dish, And do you know that a stale bread crust added to the pan will remove the cab- bage smell while cooking? That's how to boll cabbage, Here are more varied ways of dressing up this valuable vegetable, Stuffed Cabbage . Partly boil a firm cabbage. Mean- while, mix together a cupful of any cold minced meat, chicken or ham, half a cupful of shredded suet, a small chopped onion, pepper and salt, a teaspoon mixed herbs, half a cup breadcrumbs, and bind together with a beaten egg. Make a slit in the top of the cabbage, part the leaves and one of the prettiest of Iuropean jewels whic A new portrait say, of Princess Ingrid of Sweden, regarded as nobility, wearing the clothes and she wears on court occasions, stuff in the forcemeat, then tie up with tape. Place in a saucepan with sufficient hot stock to keep it from burning at the bottom, then simmer for 1% hours. Small pieces of bacon may be cooked in the same saucepan and served with the cabbage. Thicken the liquid with a little butter and flour, and pour over the cabbage. . 2 Served With Bacon Cabbage stuffed with bacon makes another appetising savory. Remove the outside leaves of a large cabbage, cut"it in half and scoop out the middle. Chop up three slices of bacon and an onion, and fry in dripping to a golden brown. Add the middle of the cabbage, chopped fine, and a pinch of salt and pepper, then stuff this mixture into the hole in the cabbage. Place in a tin, cover and bake in the oven for an hour. Serve with a thick brown gravy. CABBAGE AU GRATIN Cheese adds a piquant flavor to cabbage. This dish will prove pop- ular with the menfolk of the family. Wash and shred a cabbage and cook in boiling, salted water until just tender, drain well and .arrange in a buttered pie-dish. Make a white sauce as follows: Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a small pan, then stir in 23; tablespoons flour and 1 1-2 cups milk. Stir until smooth and boil and stir for two minutes, then add two tablespoons strong grated cheese, pepper and salt. Pour the sauce over- the cabbage, sprinkle with more grated cheese and a tablespoon of browned crumbs then brown in a hot oven for half an hour. Here is just the dish to serve with a grill or cutlets. Boil a medium sized cabbage with three or four onions until tender, drain and chop up fine. Heat a nut of dripping in a frying pan, add the chopped cabbage and onions, and fry to a golden brown. Drain and serve with a thick gravy. The children usually like brussels sprouts, but how often are they served in perfect shape? Most often they are a squashy mass. Remove the [yellow and decayed leaves, then wash in salted water and cook in boiling salted water for from 15 to 20 minutes. Strain and serve. Vegetable Puree - Sprout puree makes a tasty supper snack. Boil the sprouts as usual, with two small onions. then . rub through a sieve. : Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a pan, stir in a teaspoon flour and 1 cup of milk or white stock. Boil and stir until thick, add the sprout puree and stir for a few minutes. Season and serve with fried bread. Garnish with a fried chopped onion. Supper Snack . This is an excellent way of using up a few cold cooked sprouts. Fry some rounds of bread in drip- ping, then fry the sprouts and ar- range on the bread. Make a well in the centre of the sprouts, and break in an egg. Bake in a. moderate oven for five minutes or until the egg is cooked. Garnish with chopped parsley or grated cheese. Chestnuts combine excellently with sprouts, Cook the vegetables, mash them; then lightly fry them in a little butter. Add the chestnuts, boiled Strain, until mealy, and serve with a little warm butter. EE A } TRY THIS. Through the simple method of sew- ing a piece of tape about three inches long to the upholstery of the sedan on the side just back of the driver's seat, and having a snap fastener sewed-to the upholstery and the loose end of the tape, it is possible to keep an umbrella in the car without hav- ing it always in the way to be stepped on or tripped over. Yet it is always handy for an unexpected shower. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON LESSON VIII--NOV, 25 The Christian Steward--Matthew 25: 14-30 - GOLDEN TEXT--'Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful .over a few things; | will set thee over many things; en- ter thou Into the Joy of Thy Lord," TIME--The parable of the talents was spoken on Tuesday, April 4, AD, 30, three days before the crucifixion, PLACE--It was spoken on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, "For it is ag when a man going into another country 'called his own ser- vants," Our Lord, as he well knew, was about to leave this world for an- other country returning to the heaiv- en from whioh he had come, "And de- livered unto them his goods," His goods the talents did not become theirs just because they were en- trusted to them, Yet how often do men regard abilities and goods as & their own just because the Lord of all has placed them in their hands to use for him during the few short years of life, "And unto one he gave five talents, The talent was not a coin, but a cer- tain weight of gold or silver varying according to the money standards of the times, "To another two, to an- other one; to each according to his several ability," This parable first gave the word 'talent' to all Christ- fan languages, "And he went on his journey," The thought of our stew- ardship--of time, money influence, knowledge, beauty social graces and spiritual power--should be the dom- inant thought of our lives, "Straightway," Our use of our tal- ents should begin promptly, "He that recélved the five talents went and traded with them, and made other five talents," He bought goods and sold them at a profit, "In like manner he also that recelv- ed the two gained other two," The man in the parable who received two taln's stands where he is apt to be overlooked, between a conspicuous guccess and a very dramatic failure, He is the average man, "But he that recelved the one went away and digged In the earth, and hid Qiis lord's money," There werg no banks in those days and no safe de- posit vaults, ' "Now af.er a long time," In order that the judgement aay be falr, the reckoning is not made until after a long time, "The lord of those ser- vants cometh," No feature of our Lord's teachings is clearer than his prediction of his second coming, "And maketh a reckoning with them," There are a few articles in our creed to which we more easily and generally assent than that which affirms that God will come to judge the world by that Man whom he has appointed, Sik "And he that received the five tal- ents came and brought other five ta- Ints," He had received a large sum and he had made. a largg profit as he should, "Saying, Lord thous deliver- edst unto me five talents; lo, I have gained other five talents," He was rightfully proud of his work and Its results, "His lord said unio him, Well done good and faithful servant," A philos- opher would ask at least a hundred words to define a great life, A poet would perhaps demand as many more and a statesman could hardly get al- ong with a less number, But Christ takes the philosopher's hundred, the poet's hundred, the statesman's hun- dred drops at least 98 substiiutes two words which may have heen altogeth- er, absent from their reckonings, and writes a definition which is well nigh overpowering n Its simplicity, 'Well done!' "Thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many -things," What this parable tea- ches so powerfully and clearly is ab- solute continuity of life, and absolute identity of character in this world and the next for us all, "Enter thou into the poy of thy lord," The joy of our Lord becomes for us, not the joy which he experienced but the joy whioh he bestowed, "And he also that received thg two talents came and sald, Lord thou de- lveredst unto mg two talents: lo, 1 have gained two o her talents, Prob- ably this man, was disappointed be- cause hg did not, like his fellow ser- vant receive five talents; but he was courageous; he made the most of what he had, "His lord said unto him, Well done good and faithful servant, thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will get thee over many things; enter thou into thg joy of thy lord." The tive talent man and" {lf two talent man received exactly the same praise and the same reward, for their fidel- ity had been equal, and the praise and reward arg for fidelity and not for concrete results, "And he also that had received the ong talent came and - sald, Lord I knew thee thou art a hard man," The least scrupulous are often the most zealous in vindicating themselves, "And I was afraid," He pretends he was afraid of losing the money it he traded with it; really he was not af- rald, he was only lazy and indiffer- ent, "And went away and hid thy ta- lent in the earth," And that one tal- ent which wa$s déath to hide--so sald Milton, "Lo, thou hast thine cwn," In the literal fact the talent was restor- er; but not in the spiritual interpre- tation, "But his lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful a. i rs servant," The master condemns the third servant, not because he has no money to hand in, but because of his idle, sullen and wicked disposition, "Thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did not scatter," The master does not deign to combat the slave's false estimate of himself but convicts him out of his own mouth, "Thou oughtestt herefore to have put my money to the bankers, Not' bankers in our sense of the term, but money-changers such as those whom Christ twice drove out of the temple, "And at my coming I should have re-! ceived back ming own with interest, It the servant was ofrald to risk his other two servants doubled thelr | money, he might at least have em- ployed {it in this sate way, " Take ye away therefore the tal- ent from him and give it unto him that hath the ten talents, "The minus principle in the moral world Is the thing that subtracts and diminishes. The plus men in the parable were honored wi.h public plaudits, "For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abund- ance, but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be ta- | ken away." If our lack of gain is due | to neglect, even what we started with | shall be taken away, If we have made' good use of what we staried* with, | more will be given us, for we shall | have proved our ability and earnest- ness to use more, "And cast ye out the unprofitable seavant into the outer darkness; there shall be thie weeping and the gnashing of teeth," Outer darkness, weeping and gnashing of teeth were popular terms descrip.ive of the fato of the wicked in the next Ife, Once Upon a Time Wife Didn't Own Her Own Hairpins NEW YORK. -- The assertion that women are forging steadily ahead "despite Hitler and all his followers," was made by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt before the Annual Women's Con- ference on Current Problems, spon- sored by the New York Herald-Tri- bune, i 2 Tracing advances in the field * of women's rights from the time the first women's convention was held 86 years ago, the suffragist said at that time a married woman did not even own her. own. hairpins. Now, she' said, the Western hemisphere has progressed so far in this respect that | "it fills-one with amazement," while in the Eastern hemisphere the women of Turkey have dropped the veil and are now eligible to vote and | hold office. Hitler's order that women drop their jobs and devote their time to home duties she termed "a backward slide." i "Women have lost something," she said, "but not so much as is ordin- arily supposed. If men are to hold all the jobs and thus support ail women it will be necessary to insti- tute polygamy, since, before the great losses of the war, Germany had 1,000,000 more women than men." Concluding, she said: "If you do not like this depression, with its unfriendliness toward all things, then set your resolution, firm and strong, against the 'next war,' and let a united womanhood waste no time in lamenting stabs at the feminist movement, which can take care of itself, but stand fast and effectively against another war." Are Again Happy Toronto Co-Eds Toronto Co-eds of the Toronto University who were up in arms ov. er the removal of trees near their residence, received news which has appeased their wrath to some ex. tent. The board of control has au- thorized the parks commission to spend $2,000 to transplant 10 elm trees to Avenue Road near the On- tario Museum where others were cut down. INEXPERIENCE "Jennle," said he, 'belleve It true | never loved any girl but you." "Oh, Fred," she answered. "I'm sure of this; You make such viork when you try to kiss." ' MUTT AND JEFF-- \ By BUD FISHER I COME ON, COME OM, J€FF| 1'M TIRED | A LITTUE MORE GRACE! WALK LIKE A LADY! OF WALKIN'[ } AWAY You Fool! THROW THAT CIGAR 2 THROW IT AWAY 't TELLYOV = NT SMOKE LADIES DO 1rd) ZNO GENTLEMAN! £5 == OFFICER', THIS MAN'S 4 BEEN FOLLOWING ME AND FLIRTING AT ME ~ DO YouR: 7/8¥ UN ra aid 3 = Vameror THE STREETS AINT SAFE FER A LADY TO WALK ON ANY MORE - COME ALONG, talent in the trading by which the ' WHAT THEY WANT IN AUSTRALIA It is gratifying to notice that here and there the world still has op- portunities to offer to ladies who have passed out of the "beauty queen" or " "film star" class--if indeed they ever had any ambitions at all in those somewhat overadvertised directions. A Queensland reader sends the fol- lowing "Positions Vacant" notice from the "Mackay Daily Mercury," and, though Queensland is a long way to go, the particulars may well tempt anyone with the requisite (and considerable) accomplishments ment- joned:-- Wanted: Strong Middle-aged Woman to take charge of stock on Dent Island, one able to ride, muster, shear, kill, handy with axe and rifle, and good cook. Four pounds week and keep. No gents or flappers need apply. There may be many bright young things who, on the strength of a pair of jodhpurs and a hired hack, may feel that they could at least fill the picturesque side of that bill. But they are sternly ruled out--"No flappers need apply." Only the long experienced and authentic Amazon, dyed in the wool and deeply acquaint- ed with the job, will be taken on at Dent Island. Incidentally, it must be a fairly formidable specimen of the dominant male who is ready to engage a "hir- ed hand" who might, with a weaker employer, presently prove that tlhe grey mare was the better horse and run him off his own ranch. But in spite of droughts and de- pressions in Queensland both em- ployers and employed seem to ba able to keep their spirits up, at the same time saying what they want in no uncertain terms. Here is an- other announcement, this time in- serted by a "fully qualified cabinet- maker, joiner, carpenter, and I'rench polisher" of Mackay: Employer Wanted: Must be pos- sessed of at least average intel- ligence and an elementary knowledge of common courtesy and civility. No cigarette-suck- ing duds, amateurs, or incom- petent need apply. 1 The advertiser would seem to be more than a French polisher; he can also put a fairly high and fore- ible sheen upon his English. Lastly, the same kindly corres- pondent from down under offers an- other and rather more austere ex- ample of the Queensland touch: Mr, C---- S , Christian gentle- man and expert woodworker (late with ---- and Son, sewerage con- tractor), being temporarily dis- engaged, is now prepared to con- sider offers of employment from respectable employers. One has a faint feeling that Mr. C---- S----" might come under the heading of the "gents" whom the he-man and Amazon hunter of Dent Island did not under any circum- stances propose to employ. But they are a brave lot, these Queens- land advertisers, whether they be Christian gentlemen and ex-sewer- age contractors or fire-eating farm- ers, Their methods have a freshness which is lacking from many of our tamer English announcements. CATS AID SCIENTISTS Animal's Ears Furnish Living Laboratories Where Hu- man Affliction Almost [x- actly Duplicated. Boston--The house cat is coming to the ald of science in solving some ol the problems of deafness which af- flict 10,000,000 persons in the United S'aates, " How the cat's ears furnish natural living laboratories where human deafness {s almost exactly duplicated camo out in one of the clinics of the American College of Surgeons hold- ing {is annual meeting here this week, The work was demonstrated by H, Davis, H, A, Derbyshire and M, H Lurie of Harvard Medical School, Naturally Deaf These cats are not sacrifices to sci- enco, They come by their deafness naturally, the same as humans, and have nearly all the same afflic.dons becouse their ears work very much Ilke human hearing organs, Thelr ears arg not so well protected as man's, so that it is easier to see the puzzling causes of deafness, A cat cannot tell man that it is deaf, but thy scientists are able to read the animal's troubles on a palr of fine eectric wires, One of these wires touches the "round window in the middle ear, and the other, the animal's auditory nerve, Sound travels over this nervy to the cat's brain in nerve impulses that are partly electrical, Thess nerve im- pulses readily switch to the wires iw ~ the form of measurable electric cur-. rents, The wires detour the messages headed for the cat's brain and regis- ter them on the dial of a galcanom- eter, ; , If the cat {s deafened the electric current ghows 'it by v-eakness, or hy absence, The faintest sound which the cat appears to hear fs equal after it has been converted by the ear inte a nerve impulse, /to abou' two-mil- lfonths of a volt of electricity, po » ---- NAA cers pu Cl sev Prd A eRe, rg a] PILE Dag, 0? 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