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pd wr Tre > me a -- i Se A arn En ny ny "Water Cools Milk Fi aster Than Air Dairyman Runs Into Trouble nless He Uses Water In Cooling Process . ! Milk should bo oti to 50 de- grees F,, or lower, immediately after it is drawn in order to pre. vent bacterial growth and' sub- sequent spoilage. At the sume time, while the cooling of milk is very fmportant, it cannot take the place of clean milking, but milk cob)ed - without delay will keep sweet many hours longer than will another por- tion of the same milk, the cooling of which has been' delayed for an hour or two. When milk must be _ shipped long distancéy without' ad- equate' protection during Warm "weather, immediate cooling may make all the difference of its being accepted or Yejected at the plant.. DOWN TO 50 DEGREES F. "The speed at which milk can 'be cooled depends upon the rate at which the. heat in the miik is passed on to something else which will absorb it. Some materials ab- sorb heat' much more rapidly -than others. Alr absorbs heat very slow. Jy. Consequently, if a can of warm milk' is placed in a refrigerated yoom where the afr temperature 1s at freezing point, it 'will be about ~ 13 hours before the - temperature of the milk has fallen to 50 de- grees F. This explains, states tho : War-Time Production Series Pam:- phlet of the Agricultural Supplies Board, No. 58, on "Cooling Milk "on the Farm," why attempts to €qol milk in whuter by sptting the cans in a snow-bank or exposing them to 'outdoor temperature so often lead to trouble. ABSORBS HEAT MORE QUICKLY rapidly ad will cool milk more than 20 times faster than air. As milk must give up its heat to the surrounding water, the larger the volume of water and the lower its milk wil "be Looted. Cooling is more rapid. when either. the milk or water or both are Jkept in mo. tion. ; Aussie's Smile of Victory Just before the battle an Aus- anticipating the British victory in a. How To Prepare Fresh Vegetables Vegetables Lose Nice Flavor and Food Value If Prepared Too dong Before Cooking To serve tasty vegetable dishes, buy your vegetables as fresh as possible--and don't start to fix "them until'it's time, to serve then). Lima beans and peas especially lose thelr flavor after being shell. ed; and' cabbage does the same _ when {it is cut up. Green corn starts lo deteriorate as soon as it Is out «of the husk. : BUY FRESH ONES It vegetables must be prepared ~_somo time in advance of dinner, they should be kept cold In the refrigerator until just before cook- Ing. But even by standing In the refrigerator, fresh vegétables will lose some of thelr food value, They Jose even more if you cook them in advance and warm them up again. To get the best value from ~~ your vegetables buy them as fresh as you can get them, and prepare : anf Soo cook them just before it's time gerve them. Vegetables are best hr cooked only until they aro fender--no jonger. King Jett Davis of the Hoboes America, Inc, has ruled the off the road. The word's gaing out," Davis id; "that all the 'girls in our 1! fis rgan nization--there are 40,000 of --have got to stay put at alte their patriotic duty." ported an inerease in fen hikerd of both sexes "asked as they swung out of the Water absorbs heat much more temperature, the more quickly the ~dark blanket putting the sun to bed, sho thought: tralian "digger" wore this smile, "Asking her about smoking was 'another trick of Mark's that made Timp Girl In a Truck down" beside her. completely at peace then he éver remembered hefore. He realized, . without wishing to, how unreal had been the world ,in which he had lived with Ellen. put the - suggestions out. They seemed so terribly disloyal -to "Ellen. And he must have loved her. Or had he loved only the immeasurably beautiful shell that had housed her? "It sfrange and rather wonderful that it wes Ellen's child who hid, given him' back to himself. now, 'and occasional thunder rum: bled. When the storm began, he would take the wheel far ag he could 'see, there was nothing, not even another. car, to share tho coming storm. And then ahead, he caught sight of a speck beside the road. - epective of the moving car, the speck. grew. It became boxlike. It developed form, of sorts. up alongside the road. Mark had® never seen anything quite like ft. A figure peered past the lifted hood. The figure wore breeches - and boots, and a soft 'shirt, By tho time they. were heside it, he saw to his astonishment that 1t was a girl. Mail only two Durham Corn Starch labels for each 6 ture desired --or one ¢ Hive Syrup labels 4 tures will pictures necessary lal mited, "Hwricane' or "Catalina" . the list of 20 other pic- first request, Specify your name, address, picture or St. Lawre be sent with your "= ucsted--enc ls and roail to aah So Port ETA MARBYING MARK . ... Violette Kimball Dunn CHAPTER VII Two days this side of home, they. ran into 'adventure. They had made an early start, getting: up at six, with a long day of driv- ing ahead. Tho world still wore its early-morning face of .inno- cence as they came out of the hotel-and watched the head por- ter direct the stowing away of their bags." © Valerie sat beside Mark in the 'car looking up at him admiringly. "It's a -nice day, isn't it?" she winding drive of the hotel] into the highway. "There have been a lot of them, haven't=there? Just for us----for The Trip." She still spoke. of the trip in capitals, the way she thought of it. Mark cocked ail eye at the weather. "Somehow Im betting, on rain," he sald. "Valerie could see no cloud in the brilliant blue of the sky. But it Miurk said rain, you could prob ably count on it. ' "Why?" she. asked. "I don't know -- smells rainish, somehow. But what do we care?" "I sort of like it. TI like a car fn the rain. A little house, run-* ning along by itself, all dry with the water outside." Mark looked down at her and'she emiled back at him. The. road ran through little vil- lages and past thick woods. There - wore "miles and miles of road, built over waste land and marshes' and they planned to' cover it by afternoon. Feeling Grown-Up * They- stopped beside a great elm under which a little brook chat. tered, and ate thelr lunch from a hamper, sitting: side by side on the running board, like children. Getting back In the car, she could see why Mark had predicted rain. A heavy--black cloud un- rolled - across the west. Like a "You were right,' father -- "about the rain. look!" she cried. "I've often thought I'd get me a job with the weather bureau," he said. "However, 1 won' deceive you. 1 read it in.the local paper last night. 'Probably showers.' But we. don't mind. ' "No, and If we $d, what good would it do?" \ "Philesopher! Want to drive your aged father?" Valerfe laughed. i ""How did you know? 1 mean, that 1 wanted to drive." : = "As one good chauffeur to an- other--it's a kind of feeling in my bones. Do you mind if I smoke?" "Of course not," said Valerie. her feel grown-up. He lit a cigarette and slumped He was more He tried to ~ seomed The clouds were riding "lower ~ Along the whole flat stretch, as In the rapidly changing per- Sf 1" ed the door and, jumped out, The young woman straightened and looked up. For a minute they stared at each other, Mark got an fmpression of slim and "medium hielght. "badly smudged with grease. "Speaking of an ~ prayer!" she sald. "Would you have the least ldea why the thing won't go?" / "Not yet" ~ He hent beside her 0 lately absorbed. No matter how perfectly his own car ran, the "problem of another at once _be- 'came: his. . "I think it's a case of burned. out bearings, It's just my guess. * Do you ever think of oil?" "I don't think of much else," the . girl told him. "Maybe you've .got an oilleak." "Which makes it even better!" board and "looked up at him. "What do I do now? Oh, I know it's not your worry, hut you're the first human being I've seen for an hour." Mark "stood off and Yoaked with widening eyes at the aged vehicle, It was part truck and part delivery wagon, with a drop, of passenger . car--the worst highway hybrid he had ever. seen. It "was painted a bright green, and on' its sides in enormous white letters were the words TREDWAY'S TRAVELING LIBRARY. The girl still sat limply-.on the running board, staring at him. "What's in it?" he asked. "Books." "Oh, yes--hut what's the use? I suppose --- you wouldn't have --a tow-Hne about you anywhere?" yShe cast an admiring glance over / {he long perfection of - Mark's car. "No--of course not." Enter Lucy Tredway "l broke my third yesterday," she admitted, "You see, this Isn't .--what with one thing and another --You wouldn't belleve what ean happen to an old car! Well, that's that." - ' The sky was quite black, and . the rain was coming down. faster. Mark held out his hand and pulled her-to her feet. ~~ -- "Let's talk it over inside," he suggested. * They made a dash for his car, and he opened the door and put her in the balk, getting to his own place beside Valerie, The girl ooked from the delicate fawn uolstery to her smudged breethes. "Couldn't T ji.t camp on. the floor?" she asked? Mark and Valerie laughed. "Sit down at once," Mark said, . - "Now, then--" He looked back at the van, its white letters distinct - even through the steel sheet of the rain. "In- the first place, where's Tredway?" - "Tredway is--she--I mean, you see--I'm Tredway. Name of Lucy." There was pride and a bit of bra- vado in the confession. "I--I see--" said Mark--though nothing could have been more ob- scure. . "Well--I'm Mark_ Alcxan- der, and this is my daughter Valerie." k {To Be Ss coming. For A Little House Workmen, 'vulld our our little house Of dreams. - come - true and Set our faith in every joist, Our hope in every rafter. Fit the door on snug and tight To hold our love inside. | Hang a lantern.-by the steps To a door, that opens wide. vv Make the chimney corner safe: For every troubled heart, That all may enter happy And happily depart. ~=Nanita MacDonnell Balcom, It was a vehicle A kind of van, drawn NONE FINER MADE Valerie stopped before he spoke, - attributed as die to ig exeitoment," ; . - "Good kid," sald Mark. He open: Of very brown eyes and' exceedingly golden halr., Of a sort of flower-petat skin, rather answer to vércthe engine, and was immed-- She dropped down on the running' "Can you lock the thing up Ie or the first time the Ark has stranded | laughter. of - high, slanting side - seams keep Bértment, Room 426, 78 Adelaide | Price of Grapes Up This Season Ontario's Grape Growers to Benefit by $260,000, Govern ment Official Declares Hon. A. St. Clair Gordon, On: tario "Liquor Commissioner, late in July announced a price increase for grapes which will benefit On- . tario ape. growers by - $250,000. The announcement followed -a conferences in the Liquor Com- nfissioner's office between groups representing. wineries and grape | growers. Was agreed to advance thé price of grapes from. $40 to $50.a ton, . Wineries were represented by the: " Ontario Wine Producers' -Assogi- ation and growers by the Niagara" Grape Growers' . Association and the ' Niagara Wine and Grape Growérs' Organization, FIRST TIME IN TEN YEARS For "the past ten years the grape price has remained at $40 per-ton it was stated, and the $10 per ton increase will net Ontario farmers more than a quarter- million dollars, "There was complete agree- ment on the price," said Mr. Gor- don, © "It was felt by both sides that the farmers face increased operating costs, The increased. grape price will prevail for all grapes sold this season." © $50 PER.TON © An experienced wine producer . estimated hat $600,000 is spent annually for grapes. Ninety-nine per cent qf all grapes used for wine are grown in Ontario. The remaining. fraction comes from British Columbia. The $50 per ton price "will cover, all types of grapes. Most of the world's "coffee comes from Brazil, which produces so much that "about 4,000,000 tons of surplus beans have been, destroyed in the last nine years, WELL-FITTING SLIP FOR WOMEN By Anne Adams Have you'a plentiful slip sup- ply to see you through the hot- weather stretch ahead? This Anne Adams slip, Pattern 4763, is so easy to make, so well-fit- ting, that you'll stitch it up .in twos and threes. What a per. fect style for the mature figure! That full - length panel goes smoothly down the front; those your waist smooth and trim -and neatly hold in the gathered full- ness above. Notice that the front straps are cut' in-one with the side bodice sections. . The entire. back is a single piece, straps and all, with darting at the waistline to smooth the garment to your contours, - For <the feminine charm you love, use an edging of lace. Pattern 4763 is available in women's sizes 34, 36, 88, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48, Size 36 takes 2% yards 89 inch fabric and 8% yards lace edging. Send twenty eents (20c) Jn coins (stamps cannot, be accept- ed) for this Anne Adams pattern, Write plainly size, name, addross and style numbef, \ 1 Send your order to Pattern De- At the conference, it | . teaspon black pepper, a dash of © give an extra _ utes, Place in jars interspersing . your letters to "Mian Sadie 15. Cham. - Seal Containers laying in extra quantities of sugar + to preserve fruits and vegetables at the request of the Wartime . Prices and 'Trade. Board, should make use of all their present pre- serving equipment before buying additional supplies, declared G. C, "Bateman, Metal Controller of the men, of Munitions and Sup- Ply. - | TABLE TALKS By SADIE B. CHAMBERS It's hard to 'realize how quickly our lovely * summfr J « slipping away and the products of the .garden are marching ight along, So it seems we- should be saying something about pickling; especi. ally am 1 in the mood, I have just brought in from the garden a heaping basket of the loveliest gherking, the earliest, 1 think, they have ever been. Everyone likes to have a little dab of everything pickled beans have always beeh a uniyer- sal favorite, ! PICKLED BEANS 1 peck beans (beans must be fresh and tender). « Prepare beang as for boiling, pieces; drain' well. Bring to a boil 8 qudrts Vink: gar (diluted) 'and 3 Ibs, of sugar, Mix in a paste with diluted vinegar thé following: 1 cup mustard. 1 cup flour. . 2 tablespoons tumeric, . Add the hot vinegar and sugar mixture alittle at a time until. it is smooth and thinned out and then stir the rest of vinegar and sugar in the ketile with two table- spoons of celeryigeed. Stir until thickened and smooth, beets and simmer, being careful snot to let them burn; do not boil longer than five: minutes or the beans will become soft. Seal in the usual way in 'sterile jars, BEETS AND CABBAGE 1 quart cabbage chopped fine "(red cabbage preferable), 1 quart chopped beets. Haye: ready -vinegar sweetened and seasoned. . About one pint "will be sufficient for this amount, If strong dilute, add one cup of sugar," one tablespvon salt, one cayenne, one scant cup of grated horseradish. Allow this vinegar mixture to cool and then pour over chopped beets and cabbage, which can either be in sealers or a crock. This will keep well. PICKLED BEETS Boil small beets of uniform size, after washing and leaving on about one-inch stem, Boil until skins rub off readily. ! sealers and cover with sweetened sugar (this should be according to the family's taste -some like real sweet, others tart.) Pour the boil- ing vinegar over beéts; you may add a stick or wo of cinnamon and a little clpves. 1 prefer to dilute "the vinegar, make them sweet. To insure keeping and flavor - place in steamer for 20 minutes, being sure to leave the tops: loose 'as in canning fruit, . . Pickled Onions : $ Peel small white onions, cover with brine, allowing 1% cups salt to 2 quarts boiling water and allow to stand two days; drain and cover with more brine; let stand two days and again drain... Make_ more. brine and heat to Woiling point; place in onions and boil three min. with bits of mace and bay leaf, . cloves and slices of red pepper, Fill jars to overflowing with vine- gar scalded with sugar; allowing 3 cups sugar to one'gallon of vinegar. Seal hile hot. Chopped Pickles 4 quarts chopped green tomatoes % cup salt ' 2 teaspoons pepper 3 'teaspoons mustard teaspoons cinnamon f teaspoons allspice teaspoons cloves 3% cup white mustardggeed green peppers sliced "chopped onions 2 quarts vinégar. Add salt to tomatocs, cover; let stand over night and then drain, Add spices to vinegar "And heat to boiling point; then add toma- toes, peppers and onions; bring to boiling point'and cook 15 minutes alter boiling point is reaghed. Store in bottles and keep in cool dry place. Www BY oe Miss C ambien weicomes personal letters from Interested readers. She Is plensed fo receive suggestions on foples for her column, and ls even rendy (0 Inten 10 your "pet peeves." Itequests for recipes or special nienuw are In Order. Address hers, 73 West Adelnlde Street, To~ ronto." Send staniped, welf:gddressed envelope If you wish n reply. By Wax Method Canadian Housewives Asked - to Refrain From Buying New Equip t Unless N . ~--Seal With Wax if Possible --8ave Zinc Tops For Munl- tions Industry Canadian 'housewives who are : 0 8t.. West, Toronto, £5 Sar" ' ' a im egy ET a ; baci satadona sila being sure they are cut in uniform_ |: bail for % 'hour, then, : fiaer, with device in the OR RAE X AO EA Xa OX / ' . CER / You PAY LESS La ot nd Ppt Sou ue vans. EA order tod ire You USELESS Joo ie doubic 2tion it piv Joanie Ibrniag boob iis BETTER RESULTS Cilamer $ continwons leavening finer, (ext b{ fora all your ng. Easy-opening, won't- spill on ith handy measurigg wr ed out, Add the man- continued, not in use. Place in' CUTE -- NO SHORTAGE SEALERS "While there is no shortage . glass sealers," Mr, Bateman point- "the zinc used in sealer top rings is in demand for our munitions possible, if it involves no unnec- essary risk to the. fruit or vege- table being canned; the, wax seal- ing method should be used in pre- industry, ference to zinc tops." "Many households," Mr. Bate- "have large num- bers of these zinc rings which sire Where they are not needed for the. extra wartime pre- serving which has been asked by the Government, turned over. to local salvage or- "ganizations." 2 ! Beach Popularity: - Behavior Rules A Young. Man Who Likes to Take His Girl to the Beach Makes Some Worthwhile Suggestions "I-think women who wear a great __ deal of makeup on the beach look ellly," writes a young man who says 'he likes to. go to a beach every Sunday and that he usually ~ * takes a girl with him. se Other beach habits "which annoy this young man and which, accord- ing to him, annoy 'niost men, are: Constant hair ¢ombing and fuss- Ing with makeup. He. points out that their are bandanas to keep the hair in" place and that it doesn't matter if the nose is shiny between 'One of the first essentials to el ficient production of eggs is plenty of clean, fresh water for the hens Eggs are two-thirds water and Is, the most economical source of material for eggg. Hens. (are so constituted physically that _ GLASS they should be TRICKS, NOT APPRECIATED . Sand throwing, feet tickling and other so-called cute tricks which make the few hours_on:-.the beach S anything but restful. Swimming far out beyond 4 point of absolute safety, and by so doing, causing everybody nearer the shore worry, and fuss and "Come back." Flirting with lifeguards or, for that matter, - with anyone except the man who Invited you to the "beach in the first place. Wearing a bathing. suit which makes peoplé saw "Whew!" us you "pass by. Insisting on staying in the sun 'so long a bad burn results, Complaining bitterly All the way home about' the possibility of .blis- tered shoulders or a headaghie from too much sun, ' "Give Hens Water : Clean and Fresh. This Rule is One of the First Essentials to Efficient Pro- duction of Eggs > they require plenty. of water, es- pecially in the summer: months. It water is not available to-tliem for a moderato length of. time they will soon die. A hen will die from "I lack of water quicker than any other animal. Practically all the water a hen drinks is exhaled from the lungs and if it is withheld the lungs soon dry up and the hen will die like a fish out of water. THE BEST RECEPTACLES Hens have a peculiar' habit or way of drinking--they throw their heads - well backwards in order to . swallow. Many drinking fountains or {roughs are not ddapted to easy drinking for the hens. The' best water receplacles are those which provide -a constant stream of run- ning water, preferably in open ° -containérs, raised well above the floor so as to avoid contamination; The water the birds are given to drink should be as clean and the receptacles also as clean as they would be if used for human con- sumption. New Gay Hats With Old Frocks, Absence of Paris Models Giv- Ten Impetus. to English Dress ° Designers -- Cosmetics As Scarce 'in London as Social Functions i Hats, when they are worn, are gay and crazy, and people are look: ing to new hats to help them get by with not such new, frocks, ac- cording to London, England. xe- ports. Clothes are sensible and plain, and hardly anybody dresses - at night. No Paris models of coursa. --and this has given English de- signers a chance to produce smart, simple clothes suitable to these 'queer times. Suddenly, quite inexplicably about two. months ago every shoe store -window was full of "Joyce of California" - shoes. How they got here, and why, nobody seems to know. They are being snapped up at about 45 shillings a pair. Lip- sticks, cosmetics and cigarettes aré becoming a problem, and American package cigarettes are like much tine gold. SUN STILL SHINES The wine position Is surprising- ly good. Champagne 'hasn't' gone up in price, and there seems no shortage of anything except good Rhine wines and French vermouth. - In some places rye is easier to find. - than Scotch, which is exported for dollars, and has gone up tc 16 shill-~ ings a bottle, There are no deb dances, nn photographers' awnings, no courts. Perhaps those thins: have gone forever, but London fsn't really changed, The sun shines, the Se 'pentine glitters, and the red ey now with shatterproof windows, still roar down the long slope of Piccadilly toward Hyde Park Corn- er and the sunset. 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