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~ Cow Ws pa Se ea ~- oe, od CaN, arr SIN a So -- 1, / L ----- Help Needed To Save The Crops Urban Dwellers Urged To Come To Ald of Farmers Every ayailable man in urban centres will be needed in the har. vest fields of Ontario this sum- mer If the raw material for milk and. pork products is to be har. vested without waste, states W, R. Reek, Deputy Minister of Agri. ~ . ¢ulture for Ontario, following a perusal of special crop and labour' reports compiled by Agricultural Representatives, Crops Heavy "Hay and wheat crops are par- ticularly heavy. Owing to - mols- ture conditions these crops will be difficult to gope with and will © /require more handling than usual, The formers have produced "the feed necessary for vital wartime pork and milk products, but to get the most feeding value out of these feeds, they must be harvest. ed at the proper time and without waste," said Mr. Reek. "A labour survey compiled by our Agricultural Representatives shows that harvest help will be desperately needed from urban eentres. The responsibility for- the harvest les with the people of Ontario as a whole, The time ia short. Haying operations will be in full swing during the latter part of June and help will be badly needed," Aid Needed Now "Fortunately 'committees have been organized in many urban centres and they are working with County War Committees In an ef- fort to provide needed help. Ser- vice Clubg and Boards of Trade are taking the lead in many com- munities." : "lI cannot stress too strongly the need of this 'Farm Commando' assistance. Tiere is a place in "the harvest fled for every able- bodied man or hoy in city, town or village. Help the farmers har- vest the food, for yourself, Bri- tain, and the United Nations. Get in touch" with your local commit- tee, or if theve isn't one, see that one is foimed at once. Delay may mean food wastage," declared - Mr. Reek, Relief Fund Gets $1,925 From Sale Good Prices Averaged By Holstein Friesian Calves Eleven of the 15° calves donated by county Holstein clubs for Brit- Ish war relief- were bought by Un- fled States buyers as the 13th an- aual Canadian Nalional sale of Holstein Friesian cattle got under way in Brampton last week. Total proceeds of the calf sale $1,925, average price being $128.33 as compared with $109 at last year's sale. I. D. Meyers, Harris. burg, West _ Virginia - pald "top price, $205, for a calf donated by Durham, Northumberland and Prince Fxward- Holstein clubs and purchased from Cedardale Stock Farms, Orono. ---- Hon. PM. Dewan, Ontario min. _ Istey of agriculture, in opening the sale attended by over 600 breeders said dairy cattle prices bad advanced over last year and We demand for - good breeding sock would contlnue. "We are -going to have unprecedented: pros- perity after the war," he sald, "There will" be great industrial prosperity and there is bound to be agricultural expansion with flvestock in the forefront. "lI do not suppose there is any farm organization stronger than the - Holstein-Friesian Association, nor one more capably organized and administered. An organization B8 strong as yours has a job to do beyond directing your"own af- fairs, "You now have a'duty/in pre- senting the farmers' case on be: balf of the welfare of agriculture. James Henderson, president of the Holsteln-Friesian Aesociation 'of Canada, announced four super "black and - white" shows to take the place of the C.N.E. show. They will be held at Kemptville, Inger soll, Galt anid Roseneath. . Gas Consumption Cut Fifty Percent Ontario's gasoline_ consumption In April, first month of ration- Ing, was estimated at 15,000,000 Jallogs a fifty = percent drop m an average month--the Pro- vineial Highways Department has reported, - Premier Hepburn said that rev- enue from the gas tax in April Bad dropped about $1,600,000 and redicted that total tax revenues Is year might fall between $15, £00,000 and $20,000,000, Heo nredicted May returns would show An ever soeater decrease in - the use of gasoline, Undas' the tax thansfer agrees Went with the Dominion govern: | ment, however, the Dominion will eompensate Ontario for gasoline revenue losses up to the revenue Perivad last year from the source, \ were. x = DH ECC aA Keep iT 4 6ood scours Ear = To'KEEP FIT" HE CANADIAN SHR ¥ Niagara Falls, Canoda x Start your youngsters off with a breakfast that includes the nourishment and food- energy in Nabiscd Shredded Wheat. It's 100%. whole wheat, in which all the bran, wheat germ and minerals are retained. For smiles all round, serve Nabisco Shredded Wheat and milk, with fresh strawberries! EDDED WHEAT COMPANY, LTD, NABISCO SHREDDED WHEAT © SERIAL STORY WANTAD ROMANCE BY TOM HORNER CHAPTER 1 SECRETARY - RECEPTIONIST, young, attractive, capable; must keep books. Apply in person to 2060 Simpson Bldg. + The dark-eyed girl circled the help wanted ad with a black line. Similiar circles were scattered over the page. She read on, poised her pencil, changed her mind, then abruptly folded the newspaper. "That's enough to keep me walking until midnight," she said, half "aloud. "And probably every single job will be taken just five minutes before 1 get there." "You talking to me, Miss?" She had not. noticed the young man at-the far end of the park bench, . "No. Oh, no!" She could feel her checks color; she knew her neck was crimson. Why should | he blush because a stranger ask-~ ed a civil question? She opened the paper again, stared at it with- ~ out Seeing words. She should have left then, she told herself, clicking down the sidewalk with high heels tapping olit A message that would put this young man in his place. But she didn't want to put him in his place. For six days her entire con- versation had consisted of a few greetings from the clerk at her hotel and the brainless patter of a lunchroom hasher. Ld * . The young man had made no attempt to follow up his fnitial opening. Secretly, she almost "wished that_he would. He was paying no attention to her. She noted he wns reading the -classi- fled pages, too, : He was a nice looking fellow-- not "a park bench loafer, Some youngster, just out of college, looking for his first job. Possibly a football player, she decided, eyeing him from the protection of the 'paper. Well, he should have no trouble finding a job--at least not as much trouble as she was having. That - wis the bad part , about leaving home and coming to the city on quick decision, without planning It all out months in ad- vance. You just got tired of be- ing secretary-receptionist<b 0 0 k- kecper-of fice assistant-cleaning maid for a doctor, you had all you could stand of your cousins, your uncle and your aunt, you were completely fed up with routine small-town existence, and before anyone could stop you or even argue you out of the Idea, you were packed and on your way-- heavy, - to a park bench. The boy at the end of the bench looked up, caught her staring at him, grinned. "Any luck? 1 eee you're read- ing want-ads, too." The grin was infectious. There was no point in: 'squelching him. Maybe the warm summer sun, and those lazy couds sailing across the blue were influencing her. Surely Uncle Ralph would never approve. Darn Uncle Ralph! The grin forced "her answer. How .could this brother-in-unem- ployment sit therg and grin as. if he owned the world? He wouldn't think life quite so funny if he bad no more money than she had in her purse. "Nothing much," she answered at last, trying to make her voice sound a little friendly. "I walk and walk, and every place I go, I find the job has just been filled." "Tough," he agreed. le extend- ed a package of clgarets. "Have one?" She shook ber learned how." "Wish I hadn't." He blew smoke toward "a cloud, "Wish I didn't have to go looking for a job. Much rather just sit here in the sun, talk to you." He said the last words so softly she hardly heard him. "It's a grand day for park bench sitting," she agreed. "But no work, no eat. And I get hungry." She folded the paper again, tucked it under her arm, took her compact from her purse. 4 : - at. El J head. "Never 'The young man watched her powder her nose, "Don't go," he asked. "I really want to talk to you--to someone." The grin flashed on again. She determined not to let It" influence her again, + . "I'm no masher--no park-bench Romeo"--he was like a child ask- ing her to help him--"I even ask your name and address, I've just been fired and 1 want to talk to someone to get a little : confidence. You can time." leave any- It was difficult to refuse. "Well. « « . I=" ghe began. "That's fine! I knew I could 'count on you. I'm Ted Andrews, up to one hour and 33 minutes ago, by that tower super-salesman for Acme High folding card tables. Easy to set up. (Guaranteed. rigid. The plasto-fiber cover 4s resistant to liquids, heat, everything but acid and forgotten cigarets, Ace-High is always a winner--" - A LAR) FL NE 28 { i og 81 you feel out of Sorts, have headaches 8h generally irritable, why not switch. to Postum? You'll Jike its flavor, and it's absolutely caffeine-free.. Order Postum from your grocer today. Try it for 30 days and see how much better you feel "Caffeing Herves made Sr. Brown the most irtitable man in town, I even had children calling him "The G Brown kiew too much for me-she Prt, ret ody re, then catta and 'bad temper, Rh $s the of eve 'another case of caffeine nerves." touch." Bat Mrs. kivew a soi ly and I've lost oo Rin TN, Coffee Nervess Sh Jatt - pis? "I landed on won't clock, the . Ace- - "1 don't see why they fired you," she laughed, "You've practically eold me an Ace-High card table" "They'll be coming after me," Andrews bragged, "begging me to eome back, at probably double my salary, Bat I'm not going back, at any price, I'm. through with Ace-High tables, Walt until old Archibald tries to find another salesman as good as I am." . . LP He was £04 self-confident, 60 eure of himself, she did not have the heart to laugh. "Why did this --this Archibald firg you?" "Just because I had an filea-- a really great advertising otunt for Ace-High tables, But I had 'a little bad luck, "You know how people at a cir- cus like to watch a clown sway back: and forth on a high tower of tables and chairs? I was going to do that--not sway--but I built a tower of Ace-High tables on the sidewalk right in front of the store. Ten of 'em, Had to get a ladder to eet them up. "Phen, while thousands of peo- ple watched-----" He caught her sthile-- "There were at least 300," he admitted, "~--~while they watch. ed, I climb out a window onto the top table, Cops arrive and tell me to come down. Traffic jams , , . The sidewalk is blocked. I tell the cops, and the crowd, that I'm out 'to prove that Ace-High tables stand up under any alrain, "More people stop and gawk, More cops. Reporters. Photograph. ers, It's almost as good as flag. pole sitting, Then--it happened." "What?" "Old Ace-High lgt me down, and completely, I felV through the top of the highest table, legs collaps- ed, tzbles tumbled everywhere. A cop got a bump on his head when him with a table around my middle, Four persons were hit by falling tables, all in- jured. Two' women fainted, The show window was cracked. I was arrested for inciting a riot, dis- turbing the peace and assaulting an officer, "The Injured parties sent their lawyers to see Archibald; the judge ruled he was responsible, ordered him to pay them and to pay my fine, too. And his hig competitor ran a full page ad with pictures of the wreckage. Not strictly ethical, but business is business. 3 "I didn't go back to work until this morning---I left again, almost immediately." The girl made no effort to hide her laughter now. "I can sce you, on top of 10 ecard tables--" Ted laughed, too. "It was a swell idea," he; insisted, "But I'm glad it didn't, work, That stunt is going: to cost old Archibald all the ealary he didn't pay me." Ie turned to the girl. "How .about you? No flagpole sitling?" She ghook her head. "No stunt, no crowd, no tables. I just got tired of the same old dally rou- tine. I've beer working for a " NEW YOUNG FROCK By Anne Adams Fresh 48 a braede is this frock from Pattern 4048 by Anne Ad. ams! Seé how prettily the shoul- der yokes,. pockets, and sleeves are trimmed with lace -- see how tall the princess paneMing makes you look! The Sewing Instructor saves time, i Pattern 4048 is available in junior miss sizes 11, 13, 15 and 17, Size 18 takes 8% yards 39- inch fabric, : Send twenty cents (20c). in coins '(stamps cannot bs 'aceept- ed) for this Anne Adams pattern to Room 421, 78 Adelaide St. - West, Toronto. Write plainly size, name, address and style num. ber. yaa Bombing of Cologne area by 1500 British planes in a single night recalls the assertion of Air \ Marshal A. T. Harris that the war would be ended by autumn if he could send 1000 bombers a night over Germany, doctor In Sumner, a little town downstate, for five years. Ever since I left high school I've been listening to people cry about their aches and moan about thein bills. So I came to the clty to find a new job. . ™ "And you'll 'probably find one-- working for a doctor agaln." The young man surveyed her closely, *You shouldn't have much trouble finding a spot. Nice clothes, good style, Attractive face, Always did like auburn hair, green eyes. With those teeth you could advertise for a dentist. , ..,"" She didn't know whether to be angry or amused. He was apprais- Jing her, enumerating her assets, just as he would see an Ace-High card table. ". . . Nice figure. You could model, if you want to. Now tell ua your story, with or whhout names, as you prefer. What do you really want to do?" "I don't want to be a sécretary- receptionist." . "Okay. That's out. What is the favorite ambition?" "l don't want to work at all," she answered truthfully, "I've worked ever since I can remem- "ber. Dad wasn't guess, and Mother went home to her family. She would have done better to have stayed with Dad, because she spent the rest of her life trying to make a MHving for herself and little Kay. Her brother helped a little, mostly by finding new customers for her to sew for, and housework and odd jobs for me, Q "When + Mother = died, Uncle Ralph got this job in the doctor's office for me, I lived with him and Aunt Susan and four cousins, Everything I earned went for room and board. I had to help around the house, -too. It wasn't much fun." "So you finally told him off and started out on your own, and now 8 tough," Ted concluded y did 'you pick on this town? Why not try New York, Chicago? What brought you here?" . + "I'm looking for my Dad--Tim Donovan, the inventor. Ever hear of him?" "Nope. What does he invent?" "I don't know. He justs invents. That's why Mother left him. None of his inventions™ ever paid any money, but he wouldn't quit, Mother's last letter from him came from here. He wanted her to come back. His blg invention was sure to succeed. He was planning to . build 'a factory lere. Mother , wrote that we would come back after the invention started pay- ing. We never heard from him after that," But Ted wasn't listening. "Tim Donovan . . , Donovan . , , I've seen that name somewhere , , He picked up his newapaper, scan- ned the classificl pages again. "And your name Is Kay Dono- van? Kay for Katie, not Kather- ine?" The girl was amazed. yes. How did you know?" He thrust the paper under her mose, his finger pointing. to a emall notice, "Therc--take a look at that, |. Katie Donovan," . . 4 '(Continued Next Week) - Persons and. products mentioned ° in this story are entirely fictitiSus. much good, I~ "Why, So tasty with any spread! Let Christie's Grahams help you with the refreshments at your next party. Baked from a fine old recipe, Christies have the true "Graham" flavor that folks like. They're so tasty with cheese, jam, or any spread; «or just served plain with desserts or. beverages. ° Bass In the store or on the * *phone, alicays ask for hristie's 'Biscuits, PA MEA; 'as you know; comes to us from Ceylon and India, and every man on every boat 'which catries it to our land is risk. ing his life every day of the trip. We are honour bound to use only what our Government asks us to. Avoid waste and do not use more than your share, .- Combine berries and sugar and let stand overnight. In the morn- ing bring fo a boil and boil for five minutes. Add lemon juice TABLE TALKS By SADIE B. CHAMBERS and boil three minutes longer. Stir and skim for five minutes Requests to prevent floating fruit. Pour into hot sterile glasses. Let cool and seal with hot paraffin. 3% tablespoon gelatine Strawberry and Rhubarb Jam 2 tablespoons eold water 1 quart rhubarb % cup fresh strawberries 1 quart strawberries 2-8 cup sugar 1% quarts sugar 2 cups whipped cream Cut the unpeeled rhubarb in 14 2-3 cup sliced strawberries inch pieces. Mix the strawberries, Soften. the gelatine in cold | rhubarb and sugar and cook the _ water, crush _the berries, stir-and--| mixture -slowly--until--it--is--thick-- cook to boiling point. with the | and clear. Stir frequently to pre- sugar. Dissolve gelatine com- vent burning... Pour into hot jars pletely 'in the hot liqhid. Chill | 'and seal with occasional stirring until "the i mixture reaches a honey-like consistency. Beat until frothy. Fold in the cream and the sliced berries, "Turn into the tray of the refrigerator and freeze until firm. Strawberry Mayonnaise 4 cup mayonnaise % cup fresh crushed : strawberries i 2 tablespoons fruit sugar 1 tablespoon lemon juice % cup cream, whipped Combine mayonnaise, berries, sugar and lemon juice and fold in the whipped cream, 'Makes about % cup dressing, Delicious for fruit salads, Nut Salad Dressing This should give a variation to your dinner salad for fruit. 6 tablespoons salad oil 2 tablespdorns lemon juice 1 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons fruit sugar 2 Strawberry Mousse Miss Chambers welcomes personal _letters from Interested renders. She Is /pleaved to recelve suggestions on topless for her column, ond is vn ready to listen. to your 1ipet peeves." Requests for recipes or special nienus nre in order. Address your letters to "Mian Sndle I}. Cham bers, 73 West Adelalde Street, To- ronto," Send stam self-addressed ' envelope If yon wish a reply. A FAMOUS BRAND & gdeu's y % teaspoon paprika tablespoons chopped - nuts Measure the oil into a bowl; ~add the lemon juice, salt, sugar | and paprika.' Beat thotoughly and add chopped nutmeats, = ---- © Strawberry Jam 4 cups sliced strawberries . 6 cups sugar % cup lemon juice GOOD EATING NEWS Children need a quart of milk a day, adults'a pint, aay the food experts. . And everybody should eat an egg: every day, if possible, * Fortunately, both milk and eggs can be eaten in. other foods as well Typical is the following recipe for Four Square Puddin y which calls for two eggs, two cups of milk plus bran and raisins, bot as alone. filled with iron, 6 lices 'stale breas Butter : 1 cup raisins % cup All-Bran ° "2 eggs, separated" 4 7 Remove 'crusts from bread; spread with butter; eut into squares and arrange in layers in greased bakin - with raisins and All-Bran, ate oven (8 oven (300°F.) Four Square Pudding Beat egg yolks; add suga and Tiavoring} mix thoroughly and pour over bread. 'Bake in moder- 0°F.) about -35 minutes, . from two beaten egg whites and' 4 tablespoons sugar. Baké in slow about 20 minutes or until meringue is brown, Yield: 8 servings (8-inch baking digh). Voli ad {¥] Located in the picturesque range ! ranching country West of High River, Alberta, The 'Stampede is owned and operated by : dean of International rodeo pro- i ducers, who for many years pro- x | duced THE STAMPEDE at , Calgary 2 tablespoons: sugar 2 % teaspoon nutmeg "Tha nging'S" Brand 2 cups milk of THE STAMPEDE 1 teaspoon vanilla extract tablespoons sugar RANCH dish. Zpsinkle "each layer nutmeg, milk Cover with meringue made ISSUE 25 "42 rer Guy Weddick, cowboy, writer, | 4 |