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--_-- X 4 a be Er ---- CHRONICLES OF GINGER FARM Last Thursday was a day to re- member even to a person used to English fogs. It was a real pea- souper, although not as bad as the black fogs of London. And of all days Thursday was the one on which the company that Bob works for had arranged a banquet in Tor- onto for its employces. All day I was worrying about what the night might bring forth and my fears were certainly not lessened when news got around of a man being killed near here on a level Cross- Ing. The poor fellow saw the light of the train but, owing to the dense fog, mistook it for the light of the station. I had still another shock during the evening when our telephone rang and it was "long distance". Of course in the space of a split second I had Bob in a smash-up, probably in a morgue, or at best in hospital. Then the operator went on--"Niagara Falls is call- ing." Niagara Falls--that meant Second Niece. My heart swopped its sledge hammer pounding and I was able to assure Second Niece quite emphatically that we would just love to have her for the week- end. L LJ] [] Came bedtime and as I put out Mitchie the cat I tried not to see that the fog was getting worse. Anyway we were not expecting Bob home that night because he had other plans. However, some- time during the night I heard foot- steps--Bob had changed his mind and come home. He told me next morning that it was the worst fog he had ever experienced in Ontario, so-apparently I had reason to be concerned. What we parents have to worry about! That is what I was turn- Ing over in my mind this morn- Ing. And then I wondered if we would have less worries if there were fewer cars and trucks on the road. What do you think about ft? Anyway I am pretty sure there are a good many women who hardly know a minute's peace once the family car is out of the gar- age--yes, and when Father is driv- Ing too, because Father has been known to exceed the speed limit! ™ ° ° - But then if it wasn't cars we had to worry about it. would be something else, Maybe In a few years mothers will be worrying about their young hopefuls fly- Ing too fast in the family air-flivver. Apparently every decade has its own pet personal problems, al- though sometimes one {is tempted to wonder if, in this day and age, familiarity has bred, not contempt so much as indifference. I remem- ber, that as a girl, If I was out after ten o'clock without my mother knowing where and with whom I was putting in my time, I would find her walking the floor when I did get home. But now-- well, the young folk tell you things This slick little apron, slim' of waist and with nonslip shoulders; 1 Pattern 4586, It's: designed to pe made from a feed bag if you like, combines economy and pret- tiness. Pattern 4586 in sizes small (32-34), medium (36-38), Large (40-42). Medium size, 14 yards 84-inch, Send TWENTY CENTS (20¢) $a coins (stamps cannot be ac- gepted) for this pattern to room 1, 13 Adelaide St. West, Toron- to. Print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER, gre Just beginning to warm up around ten or eleven o'clock--that, fn fact, is Just a good time for starting out, They have told us that so often that we have learnt By Gwendoline P, Clarke Ps to accept it as fact--with varying degrees of concern or indifference, It has now become old-fashioned for parents to worry unduly and a great source of annoyance to the young folk if they should arrive home to find Mother sitting up for them. I know one mother who will never go to bed until all her fam- ily is under one roof and I might add she keeps pretty late hours at times. . * * Well, what should we do about it? Should we stay up or go to bed? Personally I think if we have instilled the right ideas in our off- spring in their childhood and ado- lescent years we can trust them not to go too far astray. Liberty they must have because this is an age of liberty. Some day the pen- dulum may swing back -- who knows? We know there are good and bad of every age and in every genera- tion. You who have a grown-up family can't you remember the times when you were told by your mother--"If I had done to-and-so when I was a girl .. And Sundays--do you remember the Sundays? Scissors were never allowed out in my home on Sun- days. I remember so well one awful crime [ committed. I wanted so badly to make a dress for my doll so I took the doll, some dress goods and the scissors and hid un- der the dining-room table. Surely a pitying Father must sometimes grieve for the interpre- tation that was, and is. given to His Commandments. In the old days it was too literal -- in these days too elastic. TABLE TALKS Fruit Candies Fruit candies offer possibilities for sweets that spare sugar, that are practical to make at home and that are good to eat. These can- dies are ideal for the children, be- cause they are wholsome and may ~ be eaten freely. Fruit Caramels cup raisins cup figs eup pitted dates or prunes cup nut meats, optional tablespoon grated lemon peel to' 4 tabléspoons lemon juice Put fruit and nuts through food UW Od ud put Dub Pub , lemon juice and add lemon peel. Form into balls or cubes. Roll in powdered sugar, if desired. ...... Candy bars may be made from this fruit mixture by shaping the ground fruit into a long roll: Chill in refrigerator until firm. Remove and wrap the confection roll in waxed paper. Slice as needed into "candy bars". Orange Fruit Paste This candy recipe also spares sugar. It is delicious an' differ- ent, 34 cup ground unpeeled orange 14 cup orange juice 4 cups apple sauce or cooked dried apricots 34 cup liquid pectin 34 cup light corn syrup 8 cups sugar Cook oranges; orange juice and cooked fruit for 20 minutes, stir- ring often. Use large kettle, pre- ferably 4-quart size. Add pectin, corn syrup and sugar. Cook about 30 minutes longer, stirring con- stantly, When miXture 18 consis- tency of a thick preserve, pour 1 inch deep into shallow pa: When cold, cut into squares or other de- sired shapes. Roll in powdered , sugar. Recipe makés 234 pounds. Candied Orange Peel Peel from 6 oranges 1 cup sugar i 1 cup honey 14 cup water . Boil orangé peel' with water t cover and 1 teaspoon silt for % hour. Drain. Cover again with ' veater and' boil until tendér. Drain, i Cut peel in stripe. Bring sugar, honey and }4 cup water to boil Cook eel in this gently untll clenr. "dni syrup several' Hours, Res heat. Drain: Spread ott on wire rack or waxed paper until syrup is absorbed. If peel 1s to be kept for some. tific, wrap In waxed paper, Store In a tightly covered container In a refrigerator or other cold place. If po fs to be nded soon after making, coat with granu- fated sugar by shaking in a paper bag containing # to 4 tablespoons granulated sugar, SERRE chopper. Moisten to a paste with - THE 'BIG 8 NEARS COMPLETION Ite rounded upper and lower deck sections forming a gigantic figure 8 that dwarfs the workers, part of the body o the a re Stratocruiser, peacetime version of the B-29, is shown nearing com- pleting at Seattle, Wash, The huge double-decked luxury airliner will carry 80 passengers, What Housing Shortage! Mrs. Myrtle Ann Dibble, Jackson, Mich,, dressmaker, isn't waiting for the housing shortage to ease up--she's building one of her own, with a bit of help from daughters Lauretta Lee, 13, and Mona Mae, 12. The house will have seven rooms and a recreation room, Mrs. Dibble is doing the carpentry, laying the cement blocks, installing wiring, plumbing, plastering, finishing. The girls are mortar car- riers and helpers. Annwer to Previous Puzzle | Leads U.S. 9th Army | HORIZONTAL 2 Metal 1 Pictured U. 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Tate which was recgntly ublished in Mayfair Magaxns, t may apply to you. There are thousands of people driving automobiles © who don't know the first thing about driving an automobile, If that strikes you as a half-bak- ed, smarty-pants generalization, it may be because you don't know the first thing, either, When we look in the newspaper any Monday morning to learn who has been killed in motor accidents, we learn that even when drivers know everything else about driv- ing, they don't know the first thing. The first thing you must under- stand about your car is that it does not belong exclusively to you. Un- less you get this point straight you cannot be an intelligent driver. ~The legal concept of ownership is already out of date as it applies to automobiles. And until every mo- torist gets it clearly through lis head that his car is not entirely his own property, driving will continue to threaten his purse, his health, his sanity and his life. Conduct of Motorists Regulations governing your con- auct as a motorist will continue in- effective as long as you cling to your belief that your car, like your shoes, is a private and independent means of getting you from A to B. As things stand, our laws arc merely the expression of how much interference you deem necessary for other motorists, They are ncither thoroughly nor sincerely obeyed, because vou regard them as an en- croachment upon your essential sovereignty as a driver. So many motorists are so many votes, and the law is timid, Every policeman's wage is a charge upon your wages, so enforcement is but a token, Short of providing a constable to ride with every driver, the law can- not cope with your innocent arro- gance in supposing that your car is your very own to manage as you please. Without thousands of other auto- mobiles, yours would be of no use to you. You could not afford even to own it. The highways, the gas stations. the bridges, the repair shops, the hot dog stands--none of the facilities upon which the value of your car depends could exist without the support of thousands of motorists, Control Necessary Your car is nothing without thou- sands of other cars. Our economy could not function without thousands of cars, The au- tomobile is a social institution. Tt is a foundation stone of modern life. It Is a public utility. Society needs the automobile; but society will soon have to take charge of it. It has become capricious Moloch to be appeased with Sabbath off- erings of human dead. It must be brought under control. Which is to say that thousands of drivers must be brought under control. Self-con- trol may conceivably be the an- swer; but, as to that, one cannot find a basis for optimism. Self-con- trol for this purpose must be rooted in a clear conception of the public character of the automobile. The trusteeship of every motorist, the debt he owes every other motorist, the equity which society has in his car, must become plain, Many "Clever" Drivers There is really no such thing as clever driving any niore. An auto- mobile, being cleverly designed, re- sponds cagerly to the whims of the stupidest moren. No higher talent is required of a motorist than to keep his mind on what he's doing and obey the law. If he would faithfully do that, all would be well. Yet the roads abound with '"clev- er" dtivers. Cleverness in driving consists only of outwitting or in- timidating other drivers, and in tak- ing chances. The driver who thus displays what he conceives to be an KED a Jiffy i TC «or Money Back For quick rellef from itching caused by eczema, athlete's foot, scabies, pimples and otherJtching conditio ling, medicated, liquic D. 0, B. PREGCRIPT oN. "Creaselees an. fiddle Scns Soiniosts od quid sat n A today for D:D. D. PRESCRIPTION. CHECK on accomplishment, even a social grace, reveals only boorish irre- sponsibility, Yet, regarding his car as a private means for accomplish- ing private purposes, and having been encouraged to take less rnd less responsibility upon himself, he can perhaps hardly be blamed. His neighbors are more impressed by imitation white sidewalls on his tires than by consideration for them in traffic. It is hard to understand why mo- toring is considered less difficult and dangerous than flying, You are free to drive a car, no matter how big a fathead you may be; while to qualify as a pilot youn must have considerable instruction, and putin hours of supervised practice. Yet aircraft almost never collide. They ram mountains, they run foul of bad weather, their mechanisms fail: but they practically never injure each other. The bulk of damage to automobiles and their passengers is done by other automobiles, As Driver Sees Himself Almost any nincompoop, male or female, is allowed to drive. And the motorist appraises an accident strictly in terms of what it costs him in money. Discredit seldom fol- lows responsibility for an accident. The disadvantage of responsibility lies only in having to pay the bills. We are ashamed of poor form on the golf course; we blush and stam- mer when we trump our partner's ace; we will rent a dres suit to cover up honest poverty; yet we'll drive our cars dangerously and stu- pidly with the lordliest unconcern, We are embarrassed by the revela- tion of any trifling misfortune or inadequacy, even when it hurts no- body else; yet we are never asham- ed of incompetence as drivers. We don't even recognize competence as a factor in driving. There are only dumb drivers and smart drivers, lucky drivers and unlucky drivers, large new impressive cars and lit- tle old contemptible cars. Because practically nobody un- derstands the automobile. Practic- ally no driver sces himself as a small, dependent unit in a great social process. Practically every driver sees himself as Ben Hur in the Hippodrome, Sense of Trusteeship Canadians have natioinalized or socialized a good many public utili- ties, few of which are more basic to the country's life than the auto- mobile. Tt would be a tremendous legislative undertaking to transfer title in every automobile to the Crown; yet all the arguments which resulted in the other expropriations are present. Sooner or later some politician who has unsuccessfully tried every other battle cry is going to get hold of this. And when he declares that private ownership has shown itself incapable of proper management of automobiles, he'll be as right as he'll be unpopular. If he argues that automobiles should be taken away from drivers who cannot live up to their trustee- ship, we will have brought it upon ourselves. Nothing but this serious sense of trusteeship will protect us from the danger of injury and death. And trusteeship can hardly be coerced. But if somebody starts advocating a law whereby our cars can be seiz- ed when we fall short of our public duty as drivers, the families and friends of thousands of dead will vote for it, BE ----- i; A I A EAS EE Pigeon Awarded edal for Gallantry Happy whimsicality colored the recent ceremony at the Tower of London to honor an American hero, says The Christian Science Monitor. High-ranking officers of the United States and British Armies and Royal Air Force were present on historic Thames-side lawns to sce "G.I. Joe", a United States Army pigeon, presented to the Constable of the Tower. 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