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>. Tgp & -- li . * | Screen Performer » - i § oe HORIZONTAL VERTICAL 1 Pictured. 1 Raced actress, * 2 Anger ; 3 3: Symbol for: : ? Mensa of actinium 10 Containers 4 Pacts : tk ere 11 Either. Ee 6 Exists. ale ~~ 12Paths 7 Plot of Tand . ol 8 Age 2 SYmbal for 12 Inferior: 16 Say - "13 Distant 12 About 14 Therefore 20 Speaker .'16 Senior (ab.) 4 21 Upon 17 Musical "sound 22 Diminish 18 Finish 25:Earth 23 Nickel 5 ymbo 2D Sarria 24 Prepares for. 37 Pastry. 30 Within, publication 31 Father : 32 Domesticated : animals | _.34'Atrésh 37 Friends ©, 380ceans 40 Hypothetical structural unit 41 Organs of: thought 45 Negative 46 Literary composition A CHRONICLES OF GINGER FARM | e-------- By Gwendoline P. Clarke = . -It seems that the weatherman has got his seasons mixed; or some- thing -- and we don't mind" how soon he straightens them out, From what,we have been reading "in the paper it appears that most. districts were treated to something a little out of the ordinary for the - Easter week-end. RRL * * » : "We had oug khate of inconveni- ences starting Saturday suppertinie when the lights kept going out for five or ten minutes at a time, It was really rather cozy. Without so much of 'a flicker out they would go, and then, just as soon as we had the lamps and candles lit, on would come_the lights again, At one time I said to Partner-- "Wou't: it- be: awful if the power . goes off and we can't listen to the hockey game?" But it didn't, and we did--if you understand what I mean. And of course we went to bed quite happy with the result of the game, Incidentally, we were interested to learn that a "rookie" on the Detroit team was originally from this: district. 1 * * Daughter and friend Bert were "to arrive late- Saturday night so we left the door unlocked for them. But oh dear, the wind was -here ahead .of them and it threw open the doors, knoc over a few things; blew paper} around and generally created havoc--all inside of a few minutes. I was out of bed _in'a second and I found it a pretty drafty: business' running . around shutting the doors. * * * » Sunday morning it was still blowing, ripping shingles off the barn roof and limbs off winter- weary trees, and the air was damp and unpleasant. A good fire in the kitchen would have been very wel- come but every time we tried to light it, it just about smoked us out. So then we fell back on the electric - stove. . I was thankful it was going because it was necessary to make biscuits to eke out our meagre ~~ 'bread supply. For some unknown | reason: the baker failed to deliver 'our bread and by the time I ~realized--he wasn't coming it was too late to. buy a loaf anywhere in town. left me .with so little ambition that "we were decidedly short on eats. - But alas the pie still had 'another fiftcen] minutes to go when the power: went off agamn-'l-absolutely "and completely. : + * "So there 'we were, a smoky stove, no power and a half-baked pie. But we were not altogether. stuck -- - there was still the coal-oil stove out inj the back porch. It cooked vegetaples, boiled. wate for our our.-teg- and, gave me approximately ten miles of walking exercise as I trotted back" and forth from the stove: to the kitchen dinner, "When the power came on. at five o'clock we were more con- vinced than ever that hydro service is a -- wonderful thing. Talking about, this morning a neighbour re- marked--"I am beginning to think that coal-oil lamps and the old- fashioned cookstove were pretty reliable after all." "Yes," \I laughed, "but I. don't see you going back to them!" > * * * Yesterday, our family group set' out as usual to sofve the problems of the world! "It" is generally: * Daughter* who starts the ball 'roll-' ing by her views on. labour prob-" I also had to bake a ple. You see the after effects of the flu » preparing" lems, and of course her pet peeve is the large amount in compulsory deductions taken off her pay- cheque. And how impatient she is . with the lack, of interest and downs * right ignorance of the affairs of the day which she finds so. prevalent among the 'younger city folk. "Honestly," says Daughter, "it-is only: country" people who really « know what is going on in the world --the average city worker simply isn't interested. Just imagine--in _our office there isn't one woman who has ever bothered herself to go out to vote at any election, nor are they the least bit interested in the résult. And what is true of our office is also true of hundreds of other offices throughout the city." * * * do I "have little. doubt but what Daughter is right--more's the pity, Sure, people take an interest in whatever. hurts: their pocket, but only to the extent of grumbling. Take all these new price increases ~how many will help" the situation by staging a buyer's strike? There is never any attempt to. probe be: fact that milk, right now, is.a glut on. the market. It -only needs a price adjustment in cream for that milk to be turned into butter, Generally speaking, farmers know very well that if all fluid milkiwere directed into the right channels there would be no need for a butter oleomargarine shortage or for either. . This rose filet crochet is fascinat- ing, heirloom work--done in No. 30 cotton; Grand for durable, attrac- tive chair and buffet sets, So easy. you can do this for your FIRST piece! Pattern 655 has di- rections; charts. : . Send twenty-five cents in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern. to. the Needlecraft Dept, Room 421, 73 Adelaide St. est, Toronto.. Print plainly PAT: TERN NUMBER, your NAME and ADDRESS, '. 49 Lord Lieu- tenant .(ab.) 50 Segments 53 Paid notice 54Rod ' . \ 56 Musical nofe 57 She is one of Hollywood's newest ----= .39 Distress Answer (0 Previous Puasle EAU] A \| AS IRIE | i=] 4 --Xmo 25lends . signal 26 Aluminum 41 Per (symbol) 42 Century plant + 28 Abstract being 43 Ailments 29 Health resort 44 Spain (ab.) 32 Tablets 33 Measure of 47 Diminutive of Samual cloth 48 Extitement 35 Electrical en~ 51 Arrival (ab.) 52 Things (Latin) 54 Jumbled {ype 55 And (Latin) _ gineer (ab.) 36 Desire neath the surface. "Take the agita-. tion for the sale of oleomargarine . in Canada for instance«despite the I] TABLE TALKS Meat Extenders Everyone, almost witfiout excep- tion likes meat. Even the aroma. and the eye-appeal of properly cooked meat stimulate and aid good digestion, It is around 'the meat course that the family's enjoyment of the meal centres. Therefore it becomes the responsibility of the homemaker, in the facé;of scarcities, and changing prices, to learn how to prepare and use the cuts avail- able, to extend them 'as far as possible and yet at the same time to serve them in tempting' and des Ticious ways, : The value of meat is not depend- . ent upon its cost. The less expen- sive cuts are equally as good as those of higher price. They re- quire long, slow cooking in a covered pan, using moist heat to soften the tough connective tissue. These cuts may also be made tender: by grinding, When the homemaker cooks with imagination, stews, pot roasts, Swiss steaks, etc, become intri- gwing fare. A touch of mystery may be achieved by the addition of such seasonings as celery tops, bay. leaf, thyme or an onion stuck in with two or three whole cloves. ~~These dishes are --sure--to get a big hand from the family. The home economists of the Con- sumer Section, Dominion Depart- ment of Agriculture suggest adding sour cream, canned tomato or mushroom soup to the gravy, to give new sparkle to tried and true favourites. A meat loaf unmoulded on a baking sheet, frosted with creamed potatoes and browned in a hot oven'is as superb as a prime roast. ) Other good meat extenders; which' carry thie flavour of meat and yet: increaje the number of . servings are vegetables, bread crumbs or dressings, dumplings and biscuit toppings. Rich meaty gra- "vies or tangy sauces are the perfect accompaniment to all meat courses and play' their part in stretching the meat used, ' Mushroom-Meat Patties 14 cup water : 1 pound ground beef or veal %; cap fine. dry, bread crumbs 1 egg, beaten 1 teaspoon salt Va teaspoon pepper '3 tablespoons minced onion Y cup, chopped celery ~ Dilute. the mushroom soup with the witer blending 'until smooth. Combine ground meat with crumbs, eg, 5 cup of the soup mixture, salt, pepper, onion and celery. . Shape into patties about 1" thick and. brown both sides in hot fat. Cover with remaining soup. mix- ture and bake, covered, for 23 minutes in a moderate. oven 330 . deg. F. or simmer covered on top. of the stove for 15 minutes. Six servings, Mock: Duck with Dill Dressing 2 lbs. round steak, cut 14" thick 3 cups soft bread crumbs : . V4 teaspoon salt - .1"teaspoon poultry dressing . V4 cup chopped onion "VY cup chopped dill pickle " 8-tablespoons melted fat 1 tablesnoon prepared mustard V4 cup dill pickle juice ~ Wipe round steak with a damp cloth. Combine crumbs, salt, onion, dill pickles and 3 tablespoons fat. Spread steak with prepared mustard and place dressing on top. Roll up and fasten with skewers and cord. Melt remaining 3 tablespoons fat "in" heavy pan.and brown .steak on . all sides. Add dill pickle juice and cook in a covered pan 1% hours 'or until tender, Six Servings, Sauce for Boiled Beef V4: cup sweet pickle. relish 2 tablespoons chopped parsley or celery taps 1 teaspoon sugar 1 + Ya teaspoon pepper ' 14 cup vinegar ,» Combine all ingredients and mix well. Serve with* hot sliced boiled beef. The meat may be simmered amtil tender, then: baked in a. hot 1 oven, 400 deg. F, for about 20-25 mingtes- or--until nicely browned; . Great Trees From . , . A tiny walnut tree carried by a pioneer family in 1835 from Mis- j souri. to Oregon, and replanted, produced $20,000 worth of vencer when sawed up 93 years later. ----1_can_cream- of -mushroom---soup | What you read and hear may 'make you think in terms of a push= . button rocket weapons in event of another war, but nevertheless, newer and deadlier models of the same old guns are being de- veloped. This is a pair of Navy's aircraft guns, warships, biggest yet, under test at Dahlgren, Va, 'Note comparative size of men at left. new six-inch, rapid-fire anti- They're for TEEN-TOWN TOPICS | A friend stopped us on the street the other day--=a about 60 years of age. "You should 'tell' those teeners of yours instead of stringing along with them," he said. We mused over this after we went to bed 'the other night and came to the conclusion" that telling handled by their parents, Although we do' think some, parents neglect an _axvful lot in the telling. An interesting article on teen- agers appeared in a recent copy of 'Fime magazine (March 31) called Manners and Morals. It gave off with the various. fads and do-dos that /have hit the hi-crowd around the country. According to Time, neither war, rationing nor the advent of the atomic age has alter- ed the U.S. teen-ager's preoccupa- + tion with malted milk, two-hour . telephone calls and juke-box music. But: when the firing ceased and things started to get back to nor- mal," the teen-agers too found post- war changes in tribal custom, lan- guage, taboos, wooing, dress and niethods' of transport. We haven't noticed any great change in Canada's younger set--but if things keep on the way they're going-- something has to change. Let's hope it's the prices, * * Lor How old does a person have to be to go into a cocktail bar? We don't know; but we hope it is about 45. - should know better. 1f you don't it doesn't make i much Sit esice, you're too old to be told anything anyway. City paper recently - showed pictures of the interiors of - some of the new cocktail lounges. We. were reading the article--over- a cup of coffee -- when a friend "(teen-ager) waltzed in. "Boy is that ever ultra?" he gasped. "I can hardly wait to get down town." What do you think you'll do, when you get there," we ques- "tioned, bry "Go -in and have a snort," came the reply. C We. doubt very. much if he vould he served any, but the ideas he whole thing places in . the minds of young people is evident. The ideas have been a result of what the olders think is modern and up-to-date. We'd like to have the pleasure of telling those olders, that some of their~ideas stink. . PRN According to the papers, Prin- cess Margaret Rose 4g Tiitte differ- ent from her older sister, Elizabeth. Margaret, who is" apparently free and easy, is cause of great contern for both the King and Princess By BARRY MURKAR Elizabeth. "Wherever did. you | male friend of: teen--agers--was--a--matter best When you reach that age you learn- such slang?" King orge once asked his younger daughter after a conversatioi: about" some drawings she had done. "OL", said Margaret, "at my mother's knee-- or - some other jot." Kind of 'cute, we thought. With the warm weather really on the way, the young uns are' getting out more. Baseball is in the throes of being organized and the news is coming in daily from the baschall ~teams to the south. Now that the roads are drying up, it's really in- vigorating to get the old 'bike oiled up and go for a hike. the joints at first--cspecially the joints where you havé been hang- ing out all winter, but they'll get used to it. This spring air is really good. We were down at the lake a few days ago, and watched some of the fishermen getting their nets in shape and their boats caulked and painted. Did you know that we have fishermen on Lake Ontario and Erie, who go out twice daily to lower and raise their nets? Well we have. Sailing is a "wonderful sport. We had a boat once, but we'll leave sports to "Sixbit", he'd probably catch us in error on some- thing and that would never do. * * La My mom' just called from the céllar, to, come down and help with the cleaning. + With that sunshine outside and the air <o fresh, I thought I'd go for a nice walk. Doggone it anyway. Spring means cleaning, raking and cutting the lawn, helping in the garden and other stuff. 1 think 1 like winter the best after all. Success Fhe Father of Success is Work. The Mother of Success is Am- bition, ~The Sense, Some of the Other Boys are Per- severance, Honesty, Thorough- ness, Foresight, Enthusiasm, and Co-Operation, The Oldest Daughter is Charae- ter, - Some of her Sisters are Chcer- fulness, Loyalty, Courtesy, Care, Economy, Sincerity and Hariiony. The Baby of the Family is Op- portunity, Get well acquainted with the Old Man--WORK--and you will be able to get along pretty well with Oldest Son is Common , the rest of 'the Family. --From an address by L. A. Wil: liams 'to the Pacific Northwest Personnel Management Association, . weather, Tough on : warm British Housewife A Business Woman (Letter in New York Sun) To the Editor--Sir: I am writing to you in the hope that this letter will enlighten your readers as to the true position , regarding the food situation in this country, Many Americans, according to our papers, believe that we are managing quite : nicely, on the. present rations, | will 'give a rough outline of 'the position as it affects my home, I have a wife and two boys, aged 12 and 8 years. Their bréakfasts consist of a plate of porridge each, made with half milk,- hali water; a thick slice of bread each, .with a small picce of bacon three"inches long, tea or cocoa. My wife and I have similar breakfasts four mornings out of seven, with the ad- dition of two eggs each a week. The children also: get two eggs cach a week; we can do this as we keep a fowl in the garden, Other meals are equally monatonous, ex- cept at Christmas, Our meat ration (1 shilling each) allows two good cooked dinners for us each week, Sometimes the meat is.s0 tough and old that we cannot masticate it, As for unrationed food, fish, when obtainable in any variety, 1s much sought after; and some of it reasonably cheap, but booked meat shops have little to sell and demand is greater than supply. . Cakes<and confectionery are poor stuff indeed, but help to feed even though they often contain only dried eggs, flour, baking powder and flavoring, Really, the British housewife is a very astute business woman; as | will endeavor to show. I recently stayed home, owing to very bad and offered to do my wife's shopping. I came back after three hours of queueing and bar- gaining, with only_our bare rations; In the stores I did not know the tricks my wife knew 'in getting unrationed foods. Needless to say I have not offered to do this joh again. . I believe like -many others here: that -tlie hulk buying of. food by "government officials is the cause of much of 'the shortages in Britain. As you know, private enterprise is frowned on by the present govern- | | ment. If business men were allowed to go overseas and buy in the open market, we should not he so short of goods, I have one grouse against the Americans dnd it concerns the films we get from America. In most pice tures a scene is shot of some one having a meal either at home or in a restaurant, but why do they have: hive to. show such grand food to people the majority of whom do not know what a three-course meal is? What exasperates me is that the lucky American eater leaves most of his food unfinished, his drinks' untouched and cigarettes are tossed away after two or three puffs, Remember that your pictures give British people the impression that the average American is a wasteful person and the actions in 8 picture of leaving good food to waste causes heartaches to our wo- men (and men), We have just had a cut in the electric supply (coal shortage), so in the future I must do. my corres ponding in daylight. Good-by and good luck, and please try to keep us grousing Britons smiling, Donald L, Birch. Quinton, Great Britain. IT RINGS THE BELL when _you serve Maxwell House Coffee for breakfast. This delicious blend contains choice Latin-American cof- fees specially selected to give you extra-rich flavor, GENTLE LAXATIVE ANTACID, On 'CERTAIN DAYS' of The Month! Do female functional monthly disturbances make you feel ner- vous, fidgety, cranky, so tired and "dragged out" --at such times? 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