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When Wives Were Wed With The Tap Of A Shoe For the first time since 1942, bridegrooms in Britain are mow able to obtain 22-carat gold wed- ding rings for their brides, instead of having to be content with nine. carat rings. But even so, a wedding ring of pre-war quality is so scarce that some are traveling from town to town looking for one, for jewel- ers are able to make the 22-carat type only if they have old gold still in stock. The tradition that a wedding ring should be of gold has lasted for centuries, though - the ancient Grecks and Romans preferred iron and the early Christians bronze. Gold, however, wears much better than either of these two metals, It does not corrode, and 'although fairly soft, is durable and stainless. There has been a revival recent ly of "posy" wedding rings--those "with a niotto inscribed on them, The most «forthright posy ever engraved on a wedding ring was that given to his fourth wife by Bishop Thomas Lincoln, in 1753: "If 1 survive, I'l make them fivel" The wedding ring is a symbol of eternity because it has no begin- ning and no ending. Among our Anglo-Saxon forefathers, when two" persons were betrothed the bfide- - groom gave a pledge of "wed," from which we derive the- word wedding: This "wed" consisted of a ring which was placed on the woman's right hand, and worn sthere until transferred at dhe marriage cere- mony to 'the left. The bride was then taken "for fairer, for fouler, for better, for worse." The promised to be "buxom and bonny" to her husband, and the bridegroom then put the ring on each of the fingers of her left hand in turn, . The bride's father next presented one of his daughter's shoes. With this, the bridegroom tapped her on the head a¥ a sign and token that athority over her was now trans- ferred to him. The law of those days allowed him to admingster eorporal punishment to his wife if he considered she needed it, but #t also allowed her to leave him if he failed in his oath to treat her well, . To complete the marriage cere- mony, according to the laws of the church, a ring is absolutely neces- sary. Fortunately it has been de- sided that anything in the form of a circle will do in an emergency. At a Liverpool church a bride- groom discovered that he had for- gotten the ring. The wedding was a private one. There were no guests and no kindly married lady to prof- fer 'the loan of a wedding ring. The prospective bride was without even ai engagement ring. 'What was to be done? The verg- or, the only witness, . stood by, church -door key in hand. He pro- posed the key as a 'substitute for the orthodox wedding ring. The bride, against her will, had to agree - and 'the door key did its new duty. But perhaps the strangest sub- stitute for a golden wedding ring was the ivory ring of. a baby's comforter, or dummy. It was the same old story--the ring forgotten and not .one to be found. There was, however, a small, fat baby with a comforter, This was requisitioned, and with its aid, the contract 'was completed. But the baby showed its disapproval by howling wigorously until the com- forter was restored. : Life is :a constant process of keep- in your finger on the pulse, your eye on the ball, your nose on the grind- stoffe, your ear to the ground, your tongue in your cheek. And once in- | a while it's necessary to get your dander up and put your foot down. --Washington Journal, - Mitchell hefts a beach ball on the white sands and gives the photographer a preview of what the nation will be doing shortly, as the summer playtime season approaches. Helen-Hatfield, in the background, is content to strike a less strenuous pose : under thé sun. "5 " ' er 28 Hada SRB TAG Lr 4 RE I A VP Ky AGINGERFARM Gwendoline P. Clarke Well, did you think over what I" nsked you last week, and have you come to a decision? I mean in regard to cats and birds living on the same farm, Can we keep both --that was the question? 1 still say yes, but only if we love both, I think that because we have plenty of birds around here and yet we have always had at least one cat as a house-cat and anywhere from one to six at the barn. Take Joseph-Mark for instance. I have never yet seen our Joe with a bird -- his meat diet is mostly mice. Joe has very regular and def- inite habits. First thing in the morn- .ing he is wating at the back door to come in. So, when the men #0 to the barn, in comes Joe. He then has all the milk he will drink --Dbut it has to have 'the chill off-- mille straight from the refrigera- tor is not his dish. Then he has about two slices of brown bread, broken into small pieces and eaten dry. That is the way bo 15° gi When he is satisfied he walks off to the living-room, curls » "4 a stuffed chair, and sleeps--often un- til well on into the afternoon. When he wakes he has another feed and goes outside. If we are working in the garden he plays around with Honey; if not he goes to the barn and' hunts mice, After supper he somes back to the house and stays wherever we happen ty he until he is put out for the night. So, all day long, around the house and in the garden, the birds mate, sing and build their nests unmolested. The only time they are worried is when Joe walks down the little path to the barn. Then the robins start up a chorus of pro- test to which Joe pays absolutely no attention at all, Why should he --mice are unuch easier to catch anyway! * : Of course I must admit there are cats and cats -and the only way to have gz cat that you can rehlly feel any affection for is to train it from a kitten,- You can't teach an old cat new tricks any more than you can a dog. So, if you have a cat with' deplorable habits the only way is to have it disposed of painlessly--and then start off with a nice, wee kitten. Look after it, make a pet of it, and give it house-room. If a cat grows up with a sense of security, with the' knowledge that he can come to the house for rest and relaxation, then you can have birds and: cats too. Cats love comfort--the com- fort of a soft chair or a box behind the kitchen stove, where they will slecp the greater part of the day --if you let them. But a hunted cat soon becomes a hunting cat--so treat your cat according to the type you want him to be. And now to house-cleaning. Last week I started wor on a big bed- room. It has a chimney in it, the base of which is just belotv the chmney hole in this same room. owever, the chimney, as such, has not heen used for several years so the hole in the wall was papered over and was used only as the headquarters for all chimney swifts in the neighbourhood. When we stopped using the chimney we should have had t capped ... but we didn't ... so with every heavy rain diluted creosote ran down the . stripped off the - wall. When I brown streaked paper that was over J 7) | : 1', BAL) g 0] - . 7) ] TH San My old grandiather, who went to his reward many years ago, used to have a saying which went some: thing like this, "Soandso hasn't got sense enough to pour sand out of a boot, even with the directions printed on the heel." Manufacturers of different food products must. often have similar thoughts. They print very carefull directions on their packages telling exactly how that product should be used. Most of us take a hasty look at those directions, then go ahead in our own sweet "rule-of- [TABLE TALKS dane Andrews. rule holds with recipes using com- mercial pectin; you must not on arly account double or triple these recipes, as that would throw out the boiling time and risk. results, "Something which jam and jelly makers should realize is that jams and jellies do not all set imme: diately they are made. For some fruits, the recipes which have been developed for commercial pectin have been so adjusted that they do not set firmly until perhaps as long as a week or 10 days--in these cases, the slower setting assures thumb" manner. After that, we complain--and even write letters to the manufacturers--saying that the stuff is no good. So, at the risk of repeating an often-told tale, I'm going to quote part of a letter received from the makers of Certo, which I think is especially timely with the jam and jelly-making season coming on, "It is important to realize that : the recipes which accompany the pectin of a reputable manufacturer are so carefully balariced as to, be almost formulas. In the case of , our best-known brand of pectin, years of testing and re-testing have perfected those recipes. Do not alter those kitchen-tested recipes! " Pectin recipes call' for a larger amount of sugar per cup of fruit or juice than the long-boil" method of 'jams and jellies and conserves. But actually, there is no more sugar per pound of finished product, The short boil pectin method retains all the precious fruit juice--so you get up to 50 per cent. more jam or jelly from the same amount of Tmt. Do trust those tested recipes and follow them exactly, even though the amount of sugar may seem generous, "Experienced jelly-makers will tell you that in all jam or jelly recipes results are -better if yon work in small batches making up the same recipe a nuither of times if necessary, rather than doubling or tripling antou ts Thi - a more tender, dclicate jam or jelly." And now, after all that good ad- vice--which I hope some of us will take--here's a new recipe which | think you'll find something "extra- special." It's for - DATE DELIGHTS Filling 1 cup chopped dates 'or figs 4 cup brown tugar 2 tablespoons water 2 tablespoons orange" juice 14 teaspoon grated orange rind. Mix dates with sugar, water, orange juice and rind. Cook slowly, stirring to prevent burning, until thickéned, Cool before using. Y. cup shortening ¥ cup brown sugar 1 egg 1 cup bran 2 cups sifted flour 1 teaspoon baking powder Va teaspoon soda ° ¥4 teaspoon salt 34 eup sour milk or buttermilk Blend the shortening and sugay thoroughly, add egg and beat well. Add bran. Sift flour with baking powder, soda and salt; add alter- nately to first mixture with. milk. Spread one-half of the dough In a greased shallow baking pan. Drop filling by teaspoonsful on of dough and spread evenly, Cover filling with remaining dough, Bake in' moderately hot oven (400° I) shout 25 'minutes. 3 is Yield: two dozen eookies (iwo inches square), \ Big Shakespearean Festival -- Earle Grey, whose company will present a three-week Shakespeare Festival in Toronto this midsummer, is seen as he appeared in one of the Shakespearean comedies recently staged under his direction in Toronto. the chimney hole 1 was simply amazed--and horrified. What did I find? Hay, straw, featiiers, dust and dirt--to a depth of about eight- een inches! It was plugged absolute- ly tight. We scooped out enough nesting material to fill a big pail 3 times. Naturally this porous con- glomeration acted like a sponge every time it rained and made the wall far worse than it need have been. So friends, if you have an unused chimney that is giving trouble, better do a little investi- gating, I wonder shall I ever start house- cleaning without being rushed, 1 just had one roome®done and was ° starting on this big one when a letter came from Partner's sister to say she is sailing fiom England on the twenty-fourth of this month! That same evning came a tele- phone call from my sister that she and my nephew Klemi would like to come out for the day on Sunday. The quick, cold lunch I had plan- ned for the day of rest had to be forgotten. When people come to visit who are used to restaurant " meals] like to give them an appetis- ing home cooked meal. So they came--and while they enjoyed the quietness of Sunday in the country, we enjoyed the treat of hearing my nephew play his violin, which he had brought with him, One thing he played was particularly lovely-- a selection from Mozart, specially arranged for the violin by Fritz Kreisler. The professional touch does something to those in- tricate notes that makes a violin almost talk. But how these mu- sicians must work. Klemi prac- tices six hours a day--and yet to hear him play youn wouldn't think he needed to practice at all. To him music and life are synonymous. Pernicious Anemia Beei should be twice as effective as pork in preventing pernicious anaemia, according to findings of biochemists at the University of Wisconsin. The reason is that beef 'contains twice as much vitamin B12 as pork. This B12 is. nqw recog- nized as the anti-pernicious anaem- ia factor that scientists have been seeking for 20 years. 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The superficial and hypocritical. is cast aside, But the words of Jesiis only serve to emphasize the roli- ness of his nature already evidenced in his life.. The first recorded words were, "Father forgive them; for they know not what they do." This prayer for his encmies illustrates his great love for all men. Next we hear him speaking the word of hope to the dying thief who had first railed upon im but later re- pented. Jesus said, "Today shalt be with me in paradise." The greatness of Jesus Christ is further seen in the provision he made ior his mother in his dying hour. He said to "her. - "Woman, behold thy son!" and to the Dbe- loved disciple, "Behold thy mother." He wave his mother into John's tender care, From noon until three p.m. there vas great darkness. Near three o'clock he cried, "My God, mv God, why has thou forsaken me?" The Son of God suffered, bled, and died, alone. Our finite minds can- not comprehend His agony as He bore our sins. A little later he cried, "I thirst." But He refused that which would dull his consci- ousness. Then there was the shout finished." He was victor. His final words were, "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit." It was no gamble Jesus took. Freely He gave up his life. Of His own will He took. it again. His body was taken from the cross and laid in a new tomb, A large stone was rolled to its mouth. It was sealed with the Roman seal and a stone was rolled to its mouth, t was sealed with the Roman seal, and a strong guard posted. What happened on the third day we shall study \next Sunday, Ef data) AEG In LA RTERA CE SH po 3 AL, 4 Lit LETS # When Tiny Girls - Made "Samplers" The earliest known mention of samplers in England is in 1502, yet somehow we find it difficult to dissociate the sampler from colon: lal America, The lettered legends on these bits of fabric hold for us so personal an element of social history that it is difficult to asso- ciate them with any other period or place, The earliest samplers in this eountry were long and narrow. The 'upper portion was filled with elab- orate running designs. In the cen- tre appeared a "tree of life" or other allegorical motif. At she bottom was cut or drawn work with an occasional alphabet worked in as an integral part of the design, Only two of the authentic samples of seventeenth-century samplers exist. Eighteenth-century samplers were made a large numbers throughout the colonies, but more particularly in New England, Long Island, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The first were English in type, but were followed very shortly by the de velopment of a distinctly American style. Stitching and embroidery were taught in all schools for girls. One class of sampler comes from this source, The other class is composed "of samplers made by very young girls as a means of learning not only stitching, but the alphabet and figures. Such samplers were often made by girls of but five and six years of age and, while simple compared with those made in the boarding schools, are still marvel ous examples of patience and skill About '1721, American samplers began to display Biblical scenes. A few of these are known with the legends in Latin, Alphabets were separated from the patterns by rows of cross-stitch, Greek fret, or equally simple designs. Running designs display the "India. pink," tulip with vines, and the "tree ot life." Pennsylvania at this time con. tributed samplers displaying the Lord's Prayer and the Ten Com: mandments. Many fine samplers were almost needlework pictures, so large and prominent is the pic- tyre part compared with the bor- ders, and so exquisite is the needle- work. From "New Geography of Am- eriman , Antiques," by Carl W. Drepperd and Lurelle Van Arsdale Guild. Better Place A widow visited a spiritualist medium who satisfactorily produced the deccased husband for a little chinfest. "Dear Jom," the widow question- ed, eagerly, "are you happy?" "I am very happy,' the spook assured her, "Happier than you were on earth with me?" the widow asked. "Yes," John asserted. "I am happier now." "Oh, do tell me, John," the wid- ow cried, "What is it like in JHeaven?" "Heaven!" the spook snapped. "l ain't in Heaven." cx mE. SORE FEET THIS WAY Rub in Minard's Liniment generously, and feel the rejicf steal over the achin muscles and joints. 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