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pr piok qc the acton free press thunsday jakuaftv utfa lm6 moue awmjb tteurcacies apple cottage puddino 14 cup butter 14 cup sugar mi oup milk vj teaspoon salt 1 eg 11 cup flour 3 teaspoons baking powder fl large apples oream butter and sugar add etfff boat well blft flout- baking powder and malt and add alternately with milk slice apples in baking dish add y cup sugar cover with batter bake in moderate oven 35 minutes steamed apwjc pttddina 6 apples 1 cup hour 2 tablespoons baking powder teaspoon aalt u cup milk a cup sugar 3 tablespoon butter pare core and hoe apples add sugar for tea biscuit steam 35 mlnutei other ingredients spread over applei turn out to serve apple bauob oakb oup butter hints on fashions somclhitik practical for winters wardrobe thlft 1 oup ugr 3 cup flour a cups raulnn a teaspoons soda mi teaspoon cinnamon i mi cups unsweetened apple sauoe oream butter and sugar add apple aauoe mix soda and cinnamon with flour sift into apple mixture add raisin bake in a moderate oven 40 minutes taffy apples 2 cups sugar i teaspoon elder vinegar l cup water a few prams salt boll together until mixture cracks whan dropped into cold water remove from arc and set oyer a pan ot boiling water add a few drops 61 red vege table coloring wash and polish medium hired red apples insert a wooden skewer in blossom end of each apple and dip in syrup turning until well coated lace on waxed paper until apples are cool seasonable sweets ueclpea- for delleleas home mad candles by katharine baker home made candles always popular or even more so during the winter season whether you intend to use them for gifts or to serve at home you will find the following candy recipe ideal chocolate candy heads the list in popu larity and flavor as usual and we think you will enjoy the simple task of making these the chocolate fudge can be used as the basts for several delicious candles as shown in the recipes given below chocolate fudqe t imjuarcs unsweetened chocolate cut in piece oup milk cups sugar dash of aalt m tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon vanilla add chocolate to milk and place over low flame cook until mixture is smooth and blended stirring constantly add sugar and salt and stir until sugar is dissolved and mixture bolls continue boiling without stirring until a small svmount of mixture forms a very soft boll in cold water 333 degrees f re move frotnnre add butter and vanilla cool to lukewarm 110 degrees ej- then beat until mixture begins to thicken and loses its gloss turn at once into greased pan 8x4 inches when cold cut in smuures mokes 18 large pieces chocolate nut fudge add 1 cup broken nut meats to choco late fudge just before pouring it into will coconut fume cool chocolate fudge to 331 decrees f instead ol to 333 degrees f add tan coconut southern style just before pouring 11 inuv pan uarshmallow fudge arrunpr id manhmallows 4 ounces rut tu halves in greased pan 8x4 inches luiu tun cutside up pour beaten chocolate fudge over marshmallows chocolate coconut ol06sd 4 squares unsweetened chocolat cut in pieces a tup sweetened condeiuutd milk v cup sugar cup water 4 s teaspoon anllla i can conut souilicrr 8tl melt chocolat ui double boiler add milk and blend heat sugar and water stirring until sugar is dissolved theft boll 1 minute add to chocolate mixture and blend add vanilla and coconut drop from teaspoon on waxed paper let stand sever hours or until firm makes 3 doses candles one dress or mare the separate blouse and skirt smartly welded into one dress is a practical ptulse of this winters fashions you oan wear skirt or blouse with other things drown velvet la used for such an outfit sketched today the blouse has two upstanding folds outlining the peplum and is snugly fitted through the bodice the skirt has three inside tucks released in flared fulness at the centre front a most interesting drapery 1 chronicles ol i ginger farm i i written spmlauy fer i the aelen free jpreee g gwkndounk p clabkk msm something seems to tell me winter is lure of course i may be wrong but appearances seem to point in that direc tion the coal is disappearing fast and tile woodpile is getting smaller snd smaller there la also an epidemic of colds coughs and bronchitis to say nothing of such kindred ills as rheuma tism neuritis and sciatica all of which have been sampled in this house in greater or less degree since the new year dawned however tine thing we arc most dreading has not as yet come to pass that is the necessity for drawing water to our everlasting gratitude there is a waterhole in tile creek which up to the time of writing has been nuf flclent to supply water to such of our stock as are turned out to drink wc do not think it can possibly last out much longer but in the meantime it has given the well a chanoo to rise a bit bornf of our nei are already draw inlghj houie buppttt dishes if dinner complete with meat and vegetables has been served at noon what shall wc have for supper becomes a tricky question something tasty light but nourishing will nil the bill so these suggestions 1 are offered fish cheese eggs and milk are among the most versa tile and unable of all foods they are ideal as a basis for supper dishes pea and salmon ptc i pound can canadian salmon u cups or leftover fish 1 can pens 3 cups 2 cups medium white sauce 1 hardcooked egg sliced thinly 1 tablespoon lemon juice pepper and salt if needed place in layers in a greased casserole first a layer of sauce then fish lemon juloe peas and seasonings ending with a top pie crust or fine buttered bread crumbs bake in hot oven far 30 minutes or until the crust is done and the filling is hot servo 0 cod and cheese au oratin 3 cups cooked canadian cod j cup grated canadian cheese u cup buttered bread crumbs a cups hot milk 3 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons flour seasonings prepare a white sauce with butter flour milk and cheese season place halt the cod or any other kind of white fleshed fish may be ued instead in a buttered oven dish cover with half of the cheese sauce then a second layer of fish and the rest of the sauce cover ulth bread crumb brown in oven jsc31ambled coofish til jl pan lcup of shrouded freshened canadian codfish with a large piece of butter 3 tablespoons when it begins to brown add 1 cup of milk cook a few minutes then add 3 well beaten ggs season stir until done like scrambled eggs serves 4 or 8 note tp freshen salt cod ihred the fish wash it several times to take off salt left on the surface then put it into cold water and heat to the boiling point p off the w o opera- tlon a second and even a third time if necessary do not out dried salt ash with a steel knife ir a knife is used the fish wtll take on a steely taste wife preservers doth melsuasd tallk and rukbtd en th btsno itays abttit toes e sry month will katp tt lug water and oliiers are 1 eipectuis their wells to give out any day this acute shortage of water 1 booomlng more serious ovory yoar drilling for water is not as easy as it used to bo either otbof our friends drilled fopr wlu- before getting water that could bo used the first three were too salty for even cattle to drink at this point 1 was interrupted by the dog barking look ing out to see what he was barking at i was just in time to see a wagon and team going by the wagon loaded with wooden barrels for drawing water x don t know bow far the man had come but x do know that he would still have at least another mile to go to the near est crook after passing our gate another worry for the farmers these days is an epidemic among some of the herds wo have had one sick cow and one is quite enough heating water has been my worst worry ye water again we only have a small kitchen range and partner wants warm water for the hens warm water for what is loft of the chickens to be fattened and for the last rive days warm water for this sick cow i simply couldnt keep pace with it after three days of having the kitch en range and the box stove cluttered up with pots and kettles and then hardly getting enough hot water to wash tho dishes i got rebellious and said to partner tomorrow morning i will fill tho boiler and put it on the oil stove and yos cui keep it going and have all tho hot water you uant and no will i so that la what 1 did and now we are both happy incidentally tlu cow in slowly getting better and so she should having been dosed every twotttours for five days one morning this same cow cost us five- dollars before breakfast a farmer has to tell a lot of milk to mula up that flvt dollars now hlrr la a suggestion for those who get tired of this modern agi in which we arc living you know what i mean this continual rushing hither und yon this socalled independence of young people this holding up to ridicule by them of anything that is oldfashion ed in favor of swing mualr fiction magazines with stories that begin in the middle and end without any rhyme or reason movies that are sometimes any thing but salutary and radios that will rasp your nerves continually if you permit it far be tt from me to criticise- modern youth or the parents of modern youth we cannot say whether or not the rising generation is better in ethics and morals than any that went before it as to that time will be the deciding factor but ue do know that thin age this restless impulsive irresponsive age 1 very tiring to the older genera tion and p sometimes need a sedative that is just what i found yesterday and i want to tell you about it because lt did me so much good at the beginning of the new oor i like to have a general straightening up of books magaklnes letters and the like while doing this i picked up a boo i had not read and which had been h ft lrc by partn mother it var cqiim janet toaxt by morgan i songster if was published m 1003 and was the story of a minister and his family particularly his daughter janet who later also married a minister the story is simply told and not very well written but the sentiment all through u very fine it tells a story of young people who find their social life in churvh activities m family singsongs and in happy get- togethers with neighboring families naturally there la no mentloruof radios cars or movies janet went to college bh even there her time was taken up in prayer meetings and young pimples gatherings the story is of another og but only forty years ago th saang u differ ent th chsuraeten botbp4k an other language from that or today yet fundamentally the story could be wru ton 6f any period poplrr born live runghuxed qvtxa ftuv in aulf os 8t kawlence a- ningbllled gulls thrive n kastum canada under the protection of the migratory birds convention act accord- ing to the department of mines and resources ottawa which reports that the usual nesting population of these birds along the north shore of tlw oul of st lawrence is estimated at 3000 the nesting colonies of the ringbilled gulls in the oulf of gt lawrenoe are the only ones known to exist along tha atlantic coast of north america and were discovered in 1r33 by john james audubon famous naturalist and orni thologist the ringbilled gulls nes in about six principal colonies throe of which are in official bird sanctuaries maintained by tho department these gulls usually arrive at their nesting grounds about the end of may and remain until about the end of august banding operation carried cit over the past sixteen years indicate tlmt the young ringbills scatter widely when they first fly from the nesting colonics in september many of them are to be found to tho northeast on the southern part of tho atlantic coast of labrador while others stay up the st lawrence blvcr sometime almost to montreal in october there is a general movement southward through new brunswick prince edward island maine massachu- settr connecticut new york and new jersey by november the early migrants have reached north carolina and in de cember they are in florida since the application of the migratory dlrds convention act to the north shore of tho 1 oulf of st lawrence the ting bliis in common with other canadian sca4lrds have benefited from govern- mnni hlwtnwntaehnn yi- mnfrvr boat patrols made by game officers and the noyal canadian mounted police during the nesting season and uie co operation of private cltlatens in protect ing tlve birds liave helped to swell their numbers in recent years hvdhoktkctjuc rmoghebb in canada canada hydroelectric industry con tinued to make progress in 1030 accord ing to uie yearly survey made by uus i department of mines and resources i ottawa new waterpower installations 1 aggregated 07 040 horsepower which with an installation of 1400 horsepower omitted from uie 1038 review brings the lotnl for the dominion at tho end of the j car to 8 280312 horsepower extensions to existing stations in sas katchewan ontario and quebec amount ing to 87 441 horsepower made up the greater jiart of the increase now developments included a 3300-horso- power plant of consolidated mining and smelting company limited at welling ton lake in northern saskatchewan a 2 000 -horse- power plant of borons river mines limited on duck river in north ern ontario a 1 ooohorsepower plant of ontario paper company limited on utack river near heron bay in northern ontario a 000 horst power plant of o uianoquu electric light and water supply campmy limited on cataraqul river ontario a 700 horoc power plant of la bar re power company on la horre rlv r qtilbcc a 000 horsepower plant of ttw town of briducwiutr on petit riviere nova scotia and a fioo-hirse- xwt r development of thi nova scotia powm commission on durru ihook noa scotia in addition to tin iuuuillnllon of ntw gi titrating capacity considerable activity look place in tin extension of traiuiinlfl hlon ind distribution fucllltlis in man part of the dominion tlicn was as well a substantial increase in tin de mand for power reflecting bteady growth in domestic use and increased activity in mining pulp and paper and many nhmr- industries hcignck to hihfer unobr na71b sir thomas holland principal and vice chancellor of edinburgh university presiding at a graduation ceremony pre dicted a degeneration in oerman mili tary efficiency as a result of neglect of scientific research which was evident in the last six yearn sir thomas who is a past president of the institution of mln ing and metallurgy in reported by tho london correspondent of tho journal of the american medical association naylng that during those six years ger man universities turned out from their research laboratories a gradually dlmln kahlng stream of products six o ficvcn years ago no scientific man in uie world would have darod to pass over the publication of uu ruscurch institutions of oirmany not only were thoy great in volume but uieir qualitywas of a kind that led the world today these volumes of output havo diminished to small fragments of their former alee and their quality la ncg i bible one con predict from this fact alone that the neglect of fundamental truth for its own sake must be followed by degeneration in technical efficiency what is less important possibly but immediately important to everybody in europe is that this neglect certainly will be followed by degeneration in military efficiency it is now or never for ocr- many even from tho military point of view referring to the suggestion that germany itself might soon save the situation sir thomas said it was easy to destroy a great structure but that it took many years to build another like it only the very youngest of his hearers would live to see the tlmo when oerman uni versities would be stored to their old position in the intellectual world all time racords of electric energy pro duction were established when the out put of central electric stations for each month of 1030 showed an increase over tho corresponding month of 1030 and for the tenmonui period of january octo bcr an aggregate increase of more than nine per cent was recorded increased demand due to war activities wan not experhncld u nnv material extent dur ing this period but such activities will lead undoubtedly to substantially in creasing toads with existing genornt ing facilities and those being provided canada n hydro- electric industry appcari to u favorably situated in most areas to mei t increasing demands for power your bank unquestioned security helpful banking coun sel unexcelled facilities in every department of domestic and foreign banking service these have been ot the command of the customers of the bank of montreal during 122 years of successful operation they arc at your command today a bank for savings for business farming and perso loans for travel funds for credit and hotii out ol luc k mourmin nflcr accident u yoiid bi n killed thin man 1 couldn i have kjt my jobl victim will id liuvi lont mine too transfer operations for import and export trans- octions for financing trade throughout the whole range of domestic and foreign business bank of montreal eotabli8hcd 1017 v7 lonk ad imali qcoumu as wtcw acton branch w h ci a ton manager a million dhposit accounts dfnoti coniidhncb newfoundlanders hear the call to the colon iukk ahsayh of n u t oltkk j with u view to encouraging prospect ing and mineral development free assays of samples of ares from mineral claims in uie northwest territories are now provided hi an amendment to the quaru mining regulations dy order in coun cil the inclusion of tlu following clause has been authorised every licensee who ft la ken out and records a mineral claim on his own uccnsi shall be given by the mining recorder to free assay coupons upon the recording of the claim and two addi tional free assay coupons upon the re cording of each years representation work in connection with the claim thereafter provided such licensee shall forward to the director of the uinds parks and forests branch of the depart ment of minos and resources with charges prepaid samples from the mineral claim together with the required rumwr of coupons obtained in the man- prr j forth herein lie shall be entitunl to he such samples assayed without charge to the folio lrur extent for one coupon one assay for an one of the metals gold silver copper lead or iron for tuo coupons one assay for any one of the metals nickel tine tin cobalt or tunei the atau results shall not be used for advertulve purposes in any manner or form whatsoever their life and die birth and death ire the same tt is only the way of llvlnfi that changes from ongeeierauon to an other you may not have this book janet ward in your home but there u hardly a bookshelf but what lias a few books written in paaf deoade oat them out read them and unless t am mistaken you will find them restful and eomforttns i a scene that has talctn place throughout the empire in a multitude of settings is this one from newfound land shuuing lumberjacks standing in the snow reading the proclamation brought to their camp calling men to commander of canadian forces in england i uoraural aol monmlahtoa oowmndf of the guiidim forces in knkod wu in rr iood humor whh utu excellent ohotocntbb wu ufcea la unjlend u he talked with other offlcera at the taultry depot where the rjouunlone wjqpedltlftni worof im undertolnir further trmliudjt to officer t the rlfcht u lieutenant j nt 6 buohtn eota of lord twetdfcaub