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CANADIAN NURSING SISTERS IN ITALY •• i Canadian nursing sisters stationed at a Casualty Clearing Station on the Italian front. Front row, left to r;ght: Lt. A. Halabuza, Willowbrook, Sask. Lt. Dorothy Dent, Ottawa, Ont.; Capt. Dorothy Machan, To- raoto; Capt. Constance Winter; Ottawa; Lt. Elizabeth Cleland, Toronto; Lt. Bernice Bigley, MontreaL Back row left to right: Lt. Aurdey Auger, Toronto; Lt. Irene Henderson, Quebec City; Lt. Evelyn Gal- tezith, Renfrew, Ont.; Lt. Mary MacDonald, Saint John, N.B.; Lt. Mary Angus, Victoria, B.C.; Lt Eyelyn Pepper, Ottawa; Lt. Elizabeth Crothers, Kingston Ont.; Lt. Maxime Fuller, Edmonton. Alta. CHRONICLES of GINGER FARM By Gwendoline P. Clarke I vtnt down to tlie l)arn just now a!;d Partner said â€" "Well, I guess -ve haven't got enough cows, •o the horses came in to be milked this .'::orning." He meant that when he broiigt tlie cows in from the ik'td the horses came ahead and w.i;ked into the cow stable in- itead of their own. Funny how conliary dum!) animals can be â- when t!iey are so inclined. » * * But for contrarhiess hens and chickens take first place, if I know ar.j^thjng about them. And I'm beginning to think I know plenty. Of course a lot depends upon the brttd cf fowl one keeps. We hav« Plymouth Rock birds and thai i;.eans fighting broody hens all tiir.inier. We have a' special movable pen for cluckers in which ihty can only eat, drink, walk wound, or roost. Every night I go into the laying pens and take ^y thickers there may be off the heatt. Picking them up the first flight they go broody means that ttiey .-.re back in production in a day or two. But let them them develop a definite broody streak ^>id ycu have real non-profit boar- ders on your hands. I think, too, that the maternal instinct must be catching because there is hardly •yar just one elitcter but several. The broody pe:i is never unoccu- pied for more than a day at a â- time ;il! gunimer. Nor are my hands and arms ever quite free •f <.rr,-.iches and small bruises as a resnh. But still, no matter how an- noying broody hens may be they natiiiaiiy should not be ill-treated And seme methods used to break Tip Iroodiness are extremely cruel. Betltr to sell the hens and be done with then; unless ont can take time and patience to treat thern vlecently. * * * Now I am wondering w'liat kind «f a merry ci-.ase my chickens will give me in a few days. We have aeparattd the sexes, putting the cockertis into a new pen, where they must be shut up for a few days until they get used to it. Even •o, tlie first time they are let out the chances are thcj' will all come back to the brooder house â€" and my work will start all over again! Thtre are times when I think eggs are worth a dollar a dozen and ch;ci:cns fifty cents a pound. * * « ?rri»g crops are looking just fine aro-.:nd here these days and pros- pects for a good harvest appear pro;r,;<ing. Prospects for help for hayuig and harvest are not so good. But we will worry about that when the time comes. « * « In the meantime we are trying to catch up with the odd jobs and to keep pace with the weeds and the grass. But I am afraid the weeds are winning. I often wish we had a nice, friendly grandpappy living with us. One old enough to be past real hard work but ac- tive enough to like puttering, doing the little odd jobs that we liaven't tlie time for and yet which make so much difference to the ap- pearance of a farm home. I won- der if families where there is such a grandpappy realize how much ha does for them? If the family is ,-way and late getting home, they know that grandpa will see to the chickens. And it is generally grandpa who fixes the window- screens and cleans up the chip yard. When there is an extra rush of work â€" -which seems to b« all the time now â€" mother often comes in from the barn and finds the kettle boiling for tea. Grand- pa likes to keep busy â€" and to rest when he feels Hkc it. The other day we saw a grandfather busily working up the ilowtr beds. It was somewhere around 85 in the shade and we thought it was awful he should be working out in the heat. But then we realised he was probably working because he wanted to; that he was getting a lot of pleasure in doing it and would quit when he felt like it. * ♦ » Yes, we would like a grandpa around here, but I'm afraid that will never be â€" unless we adopt one â€" and so far there doesn't seem to be any Cirandfather's Aid Society. Perhaps someone will say â€" "Vou don't know what you are talking about â€" an old person is an awful charge." Maybe so, but then we should also remember that if we live long enough we shall be old people too and perhaps the love and tolerance we sliow now may be as bread «i)on the waters. Here's to the old people anyw.^ â€" and remember, this world still needs yon and wants you. Education In India .\ national system of education for India has heen planned, in which all children of India will be given a good basic education. It proviiles for a school for artisans, technical high schools, and a three year diplojna course lor engineers. PIN-UP BOY OTTAWAJEPORTS That It Is Now Possible For Old Age Pensioner To Receive |42S Annually Changes in the act governing pensions for the aged and blind were announced last \yeek in the House of Commons by the Minister of Finance. Hon. J. L. Ilsley. Most important change is that an old age pensioner may now receive an outside income of $125 instead of the former JOS limit. As the ina-ximum pension remains at .$300 a year, it is now possible for a pen- sioner to 'receive $125 annually. * « * Elevation of the Chilean Icgatfon in Ottawa to the rank of embassy makes the Seventh embassy in Ottawa. The others are United States, Belgium, China, Brazil, Soviet Union and Peru. Other countries represented by diplo- matic missions in Ottawa are; leg- ations, â€" Poland, Norway, Greece, Czechoslovakia, Sweden. .Argentina, Turkey and Netherlands; High Commissioner's offices, â€" United Kingdom, .Australia, New Zealand, Union of South Africa and Ire- lend. Delegate with the rank of ambassador, â€" French Committee of National Liberation. * * » National Selective Service has announced that greater use of l)risoner3 of war will be made to combat the manpower shortage. .\bout 3,300 are now used in farm- ing or lumbering, and it is expected that the number will be increased to 8,000 during the summer. A new cheese contract with Britain, by which 125 million lbs. will be supplied from Canada dur- ing the 12 months commencing May 1 this year, has been an- nounced. The price is 20 cents a lb. f.o.b. cheese factories. » * * Cost of [iroduction will ultimately determine the whole course of the Canadian poultry industry, accord- ing to poultry experts of the Do- minion Dcpartnient of .Vgriciilture, Ottawa. Here arc some of the costs which tliey advise cannot be justified: Continued use of inferior stock. Preventable chick losses, and losses in growing stock. \V'aste in heat imits, cold housing poor ins'ulation, slow feathering, bare necks and premature moul- ting. \\ aste in feed, poor hopi)crs, rats, spillage, sparrows. Toll of lice, mites and other ver- min. Carelcs.-ncss in mainlaiuing ade- quate clean water supply. Failure to keep birds in good condition and in good feather. Slowness of pullets to start lay- ing, and inability to maintain com- mercial production in the fall of t!ie year. Idleness, overfeeding and filth as contributing factors in reducing health -ind vigor. * * • Effective .lune 5, chuck roasts and other front qua^rter beef cuts come about lour cents a pound cheaper under Prices Board beef ceilings. Retail cost of hind quarter cuts will increase about four cents. .\im of the adjusted prices is to bring about a better balance in consumption since the removal of rationing, .Vnother new Board order, now effective, prohibits the slaughtering of Iambs weighing less than flO lbs. live weight. ike'«" Band To Lead March Into Berlin British Boy Scouts are in training to follow the invasion and aid victims «{ the Nazis. Assistant Scoutmaster Baden Powell practicea with Philip V'alker, 14 months, on how to b« helpful at one task. A United States army band which followed Gfln. Dwight Eiscnliower on his victory path through Africa and Sicily has now reached "T.ondon and Direc- tor Thomas D'.\rcy annoimced it had come "to do the same in I'uropc -- lead parades through I'.n-is and I'.;rlin." SUNDA Y SCHOOL L E S^O N THE POWER IN SIMPLE LIVING JUNE 25 (Temperance Lesson.) Daniel I: 8-16, 19, 20. GOLDEN TEXT. â€" But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's dainties, nor writh the wine which he drank. Daniel I :.S. Memory Verse: Children, obey your parents. Colossians j: 20. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time. â€" The first capture ot Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, which resulted in Daniel and others being taken to Babylon, occurred in 007 B.C. Therefore, the events of our lesson may be said to fall somewhere between UOi and 004, or perhaps 003 B.C. Place. â€" Babylon, The great ca- pital of the Babylonian Empire, on the Euptrates River. Daniel's Decision "But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile liim- self with the king's dainties, nor with the wine" which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself". Daniel shows his character, even at an early age. The Jewish law forbade him to eat the blood of fowl or beast or any heathen sac- rifice. These things were included in the provision for the king's ta- ble. Daniel was resolved not to defile himself, whatever the con- sequences. "Now God made Daniel to find kindness and compassion in the sight of the prince of the eunuchs." We should note it was not Daniel's beauty or goodness which brought him into favor, but God who moved in the heart of the prince of the euluu"h^. The Prince's Fears ".\nd the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear the lord the king, who hath appointed your food and your drink; for why should he see your faces worse looking than the youths that are of your own age? so would ye en- danger my head with the king." The prince was sure that if Daniel and his companions carried out their resolve, they would look so weak and pale that the king would charge him with neglect orf duty and endanger his head. "Then said Daniel to the stew- ard. . . and as thou secst, deal with thy servants". Daniel knew that his simple diet with the blessing of God would do more for his bodily appeaiance than the king's dainties. The man or woman who lives simply and abstains from al- cohol will certainly be healthier in body and brighter in countenance then those who have allowed the appetites to master them and are slaves to self-indulgence. Result of Daniel's Plan "So he hearkened unto them ui this matter, and proved them ten days. And at the end of ten days their countenances appearec' fairer, and they were fatter in flesh, than all the youths that did eat of the king's dainties. So the stew- ard took away their dainties, and the wine that they should drink, and gave them pulse." Daniel was determined to (ilease God and to live so that his life might be one of strength and puri- ty, and that his physical appetites should remain under Jefiiiite con- trol. In other words he determined, of his own will, to descipline him- self and to do those thiutts that the law of Ciod ordered, even in a strange land. Daniel's Wisdom Recognized ".\nd the king conninnieci with them. . . he found them ten times FOOTBALL MENTOR : HORIZ0NT.\L 1 Pictured late I'ootball coach 1 1 Vixen. 12 Evades. 14 Important metal. 15 Sister (abbr.). 16 Tree. 17 Drunkard. 19 Par: of foot. 20 Laboratory (abbr.). 21 Mediterrane- an island. 24 Life (prefix). 25 Coarse hominy (pi.). 28 Solicitude. 29 Universal language. 30 Note in Guido's scale. 32 Everything that grows. 33 Part of "to be." 34 Theater sign (init.). 36 Like. 37 He graduated from . Answer to Previous Puzzle wm CKA R E M E R All- d'I 7b OER i ISITIOIN E â- ar OIRA NOHAIMIOIN T MKOD L EM S E S^R S A\smp\ S 1 T â- e N EEIDBA jj V SiMU TO 1 L â-  m Op k ftu rs 1^ m A\ 1 G N EIDI US I ^ MY â-  n OON S â- s 41 Pronoun. 44 Company (abbr. J. 46 Over (poet.) 48 Type of architecture. 50 Half an em. 51 Look askance. 52 Similar. 53 Awesome. 38 Spain (abbr.). 59 He made two noteworthy s at the expense of Notre Dame. VERTICAL 1 Impede. 2 Either. 3 Squander. 4 Exchange premium. 5 The teams he coached won five games. 6 The state of being envious. 7 Earthenware jar. 8 Stupefies. 9 Editor (abbr.) 10 TU. 11 Six (Rom.). J 13 Thus. 14 Tropical plant' species. 18 Trials. 22 Sloping way, 23 Tellurium (symbol). Avenue (abbr.). 27 Supplicate. 31 English street car. 35 Fetid. 38 Biblical nam* 39 War flyer. 40 Honey gatherer. 42 Obliterate. 43 Frozen dessert. 45 Unit. 46 Medley. 47 Twenty qufre« 49 Demon. 54 Prefix. 55 Musical not& 56 Year (abbr.), 57 Upon. VOICE OF THE PRESS UNSEASONED SLEEP Sleep can be induced by reducing the amount of salt in the diet, scien- tists say. One would imagine this would "freshen up'' the system to a point which would make slinnber impossible. â€" Windsor Star. THE SPRING GARDENER An S~-year-old lady i« in the news for spading her garden. We are a mere 41, but felt 83 the day after spading ours. In fact, we were all doubled up! â€" Ottawa Citizen. NO STOCKINGS A California banker sa>s there art not as many stocking banks liicse days. This might come under the heading of bare facts. â€" Gueli>li Mercury. PENNY STOCKS Warning has been issued against a boom in penny mining stocks. better than all 'the magicians and enchanter* that we.-e in all his realm." Such was the wisdom and under- standing of Daniel and his com- panions that in comparison the wise men of Babylon knew very little. Daniel had honored God by his fi- delity to His laws and now God in fdlfillnient of His promise ( 1 .Sam. i::i0'i honored him by eKaltiug him in the eyes of the kini;. Those are the stocks that aro bought because they are "near" some other big and profitable pro- perty. \ corner news stand jao be right up against a bank but tiiere i» usually quite a diflerenca â€" Port .\rthur News-Clironict«. ADOLF AS A FIRE-BUG It is rumored now that to stall off the invasion, Hitler will set fira to the English Channel. He's tha guy who thought lie could set th« world afire, and got all that smofc* in his eyes. â€" Ottawa Citizeo. HAT TRICK The mar. v.iio talks through liii hat all the time usually ends up by having to pass it around. â€" Fort Erie Times-Review. Money In Banks And Life Insurance Many Canadians have saved money and put some away in the savings banks or invested it ia life insurance, writes W. L. Clark, in Windsor Star. It is their way of putting by for a rainy day or creating an estate. Much of this money has been set aside by de- priving themselves of pleasure* and even going without uhat oth- ers deem necessities. We vionld like to know how many of these people want nation- alization ui the blinks and life in- surance companies. We don't think many of them want to see their hard-earned savings made tiie pol- itical pot for any party seeking t(» dole out funds lo job-seekers and ward bosses. DEDICATE CANADIAN CEMETERY IN ITALY Maj.-Gen C. Vokes. D.S.O.. of On iwa, in tne p.cturr on the left, sp!..il:s to Can.ulians soldiers during ihe dedication of a Canadian coi^ioL^ry in It ily. The chapel, shown on the rigiu. was bombed by th« Germans but will be restored and \x&:i aa a bhrine to the Canadians who fell in Italy.