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>»!»ir«*.M-.»-<M» *> . » i » I'W C ^ I y !<'' CHRONICLES OF GINGER FARM By Gwendoline P. Clarke There is an oldish lady in town whose birthday 1 try to remember. It falls on April 10. Before that day came around this year, instead of sending a card, 1 took her a bunch of daffodils and narcissi, which I had picked from our own garden. This yearâ€" what a difference! \Vith the first green shoot* only now just about » couple of inches above the ground it will be sometime yet be- fore we can pick a bouquet of spring flowers. "But the flowers that bloom in the spring, tra-la â€" have nothing to do with the case" â€" it is clearly a matter for the weatherman. • * • After all, it is not only the flowers that are backward. It was actually April H before we heard the swamp frogs singing â€" and ac- cording to the old saying, the frogs must be shut up three times before â- we can really look for spring. But it will get her»- -you'll seeâ€" tha: is if we wait long enough. Tne robins think so anyway. There are two of them making a nest some- where near the house â€" I am not quite sure where yet â€" but every time I look out 1 see one and some- times two cheery little redbrcists hoppnif; around or calling back and rorth to each < tlicr from adjacent tree tops. Yes. the birds and tlie bcasl< are surely getting their oA-n var'fi> of spring fever. One day last week as I set out for town three blue heron flew up from the creek near the road. I watched them as they wii\ged their way over towards the busli and then, to my surprise, one of them landed while the otlicr two half circled and flew on towards town. I wondered why they parted company. Could it be that one of tlicm was a hen-bird and was being escorted to a place of safety by her two gentlemen friends or was the one just a young bird and not considered old enough for distant hunting grounds. Again it may have been she bad a few chores to do at home and went back to get on with them. One thing 1 did discover â€" watching herons isn't exactly a good policy when one is driving and the road is full of bumps and pot-holes. I dropped into one hole so hard it was a wonder the springs survived. • » • And here is yet another sign of spring. It is tlie time of annual meetings. l.ast week was our Women's Institute Annual. Oh blessed event â€" how we look for- ward to it! Sounds rather as if I were referring to an expected birth in the neighbourhood, doesn't it? Maybe I am not too far out at that â€"certainly both can sometimes be described as painful long drawn out affairs! However, from now on it is our annual meeting to whicli I am referring. For some unknown reason 1 was put in as chairnic-n for the eli'ction of officers. "Good grief," I thought to myself, "liow am 1 going to make these women say 'yes'!" You know how it is â€" someone says "Oh no, 1 couldn't possibly do that!" â€" and then that negative atliludc spreads like a prairie fire, and, like a prairie fire tliere is nolliing left in its wake. However, on this occasion, except for a few l)ad moments at the be- ginning we got along all rglii. One officer told nic afterwards that I just rail-roaded tlie ladies into their jobs. Which of course was Just a lot of nonsense â€" they were just good sports, that was all. After all, you can't railroad a woman into doing anytliing if she isn't so in- clined. Of course the women event- ually turned the tables on me so that I ended up vvitli a ronvcnor- ship myselfâ€" whirli the VV.I. may yet live to regret. What do you think, .Mrs. I! ' .'\t this p<jint I l)aused to go down for the mailâ€" and to look for more signs of spring. 1 found our daily paper, a magazine an<l a receipted account . 'J'hat was allâ€" no fan mail this morning, much to my disappointment. I like my fan mail. Hy the way, "M. J. H," thanks very much lor the papers. It was nice of you to send them and I was also glad to get your letter. "Mrs. N. P.," you may be interested to know that 1 received • letter from a friend of mine last week whom 1 have aUvays encour- aged to write and now is meeting with some success. In fact one maKatilie to which she sent a short story suggested that she try her â-  hand at writing a book. .So that is just what she is doing. "W. G.", please don't think I liave forgotten to answer your letter or lliat it in any way offended me The fact is it contained so much food for thought I wanted to take my time in answering it â€" and I still lool< forward to that pleasure. My the way I didn't find any more signs of spring on my way for the mailâ€" in fact when I got back to the bouse my first thought was to put ano'luM i ; !nil< of wcaA on the ftirn.u C-. TABLE TALKS : . . The Lunch Box '. ", Z The spotlight has been turned on the school lunch box. Too often it has been found unattractive, un- appetizing, and above all to be lack- ing in those foods, recommended by Canada's Food rules which are necessary to build liealtliy, virile bodies. To overcome these deficiencies, many communities have inaugurated school lunch projects, with great success. The homemaker has learn- ed the necessity of packing lunches, which are good to lopk at, good to eat and "good for her child". Through this medium, tlie child has also acquired proper eating habits. To pack really good lunches day after day is a big task for the home- maker. It requires plenty of plan- ning, particularly at this time of the year to give that needed variety. The home economists. Consumer Section, Dominion Department of Agriculture, have a few suggestions though which will simplify your work. * * * ' Plan a lunch box preparation centre in your kitchen. Store . all canned and staple foods, also equipment required at this point. Plan lunches for the next day when planning and preparing the day's meals. This makes possible the preparation of lunch foods while cooking other meals. Sandwich fillings sliould be mixed the night before and stored in a cool place. Several fillings may be made from one base â€" such as with a cheese base vary the flavour with relishes, jellies or liard-cooked eggs. Use fillings that will not soak the bread and do not allow them to run over the edge. A variety of breads or quick breads add interest to the lunch box. Wrap in waxed paper all foods not packed in covered containers. Desserts such as baked custard and fruit gelatine may be packed in the custard cup in which they are baked or molded. Put salads, creamed or scalloped dishes in a screw fop jar. To give added interest and variety slip in a few tid bits from time to time â€" such as candies, nuts, raisins, dates, or a wedge of clicese. Be sure to serve raw, either a fruit or vegetable each day to pro- vide something fresh and crisp Mock Chicken Spread 1 cup coarsely ground cooked pork or veal 5^ cup chopped or shredded raw carrotts yi cup chopped celery 2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish 3 tablespoons mayonnaise % teaspoon salt Va teaspoon pepper Combine all ingrcdier.ts and mix thoronpblv. Yield: ll-i cups. Baked Bean Salad 2 cups baked beans Vi cup diced cooked beets 2 stalks celery, chopped 2 tablespoons chopped sweet pickle 1 tablespoon catsup Boiled salad dressing to moisten Mix lightly together and serve well chilled in lettuce cups. Serves five to six. Sour Milk Gingerbread ^ cup mild-flavored fat 2 eggs 2/3 cup sugar yi cup molasses 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour 2 Ya cups sifted pastry flour 2 teaspoons baking soda yi teaspoon nutmeg 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 teaspoon allspice 1 teaspoon ginger l/i teaspoon salt 1 cup sour milk Cream fat until fliilTy; gradually cream in sugar. Add beaten eggs and molasses and heat well. Mix and sift dry ingredients and add alternately with sour milk, combin- ing lightly. Bake in nioderafcly slow oven, 325 deg. F. .')0 to .'..'. minutes. Makes gingerbread ?< x R x 2] J inches. School Days Junior came home from school after the third day thoroughly dis- gusted and declared that he wouldn't go back. Mother, troubled, c|uestioned him about the cause of his displeasure. "Well," declared he, "I don't know how to read and write and they won't let me talk, so what's the use in going?" Governor IIORIZO.NTAIi 60 Pertaining 1,7 Pictured '^'ty governor ^2 Lieutenant 12 Cloth measure <ab.) 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How true, how true. He might have added that *hen woman pulls the act of the flushed eyeballs, it sends most men, even the tough ones scurrying under the vcranada. And this little introduction takes us into another story. "What are you doing tomorrow right?" asked Susie over the phone. "Going fishing." "Can I come?" asked the voice at the other end. ".\o, you'll fall in and anyway, women are only in tlie way " The sound of soft sobbing, trick- led over the line. I weakened fast- "Do you really want to po?" "Yes, Barry, and I won't be in the v\'ay, honest. I'll bring some sandwiches and some cokes." "Okay, I'll pick you up at seven." • • • It was getting dark the next evening as we started down through the bush, following a small stream. Susie carried the lunch and I played the flashlight on the wa- ter. It was quiet and long lines of moonlight played through the openings in the branches over our heads. Suddenly I jabbed into tlie water. There was a splash. ''Missed him," I groaned. We moved along a little farther. Susie walked behind, not saying a word. An hour later we had seven fish in the basket. "Gosh I'm hungry,'' said Susie, "let's stop and have lunch." â- 'Just wait until we get up a little farther and then we'll quit," I re- plied. "What's that?" asked Susie. pointing to a tiny light, playing back and forth through ilie trees up ahead. "Yipc'," 1 gulped. "Game war- dens, let's make dust." Wc scram- bled along the edge of the stream. "Don't fall in now, whatever you do," I called over my shoulder « • * We fell over logs and crawled through nnderlirusli. There was a steep bank on our left and the stream on our right. "There's a log up here some- where," i whisiKMcd, "we can cross there and cut through the tiush on the otlicr side of them." The light was coming closer and the voices of two men carried through the cool night air. "Here it is, you cross over first Give me the light and I'll sliine it on the log." Susie stepped gingerly acro.ss not making a sound. Wlien she reached the other side I tossed the light across. Grabbing our equip- ment, I stepped out on the log. "Hey you, wait a minute," roar- ed a deep voice from behind me. "Jeepers," I yelled, slipped and fell into five feet of ice cold ivater. My heavy boots pulled me com- pletely under for a moment. I reached up through the water and felt a hand. It pulled and I came ^itli it. Opening my eyes, 1 looked into the face of a man wearing a hat with a badge that plainly said â€"Game Warden. 'This way you dope," shrieked Susie. 1 turned and lunged back across the stream, stumbled up the bank and we headed through the bush as hard as we could go. A crashing of broken twigs and un- derbrush followed us a short dis- tance and was lost. L'p at the far end of the bush wc fell on the ground, panting and exhausted. Soon my teeth were chattering. "I'll get a fire going," offered Susfe and try to get you warmed up. In a few moments, my clothes we're .â- ^toaming from the heat and Susie was stuffing warm sand- wiches in my mouth. We trudged home, tired, without our equip- ment and our seven fish. To make the night complete, pop had gone off to bed and locked the door. .-Vs Susie turned and head- ed for her house, she called out: "I don't think I'll take you fishing again. You get in the way and you f-iil in." ''Huh," I grunted, "some people think they're mighty smart." "What hapiiened to you.''" asked pop as he opened the door, letting the light fall on a drowned ral. As if he didn't know. "Fishing, bah! Women, bah! Game NX'ardens, bah." 1 growled and headed for bed without ans- wering him Giveaway ''Dogs are a terrible mii-iatice, Mrs. Biggs." "Oh, you don't lia\e an\ eitiicr, Mrs. Oig.qs. How to Combat RHEUMATKMN Rheumatic pains may often be ctuied bj excess uric acid, a blood impurity that should be extracted by the kidneys. If kidney* fail, and excess uric acid rema'ins, it may came sercre discomfort and pain. Treat rheumatic pains by keepinf your kidneys in {ood condition. Gel and uta Dodd'a Kidney Pills. Dodd's help your kidiieya (et rid of trouble-makini poison* and excess acidsâ€" help you feel better. See vliat Dodd's can da for you. 117 Oh, To Be In Engfland . • • Oh, to be in England, now that April's here . . . "Package of cigarettes, please?" "Sorry, sir. None 'till Thurs- day." Oil, to be in England, now that April's . . . "A friend of my husband's just got a new carâ€" and wg'll be on the waiting list for at least two years." . "You have to be an American to get anything in this country." "Oh, to be in England, now that . . . "Will you leave me the Daily Bugle hereafter, please, instead of the Daily Clarion?" "Sorry, sir, if you discontinue the Bugle we can't serve you at all. We're i.ot allowing any changes be- cause of the staff shortage." Oh, to be in ... "Package from America for you. miss. With the duty and purchase tax, that'll be two pounds ten (10 dollars)." Oh, to be in England, now . . "1 know it's chilly, darling, but there's no use fiddling with that electric fire. The power doesn't come on until four o'clock." Oh, to be in England . . . "Yes, I can renew your ration book â€" but you have lost three months' clothing coupons by com- ing in late for your renewal." "Oh. to be . . . "Let's see. I'll have the soup, the roast beef â€" " "Beef's gone. I'll see if there's s portion of fish left." Oh, to . . . Oh . . . Britons Must Stay at Home About a million British people would like to take a sea voyage, but they won't be able to for an indefinite period, writes J. F. A. Frost in the London Daily Tele- graph. The reason: ships requi- sitioned by the Government during the war haven't been all turned back to owners; those that have been returned aren't ready for ser- vice yet or are being held up by fuel shortages. Britons will stay home. An editorial approves the order allowing British and American firms now to import German goods. It says such a lifting of restrictions is good because any increase in German exports, which will help to pay for imports of goods, will reduce the burden on the British taxpayer. Carrier Pigeon^*" Replace Telephone Few men are less co^rned about a telephone strike thanliow- ard Ackerman, a mechanic, becatise: (1) He uses carrier pigeons to com- municate with his wife and (2) he doesn't have a telephone anyway, Mr. .\ckerman frequently takes to his work at the Todd Shipvar^ in Brooklyn, N.Y., a few of the 2» pigeons he keeps in the backyard of his Queens home. They can make the six-mile flight home in 10 minutes, with any messages Mr. Ackerman might wish to send "I can tell my wife, Mabel, when I'll be home, wli?t tr. have for sup- perâ€"things like that," Mr. Acker- man told a reporter. The mechanic likes to take bird* along on trips out of town, too. Encore A concert was being held in a village schoolroom, and it was Sandy's turn to give his bagpipe solo. When he had finished and the applause had died down, a voice from the back shouted: "Give us "Annie Laurie.' Sandy!" "What!" asked Sandy, surprised and flattered, "again?" BOILS FeeUcas of Mecca felleva pain, brief eel cctai keeb quMly, no sear. tSc, 9Sc, 50c, S1.00. MECCA OINTMENT Says Rheufflatie Paia Runs in her Family Bui Sctfeguarcb Heahb WHh Knischen Many people aeem to think, becaixn â-  complaint runs in the family, that thers is little they can do about it. On tha contrary, all the more reason for taking steps to avoid it. Especially if thst complaint is rheumatic pain. Read how one woman keeps free from it: â€" "Rheumatic pain runs in my &niily. My father suffered very badly with tt. I have been taking Kruschen Salts, off and on, for about seven years, a littla morning dose, in my first cup of tea. Kruschen is a great help in keeping rheumatic pain out of my shoulden. My general health is very good. I am 67 and can do a day's work with anyone. I would not be without Kruschen." â€" •" (Mrs.) A.B.S. llie whole secret of Kruschen is in its action upon the organs of eliraination. Kruschen helps these organs to remove from the body the acid deposits which give rise to rheumatic pain. So try the morning dose of Kruschen for the next month or so. For rheumatic pain, take half to one teaspoonful in 'slI water ^nt thing in the morning. Two aizes: 2Sc *ad 7Sc at your drug store. fee -rfc .^'fH/' > M \y^ f Sure it's delicious, when you make it with (lanada Com Starch and it will be a f;\vourile with the whole family. The qualily of Canada Cum Starch is the reason for its pojiularily -with hoiisewivi'S from Coast to (^oast. When your recipe calls for Cora Starcii be sure to use Canada (^orn Slarcli, its do|>eiidal)Io qual- ity ensures excellent rosiiUs. REG'LAR FELLERSâ€" On The Way To Fame By GENE BYRNES T i V I * â- f • 'â- at \