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w the georgetown heram wednesday evening august 24th 1938 page therba the unruly br ciewley clifford therba tash was the despair of all the traffic ren in the dis trict they made thei regular vis its and gave her instruction sent all their bulletins of the latest cules and changes and tried to impress their importance upon her but they knew it was of no lise now mr bently therba beamed over her glasses wouldnt it be downright silly for them to have to stop to look all those numbers up when i know em forward and back and it dont bother me a mite to tell em what time it is i got the best watch very never gains nor loses had it 15 years too but miss tash its ridiculous for a person to call for r a t and get a telephone connection not if you know r a trent as we do here in this town thats just exactly what he is a rat i i pose it would be like a cross word puzzle forv stranger but i know em all and what they want after he went out therba got to th about the nates and decid ed that they were made for op- short short story complete in this hsuw crators who couldnt tell right from wrong but that a wise operator was one who knew when to break them the office gave service until u but after 10 most nights she was able to put the night bell on and nap on the couch behind the switch board until she could go home in the rattly old car waiting at the back door one night after things had quieted down and she had set- tled herself for a nap the bell rang it was a toll line calling hullo there what you want she yawned the operator in the next town was speaking say were having great excitement here some kind of disturbance here at a political meeting some young boys got into a rough house that so what of it therba was sleepy well sheriff bean from your town was here and hes on their trail and says heu make an ex ample of them if he catches them a young boy came in all out of breath get me 244 barton please soon s you can therba knew this must be one of the disturbers of the peace she thought only a boy didn t mean a bit of harm she looked at the tousled head showing through the glass door of the booth while she was ringing she was startled by a loud voice just out side sheriff beani there was no tune for- the boy to get out of the booth the sheriff s coming an you dont want to see him shut that door and get down on the floor and keep quiet she warned the boy it was quite evident that he didnt wish to meet the sheriff good evening sheriff hello therba get me ant blake over in dixmont want him to be on the lookout for some dangerous characters been raising the devil over to the meeting tonight theyre a bad lot an im goin to give em the limit when i get some of them he roared as he stamped up and down the office therbas heart skipped a beat every time he went near the booth the old hyena ahe thought she was determined now to outwit this vicious old man they dont answer over thera- now must be- there he said impa tiently walking toward the booth o again oh come here quick she ahouted in an excited tone he came back and she added er er why i thought that last call must be one of those dangerous pb characters but it wasnt after all p the devil the man blazed as he made for the door pulling the curtain down she got the boy behind the board just in time the sheriff returned and this time shehad no difficulty in getting his connection for him therba questioned the boy its this way miss tash theres a rough gang out there been cutting i up but tdnight some of us boys got to fooling honest we didnt do much but my mother the boy sobbed why itll break her heart otf i m arrested thats why i didnt keep on with the rest i wanted to let her know about it therba made up her mind now w wan you lie down here and rest and at 12 oclock ill fake my fuwar and take you soma place whered you aim to go k he wished to go to hisaunts in banover righto and in telephone your t mother so shell know whats up jm this will soon be over dont you p s worry non sb thought ill get back just about time to go to work in thejnorntng there you go therba breaking more rujea youre 4st a bftfwsj jafru ifr taut- tested recipes farther peach xmioacka in view of the abundant crop of peaches this season the following recipes for home ig of this fruit may prove useful rowuh m 18 peaches sugar 2 oranges water peel and stone the peaches remove seed from oranges and pqt through a food chopper mash all together weigh and allow on equal amount of sugar first cook the food until ten der in a small amoflnt of water then add heated sugar and boll quickly until thick four into hot sterllzed glasses cool seal with paraffin wax i and store peach cantaloupe mannataoe 12 peaches 3 oranges 1 cantaloupe sugar peel and stone the peaches peel oranges and remove akin from the melon slice fruit finely measure weight and add an equal quantity of suga bo quickly until thick seal and store doe equal parts of apples and peaches diced if the apples are a good colour do not peel them add threefourths as much sugar as fruit cook the mixture slowly until it is thick and clear seal to clean hot jars stgual parts of rhubarb peach es and apples may be used fhw fratt ploue saace 5 apples 6 pears 20 tomatoes 1 pint pitted plums 3 red peppers 5 cups sugar 2 sticks cinnamon 1 tablespoon whole cloves 1 tablespoon mixed sauce 2 tablespoons salt 1 quart vinegar boll 3 hours makes 7 pint jars jbeacb and cantaloupe pr cr 3 cups diced peaches 3 cups sugar v4 cup blanched shredded almonds 2 cups diced cantaloupe 2 oranges juice and rind mix all the ingredients and cook until the mixture is thick and clear pour into sterilised glasses when cold cover with hot paraffin wax canadian scalloped fish easy to make and easy to take very easy to take indeed for it is full of savor as well as rich in nourishment it is economical too since leftovers from an earlier meal of fish mayjbe used or canadian canned fish which is an inexpensive food product having regard to its nutritive and health value if canned fish is used the oil in the can and the bones crushed to gether should be left with the fish the method of preparing this scal loped dish as outlined by one of the cookery demonstrators on the staff of the dominion department of fisher ies is as follows first make ready a white sauce by melting two table spoons of butter blending with the butter two tablespoons of flour mixing with these ingredients a well beaten egg and ahalf cup of milk adding this mixture to one and a half cups of scalded mtlk and cooking the whole until smooth while cooking goes on the mixture should be stirred con stantly next flake two cups o steamed baked or boiled ash or a onepound tin of canned fish place a layer of the fish in a greased bak ing dish then add alternate layers of white sauce and fish having a layer of sauce on the top as each layer is put in the dish the desired seasoning should be added and over the top layer of sauce a covering of buttered crumbs should be placed bake the scallop in a moderate oven unuljt is well heated and the top is browned if desired sliced olives and slices gf hardcooked eggs may be placed etween the layers of fish and sauce swimming and body building increase in swimming ability during the past decade in the last ten years the swimming public in america is es timated to have increased 450 la not entirely prompted by lifesaving desires true from a standpoint of human safety a knowledge of swim ming is most important but aside from this no other exercise approach es swimming for allround develop ment of the body this is brought out effectively in an article learn how to swim in the summer issue of health it is con tributed by john d devlin swimming director of the central ymjca to ronto who says in part swimming exercises the large fun damental muscles of the trunk and limbs the leg kicks develop the lower back and abdomen muscles along with the leg musculature the arm strokes develop the chest and up per back muscles the muscles of respiration are developed to an un usual degree the upward lifting and stretching of the arms acts to lift and broaden the chest supple ness is promoted generally in all the joints and much is done to equalise the unbalanced muscle pull associated with poor posture swimming is one of the very few exercises that pro motes a symmetrical development of the arms and legs or anteroposterlor posture and of lateral symmetry swimming permits free and unob structed movements in the full range of joint action without sudden or violent jars due to contact with ap paratus or to the ground a fact of considerable importance to girls and women is that swimming is one exercise that does not develop the body in a way harmful to physical beauty the muscular development associated with swimming is of smooth rounded type rather than characterized by extremely hard bunchy or knotty muscles flexibil ity in all the joints is promoted which improves physical grace to general fven an excessive amount of swim ming will not make one scrawny and thin nor will it add a great deal of extra weight swimming as a recre ational exercise has been called a normalizer as far as its effect on bod weight is concerned new mental hospital to care for 3000 not only wol the ontario govern ments new 17 000000 mental hospital in st- thomas be the most modern in canada from the point of institution al faculties but it bids fair to become one of the show places of the province while it was expected that patients dfould be admitted at three of the buildings this month it is stated that it will be another month or two before everything is in readiness one year after the sod was first turned on the 450acre site three of the proposed thirty buildings are al most completed plasterers are put ting the finishing touches to the in terior of these buildings and in a few weeks they will be ready for furnish ings and equipment of the thirty buildings proposed ten are under con struction five of which have just been started under the progressive system whereby a group of buildings at a time are being constructed it is estimated that four years will be re quired to complete the project much depends upon the plans of the govern ment it was learned when ready the dormitories and pavilions will accommodate 3 000 pa tients and if necessary a few hundred more it is proposed to house only the milder mental patient but in time the more serious cases will be treated in a special pavilion the present buildings when ready will take care of 2000 patients in such a modem in stitution a large staff will be required the exact number is not known but it is expected to be in the neighbor hood of 500 male nurses now in training at the ontario hospital in whitby will be on the staff along with the female nurses the dominant idea in the architec ture of the place is sunlight and the absence of any suggestion of the old prisonlike asylum the exteriors of the buildings all tending to the same design are of chaste outline three stories in height the buildings re semble a double row of stone apart ments the male pavilions on one side and the ftsnale on the other all the windows consistent with such buildings are to be found in the pavilions absent are the iron bars which are replaced by what is termed institutional grin a wave design iron grill work resembling from the interior a french window the grill work is painted grey to conform with the stone lace everywhere one walks in the build ings there is sunlight even down the long corridors in the centre of the pavilions the sun penetrates making them almost as bright as the outside rooms friends friendship is the greatest thing in life and lucky indeed is the man who has the power to make friends this is not so difficult as many persons be lleve it is merely a case of reciproc ltj there is just one way to make a friend and that is to be one enemies it used to be said that a man was known by the enemies he had but la it really necessary to have enemies few of us want to be an enemy to anyone therefore we know others are not so anxious to be our enemies hat reds never bring happiness potatoes 71 pounds t mealy cooker nice 8ta delicious heaping quart 13- oranges sweet and jolcy 1 qcdoz onions 5s 3 1 1 9 apples pounds goad cookers docheaa tomatoes 3 pounds deueions suctng bananas canteloupe 2 golden yeoow nles sta cdoz deueteaw raver nice bias 15 carrolls fresh made first frrie creteery butter carrolls an old time farmer went into a store to buy a shirt and the clerk tried to sell him a trank also farmer what would i use a trunk for clerk to keep vour clothes in farmer say do ou want me to run around naked try an advertisement in the herald it wol bring results i home should bg bdn like v business something- wreog when the current the woman who enters upon the enterprise of homemaklng assumes definite economic obligations the home is an investment in part a fin investment if the home is m on a paying basts then it is a sound fin 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