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What to do about white flies, plant lice, worms, rot, red spider? See tT»e vital chapter on plant pesti ; and how to fight them in the Read- ' Serv':e house plants g^ide. Also, bulbs, ferns, terrariums, sprays, repotting, summer house plant care. Send THIRTY CENTS (in coins) for ''Success With House Plants and Flowers" t^ Reader Service. Room 421, 73 Adelaide St., West, Toronto. Print name, ad- dress booklet title and No. 29. - Answer to last week's puzzle. n|-=i_B|HS.;[ilHUKI- - l=1lir=IM ^ USABHY DIVISION 5 I a err i (Oi^adDajiiSS sifgiyi | A paisley print by Alfandri simply styled with a high, round neckline, short, straight sleeves. The suggested dust ruffle breaks just above the kneeline. English Climate Doesn't Agree With Her â€" One of last year's epic news stories concernea the accidental shooting of Canon Turner on Baffin Island, and the dramatic air rescue of the mortally injured cleric and his family from the far North. Flown out along with the Turners was Rebecca, a heroic Eskimo girl who â€" following the Canon's death â€" accompanied Mrs. Turner and her two small children to England. But the English climate, and the lack of fats she was accustomed to in the Eskimo diet of seal meat and fi-sh, caused Rebecca to sutler from one cold after another â€" and one of the first passengers to arrive by Canadian Pacific steamship at Montreal this season will be the 15-year-old girl. Before returning to the North country Rebecca will stay for a short time in Montreal at the home of Mrs. Biidfell, one' of those behind the movement to raise a fund of $20,000 to provide a pension lor Mrs. Turner and her children, who now mimber three. The Fund is still far short of its objective, and donations sent to "Turner of Moffat Inlet Fund" at 6()4 larvis Street, Toronto will be gratefully received. . . . TABLE TALKS . . . Onions, More Onions Fried Onion Slices If you are inclined to weep easily while preparing onions, slice them unpeeled. The dry, outer skin will slip off the slices. Slice large onions (Bermuda are best) in thirds, or about 'i inch thick. Arrange onions in frying pan. Add a few tablespoons of water. Cover. Simmer until just ter.Jcr. Test with a fork. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Now the slices are ready for browning. .-Vdd butter, or bacon fat â€" takes 5 or more tablespoons fat for to S onions. Brown to a turn. Don't stir. Leave lid off pan and brown onion slices gently. Use spatula and pan- cake turner to turn the slices with- out breaking. Perfectly browned onion slices smothering a juicy steak â€" tliere's a man's idea of a meal. Serve tliese tender, slightly browned onion rings as the hot vegetable with sizzling steak or tender slices of liver, a green salad, and a fruit dessert. Baked Onions 6 large onions 4 slices buttered toast % cup grated cheese 1 egg 1 cup milk % teaspoon salt }i teaspoon paprika 1 tablespoon mild-flavoured fat Peel, slice crosswise and boil onions until nearly tender. Drain well. Place the buttered toast in the bottom of a baking dish. Ar- range the onions on the toast and sprinkle with the grated cheese. Beat egg and milk and add salt and paprika. Pour this mi-xture over the onions and dot with fat. Bake in a moderate oven, 350*F, for about 40 minutes. JCt:!]SSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1. Senatorial rob* (. Wise men 9. Sunken plaM 12. WinsUk* 13. Iris plant 14. Months 16. Cotton fabric 1(. Sd. American bird 15. Universe > 10. Trlmmlns X Jl. Poker stake - }3. HoIstln» ^. •• device 11. Induce '"I. Foot coverlu Scotch chemUt â-  10. 11. IT. n â- â„¢â€" t4. 4. Pleasant odora 5. Assert wronsrly 25. (. Bow X(. 7. Tounc womaa ST. I. Perfect I. Rather M. Exist Make (Scot.) Tops Burden Roman urbas offlclal Geological formation Oceans Tonng dofls Ot a historical period Convalescence â- J9. First prin- ciples n. Wickedness t«. Crystal gaser S8. Kettledruna 40. Spirit of evtl 4S. Crescent 4i. Horseback game 4(. Hominy 47. Scotch-Irish 48. Paddle 49. By way of 60. Steep £0 erosslng S SI. _ M.B SI. Moccasins ^ U. Raises n. Blacitthon ' â-  friilts -.VS" *lat« . ?ish . Clears *»<l . Canter DOWN . Soapston* . Artificial butter . Former light- weight Cham- r -:> V â- 1 The answei to this puzalc is elsewhei* en Mb Cnion Shortcake 10 medium-sized onions 1 ter.spoon sait 3 tablespoons fat Biscuit dough 1 cup medium cream sauce 'A cup chopped parsley '/4 teaspoon paprika Dash of nutmeg /•4 cup a:rated cheese Feci and slice onions and sprinkle with salt. Melt fat in frying pan and add onions. Cover and simmer until tender. Uruin well. Prepare a biscuit dough using 1 cup iiour as a base and a-dding :; tablespoons tomato catsup with tlie miiU. this should be a drop batter rather than a "roll-out" dougli. Prepare 1 cup medium cream sauce, add paprika, parsley, nutmeg and cheese and beat an egg into it. Place cooked ouions in bottom of a deep greased casserole. Pour sauce over onions and drop dough trom a spoon on top. Bake in a hot oven, i25"l-', for about 20 minutes or until dough is cooked. Scalloped Onions In Tomato 6 large onions, sliced 3 tablespoons flour H teaspoon pepper 2 tablespoons mild-flavoured fat Vi teaspoon salt 1%-cups tomato juice Arrange half of the onions in a casserole, sprinkle with half of the flour, the salt and pepper. Dot with fat. Repeat ingredients in a second layer. Pour over the tomato juice. Bake at 400° F, for 35 to 40 minutes. Six servings. Creamed Fried Onions > tablespoons mild-flavoured fat 4 cups sliced onions (4-6 medium) 4 tablespoons flour 3 cups hot milk Salt and pepper to taste Melt in frying pan. Add onions, cover and cook slowly until tender, about 15 minutes. Stir in flour and cook 1 minute longer. P ur in the hot milk and cook until thickened. Season to taste. Serve with iliced hard-cooked eggs, liver or meat. Dr.CHASES Paradol CHRONICLES OF GINGER FARM By GwebdoUne P. Clark* May 24th has always been the traditional date on which all good farmers "turn out" their cattle to grass. If the cattle are turned out sooner it means one of two things â€" either the farmer is out of hay and considered it unprofitable to buy it, or he is inexperienced and doesn't know any better. Cattle are usual- ly kept in until that date to give the pasture a chance to develop a sturdy growth before being chewed off by grass-hungry cattle. .A.lso, until May 24, there is usually a lot of rain, and if cattle are allowed to run in wet pasture a great deal of fodder is wasted by being tramped down into the mud. So, this May 24th custom is, I believe, quite usual in many parts of Ontario, although the tendency these days, is to keep the cattle in even longer. Yet, today, and this is early in -^.pril, the CBC glibly announced, "it is expected the butter shortage will be greatly relieved when cattle are turned out to grass, which is usually about .\pril IJthl" Sometimes one wonders where in the world the CBC digs up its in- formation â€" or rather its mis- inform- ation. « ♦ » True, the butter snortage may be somewhat relieved by that time â€" only for a very different reason. At least, that is how a "dirt farmer" views th.e situation. Calves have a way of arriving fast and furious in early spring, and with the calves there is naturalfy an increase in the milk supply â€" often far exceeding the milk shipper's I'.aily quota. The extra milk, must of course, be sold 'somehow, some 'lere. On some farms it is :eparated and sold to the creamery. More butter! On other farms the extra milk goes as "surplus" to the city dairies â€" and what they do with it is anybody's guess. The farmer would often like to know. * * * But why, oh why, should a short- age of anything be advertised? We iiud out soon enough when we can't get what we want. To broadcast the existence of a shortage of any- thing is one sure and certain way to create panic buying. 1 was even guilty of it myself last week without even realising what I was doing. Bob was going to town and I needed butter â€" our usual two pounds. But when the radio spread its dire news abroad I said to Bob â€""Maybe you had better bring back three pounds â€" perhaps there won't be any next week." See what I mean? * * * In the country? Ah. yes! Do you know the miracle of spring is beginning all over again? Snow- drops are blooming: green shoots- of daffodils and narcissi are several indies high â€" some even have buds just appearing. There is also a light- er shade to the willow branches, and shrubs have pin-points of color on their tightly twisted buds. But alas, it is precious little time I have for seeing it all just at pres- ent, as I am complc.ely bogged by extra work in the house. We are in the process of having a few alter- ations done around here. First the carpenters arrive: they pull down one partition and insert a new one; rip out the door and put in a win- dow: and, although the work is in one corner of the house yet old pla- ster, shavings and sawdust get tramped into every room. After the carpenters, a couple of brick- layers and plasters arrived. Xow their work is also finished which mean^ there is plenty of painting for nie to do before the plumbers appear on the scene. .Vnd having a boy around on crutches doesn't help very much. By the way. I have suddenly discovered a man with one foot tracks in more dirt than one with two. There are no railways in .Afghan- istan; merchandise is carried either by camel or pony. Skin Eruptions Hc*e l« • elesn, stainleso, iwnetraUns Sitiseptle ell that brinss epecai? relief from e Itchlnt sad dlseomfart. Mot only 4oes this heeltns antlseptie oil Vrcmote rapid end he^Ithr beallns tai epcn rtitii end wouds bat bolls and simple nloero are also relieved. !â-  skin afteotleiui tbe Itohlnc of Beiems to anleklT atosped. Plmple« â€" skin emvtletts #r op and scale eff In a Terr few dan. â- m same Is tnie sf Barber's Itok. IsH MNun, ItehlBK Toes and Feet and ether Wummatorr skin disorders. Ton ean obtain Meone's Emerald Oil |p tte ortslnal bettle at anr modem arM mere. Sntlsfactloo or raoner back. ^8WSR TO THIS WEEK'S PUZZLE m3UU auaa ua 7 a,\iHo m5\c. /? ^ /» M J M 9t\ds « ^ s LA C e. 1 ftN T £ t- £ w / s J e K Q u fl P i. 5 H O £ V n £ s T / L £ A N /f E ^A C 5 £ L £ V ft T e. s s â- l O £ s ^ M 1 â-¡ V E A L %"â-  L /» P s £ V L\li r U R N B O A « A 1 R 1 A N £. T A L M S I A y N L T S L P £ Baghdad, famed Mohammedan of culture, learning and ro- mance, was buil. between 762 and 76f^ A.D., by Abu Jaffar. CHOICE FRUIT TREES AND SMALL FRUITS Ornamental Trees, Shrubs ErerjfreenB, Roses. Perennials. Gilds & Cannas Largs A Complete Stocli of All Leading Varieties 500 Acres. under Cultivation 3ee our Local Agent or Write for Free Catalogue i Flaming Guide 0. H. PHUDHOMME k SONS. LTD., BEAM.SVILLE, Ontario. "An important part of my diet ever since my first bottle has been Crown Brand Com Syrup. Now, that may be all right for a little character like myself, but let me tell you, these grown-ups sure arc lucky what with Mom serving them Crowm Brand Com Syrup with so many of their dishes. And she uses it in her baking, too, as a sweetener. I can hardly wait until I'm old enough to have some hot waffles or pancakes smothered with delicious Crown -Brand. If it'i as good as it is in my cerealâ€" mmmmm I** For years doctors have recom- mended the use of Crown Brand Corn Syrup as a satisfactory carbo- hydrate acting as a milk modifier for bottle-fed infants. CROWN BRAND CORN SYRUP THE CANADA STARCH COMPANY LTD. MONTREJIL - TORONTO Also Monufacfurori of Canada Corn Sfarcfi 'I'll raise with a package of super-delicious Posfs Grape-Nuts Flakes" "OK, pal. That's a blue chip if I ever saw one â€" speaking delici- ously, of course." "And these malty-rich, honey- golden Posfs Grape-Nuts Flakes •re a whole stack of good nourish- aiant." "A spadeful of carbohydrates for •nergy." "And minerals for muscle and growth and rich blood." "Using two grains instead of one in making Posfs Grape-Nuts Flakes is a pair that really pays off â€" - in double breakfast enjoyment and rosy-cheek nourishment." "Fellahs â€" I think I'll pop over to the grocer's right now and buy up enough Post's Grape-Nuts Flakes for a full house." By Margarita