hey C of "interviewed several homemakers Thursday, February 26th, 1948 3 THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL { The female form divine--and tlierwise--was the target for a eat deal of good-humored cri- Bt The Barn, The first part of e meeting consisted of a de- e, "Resolved That Men Prefer New president Keith Mec- {Colm left the job of master of eremonies to Herb Merry, She affirmative team, captain- 8d by Bob Appleford, with Jock turn of the Wwasp-waists, bustles, and coy femininity of the early ith century. The negative side, and olin McGilvray, approached their bject anatomically from the men in the world, the Duchess In the Woman's Easter Outfits Are Out Debate Judges n't change as long as her legs were sea-worthy. Judges Bert Parsons and Doctor Murray Deans left Rev. Harry Pawson to break the news: that in their opinion, after summing up the evidence, the ladies of Oakville would be wise to forego a new-look Easter outfit. An opportune time to get husbands to donate to) the Hospi- tal Fund, H. M, Caine next introduced Bert Parsons, a director of the Dale Carnegie Institute, who has "| offered to open a class here in public speaking if a sufficient number are interested. Deliver- ing a spirited address, he said, "The new look in public speaking stresses naturalness of voice and posture and the necessity of hav- ing a feeling of love for your au- dience." It is somewhat difficult to know how anyone could con- duct themselves with love for their audience if they felt the urge to get up and refute a speaker at a Communists' rally, 'But no one went into that, -- Hello Homemaker! Today we Who are practising thrifty ways to conserve electricity. These wo- men suggested that we ask other 'users of power to be mindful of the number of switches turned on unnecessarily, Mrs. V. M. recommends four thrifty ways to use the electric oven: 1, The average oven has ac- commodation for at leastdtwo or | three dishes at once. It is neces- sary, however, to select dishes 5. A good way to do this is fo your favorite dishes -- = tonight's dinner. 8, Select baking dishes to fit ven racks. Too large ones orb more heat and stop circu- 'shelf directly under those on the op shelf, if you wish foods to Town evenly. "COOKING SHORT-CUTS Mrs. G. T. points out ways to fe electricity using a hot plate or rangette: + A skillet or chicken fryer bia cover i ideal to use for a meal since the utensil is low and cooking time is re- economical equipment. 2 vegetables in one, pudding © 3. The double boiler is useful in this regard since food such as * boiled tongue or braised brisket . may simmer in the lower part bile a pudding cooks in the up- to simmering point, Top-of-stove scones or bis- amount of heat. The gela- may be dissolved in a dipper r the tea kettle and the des- in a little" syrup. Add 1 beaten egg, 1 tsp, sugar and enough milk to moisten 1 cup prepared biscuit mix. Drop by sponful on top of simmering fruit and juice. Cover and let simmer, without removing lid, for 12 minutes: Use wide saucepan so dumplings will not be crowded. 8. Pancakes are quick to cook --saving electricity. Serve with fruit juice or = left-over stewed fruit, - 9. Thicken cream sauce on partially cobked vegetables in- stead of making it in a separate saucepan. 10. Steam left-over slices of fruit loaf over vegetables and serve with cream for an easy dessert. = When the clock strikes 12 at the rural school it means a hot dinner for some children but not for all--not by any means, For more than half of the children attending - rural schools in On- tario the noon hour means a lunch carried from home in lunch kit, honey pail or. paper bag. In winter weather, cold sand- wiches make 'a cheerless meal. That kind of meal, added to a hurried breakfast and a long walk 'in the wind, does not give exactly the sort of foundation needed for a good day's work! But it is a fact that for 200 days out of every year, the child at- tends school and eats his mid- day meal there, All told, one- fifth of the meals eaten in a \| vear are eaten at school. Surely, then, the mid-day meal is of prime importance. Should it not be planned to meet defin- ite educational objectives, Some school .areas have done this; one particular section to be com- mended is the township north of Woodstock, where the Red Cross nutritionist is giving splendid leadership. The average rural child has a long and strenuous day. He rises. early, has a few chores to do, and then a drive or walk to school. After seven or eight hours away from home more chores before a hot meal, All this - re- quires energy and the right food to supply that energy. Building material is essential for growth if strong bodies are fo result. We must also supply children with the foods necessary to keep the various organs functioning, and resistant to disease, In communities where lunch plans are being proved important the week's menu is posted so that mother may round out the lunch and supper with the daily essen- WE HAVE IT -- Thomas Street, Telephone 668 For Books From H. ALLEN SMITH to Plato OR CAN GET IT! HE GOLDEN HOUR BOOKSHOP Oakville. orld tials. In this way mother and teacher are co-ordinating their plans using the daily basic nu- trition pattern: 1. Milk--4 glasses or equivalent in soups and desserts. 2. Vegetables--1 serving pota- toes, 2 servings other vege- tables 3. Fruit--1 serving tomato or citrus fruit, 1 or more servings \ other fruit. 4. Meat, fish or cheese--1 serving. of either of these. a week. 5. Cereal--1 serving whole grain cereal with milk, 4 to 6 slices vitamin-rich bread. Some source of Vitamin D such as fish oils, additional foods to satisfy the appetite and activity needs, Good Food for Children: BAKED CUSTARD 3 or 4 eggs, 1.3 or 1.2 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 3 cups hot milk, 14 teaspoon vanilla or a little nutmeg. Beat eggs slightly. Add sugar and salt. Add hot milk slowly, but- ter, then flavoring, Strain, Pour into buttered custard cups, and steam over boiling water, or put in pan of hot water and bake in slow oven (325 degrees F.) un- til firm--about 40 minutes. NOTE: 4 eggs are necessary if custard is being made in one large baking dish, To test custard, in- sert a silver knife in the centre, and if it comes out clear, custard is cooked. BAKED APPLES Wash and core good uniform Canadian-grown apples, Put into 2 'baking pan, fill the centre of each apple with sugar, and add a bit of butter on 'top, Add enough water to cover the bottom of the pan. Cinnamon or nutmeg may be sprinkled on the top if desired. Bake in 'a hot electric oven until soft (about 25 minutes), baste very often with the juice in the pan. 1 egg or 4 6. HONEY MUFFINS 3 thsps, honey, % cup but- ter, 2 eggs, % tsp. salt, 2% cups graham flour, %' cup of white flour, 3 tsps. baking powder, 1 cup milk, Mix and sift white flour, bak- ing powder and salt. Add gra- ham flour. Beat eggs until foamy and add honey and milk. Melt butter and turn it into egg mix- ture. Turn wet ingredients into dry ones all at one 'time. Stir vigorously until dry ingredients are just dampened. Fill muffin tins 2.3 full and bake in a hot electric oven for 20 minutes, OTE: Anne Allan regrets that listed ingredients were not correct in a previous column for "Fool-Proof Chocolate Cake." Here they are: 1%; cups sifted flour, 1 tsp. baking soda, % cup white sugar, % tsp. salt, % cup cocoa, 4 tbsps, melted shortening, % cup sour milk, 1 beaten egg, 1 tsp. vanilla, % cup corn syrup. 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Billiard 22.7 7 37. Half anem 38. Account " 74 2 42, Highest. cards = i 43. Prepare for = publication 2 > 44. Golf mound 45. Chum Fa 7 DOWN Fi 3 1.Male cat Good Start Made On 1948 Safety Program Ontario's 1948 traffic safety program is off to a fairly good start with January's traffic toll down by seven lives from that of January last year and 35 lower than that of January of 1941, the Proyince's peak accident year, Highways Minister the Hon. George H, Doucett said today, announcing a near-record low of 22 deaths last month. The pre- vious 10-year average was 32 fa talities for January, the minis- ter pointed out. "This is good news," Mr. Dou- cett says, "but cold weather was on our side last month to keep a lot of cars off the road, On- tario's drivers and pedestrians will have a hard time to keep this good record up unless we all male it a point to learn and obey the traffic laws. Everyone has some of the responsibility; every man, woman and child in Ontario can help prevent death and in- jury simply by being careful." Five children were killed last month, though this was one less in January, 1947. Special atten- tion is being given to the safety education of children through their teachers and parents, the minister says, with safety mea- sures and lessons designed for the various age groups, There was definite encouragement, he said, thoroughly. Bake in 2 greased layer tins for 35 minutes at 375 degrees. Anne Allan invites you to' write to her in care of THE JOURNAL Send in your suggestions on homemaking problems and watch this column for replies. | We were discussing the relative merits of eating at home and eating lout." Why are so many people attract- ed to dining in swanky restaurants and hotels?" I asked the chef. "Eye-appeal, madame, 'And wh: do so many people like to eat in 'night clubs? Also eye-appeal," he answered himself, "But seriously, chet . . Eye-Appeal "T am serious," he insisted; "when It comes to dining, not only the ltood but the one who serves it {should have the eye-appeal." | 'It is true that attractive service 'and food stimulate the appetite. No woman should feel that her kitchen is a place of drudgery, and look like ja drudge when she's in it. Keep- Jing attractive is not a matter of "money, but a point of view; a recog- nition of the importance of the ar of preparing food. A woman can look as preity in an inexpensive, well-designed kitchen dress, as she does dolled up to go aut, "And when the food Is good," added the chef, "she is the Kitchen Queen in the man's heart" Cream of Corn Soup Empty the contents of a can cream style corn into a good-sized saucepan, Add 1 pt. boiling water, 11 slice onion, % tsp. nutmeg, % tsp 1Bepper and 1 tsp, salt. Cover and immer 15 min. Then rub through a sieve. Add 1 pt. whole milk, or use equal parts 'undiluted evapor- 'ated milk' and water. Cream to- gether 2 tbsp. butter and 3 tbsp four. Add a little of the corn soup mixture and stir until smooth | Separate into rings. 4 [Jet stand 50 min. Then pour back ints the soup In| the saucepan ook and stir until BOLLE point Is reached, Serve very hot with crunchy croiitons. French Fried Onion Rings Peel large Spanish onions and cut crosswise into slices % in, thick Next make a batter by beating together % c mills, % c. all-purpose flour, ¥ tsp. baking powder, % tsp. salt, 1 egg yolk and % tsp. melted shortening! Dip the onion rings into this, and fry until brown in deep fat, hot enough to brown a cube of bread in 1 min. Drain on absorbent paper and dust with salt, In frying, use about 2 in. of fat in a heavy, deep utensil. Apricot-Apple Compote Wash 1 Ib. dried apricots in warm sized Palermo Social Night Is. Well Attended By RITA BLUMBERG The euchre and dance held in Palermo community hall Friday night well attended, Mrs. George Parker and Miss Audrey Wickson carried off top honors in the ladies' euchre, while John Williamson and Fred Edwards were high scorers in the was men's hands. After euchre, the ladfes of the community served light" refresh- ments and this was followed by dancing to the music' supplied by Bennett's orchestra. Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Wickson, Mr, Allan Dickenson, Norma Fish, Carol and Donna Hopper, Ruth Thorn- ton, June Fish, George Wettlauf- er, Ross Cowan, Frank Pope wera among those swirling over the crowded dance floor. in the fact that in the last quar- ter of 1947, child fataliles were down 26 per cent, compared to the same period in 1946. Pedestrians, as usual, brunt of traffic , bore the casualties last month. Of the 22 traffic accl- dent deaths, 14 were pedestrians and only two drivers, The total of 22 for the month was lower than in any January since 1943 when gasoline ration- ing restricted the use of vehicles. Winter sports enthusiasts certain vy have cause for rejoicing, what with all the lovely powder snow everywhere in their territory, and the charming clothes made for nc tive sports, and the pretty Sitesi] clothes. From the latter group is chosen a snug little quilted Challis lacket in a red and black floral print on yellow. The black wool skirt has an underpetticoat of black taffeta, and is gathered all around and flared. b ed Se Every drop of blood in your body passos_through your kidneys once every 7 minutes." Whon kidnayn fall to filter out impurities, Jour ystom slows dow headachy---with ou oY foul casey aching back Ba h kidnoys and liver act na purifiorn of tha blood, the moat effectivo treatment should folp both. Dr. Chase's. 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