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THRSDAY, lZe. lotb, !le? PAEFURE EEC1ADAiSATSA. OMIqIL. NAI Hello Homicmakers! Enough Urne ta prepare for the holiday table is the quandry of many hornemakers today. Every year these scem ta be more functions ta attend, especially at this seas- on, not only the women's argani- zations, but the children's con- certs, father's office parties and Uhc nurnerous Chistmnas endeav- ors. It therefore behooves us ta pre- pare something simple yet festive for aur home gatheringa. Wc be- lieve that aur basic secipes with variations may be the answer ta your number one problcrn this week. Buttermilk Cookies 1 cup brown sugar, '/2 cup shor- tening, 1 egg, weli beaten, 1/2 cup butterrniik or saur milk, 21/ cups sifted cake flous, 1/4 tsp. sait, 1/ tsp. soda, 1/2 tsp. cinnarnon. Cream bsown sugas and short- cning, add beaten egg. Suft dry ingredients and add, alternmtely with' buttermilk ta creamcd mix- ture. Drap from teaspoon on greased cookie sheet. Bake ln ci- ectric aven o! 375 degrees about 12 mins. .Cocoanut Cookies: Add 3/ cup shredded cacoanut and 1 tsp. grat- cd orange rind and 1 tsp. leman 1rind. Decorated Cookies: Use basic recipe and aiter cookies are ln Make if a gala occasion for everyone this Christmas! Find the perfeci gifi for every member of the family . . . from fashionable dresses for Moiher Io dainty embroidered dressel jfor the lifliesi cherub of ail ...ail here on our fashion floor. FOâ HlER CHRISTMAS r Hve ber one of our glarnorous dresinggrowns. Choou from ea gift for every HER on your Christmas lit. Item $l5r95 u- GLOVES See aur large varlety ofikid, wool andi fur gloves. A git that le smrt andalways &p- 49c Io $4.19 SOCUS HANDDAGS lust what the Junior MuaGI,. ber a git mli. wlII willi want oùt the CJhristmas carry wlth ber at a&U timea, tree. Al-wool ockm ln a a beautUtul hantibag, sither varlety of colore and izes. inlasmtie or lesther. 39c Io 95c $1.50 Io $7.95 A brlg t gfttwr SCrgttitt ARVES ber heart this Christ. t mas. A wlde selection e of all-waol andi sheer scarves. $1.00Go b$2.95 HRANDEERCHIEFS Hfave a stoc~k of these fine~ f!IV haakiem on bandi for luat minute GAY gifl. An excellent range to choose front. IJNDRELLAS lGc Io $1.50 What couiti make a nicer Christmas git than one of sur, briglit umbrellai. If you tion't know what te tive thim may be the. answer te your problem.- $3.95 Io $7.95 Couch, Johuston &CryderUms Phone 836 Bowmanville PAGE VOIMTLPI Christmas Dinner Each ycar around this date bird watchcrs in or on the outskirts ai aur cities andi towns identify an average ai two dazen species ai birds enduring aur chilly cli- mate. Whether or not the weath- er happens ta be stormy the day the parties go out ta take the census determines ta a great ex- tent the numbers found. Oi course they know many are hiding from view. What arc ail these birds having for their Christmas din- ner? Seed caters are in the majority. Some have been with us ahi along. and arc staying on indeiinitely, as aur English Sparrows; a few are. tarrying a whiie langer, as the Slate-calourcd Juncos; a number have came from the north ta spend their winter holidays with us, as the Redpolls and Snow Bun- tings. Wc ail knaw the. House Sparrows wili cat almast anything in the way o! refuse or waste grain. The others prefer weed secds, andi congregate lu spots where these show above the sua- wvy graund. Leit oves, useless frui t encour- ages Bohernian Waxwings ta wan- i der aur way, and keeps some Ce- dar Waxwings from leaving us. Purple Finches and Robins to may delay their gaing if they are able ta secure some wild fruits ar bernies. The same fare will suit the Starlings, but they seem ta be able ta subsist on garbage. Crows sometimes stay with us quite a while longer, for they are appas- ently used ta eating a great varie- ty ai food, inciuding wild fruits, seeds, grain and rubbish. Blue Jays like fruit and grain, but at this season acorns are prc!crred. Winter holds no fears for the Hairy and Dawny Woodpeckers. Their favourite insects may be !ound on the bark af trees at any season. The same may be said for the Downy's friends and tra- velling companions, the Chicka- dees and Nuthatches, and also for the little Brown Creepers. As long as there la some open watcr the Hcrring Gulls, Mergan- sers, and Goldcn-eye Ducks can be suppliedi with iish. The Great Horned Owls enjoy nothing better than squirrels and chipmunks, aithaugh they eat almost kind ai bird or smail animal up ta the size ai a crow os a rabblt. Grouse are perfectly content if they can ied on the evergreen buds. But the Goshawks are qulte satisfied if thcy are able ta discover cither srnall birds or animais for their Christmnas dinner. Should Owls be pratccted? Urge Organizations Support HeaUth Week Dr. E. A. Hardy. aecretmry ai thc National Heaith Week Com- mittee ai the Health League of Canada, has issued a cli ta ahi public-spirited organizatlons ta coaperate ln the 1948 observance ai Cnada's fourth annuai NA- TIONAL HEALTH WEEK, next February 1-7. He saidi service clubs, church and womcn's arganizations, Home and Schoai Associations and ather such bodies couid heip lu many ways ta attract the attention ai their own members and others ta the observance and its ims. For instance, these organiza- tians could assist lu organizing local "Health Wcek" committees. Aiso, they couldi arrange for spe- dm1l meetings ai their own organ- izations dusing that particular 'Week", these meetings ta be fea- tured by health lectures aud the showing af apprapriate films._ ITriniiy W.A. Elecis Mrs. C. W. Siemon Pres, ways: Fatten nwofthespala juicernpe Pof watUerangea ing'wdec:r:ate n: o! Uic folw Oraingpe oafty: e rangea and lac on enteao each, blan- littie grated orange rlnd. ched almond, raisin, pieces of peel Nut Pastry: Add 1/4 cup finely or esame seeds. chopped nuts to flour mixture. *Badic Éaking Powder Biscuits Cheese Pastry: Add 1/3 cup 2 cups (all-purpose) flour, 1 tmp. finely grated cheese ta flour mix- sait, 7/ cup milk, 4 tapa. baklng ture. powder, 2 tbsps. shartening. ** ISuft dry ingredients twice. Cut Take A Tip in the shortening with pastry 1. If you use gumdrops for var- blender. Sprinkle ini the mlk and iationi in cookies, eut and flux in toss inta a dough mixture with the dough because these gelatin wooden spoon. (Use more milk if candies will harden in a moderate neccssary.> temperature aven. Place the dough on floured 2. If yaur cookie sheet has be- board, pat or roll lightly to about corne black, place the pan af cook- 1 inch thickness. Cut it with a ies on top a! the jelly rail pan ta i iscuit cutter, dipping the cutter deflect the heat and prevent the into flour to keep It from stick- cookies burning ta the bottom. ing. Bake on a lightly floured pan 3. If you use pastry flour for in a hot electric oven at 450 de- baking powder biscuits, you may grecs for 12 mina. require 1 cup oi milk to make a Cheese Biscuits: Cut¾ cup soit dough. grated cheese into dough. 4. The basic pastry dough re- Cranberry Biscuits: Add 2 tbsps. cipe may be used for making tart sugar ta dry ingredients. Cut %k sheila. cup chopped raw crariberries into ** the dough. The Question Box Raisin Biscuits: Fold %k cup Mrs. J. T. asks: Is it advisa.ble raisins inta mixture aiter short- ta chill cookie dough in the re- ening is cut inl. & frigerator before rolling it out? Nut Biscuits: Add %k cup chop- How long will it keep in a cold ped nuts ta mixture after short- place? ening la cut in. Answer: The flavor and texture Basic Pastry Reedpe is rnuch better is you chili cookie 1%k cups flour (pastry),' 1/2 t sp. dough. You can store cookie saIt, 1/2 cup shortening, 4 tbsps. dough in a covered container in cold water. the refrigerator for two or three Sift the flour with saît and work weeks if necessary. the shortening into it with pastry Mrs. S. W. asks: How to keep mixer. (When shortenîng is mix- icebax cookies crisp and hermits cd evenly, the mix looks like soit. coarse oatmeal.) Sprinkic in the Answer: Kcep crisp cookies in cold water, tossing flour into a tin box or crack with a lid-do dough. Pat lightly into a bail, not store anything else in the con- wrap in wax paper and chillIin tainer but the cookies aiter thcy refrigerator for %k hour. Roll out have been ailowed ta cool. lightly on a floured board ta 1/3 Hermits and other soit mixtures inch thickness in a circular fas- may be stored in a covered glass hion. Fold in haîf and lift ta pie jar with a piece of apple. Replace plate. Press gently onto pie plate. the apple every iew days. Cut down around the edge. This1 Mrs. J. T. asks: Recipe for Lmakes onc nine-inch double crust. Short Bread. Answer: Short Breadi 1 cup butter, 1/3 cup fruit ugar, 2 cups flour (or more). Cream butter weil, add sugar gradually and creain weii togcth- er. Add flour slowly. When dough. is stifi, turn out on floured board, 1 knead in flour until daugh begins ta crack. Rail out 3/" thick, cuti with cookie cutter. Place on bak- ixig sheet and bake until lightiy brawned at 300 degrees. Anne Allan invites you ta write ta her c/o The Canadian States- man. Send in your suggestions on homemaking probierna and watch this calumn for replies. LOW FARES, MORE TRAINS ANNOUNCED FOR HOLID)AYS Low railway fares for Christ- mas and New Year'a holiday trav- el between ail stations in Canada and ta certain border points in the United States have been announ- ced by H. J. Nevin, general pass- enger agent,. Canadian National Railways. Return tickets covering bath holidays will be sold for the regu- lar one way fare plus anc hali. The tickets wili be honorcd going from Saturday, Dece mber 20th ta Thursday, Jan. lst, and returning from destination up ta midnight, Jan. 7. Ta cape with an anticipated heavy passenger trafiic during the holiday perlod Mr. Nevin has an- nounccd that extra equipment will bg provided on ail important Ca-' nadian National trains between Dec. 22 and Jan. 4. Extra trains' will be operated in bath direc- tions between Montreal and such points as Lac Remi, Huntingdon, Ottawa, Valleyfield. Hawkesbury, Rawdon, Garneau, Vaudreuil and St. Eustache. These trains wil run an Dec. 24, 25, 26, 31, Jan. 1 and 6. Travellers at these points are advised ta consult their local passenger agents ta ascertain the arrivai and departure times af ex- tra trains. BULLETINS FROM BIRDLAND . B'î IN4lVRE E. WiflSO Total cost ___- 40.20 Sclling price---- 39.22 Cost price -------- 40.20 Loss ----- --- ---------- 98e In discussing the matter with Frank E. Tumman, secretary o! Ontario Hog Producers, he statcd that these figures were correct asj far as they went. Mr. Tummon went on ta say, considering al ather costs on the average, farm- ers were losing at least $5.00 per hog undes present conditions. S.S. No. 4, Darlington, took a Iittle more hopeful view and said they were going ta hang on a lit- tle while and see what happcned. By and large farmers have decid- cd ta grow more fecd grain and gauge production of livestock ac- cordingly, os switch oves ta more cash crops. Most Forums feit like Kelvin in Brant when they said "The Do- minion Governnxcnt must get off the fence and start scratching at once. The f armer alone can't play Santa Claus ta Britain and Eu- rope. Let ail the Canadian people bear theis share a! this responsîb- ility." Installation of a washbasin ln one or more bedrooms is one of the most practical ways of provid- ing additional washing facilities in older homes. i The December meeting was held on the '9th inst. with Mrs. Tait and her group in charge. Mrs. Tait announced a Christmas Hymn. Mss Slemon led in prayer and Mrs. Purdy read the Scripture lesson. The President,' Mrs Slemon, presided for the Business Session and callcd on Mrs. J. E. Eiliott for the minutes ai the last meeting. The repart ai the groups showed Mss. Tait's group leading In at- tendance, Mss. Alldread's graup handing in the mast money and Mrs. Foley's group maklng the! most calîs. It was dccided ta cater for Uic 1High School Party Dec lGth and for the Lions Club ln January. .A goodly arnount ai clot>iing for Britain was brought in and pro- vision was made ta pay for its transportation. 1T h e Nominating Committee brought in the following Siate ai officers for the year 1948: 1Past President-Mrs. D. R. Ahl- dread; President-Mrs. C. W. Sic- mon; lat Vice Pres.-Mrs. Clare Allin; 2nd Vice Pres.,-Mrs. G. W. M i1il e r; Recording Secretary- Mrs. Gardon Rice; Press Secretary -Mrs R. Hoskin; Corresponding SecretprN,-Mrs. Winacott; Treas- urer-Mrs Chas. Bagneli; Parson- age Com.-Mrs. Strike, Mrs. An- derson, Mrs. Heyiahd; Pantry Com.-Mrs Hircock, Mrs. Work- mani, Mrs. Calmer and Mrs S. Mc- Murter. The program was put in by the children lu Mrs. Tait's group and consisted of a Pagaent entitied "The White Gi! t". The setting was a decorated Christmas tsee, the babe in the cradle, Mary sit- ting beside hlm, the angel stand- ing near and ten chiidsen singing "Silent Night". Then -each child brought bis git and laid It beside the trec. But that was not enough sa several brought in baskets ai food for the poor and laid them beside the tree but even that was not the White Gift. Children then circled araund the tree and sang another Christmas sang, then se- turned ta the iront ai the platforrn and sang '"Away in a Manager". Ahl returncd their gifts but Mar- garet gave her belaved and only doîl for a poor girl who could not play so that was the acceptable white gift for she gave the dear- est thing s4e had. Truly a little chlld shaîl lead them. The pag- eant cnded with aIl singing "I wish you a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year." Meeting clos- ed with the Mizpah Benediction. Number present 72. BUGS WILL INHERIT THE EARTH A littie while ago a nature phot- ographer from Buffalo', N.Y., told the Royal Canadian Institute in Toronto some facts about bugs. "Two-thirds of ail living creatures are insects," he said, "and it would take you thirty years, mem- orizing 50 namnes a d-ay to go through the list of those already catalogued." Alas, his, gloomy prophecy has somewhat more im- med.,iacy than he seems to suggest. At least the United States Bureau of Entomology advises, that insects destroy each year on this contin- ent more than three hundred mil- lion bushels of stored grain. A starving Europe needs only a third of that amount to start on the way to recovery. Damage of more than $5,000,000 is done each year to Canadian homes due to fires from faulty furnaces or bolers. r BRONCHIlUS COURHS .SORENESS - CONGESTION Now net reai relief from bronchitia mimeries this doUbirb action way- with the home-proveti medication thj, jwl IUSTANT&T T0 sJtJvo deep into bacha chest and back sur1 tubes wlth saodung I faceshkeawarming, ienebstesm 9fStimgultS 0 tiit o e VOff~ NORS-RSTW~ Ta get the benefita of this com- bined PENETRATING - STMULATING ac- tion, just rub throat, chest, and back with Vicka VapoRub at bcdtimne. VapoRubgoes ta work instantly-2 way s at once as shawn above-to ease bronchitis caughing, loosen congestion, re- lievemnuscularsoreness, andspeed restful, camforting sleep. Often by morning most of thc misery is gane. Now don't take chances with untried remedies-get re- lief from bronchitis miseries ta- night with double-action, tirne- tcsted Vicks VapoRub. 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