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Ladies First If you stood on a sand dune along the banks; of the Red Seai shortly ai ter Alamein, youl wo~tuld have observed an inter- esting reversal of the usuai nat-] ive custorn. The English way û "ladies flrst" had been adopted That was the tîme whersit smed that almost every Bed- eýuin in the desert was in3 the arins racket. When they comnbed the battlefields it was the only time you saw their wives walk1 anywhere but behind. Wh wvould tiare say that the Arab was net chivaîrous? Here was one occasion wvhen ladies awy went first-in case stray mines were about! Thi "Guns, Drugs, anid Desert- ers," Normani PhiUIips gives an exclting account of the xvork of the Special Investigation Brich in the Middle East. At the close of the war, thefts of armas and amnmunition wvas the Main heati- Slow-moving trains carrying wýýeary troeps across country wvýere easy pickings, Re.d Indian fasiept-, the Arabs would ride alcn-side, snratch rifles and be well aw,,ay before the alnrm was Losses from. these raids were such that the Armny gave t he order that soldiers tr-avelling on these trains Must chahn their weapons te thei-r wrists. But the ibigw,ýigs had rackoned without the Arabs' razor-sharp siias and it was net vr long before the S.I.B. in Iraq made a grisly jfind: an armny rifle, chain anti human hand attacheti. A mnost raal and offten exciting bothis. A heuýtsew!,ife doesn'-it require a mlicroscope teOwwher> a bai nf Lread has gonie mouldy. Somei- tim-,es bier nese detects the musiy odeur long befere the gren r blackish clusýters of grewing ,L- teria9 are apparent toeeey But she woýuld neýed a mnicroý- scope te see the moul-d seetis or spores that fileat arGunti in the air and settie anywbhere That is ene reasen why motid is more cermmenl Irlsummner w1en open, windws nvie an invasion of spores. The ether reasen is th-at m o u i d thrjiives on summrner's n-oist, warm conditions. Actually, mou-ld grows fastest at te1-mperaý, tuares of 80 te 90 degrees Fahren- heit, whicb las about the normnal year-oundtempierature Of Most kthn.Se, even- when bakers try te iscoura-,ge mouId by an taining strict c1cean1iness, bouse- W i ', es m iay be un1wittingýly encouraging it. There are two measýu1us for coimbatting nieulti vhich h a v e been practiced by a numbeýr of progr'essive Canadiian bakers fer rmax year:s. One involves the oblservancce ef rigid cleanliness rue.The ther is a ohemnical compouind known to scientists as sOimprepienate. 'lThig Is a. white pewder that 100ks like f lour and (ean be bakedi htt* bread so that every c-ru,,rnb lu protected againast bacteria It îà themarne substance t ha t Nature puits into semne foods such as, milk, butter, vinegar anci cheese. A, ,well-developed Swiss cheese, for examnple, contains almnost one per cent sodiumn Pro- pionate, wKi.h is the reasn is se resistant to mould. However, Nature neglected te i n cliud esoffitim iproponate Ir, seme of our daily-~foods. Andi so it was up to the ehemîist te synthesize it for the baker 1,e ~add himrself.- The powder was discovereti only ai ter years of searching, for a chemnical corn- pound that was harmitess, but w;ould delay moulti and rcpe î -, bread and other bakery precfucts. It was learned that ih effectively retards beth mnould and ropep without affectin he r e ad'a qunlity, texture, àv. rýo-p pearance. Costinig bakers only ~a few pennies for one ttundred lbaves of bread, sodium- prepionate i5 harmless since àt eccurs naturaliy in some of our most nourishing foods. Its potency is flot linited to bread aTonie. It aise makes up for Nature's oversight he baked goods of aIl kinds, includ- in.- rells, buns, doughnuts, muf- fins and in cakes and pies whlch can also be hot-weather victimas of nmo-ilti if not rope. Modern EtiquettÏe%.C Iy ROBERTA LEE Q. ow are the invitations to a second niarriag;e of a young widlow wordedi? A. In the samne way- as tihe u-sual in1vitation, in the name cf lier parents or nearest relatives. .as, "MIr. and Mrs. William john- son request the honeur of your presence at the marriage ef theil' dlaughter, Mar-y Johnson Carter, etc." You wilnote, Of Course, that the full nameiý of the bride is used. Q. 110w does onieitrde otie's stepfather? A. Jntroduce- him as "my step- father," and if necessary addJ his namei, "Mr. Carter." CSALAD' TEA &COFFEE But the weather wasn't as settled Crûus ty, Cru chy DI1N N ER ROLLS * They're really ritzy - and c trouble at al to make, with new Fieischrnann's Active Dry Yeast! MMM ~Gives you fast action -- 1iight dough, -aidnn of the bother of timEý-e perishable yeasr? Get a dozeýn pcages keeps fuil strength ivithoit CRUSTY DINNER ROLUS c. lukearîtInae,1 tp. gran- lard isugar;struntil sugar isdis- soti prinIwith 1 enveope Fleischmiani's Activee Dry Yeast. Let sad10 mnteTHEN Add 3/4 c. luikewarm iiiwater andi 1 rp sait. Add, Ailntwon 3/aC. once-sifted Ibxead flour and wo)rk ln wvith the hiands; wr in 3 ts soit sotnn.Knead on iight ly- flouýred board uzntil smnooth and1 eýlastic, Placeý in greased býowl. Cover wh. a damp clth and set in wvarm plaýce,fr-ce from Idraughit. Let rise untiil don"bled in n Lk.I Punich down idoïagh in 1bow, ld oveCr, cover and again !et risc uni- tii douied n ik.Turn out mn lighiy-loned oard sud divideý into 2 equal pýorions; saeec piee nt a log roil about l½" lu daee.Cerwith a damp cioth and Licirust 15)ina-u. Using a loud Doharp uiecnt donY, iriîo '2" lnghs.ad lc, w& apai t, on ngesdcookýie hes oIlSpnllklie roýlîs wit corumeai an let rieuscvrç, for 1/2 honr.: Bru1sh with coid watci: and let rise another i½ hlour. Manhile. stand a broad Shallow pan o1flhot -water linhe oven nd preheat aven t hoa. M2. Renme pan, of Wter fboni oven and bake tbe relis lM stemSfld amen forI./~ heur, btrushinig îhem) with col, wxter and .5prinkling lightly wi.th cormnial after tlie first 15 mnins., and again brushiiing them with eold 'water 2 Ininittes becfore re- MoNing baked huas froiat tis oven. Yield - 18 'relis. Two dJays oi waýrm sunshîn- and what happens? Onf wt the stormi windlows, on wivth the scIreenis. Shed coats, sweaters and, underwear. Let out thefunc and oe up thie doors. Take a oldi knif e and gleefully cut the'o first tender shoots of aspaýragus. -Bring in an armfui of ruby-red- rhubarb. H-!irnt last year's fi, swatter and r(e' ntlessly mre the Prst fly of sumnmer. W'alk around the flower beds and scee the spring 11.owers burst into bloom almos t as you watch themc. One day, just a few out hiere and there; the next day, daff'odil,,, narcissi and hya(,inths from one end of the garden to the other. Bobolinks singing; killdeexr weird- ly calling as they fly overhead, Forsythia silenitly ring-ing its golden bells; littie pinik buds on the flowering almiond; red buda on the japoniica; cats thatehv been content te sleep lazily on a comfortable chair now disappear frein dayiight fto -cark, and again. from cldark te daylight, jinst <»m- ine in long enough to get a drinkt of 'fresh miik. Worms explore the surface of the ground ani f we look down iiite the good earth ori the greenirig grass we shah find insect life of every de,- scription comninginito action. Tee much so -- ali-eady the tent eat- erpillars are setting up heïuses ready to do their destructive wvork. I fouýnd one such tant on. a foeigshrub today. I mnust get after it tomorro*ýý. At the barni things are not ta* pleasant. Because of the sudden heat the cos re net happy eith&r in the stable or the yard and there la not enough growth yet to turn te out. The hu-: ridity in thie cow stables mrrakesý, the cernent wet and slippery.' To work amoüng the cattle is nieith- er safe or) as easy as it l& in cooler weather. In tlhe henhouse biddies go broody or lay inmper-. f ect eggs. Pigs, if cornfined,, are not teo happy eiîther. In fact there isn't a creature, that en- 1jeys~ being shut in. AIL outdoers is calling - te mian, bird, beas and ail the things that calup- oni the earth. Se then what do us womnen de? 1 don't realiy need to tell yeu - I arr quite su.re you are as guilty as 1 amn. Didn't you feel the love- iy warm sunshine was a goldien 1 pportunity te really go te. work, on the housecleaning -- te get Jobs clone that had te be left when the weather was se unsettled. I went right te wiork even) thoughî it was Saturday. I e.'en passedr up an auction. sale of antiques se Ï could. finish ïny living -room. as 1 iied. 1 had thýe scatter rugs ýand afghans out Con ,thes grass!and as' so engrcssed it the vacuujrn leaner that 1 f ailed t'O notice a thudeshower was, pelting down. "My irUý ICrid in dismay as Iran! t) the(dor Too labte -they er are soajked throu-gh. Farmners anxLous to start th-eir' delayed springsedig . eget- &eather kee p upie sha De on thte land on lVonday" Cornes Sundy-te termnometer cliba to 80 degrees. And then SundaY nýighL t i ained again! NMonday mnornig raim . . a cold raim - and theýi probs for tomrrow a,ý, hýigh ocf forty-five! Hovv change. able can i, t get? Oh ,welh ., I "Oh wIl -ffat is-r't tmy exý- young fllw who often ivisita here. He is married, bas a fam.. ily of smali children and during, the lýast few years there have. bheen operaý,tisanid varilous il)-z nesses in tlIamiliy one affter another. Ž'f Ver tel!ing us the, ,,atesqt faxiily niews this youngt lellow always winds up by say- inig - Oh weIl..I And leaveg it at that. Ile is a terrýf1c w0rk- er, and we have nover founid hini 1anyhing but good-temper à andA i etimsti.1 think it must have been a person with a simrilar disposition who said - 4'l feit sorry because i had no shee, uýntil 1 met 'man who lhad rno 'Ohr weIl" can, hardly be cail- ed a p rolound expression. Ita, strenigth lies lin the implication of what ha left unsaid. 1 was interrupted in mny typ- ing a few minutes ago by a mail who caine. to check the hydro metîýer---firýst step in this district towards the change-over frorn 25 te 60i cycle which is supposed tâ ~tK< place some timie towards the enid of the year. I wonider wil the light buibs last any longer a, ares4t Last week a. bulb, burnt out that tad been in ruse for eight years. Now we think o)urselves !Lucky if a bulb last, eight weeks. Why the difference .- that is somnething 1 woujld like, tri know,7? At onie time bulbs were Sold with, the label -- good for .1.000 hours, or 1,500 hours. as the case might be. Now the light bulbs- leave us in the dark as to their lufe expectaxicy. Mabe thiat maight be a little matter forC theý Better Business Bureau te inquire into. Drive With [ANî.4j j L 1 tu, Rn 4 sez lu01*11t ea"ee