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b Fes "- U.S. Congress "Silk Thread Easly Made . Some Silk Worms and a Lot of Patience Might Result in a Pair of Slik Stockings The housewife who is panicky over the silk hostage can learn to make her gwn silk thread, just as her srotantgyiner spun woolen yarn. It's a ticklish job, but: William Vandrasek, of Chicago, who. grew silk worms as a hoy, says it' can be done and has a large ball of silk in his hospital roob to back "him yp. } He has tagght his nurses the «knack of finding the end of the cocoon thread, one of the mast in- < tricate procésges. "I showed some of them," he sald, "and the third time they could find'it alone," r Recuperating from an fliness, the 84-year-old tailor bought 400 silk. -worm eggs in May, hatehed them in egg cartons, and fed them on mul- "berry leaves from the hospital yard, . © Within 32 days the worms had 'spun 'their; cocoons, and he began unwinding their natural, yellowish threads vpon a reel--enough silk, he estimated, to make three pairs of hosiery. But knitting is notin his field. i. Yandrasek began handling silk, worms in Austria-Hungary - when he was nine years old. It was a * hobby with his mother, who taught him the delicate process of loosen- ing the cocoon thread and uurav- elling fit,» re Hears Roosevelt The Text of President Roosevelt's Message to Con- gress On His Recent Sea pi Conference With Prime Min' "ister "Winston Churchlli of: Great Britain Follows: To the Congress of the United States: Over a week ago I held several jmportant conferences at sea with the "British prime minister. Be: cause of the factor of safety to British,. Canadian and American ships and their personnel no. prior announcement of these meetings could be properly 'made. The Congress and the president * having heretofore determined through the Lend-Lease Act on the national policy of American ald to the democracies which east and west are waging war against dic. tatorships, the military-and naval conversations at these meetings made' clear gains in furthering the effectiveness of this ald. Worth While Goal Furthermore, the prime minjster~ and 1 are arranging for confer ences with the Soviet Union to _ ald in its defence against lhe attack made by the principal ag- gressor of the modern world-- Germany, Finally, the declaration of prin. "ciples at this time presents a goal "which is worth while for our type of civilization to seck, It is so clear cut that it is ditficult to op: pose in any. major particular with. out automatically. admitting a will. ingness to accept compromise with Nazism; or to. agree to a world peace which would give to Nazism domination over large numbers of * conquered 'nations. Inevitably such "a peace would be a_ gift to, Nazism to take breath--armed breath-- for a second war. to extend the control over Europe and Asia to the American hemisphere Itself, 1t is.perhaps upnecessary for me to call attention 'once more to the ~utter lack of validity of the spoken or written word of the Nazi Gov- ernment. It is also unnecessary for' me to point out that the declaration of . principles includes of necessity the world need for freedom of religion 'and freedom of information, No socletyrof the world organized un- der the announced principles could © survive without = these freedoms which are a part of He whole free- dom for which Tei Use Forsight ' ~ 'Save Matches The draftee on on mh way to camp asked a stranger, Drattee Numbet . Two: * \ ""Do you happen to have a mateh?" : "Sure," was Number Two's re ply, "but I'm not" giving you any." "But why?" Was the startled reply. ) a Swell," sal Two, "we Il. get to chinning: It we get to chinning - we'll. wind up buddies. And it we're buddieg we'll get in the same tent, It we're in the game tent and same squad then we'll both volunteer to getller for special missions, May- be we'll even get a dangerous i night job, then we'll have to use flashlights, And it the flashlight should happen to go out some night in enemy territory, 1 sure don't want to he stranded out there: in the dark-with someone who doesn't even cqrry matches!" "leave. ' the other mald, Sn = Mail poly two Durham Corn "Hurricane" or "Catalina® Burch faels for eh pict tur the List OF 29-ather pic. desired--or r cs will be seat with your I Hive Syrup label, ; prety Specify your . - name, address, picture or i: uested: Engi rR and to htaing"-- Eltfaar pitfire" -- MARRYING MARK . ... +s by Violette Kimball Dunn CHAPTER TWELVE Valerie got in altey® her, begin. ning at once to. plan for future trips, The small bed that folded up against the side when not in use fscinated her. The half dozen shin. ing pans hanging from thelr hooks, and the tiny oil stove, suggested incredible adventure. They almost had "to drag her away when they were ready, to Valerie could hear Mark talking to the head mechanic while Lucy was packing. She heard the man say something about a new engine, and saw the quiet nod of Mark's head, and his quick 'glance at the old van. Evidently Lucy. was not to know. She would /never tell. If the Ark needed a new en< gine, it was no more than fit de- served. - Back in the car ein Mark looked at his watch, rg] "Can you stand "another "night at tho hotel?" he asked, Valerie nodded with enthusiasm, but Lucy .. glanced with sheer panic at her purse, She could hardly tell them that besides the Ark, her capital consisted of a fivecent plece! "You see, it's almost dinner time. -- If we "stay here, we-can get--an-- early start, and make Wide Acres probably with eage--""' "Ot course," thought Lucy, "he couldn't imagine anybody .with only five cents. What's a ten-dollar-a- night hotel to him?" But she changed her mind later fn" the evening. As they left her at her door, Mark handed her an envelope. He did it so quietly that even Valerie hardly her room, Lucy tore the envel -open, A. hundred-dollar bill lay cosily inside a sheet of hotel note paper, "Hall your first month's salary in advance," Mart had written. . "Just to bind the bargain. So you can't walk out on-us." Then his {nitials. Nothing more. Lucy sank down on the tufted satin of her bed. She had-never-owned a hundred- - dollar bill before. Bhe felt like Croesus. Were employers often like this? she wondered. Beautiful Wide Acres They reached Wide Acres in time for dinner the next night.. Lucy never forgot her first sight of the house. Mark had told her a little about it, and she knew It was comparatively new. But ds they drove up to the door and she glimpsed its mellow brick beyond: the great white pillars of the por. _tlco It was hard to belleve 't hadn't been there forever. Chiltern opened the door. The -gpirit in which the two men's-hands met was ohvious, although all Mark ~ sald was, "Well, Chiltern!" And "Chiltern answered, "It's good to see you back, sir." Mrs, Banwood stood, primmer than ever, in the background, wait. ing to be greeted, And there were the still.smiling Alice, and 'Katie, Lucy was explain. ed to them all simply as "Miss Tredway, who has come to us as Miss Valerie's tutor." Lucy felt - more than a little strange as she followed Mrs. Ban- wood to her .rooms, with Valerle at their heels. What standing had "a tutor? She had re.d that secre: {aries in great houses often had their .meals served upstairs, to avold embarrassment:=" But what happened to tutors? = And what was she between - classes? She had gathered from Mark that she would then be a sort \G WHY HAVE SORE 2 il Sh = i) of companjon. Although she had never had a regular job before, she knew she was being overpaid for this. Two hundred dollars a month and such a home!. Well, she must try to earn it! So far, It looked Hke no job at all. She had heard Mark tell Mrs. Banwood to show her saveral guest suites and let her choose, But she never got farther than the first one, She took one, look at it, 'put down/her purse and gloves, and said, "IAike this very, much. I won't look at any more," thanks." ' Lucy's Suite It was a bedroom, sitting room, and bath, all done In delicate mauve and green and silver, with here and there a faint touch of blue. "Dinner Is at oft, way," sald Mrs. Banwood. "The houseman will bring your bags fm. mediately, - Shall I send a maid to you?" ~ "No, thanks," said Lucy, "I'm quite used to looking after my- self." id ¢ N Mrs. Banwood sald, "Thank "you," and shut the door. Lucy took off her hat and loosened her flat. tened halt. She glanced at Valerle, who stood in the middle of the sit- ting room looking critically around her. "Wouldn't you really like to see the others?" slie asked. "I could show them to you myself, you ter." She hoped, Lucy would. say Miss Tred. know. Maybe you'd like them bet- noticed, ---In--|- "yes. "But I couldn't possibly like anything better," sald Lucy, "Your mother must have had pretty mar velous taste!" she had mentioned Valerie's mo- ther to Valerle, You see, my. father pullt this house quite a long time before he ° married us--" Valerie explained. "1 hemember he told mother she could And mother sald it was almost too -perfect as it was. and she wouldn't dream of touching it." "And how sensible that 'was!"" Valerie had accomplished _a "strange withdrawal at the mention of Ellen. Lucy could have under- stood grief. But this detachment --almost as it she spoke of some , character in a story or play--was a trifle uncanny, Valerle jumped up from: the deep chair before the little: wood fire, "I'll have to change," sha sald, "It's twenty minutes to eight." ~~ A man knocked and came in with Lucy's bags, once to unpack, (To be continued) Sweet Lavender Munition Source One of the street "cries of Lon. --don;" called in a 'sing-song voice, 18"Who'll buy my .sweet lavender," by women peddlers, but no longer will it be heard again until after the war at least. Lavender--and lace---are associated with love, but lavender has other uses. The, oils distilled from this pretty mauve- colored shrub make delicate per- fumes, soaps and powders; twigs have imparted the aroma of lav- ender - to countless numbers of , bridal daintles and boudoir pret- * tles _stowed away Lavender is algo the source of medicines--and munitions, The British Government needs all the lavender ofl it can get to help make supplles and materials of war to blast Hitlerfsm from 'the earth. So the oldest firm of lav. ender distillers in the world has switched from romance to war, Ensy-To-Make ' "Dressing Table \ A fost attractive drosbing table' can be made from a few yards of material, a shelf, an easel mirror and an inexpensive stool, Haye "the" shelf (it should be about eighteen inches wide) built under a window. Curtain the window . with full, straight folds of a sheer lace net to afford plenty of light and complete privacy, and fasten a billowing skirt of the samé lace net around the shelf, "The shelf itself can be finished to match , the mirror, and the stool: covere with a fabric matching or har< monizing with the general color scheme, It was the first time |. _do anything she wanted to with it. "and she began at in a drawer. RY ' 5) 7 ; 4, . 1} \ r NEE etter Cure For Hiccups Hiceup cures such as scaring a breath and' person, holding the" counting ten, or. drinking water slowly are not very effective, The following relable method is sug- | gested: hold a paper bag-over the nose ard mouth of the vietini, so that the sufferer can breathe in and out of the container, In a "few minutes the hiccups are usu- ally gone, bécause the inhaling of collected carbon dioxide from the bag stimulates respiratory nerve centres to control the involuntary SpAsINS. Beating The A . Ration System - Linen and silk sheets are not rationed in England, s0 the women are buying these to make dresses, It is one way of beating the coupons for clothes, Another method is to order kilts. A kilt for a tall man means three and one-half. yards of cloth, People ordered plain kilts and got the cloth, Then they took the goods to a tailor and had a suit made. The cloth for a kilt takes eight coupons, but 26 coupons are needed for a suit, Stocking Crisis Not Important "Full-fashioned cotton hose that are sheer, stylish and welt=fitting"" says the office of Emergency Management in the United States, "are ready as substitutes for silk or nylon stockings. The designs range in variety and weight from cobweb mesh for dress wear to plain knits for everyday use. They call for combed, gassed and mer- cerized yarns spun of long staple American cotton. Practically all can be -.woven on the same ma- chines now manufacturing silk and synthetic hose." TOTS' CRISP BUTTONED STYLE By Anne Adams This pert little dual-personality style keeps up with the busy pace of a small girl's life. For Pat- tern 4708 by Anne Adams is de- signed in two different -versions. One is in the peasant trend, with a squaré neckline "and ric-rac edging. The other version is more tailored, with a trim collar. That front buttoning lets mother dress a restless youngster quickly and it makes the frock easy to open out for 'laundering, The skirt is flaring; the front waist-scams are shaped "in spirited points. Either "version may have its entire top, ~ panel, ~ with the exception of the button in gay contrast. A pair of neat panties is included in this "must have" style. Pattern A108 is available in children's sizes 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10. Size 6, collarless dress, takes 2% yards "35 inch fabric; dress with collar, 1% yards 386 inch fabrie and ¥% yard contrast. - 'Send twenty cents (20c¢) in coins (stamps cannot be accepts : ed) for this Anne Adams pattern "to Room" 421, 73 Adelaide: St. West, Toronto, Write plainly . size, name, number; . mixing' address and style TABLE TALKS By SADIE B. CHAMBERS Requests For some time requests have been accumulating so this week I am going to give them to you with the hope that they may be of use ayid practical to all my readers. Whole Wheat Waffles o $4 cup whole wheat flour 3 eup sifted white flour (pastry) 1a teaspoon salt ; 3 teaspoons baking powder 3 egg yolks 8 egg whites stiffly beaten . 3% cup milk 3% cup cream 4 tablespoons melted worker: Twice sift together pastry flour, salt and baking powder. Then mix thoroughly with the whole wheat flour, = Beat egg yolky well, ix with the milk and add thefdry ingredients. After oroughly, add the melted butter. Mix again and fold in egg whites - stiffly beaten, Bake in hot waffle iron which has been greased with olive oil. Maple Syrup Sauce Of course plain maple syrup served with well Inigthred waffles is always a relish but for variety here is your requested sauce, cup maple syrup : 1% cups brown sugar ~ 35 cup water 4 tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon vanilla. 6 tablespoons heavy cream. Boil first. four ingredients and sauce in a héavy syrup. Add vanilla and cream. Whipped Cream Sauce Another very palatable sauce is the following: Whip cream and to 1 cupful add 1 tablespoop qerated maple Sugar. Feather Whipptd Cream Cake I cup of whipping cream ) 3 egg whites 4 4 cup syrup from [canned pine- apple I cup fruit sugar 34 teaspoon salt - 3 teaspoons baking powder 2 cups cake flour Beat cream and egg whites to- gether until stiff." Add the pine- apple syrup. Sift together the dry ingredients. Add to whipped cream mixture and mix thorough. ly. Bake in two layers in a mod- erate oven, Pineapple Icing 1 egg white beaten stiffly © 2 cups sifted icing sugar Y4 cup drained crushed pineapple 1 tablespoon orange juice. E> 4 Beat well until the right con- . sistency to spread, There is a difference in sugars, so, if thin, add more icing sugar. . Feather Rolls Soften 1 yeast cake in 14 cup lukewarm water. Beat in one 'cup flour and lét- rise "for 1 hour, Scald" %2 cup shortening and 1 teaspoon salt with 1% cups boil- ing - water. Cool to lukewarm. Add the yeast mixture. Mix to a stiff dough with flour mixture. Let rise until light. Brush with "milk and hot even for 20 minutes. Tuna Short Cake ~1 ean. tuna 1 cup canned peas 2 chopped hard boiled eggs Salt and pepper to taste 2 cups white sauce 2 cups flour 4 tablespoons shortening 4 tablespoons baking powder % teaspoon salt 35 cup rich milk. - Mix flour, baking powder, salt and milk as for biscuits. Roll into layers in ordinary short cake manner. Then combine tuna, seasonings and white sauce. Add the chopped eggs and peas. Split short cake while hot. Place mix- ture between and on top. Indi- vidual biscuits may be made if you wish. Serve with tomato cat- sup. ' bake in tn Mian Chambers welcomes personal tettera from Interested renders, She Is pleased (0 recelve suggestions on toplea for hee column, and (a even rendy to liaten (0 your "pet peeves." Requests for cecipes or specinl menus are In order. Address your letters to "Minn Nudle B. Cham. . hers, 78 West Adelnide Streets To- ronto." Send stamped, velf-gddressed envelogie {Ff yon winh a ceplr. v |° A Vindication. Of Gen. Wavell General Wavell's Appoint. ment in India a Promotion, "Says The S§t, Thomas Times. Journal British and Russian pressure on Iran- to investigate why so many German "tourists" and "business- men" have-taken a sudden fancy to visit that country, and advising Iran to get vid of the surplus Is closely linked with the job of Commander-in-Chief in India which wag recently placed in the hands of "General Sir Archibald "Wavell. The government of: Iran must surely- know from recént history that wherever there in an influx wot Germans Cool, they are up to no good; they ,are not there as friends, There wa tendency to bellove "At the crucial' moment of this manoeuvre . . . he says 'Pass the, iid ' that when General Wavell relieved of the North Africa com- mand and sent to India after the Germans took the job of recaptur- ing Libya out of Itallan hands, it was. an expressibn of displeasure on_the part of the British govern: ment; an indication that they felt he had badly falled. That is far from the case. In the first place, General Wavell* was unable to pro. eeed to Tripoli because he was ordered to detach 50,000 men to help the Greeks, then many more to fight the 'Battle of Crete. Sir Archibald had, in, fact, shown such ability that they put him in charge of one of the most vital links in the Empire. Even at that time, the British government had strong grounds for believing that Germany Intended to attack Russia and warned Stalin. but -he would not listen, If. Russia were defeat- ed, the way would be open for Germany, operating from the north, and for Japan operating {rom the south through Thailand, India by means of a nutcracker movement, Part of Russia borders India, but tho easier route to get at India would be throvgh Iran, It is to pave the way by fitth col "umnism-and other means that there -less the was | to Invade are "so many German agents in Iran today, That is why . Britain and Russia have again brought: the subject up with the. Iran an thorities. -Defeat--of Russia put Germany in position to force herself on Iran, Afghanistan and Turkey for "facilities" and to fo ment anti-British movements as was done recently in Iraq. That is what This is-another reason why Bri- tain has a vital Interest in helping Germany; the Russions agalnst Defeat of the Soviets would, un- "scorched earth" policy was 100 per cent successful, which 13 too much to expect, glve Ger many much-needed food. raw ma. terfals and Industrial resources, besides putting her in position to open an India front in coneert with Japan which {is waiting to see what will happen. It is to meet such a possibility that the capable Wavell has heen sent to India.- His command would not only embrace India, but Bur- "ma--and all Southern Asla from the Bay of Bengal to te Mediter- ranean coast of *Asia Minor, General Wavell was pro-moted: _not de-maoted, F ivenioot Clothing For Tanker Crews Crews of Brittsh ating fn danger tankers oper areas are to be equipped with fireproof clothing as a protection against burning oll, the Ministry of War Transport has announced: The equipment consists of a cape, hood and gauntlets all in one piece. These are light fn welght, the Mialstrysysaid, and "designed to be carrfed on the person so as to be immediately available to protect "the faces and "hands of men Taunching boats," Relief Rolls Drop In Ontario Towns The lowest figure for relief payments since they were put on an organized basit, was reached in June when relief rolls in the 40 municipalities which make up 80 per cent of Ontario's total re- lief burden were reduced to a point. where recipients represent ed only 1.8 per cent of the total population of these centres, The number on relief had been reduced in the 40 towns by 70.4 per cent from June, 1940. Only 10 had 2 per cent or more on re- lief. All of these, with the ex- ception of Toronto, plained are municipalities of 9 000 or under. -would- those agents are there for. it was ex... u. S. Chickens Doing Utmost are golug all out for England in a big way, With patriotic but -pardonable pride, government poultry exports announced recently the feathered flocks of farmers were breaking production records for both eggs and chicks. Reporting that a "total of about 1.000,000,000 chickens" was being raised this year, 'the Department of Agriculture said this would ex- ceed 'all past records," adding that one of the causes of this produo-- tion jump was the "demand for more poultry and eggs to meet the 'needs of actively employed people and the Jovuintichs. of the battling democracles," eggs are going to Great Britala vider the war-ald program, the de- partment reported hens had met production demands by establish. ing egg laying records tor July, latest' checkup period. This showed "duction a year ago, although the average number of layers was up less than oie per cent, Damage Hidden From Travelers 'Gestapo agents now yv-ait at rafl- way stations for the arrival of neu- trals in cities which have been hombed by the RAF, a feutral business man who has just left Germany, The (iestapo agent accompanied: this visitor to his hotel when he arrived in Hamburg, cross-ques- tioned him about the purpose of his visit, and when he ound that the visitor Intended" to call on 'varfous Hamburg firms told him that he must not leave the hotel. "What about my business calls'"" asked the visitor, ' "Your clients will have to call on you," he was told, And they did. ted tg prevent the visitor seeing any of the damage the RAF, had done to Hamburg. ? Tie up to Ogden's! Old timers, who have tied up to Ogdon's for a quarter of a century, Siow that you' ro always 'sittin' purty" Wa you're rolling your own with oir favourite tobacco. For Ogden's took Hjust another fine cut". It's a distinctive blend of choicer, Tri tobaccos, So it's smoother, milder, tastier. Try it once and you, too, will tie up to Ogden's from then on . . Only the best cigarette papers -- "Vogue or "'Chantecler" -- o are good enough for Ogi s + FINE ur : Pipe Smokers! . ; Ask for Ogden's Cot Plog The hens of the United States _Although enor mous shipments FA - a four per cent gain- over: egg pros according te - "This elaborate method was adop-_ [i { § os i by