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. pe \ © man, British Hospital For Air * Engines A Repair Factory Where 'Sick' Engines Are 'Cured' and Sent Back to Work It is. not melodramatic to de scribe an engine-repair factory as a hospital, The engiwe is carried 7, a very sick man, so to speak, rather as a patient is carried Into a nursing home on a stretcher, and in an astonishingly short time goes outs beaming, sat the other end---cured, revitalized, and ready once again to enjoy life. ~»There_ fs ove of these large en: ginorepair works in the Home Counties in England, From the Varigus Fighter Command stations, shot-up-or otherwise damaged en. gines arrive dally, On arrival at the works they are helped tender ly. into "the reception and I 'pec- tion department by means of an electrically-operated tra wel ljing hoist, There they are given an immediate external inspection by skilled engineers. Each engine has its own separate log book, and the engineers, in that department are responsible to the works managor for giving a dead-accurate report on the exact damage to each en: ging. Ready For Cleaning After the reception and inspec- tion department engineers have made their report, the engine is dismantled and is got ready for cleaning. The ingenuity with which the cleaning is done fs really extraordinary. There are paraffin baths, brine baths, vapor baths and almost every sort of imaginable bath to which an engine part can be subjected Decarbonization takes place, degreasing takes place. A crankshaft which, on ar rival, is filthy is within a very few minutes as gleaming as when It was first made. When every part--and there are - thousands of them--is even clean: er than a newly-made needle, the dismantled engine is stacked on a three-tier trolley, These trolleys. are very like those used to hold a surgeon's instruments in an op- erating theatre. Trolley after trolley . of those parts are then wheeled over to the inspection shop, where the parts are tested for defects, The factory management wants to know, down. to the most refined detail, just exactly what fanlta that stripped engine possesses and where those faults are." One girl, for example, has be- side her a large tank into which trays of engine parts are lowered. The tank is filled with a solution of hot lard-oil. After being taken out the componets are left to dry and the girl then dusts them with French chalk, and passes them on. By this: process gracks are fmme- diately spotted, for the chalk be- comes heaped up around the crack and turns yellow, Many Women Workers Skilled labor is not easy to ob- tain, and this factory, like many others throughout Britain, has had to employ more and more female labor. Girls who only a few months previously had been making toys or gowns, or who had been mani. curists, mannequins, hairdressers, receptionists, shop assistants, lift attendants, cleaners, waitresses are proving themselves day in and day out to be capable of first class engineering wor"manship. Every variety of human being-- womay, boy, and girl--can be met with In this factory. George Ladbrooke, for 19 years head chauffeur to the Duke of Windsor, and a man who has led a really romantic life, is there as an engine erector." - Ronnie Wilson, known to Cana: dian and British icg-hockey play- ers and throughout the world as one of the best "right defence" men who ever hit a puck for Great Britain, Is working many hours a week on this factory's war effort. Thefe is a young engine fitter who has twice been blown up in a minesweeper. Some years ago' he was a wealthy amateur yachts- man, well known in Adstralian waters. : The girl workers include one-- she is a valve-seat grinder--who five months ago, was breakifg-in horses at a riding school in Suf- folk. Another girl is a well-known orchestral violinist who has played in orchestras conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham and Sir Henry Wood and was given her present job becalise it requires a delicacy ° of touch and precision which vio. lin playing gives the fingers. © Everywhesp in thesd large works there Is a genuine keenness to get the engines repaired and back to work. Not So Wonderful One of the latest R.A.F, stories concerns Hitler's suggestion to Goering that they fly over Lon« don and inspect the damage done by their bombs, They took off in a 'plane before dawn with an escort of fighters. Goering was at the controls, Hitler soon fell asleep. He awoke at dawn and saw below him a devastated city, with not a single building upright." "Wonderful, wenderful," he said, complimenting Goering--who "re«.. plied: "Sh, go back to sleep. That was Hamburg." - Sir?" MARRYING MARK . . .. b Violette Kimball Dunn CHAPTER 20 An hour later, when the flood light of a late moon showed only the empty expanse of, a deserted highway, Mark spoke again. "Do you happen-{0 remember the time Mrs. Summerville went. to talk to Miss Lucy? . "It was about twelve," "Then they didn't have lunch together?" j "Certainlyy mot, - sir. Mrs. Sum- merville had a tray sent to her room, By that time, Miss Tredway must have gone." "Could I do-a bit of driving, Chiltern "Not yet thanks," replied Mark. Sleep was the last thing for him. He would, he told himself, go nuts it he had to sit and do ndthing but think. It was a few minutes before six when he caught sight of a lumber- ing shape drawn well off the road about twenty-five miles out of Al- lington. Tiny faint streaks of wintry dawn lay low on the hori- zon, He freed a hand, and rubbed his eyes, He stopped his car about fifty yards behind the old van and shook Chiltern gently by the arm. The man sat straight, his sober bowler hat a trifle rakishly over one eye, and regarded Mark re- morsefully, "I slept, sir," he apolo- gizeds. "Oh--that's all right," whispered Mark excitedly, as if the dawn had ears. "Do you seo what 1 see? Ahead of us?" p The Ark Ahead Chiltern peered out and sleep immediately vanished. "That's it, sir," he cried. "There she is!" His excitement fully matched Mary's. "Hold everything!" said Mark. He opened the door and jumped out, sprawling full length beside the car. Chiltern leaped aftor him as he got gingerly to his feet. "Are you hurt, sir? What happened?" asked the man anxiously. | "The old Jmees folded up, I guess BUDGET MODE IS SLENDERIZING By Anne Adams Calling all budgeteers . . calling all larger figures , , Pattern 4777 is designed just for you by Anne Adams! First of all, it has that practical front buttoning that is such a favorite for casy launder- ing and also gives you trim up- " and-down Jines.. Then it is fitted just where you need it, through the bust and the wajstline--by the" bias side sections of the bodice. _They are repeated in the back. 'The effect is even more stunning in checks or plaids. Make a short- sleeved version for 'work, in a brisk cotton with perhaps a con- trast collar; another long-sleeved frock in wool for all-around wear. The Sewing Instructor illustrates "every step in finishing this pat- tern quickly. Order it now and join the Sew-Your-Own Brigade! Pattern 4777 is available in women's sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 16 and 48. Size 36 takes 4% - yards 36 inch fabric, 'Send twenty cents (20¢) in coins (stamps cannot be accept- "ed for this Anne Adams pattern to - 'Room 421, 73 Adelaide St, West, Toronto. Write plainly size, name, address and style number, offered presently, ""You must be whnting a nap," : I'm not an all-night driver, © Get in and walt, I'll be back" Chiltern climbed back ip the car, and Mark crept stealthily up on the Ark. The lines were unmis. takable, even with fits new coat of blue. Was the poor little idiot camping in the back, as she bad done so long ago? He would look in the front first, If she wasn't there, he would open up the back, He swung himselt to the step, opened the door, and saw her. She was slumped over the wheel, the soft 'fur of her coat framing her small cold face. The most" terrible fear he had ever known gripped him. He slip- ped into the seat beside her and litted her in "his arms, Her bead fell back . against him "and she opened her eyes. He was alniost ill with felief, - "She lay in his arms and contin. used to look up at him, He could seo sléep give way to a sort of daze and at last to the reality of his presence. She started up but he only gathered her more coni- pletely into his arms. "What--" they cried at once. Mark laughed. After all what did it matter 'what they were asking each other? "Ladies first," ho sald. "Not that I care: 1 know all about it, dear heart--I mean, why you left--why you have to come back--" Lucy . shook her head. "How? she asked. "Chiltern." "What a man!" She smiled a wry little frozen smile. "I drove all night. I wanted to get to Al. lington as soon as I could. A little while ago I got so sleepy I didn't dare go on. So I pulled up here. I thought I'd just shut my eyes a minute--" or "My poor little imbecile--you might have frozen. Somebody might have come along--" "Somebody did," said Lucy: Lucy's Troubles Happily Ended The_ possibilities of her fate did not trouble her now Mark tucked + a small strand of gold under Lucy's little hat and kissed her. She lay: against his shoulder looking up at him. She felt that it he never wore to say a word of love to her in all his life, she would know from his kiss, "I suppose they have ministers at Allington?" he sald presently. "Ministers?" "They marry people. I can fur- nish all the rest, tle bride, the groom, an even the best man." "But--Mark--" ) : "I have Chiltern back there in the car. From now on, Chiltern Is a national Institution." He heard himself talking rubbish, and didn't care. He knew now that he had never really held a girl in" his arms' until now. . Lucy laughed softly. Mark loved her. She knew it now. Of course there would never be another like him. She crowded closer in his arms, "As soon as I've got you safely married," sald Mark, "I'll send Chiltern home in the Ark. Valerie can stay on with Shirley for a bit. What is your choice in honey moons?" : "What honeymoons have you?" asked Lucy. She wondered it they had just discovered happiness. "Practically all brands," he as- sured her. "I never knéw being in love was like this." "I did," sald Lucy, - Ho drew her. onto his knees and pulled the.heavy blanket robe about them. She rested against him In fathomless content. THE END, <1 . "Kathleen" 'Adapted from the M. G. M. picture starring Shirley Temple as the "Poor Little Rich Girl." } g / Beginning Next Week It Is Smart To Be Thrifty Wear your coat another year; if necessary have it turned and remade. This is the tip passed on by economists of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. Canadians de- mand of their Government the greatest possible war effort. The co-operation of the public is need- - ed to make this possible, » Canada needs the materials and manpower that go into civilian in-_ dustries, so people on the home front are advised to learn how to manage with less, It is not only coats that must be "made do" but everything. Clothing and household equipment should be kept on the go as long as possible, for although store stocks in some lines still appear unlimited, shortages are bound to occur, & 45 Russian Women © 'Man' Ocean Ship When it comes to women in the war, 46 females who visited at an East Coast Canadian port a few weeks ago, can take the laurels for front line service. : They are in the merchant ma- rine--members of 4 - freighter's crew of 49 whose only males are the skipper, first mate, chief en- 1 . Major General H. D. G. Crerar is here shown behind the sights of an anti-tank gun during an inspection tour at Petawawa training camp. General Crerar has recently been appointed commander of the 2nd Canadian Division overseas, succeeding Maj.-Gen, Victor W. Odlum, who becomes Canada's hi gh commissioner to Australia. Gen. K. Stuart succeeded Gen. Crerar as chief of general staff, Maj.- gineer and his assistant. Ranging in age from 25 to 35 years, the feminine tars do their jobs like seasoned hands. The ma- jority of them were Russians-- wind-tanned amazons, on their second voyage across the Atlantic. Their hair closely cropped and wearing heavy, warm jumpérs, overalls and high boots, they whistled while they worked, stow- ing ropes, polishing hand rails, scrubbing decks and cooking the meal in the galley. ) Below the decks ten other braw- ny girls swung coal from the 'bunkers to the stoke-hold to keep the engines turning. "I have never had a better be- haved crew," said the skipper. These women sailors are a éredit to themselves, to their ship and to their new calling." In times of danger at sea they had shown the coolness of veter- an fighters, "They have: pur the taboo on this talk of the weaker sex," he said. 'Some of them are strong- .er in mind and body than the- men in thé crew." Orchardettes For The Small Estate Many homeowners who would enjoy picking the ripe fruit in season from their own trees have room on their estates for only one tree says The Christian Science Monitor. This limits the picking to one kind of fruit. For such .|. homeowners, says a horticultural article, there is now a tree from which they may garner various kinds of fruit, Instead of five trees with five varieties of apples, the small-yard man may have an apple "orchardette" of one tree with five types grafted on. Or, for another ekample, a plum-and- peach tree; esthetically, the arti- cle mentions the beauty of a plum-peach-apricot tree. It is not suggested that the home-owner can have on his tree all kinds of fruit indigenous-to the climate; but a reasonable assort- ment should satisfy most. Evi- dently, too, the orchardette has other advantages. One tree is casier than an orchard for a busy . man to take care of; and there would be just about enough of cach kind of fruit for the family, thus disposing of a bothersome surplus often incidental to the ownership of even one single-fruit tree. This .may seem to most home- owners too good to be true. Since they are first cousins, so to speak, could the kind horticulturists please arrange for a not-too-big tree that will have apple blossoms in Spring, roses in Summer, and red-checked fruit in Fall? "No. Separates" The other day (writes a" cor- respondent in the Liverpool Post) I saw a notice printed on a fish and chip shop window which aroused my curiosity, - I read as follows: "No separates from to- day." Wondering what special brand of food was being withdrawn from the public I asked a boy who was coming out of the shop with a . parcel what it meant. "It means" he replied, "you have got to have your fish and chips.in one piece of paper and not separated, They are short of paper." . A Great Record | Birmingham Warship Week was an unqualified succéss, and the fact that more than £10,000,000 was raised is_an achievement that redounds to the credit of the city. It has to be remembered that in all these efforts Birmingham has consistently set itself a more and more difficult task, To obtain £10,000,000 ina weck: was an accomplishment that has not been previously equalled, "thirds full of pudding mixture and © dition. - 1% cup brown sugar, firmly When Weather Cold The Dessert Is Hot By KATHARINE BAKER It just wouldn't be fall without rich and flavorsome steamed pud- dings for dessert occasionally, In fact, steamed puddings are so popular that many kitchens boast a complete steaming outtit, If you haven't- one - however, don't let ' that" stop you from serving hot puddings. A deep saucepan may be used, provided it has a tight - cover. In the bottom of the sauce- pan place a rack on which to stand the molds. Old baking pow- der or coffee cans make excellent molds because of their tight-fitting covers, These should be thoroughly greased, filled one-hall to two- placed on the rack. Have boiling water halfway up around molds. The saucepan should then be tight ly covered. There should be en- ough water to last throughout the first hour of steaming. Later," it any-has to be added, it should be boiling water. The water should boil the entire time. -- Here is the recipe for the grand- est steamed pudding you ever tast- ed, Serve it hot with Sunshine Foamy Sauce or' the traditional hard sauce it you prefer. STEAMED CHOCOLATE PUDDING 2 cups sifted cake flour 4 teaspoons double-acting baking powder 14 teaspoon soda 14 teaspoon salt . 13 cup butter or other shortening 1 cup sugar 1 egg, well beaten 3 squares unsweetened chocolate melted 1 cup milk Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder, soda and salt, and sift together three times, Cream butter, 'add svgar gradually, and cream together thoroughly. Add egg and chocolate, beating until smooth; Add flour, alternately with milk, a small' amount at a time, beating well after each ad- Turn into greased mold, filling 2/3 full, cover tightly and steam 2 hours." Serve hot" with Sunshine Foamy Sauce. Garnish with whipped cream, 4f desired. Serves 10. SUNSHINE FOAMY SAUCE : packed 1 egg yolk, unbeaten Dash of salt : 1' egg white, unbealen % cup cream, whipped 14 teaspoon vanilla. Sift sugar. Add 4 of sugar to egg yolk and beat until light. Add salt to egg white and beat' until foamy throughout. Add rémaining sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beat- ing after each addition until sugar Is blended then beat until stiff, Combine egg yolk and egg white mixtures. Fold in whipped cream and vanilla, Makes 115 cups sauce. FOR BRITISH BATS 77 a New York tenement youngsters made these cricket bats and more. as Christmas presents for British refugee children now in this country. . Nick Rinaldi, 10, thinks it's a swell idea. ) ISSUE 52--'41 C ar 3 » 1) TABLE TALKS By SADIE B. CHAMBERS Happy New Year To All! H For Happiness V For Victary For 1942 "NEW YEAR'S DINNER MENU Cranberry Juice Cocktail Roast Goose . Savoury Dressing ) Apple "Rings x Creamy Mashed Potutood d . Giblet Gravy ¥ Turnip Patf ' Mock Mincemeat Pleo Divinity Fudge Sulted Almonds " Bevefuge of - Choico Doctors Prescribé B Embroidery Work : English doctors are prescribing embroidery for soldiers with ners vous trouble, ren Knitting, explains Lady Smith Dorrien, head of the Royal School of Needlework, is not enough to take the 'mind off worry. Many women have written to her complaining that they have knitted and Knitted until they can, Knit no longer, and asking her for thie best work to, take up the . entire' attention, : AB To al. of 'them Lady Smith. Dorriéh recommends ~ fing ems broidery, intricaté and difficult. work, which wholly occupies the" 'mind. = buttered Ccore on foples for her column, aod Is CRANBERRY JUICE COCKTAIL 4 cups cranberries ' 4 cups water -2 cups granulated sugar Wash and pick over cranberries, then cook in water until all the skins pop open--about 10 minutes. Strain through a cloth. Bring the juice to boiling point, add sugar and boil two minutes, Serve cold. A little lemon Juice may bo add- ed, or this cranberry juice may be poured over grapetruit sections, which have been prepared for sher- bet glasses, TURNIP PUFF 1 pint caoked mashed turnip well drained 1 egg slightly beaten 2 tablespoons butter 14 cup top milk 14 teaspoon salt ¥ teaspoon pepper Add egg and other ingredients to turnips and mix well, Place in casserole and bake 30 minutes at 375 degrees F, APPLE RINGS Core "unpeeled red apples and cut iw slices about '4 inch thick. Cook in thin sugar syrup 4 to o minutes. Drain and cool, Place a cube of cranberry Jelly on each slico and top with halt a walnut. Serve with the roast goose. MOCK MINCEMEAT PIE 132 cups seceded raisins 4 medium-sized tart apples Grated rind of 1 orange Juice of 1 orange 3a cup cider or any fruit juice J cup sugar 13 teaspoon cinnamon 14 teaspoon cloves 214 tablespoons finely rolled cracker crumbs Cut the raisins into pieces, Pare and slice apples. Combine raisins and apples. Add orange rind, orange juice and fruit juice. Cover in saucepan and simmer until apples are soft, Stir and add sugar, spices and cracker crumbs, blending well, Sut- ficient for one. Nino inch ple shell. Bake with double crust as ordin- ary mincemeat pie. Miss Chambers welcomes personnal letters from terested reallers. She is pleased ons recelve sugges even ready to listen-to your "pet peeves." Mlequests for recipes or special menus are In order. Address your letters to "Miss Nudie BB. Chum. bers, 73 West Adelubde Street, To- conto." Send stmmped, self-gdilressed enveln it suu wish n reply The same principle is now be- : ing applied to the new methods in Britain's wartime cupation that is difficult, : Thus the needle, so long employed for putting something into him, is now being used, and with excellent re- sults, in getting his worries out, Stork Very Busy In United States Census bureau officials say the United States is experiencing the greatest boom in baby production since 1921, Latest statistics show that the stork is making a new delivery every 14 seconds. At that rate the stork is move ing faster than the undertaker, who makes: a call every 23 sec. onds, ie Provisional estimates show that approximately 2,600,000 babies will be born this year of a popu- lation of approximately 132,000, 000. That represents about 187 babies for every 10,000 persons this year, d "In 1937 the birth rate was 170 esse babies to every 10,000 persons, In 1038 it was 176, and in 1940, 179, > Both the First Great War and the present crisis ave partially responsible for the latest upswing in the birth rate, said Dr, Philip Hauser, the census bureau's assis. tant chief statistician for popula tion. "Tlie large crop of babies born after the boys got back from the World War have now become old. enough to have babies of their own," Dr. Hauser says. "And they ave having them." i. Bees Rationed France's 75,000,000 honey bees have been put on food rations, The Government has assigned 75 tons of sugar for the use of agriculturists in feeding their bees until the spring flowers bloom. . Authorities, fearing that far mers might appropriate the sugar to their own use, have reserved the right to sce that the bees do not go hungry, : All English Mothers Now ToBePut OnDiet Developed In Ontario - Expert Has Eyes Opened by System at Hospital For Sick Children INFANT DEATHS CUT During his recent visit to Canada. Sir Wilson Jameson, chief medical officer of the British Ministry of . Health, stated that immediately upon his return to England he would be putting all expectant mothers in Bri- tain on the diet which has been worked out by The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronta. Sir Wilson said that he Lad learned much in the few, days of his visit to Canada about "things whch. I hope to take back and put into immediate operation." : "Here is one rxample of what | . mean, having to do with the all-im- portant subject of nutrition, which will, I am confident, assist us to win the war, Work ha. been going on here, In which, by perfectly simple adjustments in the diet of expectant mothers, you have reduced what we have hitherto considered to be un- manageable deaths- of infants under one month of age. "The work has been done here through your magnificent children's hospital. I'm going to put it Into effect at home. I'm going to go back and do it at once. I'm sure that this extremely valuable work being done In Toronto will be of great help to, us. We've done what we could but we didn't think of this." Some Idea of the immense value and wide scope of the work of The Hospital for Sick Children may be fotmed by considering the fact that during the past year plone, over 9,000 sick and crippled children were given treatment in'the Public Wards, while the Out-Patient Department handled over 73,000 visits from suffering little ones, i Unlike most other hospitals, this great Institution has no large group of Private Ward beds from which to draw extra_revenue? which can be applied to Public Ward service,. At presept 414 of the 434 beds aré in the Public Wards, In these Public Wards, over 80 doctats give thelr services without charge. The time donated free by this group of doctors, which includes many of Canada's leading child spe- claliste, has baen estimated on a con- servative basis to be worth at least rt * g $200,000.00 per year, {f fees were charged. Their skill, acquired through many years of active work with the most difficult typ~ of "prob. lem" cases, cannot be measured in dollars afi cents--it is priceless. The Hospital for Sick Children fa operated for but one main purpos¢.: - to give the children of those In hum? ble circumstances the same chance for health and happiness as the chile dren of parents who can afford the full cost of hospital care and medical attention. And, to be effective, medical treat- | ment and hospital care must be given at the time when it'is most needed, There can be no second chance for many neglected children. Chronie disease, life-long disfigurement, de- formity made permanent, and DEATH--these are the undeserved penalties which neglect inflicts on such little ones, That is why, regardless of race, creed or financial circumstances, children from every part of Ontarie are given medical and hospital treat ment up to--and often beyond--the normal capacity ot The Hospital for Sick "Children. Operating costs are among the low. est in North 'America for Institutions of similar type--so low that this Hos. pital's efficient operating method has been cited as an example on many occasions when hospitalization costs have been under discussion, In The Hospital for Sick Children less than five per cent, of the patients are in private wards. These are th only ones able to pay the full €o of their care. This means that 414 of the 434 beds are in Public Wards where the cost per patient is approxi mately $1.25 per day more than the combined Income from parents (or their municipalities) plus the Gove ernmeént grant. That Is why each year at Christmas time, the Hospital appeals to the chars ity of generous citizens and business firms for donations to meet its une avoidable deficit. This year, ovee $02,000.00 must be raced. ; No help is received from the To« rontg Federation fcr Community Sere vice as patients are taken from all over the province. Gifts should be mailed to the Ap ©eal Secretary, The Hospital for Sick Children, 67, College street, Toronto, There is dire necessity behind this appezl for help--litile children des, pend on ft for t hospitals, Mere gmusement is not enough: the patient must be given an oe eir chance for heaith, __ ay 3 .