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Her skill has cured a crippled palne, put it back into the air. Ruth is a flight-mechanic. She eame to the station with her pal Molly and 50 or so other W.A AF. flighf:mechanics about a year ago, A bit scared at taking on a man's "/soh. Technical training, spread over many months, has turned theso girls into first-class mechanics. High above the earth the girls now shout technicalities about the engines. Months of training has turned thefr minds to this rhythm. A fault rarely escapes them, Ruth never wants to quit this Job--even after the war, she says. "Right now," she added, "I want to be posted to an operational sta. tion where 1 can service combat machines." Britain Teaches "Blitz" Cookery Emergency Kitchens Set Up For Use In Air Raids In the courtyard of the Ministry of Food head office in London, stand (wo squat-looking brick af- fairs, 4 ft. long and 2 ft. wide and three bricks high. They are "emer gency kitchens" which experts at the Ministry of Food are using to test out recipes for blitzed areas. The Food Ministry hopes. that at least one garden in every street will have one of these emergency cookers, so that, in case of severe air raids when the gas and 'elec. tricity services are put out, house- wives will still have some means of cooking hot meals for them: selves. An extra advantage of these emergency kitchens is that, with their strong draught, they can burn garden refuse which could not be used on an indoor fire. Nearly 50,000 lectures and demon- strations on how to build these emergency kitchens have been given, including 30,000 by the W.V.S., and 16,000 by the Girl Guides Association, These kitchens are easily built. The simplest form of emergency kitchen requires about 100 bricks, gome fron sheeting (old metal advertisement signs are good), & - length of pipe for the chimney, and earth and water which are used for holding the bricks together. Recipes , cooked on emergency kitchens Include vegeiable stew, potato scones, emergecy bread, .minée and oatmeal and pot-roast. Emergency cookers are in use not only in alr raid towns, but on air fields at dispersal points, as well as at Home Guard patrol centres. The Green Mouse And Pink Rat Through sun and storm, peace and war, Rev. Francis Rosslyn Bruce of Sussex, England, wanted to breed a green mouse. Fifty generations of mice con- tributed to his experiment before he succeeded. He used mice of every color but green. When he finally developed the green mouse --just one--hls satisfaction was complete. The rector would relax from then on, merely dabble in mouse breeding. Then his talent, unsurpassed in this world In the fascinating pro- feesion of breeding fine mice, turned against him, For some time he had been toying with a breed of pink rats. One. morning when he went to call on his green mouse ho found a pink rat in the cage. Bome one had made a mistake, had exposed the precious green mouse to the pink rat. It must bave been lunchtime. The green mouse was no more, Bo today the disconsolate rector $8 back In harness, pursuing again the lost secret of his greatest - trl wmph--the green mouse. Chinese Attack Japs On Water Buffaloes Chipese machine gunners rode on the 'backs of: water buffaloes through 'deep swamps, impassable by any other means, to surprise ond wipe out. many Japanesgé froops, the Chinese Ministry of . Information . disclosed recently, There wore 400 animals in the Bight attack, each carrying two In the Write: THE ALPINE, Marguerite Station, P, Q. Ing Laurentian Mo aa. modern log chalet . , , » ski rum and marked tral Official traln service, Ste. laxurlous, tows, Mt. Haldy on property, + The War Against | Mrs. Hadley Adapted from the MGM Picture by WILLIAM McCORMICK CHAPTER ONE Mrs. Nathaneal Hadley's Wash. ington home had just experienced the slight flutter of refined, ex- perienced activity which each year presaged the distinguished lady's natal day. The efficient menage survived the preparations without incident, except the minor crisis created when Millie, a new maid, unwittingly brought a copy of the Washington Chronicle into the household. Mrs. Hadley had placed an ana. © thema on two things in her well- ordered existence -- the Washing- ton Chronicle and the New Deal. The Washington Chronicle had once belonged to the late Nathan- eal Hadley. Under his ownership the paper's editorial policy had been staunchly Republican and ultra conservative. When Mr. Hadley owned the Chronicle it had opposed a second term for Presidents. After Mr. Hadley's death, the paper was sold to a Mr, Winters. Mr, Winters was a Democrat, so was the paper, so was Mrs. Win- ters -- and Mrs. Hadley held the lot of them in utmost contempt. Mrs, Hadley's: complete dislike of the New Deal could be explain- ed not only by her life-long ad- - herence to strict party lines and what had happened to her hus. WOMEN'S SHIRTFROCK By Anne Adams You'll really live in this smart shirtwaister for women! Anne Adams has given Pattérn 4000 adroitly flattering details in the shaping of the notched collar , , . in dart-controlled bodice softness « + + in a panelled, pleated front skirt. Have three-quarter or short sleeves, Pattern 4000 is avajlable in women's sizes 84 ,36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48. Size 36 takes 38% yards 89-inch fabric, Send twenty cents (20¢) in eoins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this Anne Adams pattern to Room 421, 78 Adelaide St, West, Toronto, Write plainly size, name, address and- style number. band's paper, but by the fact that she was, and always had been, one of Washingtbn's "cave dwell- ers" who, paradoxically enough, dwell in ivory towers, ~The 'incident of the Chronicle in the house had been prevented from bévoming a major crisis by the alert and efficient Bennett, Mrs. Hadley's butler. Bennett had averted catastrophe by the simple expedient of placing the intruding newspaper gingerly in the trash can and issuing a strict warning against future transgressions, Now, all was in readiness for Mrs, Hadley's Birthday Party, A place had been set for the depart- ed Mr, Hadley, as had been the custom for each of the seven years since his demise, The coffee serv- ice that had been a gift from- President Coolidge had been plac- ed in readiness for the festive occasion and the words: "Happy Birthday Murs. Hadley - December 7, 1941" . had been iced on the inevitable cake. . . LJ Elliott Fulton was the first guest to arrive, He was greeted in the drawing room by Patricia ~ Hadley, twenty-twoish and c¢h- dowed with all the Hadley looks and Hadley charm, "You look tired," Pat told the friend of the family after they had exchanged the usual ameni- ties. "I am," Fulton admitted. "But don't tell your mother, she'll scold me for working nights." "What's new in the War De- partment?" "Remember my rule, Pat," Ful- ton reminded her, "No shop talk here. This is the one house in Washington where 1 can forget all that." . "Mrs. Hadley's ivory tower," Pat murmured as-Fulton looked at her curiously. "Elliott, will Mother ever ruffle her tail feath- ers and pull that pretty head of hers out of the ground?" - "Maybe she's 'lucky. She's missing out on some mighty un. pleasant happenings above ground." "But other people face them," Pat said feelingly. "Why shouldn't she?" i "Don't be intolerant, Pat," Ful- ton interrupted gently, "It's just that--well; she's living in the past, and I can't say that I blame her. She was the most popular girl in Washington until your father came along--and then she was the happiest wife." "Elliott," said Pat, half in jest, "you and Mother are my two favorite people. Why don't you get married?" "I asked Stella to WATEY me on her last birthday." "What did she say?" "That I was the best friend your father ever had, that I was the best friend she ever had, that I was the best executor the estate ever had -- and that, as a staunch Republican, I had no right to as- socinte with those New Dealers." 1 . * L] They were interrupted by the entrance of Theodore Hadley, Pat's "older brother, The dissi- patedly good looking young man was obviously coddling a hang- over. "Drink, Elliott?" he asked, marching almost directly to the liquor-table.' "No thanks," Fulton declined. "Big night?" "Not big enough to deserve this" head. Oh, Elliott, I'm sorry I had to leave the Department so early yesterday. I... I had to go to the dentist." : Senging trouble in the scowl on Fulton's face, Pat quickly chang- ed the subject, which was changed again by the entrance of Dr, Leon- "ard Meecham, Mrs, Hadley's physi- cian. Pompous, prosperous ana middle-aged, Dr. Meecham carried GOOD EATING NEWS Get out that strawberry jam you made last summer, 10F here's a cake that calls for preserves instead of sugar. Not only do the preserves add the sweetening, but they give the cake a delicious moistness so that it stays fresh for days. Bran in the batter accounts for the unusual nut-like flavor, saving, follows: The recipé, which is well worth All-Bran Strawberry Jam Cake 2/8 ,cup All-Bran 3% cup milk % cup shortening eggs, separated 134 cups' cake flour Pi teaspoon salt 1 ° cup strawberr yeh baking powder LE Ag almond Soak All-Bran in milk about five biting am. Add egg yolks; beat well; stir in soaked All-Bran, Add to creamed mixture alternately fly beaten egg whites. aking pan; bake in moderate oven (350°F.)° 80 to with % cup Sift flour, sa with remaining jam. Fol Jiallow greased: b minutes, t and baking powder; in st avorin Blend shortening Pour into Yield: 9 pleces (9 2 9-inch pan). 'Note: Finished "cake may be topped with meringue made of 1 ogg white, 1-16 teaspoon salt and. 2 tablespoons strawlierry jam, hE his bedside manner with him as he did his medical bag. Dr, Meecham was followed closely by Cecilia Talbot,. Mrs, Hadley's best friend, In her for- ties, petite and pretty, Cecilia was always a bit breathless, A Wash- ington wit had once classified her as "a jiggle-brained twitter-bug™ Cecilia was telling the group the latest rumor she had heard through her elevator boy when Stella Hadley made her entrance. A charming looking woman, soft and feminine, she was dressed in perfect, but-in no way conspicu- ous, taste, There 'was about her an air of grace and aristocracy, but the prevailing, impression was oné of femininity, One could sense that she would 'get what she want- ed with an iron claw -- an. iron claw always concealed in a Yelvet glove. «oe . Luncheon consisted of the usual light food and talk, As coffee was being poured Cecilia signalled her hostess timidly. "Stella, dear," she fluttered, "The Boston Symphony." At a signal from her mother, © Pat turned to the radio, F "What a perfect day!" sighed Mrs. Hadley, "All my dear ones here to help me celebrate and , ." Her contentment was shattered by the loud voice of a radio com- mentator, "At one five p.m., Eastern Standard Time, the first planes appeared on the horizon," boomed the -voice of a commentator, "Let Teddy work it, dear," Mrs. Hadley suggested to her daughter, "Just a moment, Stella," Fulton requested worriedly. "They were followed by wave after wave of bombers, dropping their cargoes of death," continued the voice of the commentator, "Please, Elliott, not on my birthday," Mrs. Hadley pleaded. "Quiet!" commanded Fulton. "And so war has come to the Western Hemisphere," continued the: radio, "with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor!" Millie the -new maid, stiifened with a shock of surprise and drop- ped an empty cup she was car- rying from the table. It smashed into bits, but no one noticed it in the hubbub of excited and indig- nant comment that swept the small group. "How could they do such a thing 7"? demanded Mrs. Hadley in- dignantly, as though someone had committed a breach of etiquette. --She turned and saw the fragments of the cup lying on the floor. A far greater indignation seized her. "My cup -% any best service!" she exclaimed. "I . . . I'm sorry," Mrs. Had- ley . . . but I couldn't help it," stammered the panic-stricken maid. "My brother's at Pearl Harbor!" she cried as she ran from the room. Fulton shot a significant glance at Mrs. Hadley's son. "Come on, Ted," he commanded, "we'd better get down to the Department." "Teddy, you're not going to leave me," asked Mrs. Hadley dis- believingly, "on my birthday?" "In case you haven't heard, Mother, we've just gotten into a war," her son reminded her as he and Fulton hurriedly left the room. . December T marked the begin. ning of many days -- and nights --of unceasing labor for Elliott Fulton, He looked tired and har- rassed as he finished his dictation one night weeks later, He passed his hand wearily over his eyes as one of the battery of phones on his desk rang. "Elliott, you know how hard Teddy's been working," came Stel- la Hadley's voice chidingly. "You aren't really going to make him stay at the Department again to- night?" "Did he tell you that?" Fulton asked, his fe clouding. "Of course he told me. You could at least let him spend Christ- mas Eve with his mother, war or no war, You can come, too," «~ "Thanks, Stella, I'm afraid } can't make it, but I'll see what I can do about Ted. I'll send him home, if 'I can. Goodbye." Fulton hung up the phone with a sharp bang indicative of his an.' _ noyance. He turnéd to an assis. tant who had been standing pa- tiently by his 'desk. "Ask Téd to come in, will you Bob?" he requested. "He's gone to the country," sald the assistant resentfully, "Some of his friends came to take him out to the gousiiry for din- ner." ~ "I see," said Fulton with a sigh. "I'd like you to phone Mrs. Had- ley in about fifteen minutes, Tell her I'm sorry, but it's absolutely ! essential that Ted work tonight." ", "Yes, sir," the assistant acknowa 1ddged 'the instructions. He start- ed out, then turned. "Look here, Mr. Fulton, Ted's a friend of mine, and I feel like a heel, but something ought to be done about him." "Something is going to be done," said Fulton quietly, "I can't keep him here any more -- even for his mother's sake, It isn't fair to the Department. I'm having him transferred to active service." (Continued Next Week) 3 / i | Early Christmas ; Mailing Essential All indications point to a record volume of Christmas mail this year and wartime demands on manpower and transportation make it imperative that the ap- peal to "Mail Early" be closely observed. The Postal authorities advise that for delivery by Christmas, mail must be postéd on or before the, following dates: Desemper 15th--British Colum. Pocerber 16th -- Alberta and Saskatchewan. December 17th--Manitoba in Maritimes, December 19th -- Ontario and Quebec. December 20th--Local delivery, Last year--in spite of many appeals for Early Mailing--more _than 10,000,000 letters and 'Christmas cards were dropped into mail boxes in Toronto on December 22, 23 and 24, and in- coming trains on those dates brought in many additional car- loads of mail. As a result of this deluge of last-minute mailing, Christmas mails could not be cleaned up until several days after Christmas, Shortage of trained help is very acute this year and public co- operation in Early Mailing is ab- solutely essential, Plans For Better Post-War Britain Freedom From Want For Working Classes Object of Sir Willlam Beveridge's Proposals Sir William Beveridge, ain a plan for post-war social sécurity which forsces a system of compulsory - state insurance covering every person in Britain, regardless of age, income or job, - against almost all fcrms of per- sonal want or insecurity. The outlines of the plan, drawn up by a government-appointed committee were made public last week. The report now goes to Parliament for action--which Sir William urged be started imme- diately so the program could be instituted right after the war. Theoretically there would be work for. all, The state woula control medical services, If a man couldn't work for some rea- son, he would get (basically) $6 a week for himself and wife and $1.50 for cach child. Retirement _(not "old age") pensions would be _ provided for all, beginning _for men at 65, for women 'at 60. Housewives would be recognized - - officially as performing special services and possessing special needs, which would be covered as would those of any wage earner, The whole scheme would cost about $3,200,000,000 a year, with $1,200,000,000 paid-in $1 weekly contributions from people with incomes plus contributions from employers, while the government. paid the other $2,000,000,000. This would mean permanent drain on the exchequer that would keep the postwar income tax above 7 shillings in the pound (35 per cent). The benefits were worked on the basis of a cost-of-living which has risen 25 per cent since 1938. The plan, if carried through by the government will go far towards securing the British people freedom from want and will greatly strengthen the demo- cracy by raising the happiness and well-being of the common man, A volcano in the New Hebrides is generally in eruption every three or four minutes, - La ---- > - British Sailors' Society At Soe and fvrond Incorporated (Established 1818) Under Distinguished Patronage 3ome Thousands of Sailors Will be entertained this conling CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR at our 105 stations all over the seven seas by this, THE EST BAILOR PSOCIETY IN THB WORLD. Send Gifts to BRITISH SAILORS' SOCIETY George MM, Speedle, t Dominion Secretary, 80 Alberta Ayenue, Toronto, Ontar| he greatly elated) win noted British economist, has given Brit- COUGHING COMES 'AT WRONG TIMES "I'm a switchboard ope Thousands use Ly Lymolds to Stop Embarrassment to Toronto girl, "and LYM WEES HN Wen: ow {always carry thems esr Thi {hig excellent ten mt ble dot of medicinal of soothes aad relieves tion. Mort stores ol Aa in fn hand 10¢ et! 25¢ boxes, I, A nobtainable, send J ry or poi to LYMOIDS, 119 Pearl Keen 'Toronto, Ui ISSUE 51---'42 Ah Hy iim c tH YEAR-ROUND RESORT H STE. ADELE EN HAUT P.Q. CANADA . Snow Vacation A distingulshed Laur. entlan resort luvites you t "hollday for heal(h" Official school, ski-tows, excels leat cuisine," all cons venlences and tusteful appointments. Dally train service. Select clientele. Write »-- bkit., IE CHANTECLER, Ste. Adele en haut, 1".Q. Pl TABLE TALKS SADIE B. CHAMBERS On this fourth year of war please accept my heartiest wishes for a "Happy Christmas." It will not be a merry one for many who arc anxious about' members of their family in the army, But to make us all happy we need only to compare our conditions witn those of last year. True there has been great sacrifice and much sorrow, but we have seen the sun peeping through the clouds of our anxiety and sorrow, "Victory" is emblazoned upon our national sky and in fact on the horizon of the world, It will be A DIFFIL CULT road yet with many turns and byways to follow, but ever will we be encouraged by the' thought that the objective of ous goal ig to bring about a world. wide justice and the brotherhvod of man, Therefore as we cele- brate the birthday of the One who has given us everything we have personally, nationally and internationally, who is there among us who cannot say "Happy Christmas to All"? Christmas Dinner Menu Cranberry and Grapefruit Cocktail Roast Chicken Savoury Dressing. Creamed Mashed Potatoes Mashed Turnips Giblet Gravy Salad -- Chopped beets in Lemon Jelly with Boiled Dressing Carrot Pudding "Brown Sugar Sauce Beverage of Choice- Cranberry and Grapefruit Cocktail ! Boil cranberries and sweeten in the usual way. Strain and chill the juice. Have quartered grapefruit sections ready also chilled. Place grapefruit in sher- bet glasses and pour over the cranberry juice. Savoury Dressing ~cups..stale bread crumbs tablespoons melted butter tablespoon chopped parsley teaspoon salt teaspoon powdered sage teaspoon sweet matjoram (powdered) 34 teaspoon pepper Mix altogether and moisten with butter, dd pd BO NO hp bn fp Salad Chop one pint of pickled beets or freshly boiled ones, Season with salt and pepper. Moisten very slightly with salad dressing. Prepare a pint of "lemon jelly powder. chopped beets, Serve on lettuce with salad dressing and garnish with parsley, Carrot Pudding cup sugar cup raisins cup currants cup suet cup grated carrot cup grated potato 14 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon soda 1% cups flour Dissolve soda in a little cold water,» Mix all ingredients pre- pared in the usual way and carn into a buttered mold. Cover and steam thrce hours for a large 'mold or _one hour for individual molds. Brown Sugar Sauce 1% tablespoons butter 4 teaspoons cornstarch 1% teaspoon salt 1% cups brown sugar 1 cup boiling water 1 teaspoon vanilla Melt the butter, add the corne starch and blend thoroughly. Add salt, sugar and boiling water. Boil for ten minutes--to be sure there is no taste of raw starch, Remove from, fire and add vanilla, Miss Chambers welvcomes personal letters from Interested readers She Is pleased to recelve wuggestionw on topless for her column, and Is vn ready to listen to your sipet -peevea." 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