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. War Has Broken Into Many Homes Smaller Family, Circle Must Be More Closely Knit, Says Kiwanis Magazine In no other countries in the world have so many people own- ed their own homes as in our two countries of America. In no other country has their over been a race of men who have worked &o hard and invested such 'a large per capita of their earnings fn furnishing and. homes. ' ~ Pianos, «radios, electric refriger- ators, stoves, washing machines, dis* washers . vacuum cleaners, telephones, toasters and a dozen other household helps ar the rule rather than the exception, Children in these homes have known a greater degree of luxury, of refinement 'and educa"on, than any other children in the world. Because of father's prosperity and mother's loving care, we have brought into the world upstand- ing, healthy, happy youngsters who are a credit to our age and our civilization, - * . Of necessity the war has broken into many of these homes. The family circle is smaller. The young people who are not eligible for combat are nevertheless tremen- douvsly affected by the excitement and tempo of wartime, Now as never before the impor- tance of the family circle should be emphasized. If the. family circle is smaller, it must be more close- ly knit. Now as never before par- ents must try to have a broader aud better understanding of the problems of their children, and strive to hold tight to the tles which bind a family together and make home a place of refuge and peace rather than just a place to eat and sleep. All this sounds trite when put in plain black type on white paper, but it is truer than trite. It be- hooves every .one of us to think well on his home and what he can do to nike it a real sanctuary for the children and the grownups who shave it, Nothing To Worry About But U-Boats Sailors Prefer Life At Sea. To Perils Ashore It's safer to go hunting U-boats than to hang around a Royal Can- adian Navy corvette while she is ashore for a refit. Royal Canadian Navy officers 'who know say a howling North Atlantic storm, with a submarine wolf-pack snapping at their heels, Is not only safer, but quieter and less nerve-wracking than a period in some Canadian shipyard while their war-battered craft is re- paired. : ; "Really Incredible" They say the things that can happen at that time when, theor- etically, their ship Is resting "are Hiicredible, really incredible", For instance, one youthful sub- licutenarit--left aboard his cor- vette as duty officer--was awak- ened one morning by a blow on his shoulder. He found that dockyard workers. "had loosened the heavy, brass port above his bunk and inad- vertenly--he hopes--Ilet it fall on him, 'Another officer said that once when his ship was being refitted he had some work to do, so went to his desk in his cabin. Unfortun- ately, some carpenters had gotten there flrst, and were using his desk as a saw-horse. Then, of course, there is the continuous, skull-splitting noise. While rivelters, caulkers and scrapers pound on the sides of the ship, the crew lives in kind of giant drum.: ° = ie However, that is just the annoy- ing part of the refitting business. There is also the dangerous end. Icy, Shaky Ladder To start with, the corvette fis cradled in a drydock, her deck some 20-foot above the water, and it can only be reached by climb- ing a shaky ladder, its rungs coat-" ed with a treacherous surface of ice, oil or both. And even on the deck the men have to watch thelr step. Someone yells, "duck," and a .startled of- ficer finds a hed-hot rivet whist, -ling through his curls. So he ducks, and promptly gets tangled up In yards of electric wires, and has to get a long-suffering dock- yard worker to unwind him. Then there is the danger of tire. A spark from a welder's torch drops in some waste oil, and the cry goes up for fire extinguish. ers. Or a member of the crew backs into the flamihg" {ip of an acetylene toroh, and lets out. a yell that Is worse than the pound- ing of alarm bells, "That is why one corvette cap: tain, who had been several weeks getting a refit, sald, "Gad, it will be great to go to sea again with only U-boats to worry about." Twenty thousand British chil- dren helped with this year's har- vest, compared with 8,000 in 1940. : ) | EERE Sn 8 I'VE FOUND A GRAND WAY TO CORRECT MY CONSTIPATION! ® Here's the sensible, enjoyable means that so many people take to correct the cause of constipation. due to lack of the right' kind. of "bulk" in the diet: they eat ALL- + BRAN regularly! 'This delicious cereal keeps the "sands regular naturally .. . stops their trouble "before it starts" ., eliminates their need of harsh pur. gatives that give only temporary relief. Try KELLOGG'S ALL- BRAN, in cereal or breakfast muf- fins, drink plenty of water, and see why it's called the "better way", Ask your grocer for KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN today, In two conve- nient sizes; and in individual serving packages at restaurants. Madé by Kellogg's in London, Canada. ® SERIAL STORY LUCKY PENNY BY GLORIA KAYE THE STORY: Wealthy Penny Kirk has returned from Paris to Kirktown to learn something about the great steel mills she owns, and the people who work in them. She gets a job as wait. ress, under the name of Penny Kellogg, and on her first day sees a fight between a mill worker and the Castro gang, gamblers who prey upon the workmen. Jim Vickers, local newspaper editor, joins the fight. Penny has met him before in Paris, but he doesn't recognize her. i *. . *. JIM'S STORY CHAPTER 1V "It's a deal, Jim," Penny de- cided, "Will you come back at 4 m "I'd like to see anyone try to stop me," he answered. Penny hummed the rest of the day away. The hours slipped by. Promptly at 4, Jim Vickers walk- ed in, hat in hand, grinning. They waved goodby to Midge and Pietro. Jim's car was an un-streamlined model of early thirties vintage. It needed paint, fenders, new tires, "My one weakness," Jim said, "is a speedy motor car. This one -I obtained at great expense by swapping valuable space on my want ad page. We have a garage man in town who could build an automobile with two tomato cans and a monkey wrench, To him I attribute the great beauty, power, and velocity of this imposing custom-built vehicle." The running board protested as "Penny stepped in and she settled back comfortably on a squeaky seat. She was more tired than she would have admitted. "What would you like to see first?" asked Jim. "Our imposing skyscrapers? Our beautiful parks? Our lovely residences?" "You're the guide," said Penny. "Lead on." "Well," Jim said seriously, "I suppose our best bet would be a | drive around the steel mills, If you've never seen them in action before you have a real thrill ahead." . . * . ~.They found a bridge that cross- ed over the busy industrial valley. Below, steaming locomotives tug- ged huge, bucket-shaped: cars laden with red-hot molten steel. Jim stopped the car when they were halfway across and for a moment they surveyed a magnifi- cent panorama that stretched into the distance on all sides. Penny had never seen anything 'so breath-taking. It was as if an artist had painted this scene with sweeping strokes of a colorful brush. "They stepped out of the car and leaned against the bridge rail, absorbing the spectacle. Jim "talked of blast furnaces, giant ladles, open hearths and Besse- mers, explaining the processes of steel-making to Penny, . Absorbed in his description, he didn't notice Penny's admiring glances. She liked his looks. She found it pleasant to be here. with him, . : Is BACKACHE? 'Look out for Trouble With Your KIDNEYS If your back aches or if you have _ disturbed sleep, burning ot smarting, look out for trouble. "This condition is a sure »aign that your kidneys are not fully ridding your blood of poisonous acids and wastes. When the kidneys slow up, wastes collect. Backache, dizzy spells, puffy cyes and rheumatic pains may follow. Your kidneys need help--and there is a time-tried, proven way to help them known as GOLD MEDAL Haarlerf Oil C | These C |! in care- fully measured quantities of that widely known diuretic called Dutch Drops. You will find their action fast and effective. Be sure you get GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules, the genulne and' original Dutch Drops--packed In Canada. Geta 40¢ package from your druggist. f . ISSUE No. 8--43 (+f "It's fascinating," Penny said, softly, when he paused for a mo- ment. "You sound as if you really like this place." "I do," Jim answered. "It's hard to explain until you get to know the town and the people in it. They deserve a lot more out of life than they've been getting. Steel men are a rough lot, but there isn't a finer gang alive than the fellows who work in the Kirk mills." He looked at uewed interest. "You've never lived in a-mill town, have: you, Penny?" he asked, 5 r "No," she answered. haven't." _ "My guess is that you've spent all your life in a little bit of an out-of-the-way place, where ev- erybody knew you and knew all Penny with re. "No -- 1 about everything you did," he ventured. "You're right," Penny said, honestly, But she failed to men- tion. Irance, and the fact that everyone knew of her activities because htey were so often on the "society pages. "My home town is a little burg like that," Jim reminisced. "It's just a little village, out on the prairies in Kansas, My dad has been a country lawyer out there for 50 years, I haven't been back for a long, long time." "I'd like to see your home town some day," said Penny. "I've never been that far west." "You'd like it," Jim-said simply, Then he turned toward her and caught the glow in her eyes, warm and inviting, He laughed. "Just being with :yvou is fun," he said. a good listener to hear my tales of woe. Where are you staying, Penny? It's getting late. Td better drive you home," "I'm sharing a little place with Midge Carter," Penny said. . . » "You're in good hands," Jim encouraged, leading Penny back to the car." "Better step into my chariot before I do my quick- change act and become the old professor again. I'll_bore you with ~more details about the Kirk mills if you don't watch out." "Bore" me?" Penny protested, "I couldn't be more interested in the Kirk mills if 1 owned them!" - She caught herself quickly, sud- denly tense as the thought struck her that Jim must surely guess her identity now. k: . "I wish you did own the Kirk mills," said Jim, happily unaware of her identity. "Unfortunately, they're owned by a nincompoop named Penelope Kirk." Penny blushed. Jim had brought her back to the realities of her situation. They "drove back to Kirktown in silence, both preoccupied with their own thoughts. "Jim," Penny said finally, cau- tiously, "have you ever seen Pe- nelope Kirk?" "Yes," he answered. years ago." "What's she like?" Penny an- swerved, _ "She's like a lot of other fe- male wastrels who've never done "Often, an honest day's work in their lives. She's flighty, selfish, snob- bish. Her life is just one grand party. I knew her in Paris." - . . amd Jim fastened his eyes on a . point far up the road. a "You might not believe it," he said, "but" once I did-a bit of traveling myself, Newspaper work . --France, and other places -- be- fore 1 came to my senses and settled dow I knew Penelope Kirk in the good old days." "Would you know her now?" Penny asked, feigning innocence. "Any time," said Jim confi. dently, "Her type never changes. Of course, she was just a kid when I saw "her last. 1 Would recognize her, though. She always looked as if she had just stepped down from a cloud. I don't think she could ever: come down to earth." ' . Penny smiled, She recognized her old self in Jim's description. She had certainly - changed. "I don't often have such Unwittingly, Strangely, she was proud that Jim didn't recognize her, "How did you happen to come to Kirktown """ she asked, realiz- ing it was time to change the subject. ' "That's a long story, Penny," Jim's voice was thoughtful, "I had my own weakness, Drank my way out of one good job after another abroad. It's hard to ex- plain to an 'American. Thére was so much underhanded, shady, crooked stuff going on--things 1 knew, but didn't dare write about. . After g while that sort of thing does something to a man, . . . "I knew what was coming, I knew. a lot more than was good for anyone to know, Guess I just couldn't take it, One day I put on my hat, closed the apartment, started back home. Halfway across the Atlantic I threw the key away." . He looked gravely into Penny's eyes, searched her face for under- standing of the things he could not say. "I just didn't belong there, you see. No more than you would." Penny glowed "with the flattery of his confidences. = Her heart danced; she felt warmly happy. "Did you come straight to Kirk- town?" she asked, hoping her tone was casual, fearing it wasn't. "L always wanted a little paper where © would be free to write what I wanted to, the way I wanted to. And there was only one paper I could buy for the little money [ had--the Kirktown Couriers" "Glad you're here?" she asked. He turned toward her with a smile, "Right now, for the first time --yes."" She matched his grin with her own dimpled smile, (Continued Next Week) ' A Pill War This is a pill war, E. R. Noderer writes in The Chicago Tribune. A soldier in the Solomons takes eight pills daily if he is well; sick or wounded, he takes more. The correspondent. traveling with the troops starts off the day with a bracer of two poly-vitamin psules designed to make tha digestive system believe bully beef and hardtack are just what the doctor ordered. ' ; At midday two salt tablets are 2 in order, and with the evening lets are taken. To purify the river water, he says, we put a chlorine pill ind the canteen, fol- lowed half an hour later by a thio pellet (apparently some sort of sulphur compound) to take away the chlorine taste. I also have --sulfanilamide tablets to take if wounded--two every five minutes until twelve are taken, and an- other type of sulfa pill for dys- entery. A VERSATILE STYLE By Anne Adams If you take pride in the way you dress your child, you'll want this Anne Adams Pattern, 4316. You can make it up in so many - variations--for play, for school, for "best." The hodice buttons in back; the waistline points high in" front. . Pattern 4316 is available fn children's. sizes 2, 4, 6, 8. Size 6, views A or B, takes 2% yards 36- inch fabric; view C, 1% yards 36- inch fabric and % yard contrast. Send twenty cents (20c¢) in + coins (sthmps cannot be accepted) for this Anne Adams pattern to Room 421, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto. Write plainly size, name, address and style number, Optical Glass Production In Canada Heavy Precision Instruments Made In Dominion Also Unti] a year and a hal ago Canada had never manufactured optical glass; nor were precision instruments for war purposes made in the Dominion. Research Enterprises, a Governmgnt-owned company, melted its first optical glass in June, 1911; and is now producing many thousands of pounds of it a day. Canada needed, more optical glass than ever before just at the time, in 1939, when its importation from Germany stopped. Great Bri- tains and the United States, the only two possible supplices left, had their hands full wmeett 5 their own needs.- Therefore, Canada set up a crown company which is - making history today in an fiotri- cate production field never before entered upon in this country. 6,000 Workers Employed Output of optical glass, however, is by no means the full span of Re- search Kunterprises' actlyities. The amazing instruments this country turns out include gun sights, dial sights, periscopes, range finders, fire-control devices and other work on the secret list, More than 6,000 workers are employed in this crown company's huge plant, 60 per cent. of whom are technicians or highly skilled workers----a higher percentage by far than in the usual muuitions plants, At «the same time, in an old garage building in Montreal, a small concern is making test -tubes, ampules and other lines of medical glassware no longer avail- able from the regular foreign sup- ply sources. The work there is car. ried on under the guidance of a small group of highly skilled glass- makers from Czecho-Slovakia, who wera brought to Canada after Munich. .- + These Girls Hear Big Secrets First - Handle Messages To From British Battlefronts Four of them were on duty when Rommel's vout began, says a 'writer in The London Chronicle. They had to keep the secret be- fore the Cabinet was told and the "censors had decided on the re- lease of the story. These girls assist the Royal Corps of Signals, and have been doing the job only four months. They work in shifts throughout the-24_ hours. Through their head- - quarters pass all communications to and from the War Office to British troops, whereever they may be. . By special permission [ visited ] this secret ILQ. You go down a wide concrete stairway through gastight steel doors. It scems a long time since you left daylight. It is warm, cosy and air condi- | tioned, and the hum of a tant dynamo fills the air. The girls sit in one long room at chromium-edged control and switch panels: dis- Wires from any secret "radio 9 receiving posts are carried be- low the street in steel-clad con- duits to the signal room. pe Cypher messages fromm Cairo and the other battlefronts, re- ceived on aerials at lonely sites, are passed to this secret "sta- tion." I found Jean, 'Margaret and Kathleen on duty at their robot- like apparatus, Jean, who has a brother in the North Africa fighting, told me they have to be very accurate. "You sce," she explained, "wavelengths are changed at var- fous hours of the day to ensure secrecy, and good reception and switching have to be timed to « second." . Margaret is chiefly concerned with the reception of radioed battle pictures. Not all of these are for publication in the press. Some are confidential pictures "of Axis tanks and guns, aircraft and ammunition. There are direct transmissions from Cairo to Lon- don and New York. Margaret has a sweetheart in Cairo who is on the radio "can- nel" to her every day. "But I dare not talk to him," she said, "for this channel' is only for the transmission of pictures," Small Boys Help On English Farms In some Ontario cities objection has been raised to the enlistment of school pupils in farm work. In this connection the editor of The Farmers Advocate has received an interesting letter from H, J. Purser' who farms near Maiden- head in England, He says: "Would it interest you to know that since your visit about 60 small boys, aged 10 to 14 years, have helped me, with my small staff, to har- vest 260 tons of potatoes and 500 tons of mangels, all put safely into clamps for the winter?" £ and- ry .WE CAN Buy WAR SAVINGS STAMPS at THE GROCERY STORE NOW LOOK, MOTHER + I'VE GOT THE WAR SAVINGS STAMP! \ wow YOUNG CANADIANS CAN HELP TO WIN THE WAR VILLI 4 (( ~AND A WAR SAVINGS STAMP | { 100. MR BROWN \ 2 PR ; \ pd CRA pers YOULL GET ASS CERTIFICATE } CITY \ MY J es OURISH "There's a wartime duty for every Canadian" : : Christies Biscuits TABLE TALKS SADIE B. CHAMBERS The Grain Field Products made from grains such as wheat, oats, rye, barley, corn and others are known as cer- cals. Flour is one of the cereal prod- ucts and bread made from flour is one of the main items in our meals, Ceres and bread are the cheapest foods in our diet. That is why a generous amount is ine cluded in the literature prepared end recommended by the Cana- dian Red Cross, The amount of food value -we get from bread and cereal in re- turn for money depends on: (a) the Kind we buy (b) the form in which we buy it. Both points are important, but particularly the first one, Refined cereals such as white flour have had the most valuable parts of the grain taken away. When we eat' white bread we are not getting the most health-giv- ing parts of the grain, Whole grain products have Vitamin B which is needed for good health and growth, and_iron for the blood. | This is the reason doctors recommend that everyone have at least half whole wheat bread and whole grain cereals in the diet. The less money you have for food the more whole wheat bread you should buy. However, even if you have unlimited money you should still buy half whole grain products. You can start today buying better health for your family by following «the above suggestions, When the food budget is lim- ited it is cheaper to buy the cer- cals in bulk. Even in the summer the chil. dren need a dish of hot cereal at breakfast. A certain amount of care is required to produce a tasty dish of cereal. Cereal that is lumpy and has no salt does not- appeal to the child and may be the cause of his dislike of this nourishing food. Following are (tions for cooking common cereals: 1. Lightly grease the pan {up- per two inches) in which cereals are to be cooked. This prevents boiling over. p 2. Have water boiling and add salt. 3. Sprinkle" cereal into the boiling water. minutes. 1. Place inf double boiler or slightly larger saucepan filled two-thirds full of boiling water. Cereals may be partly cooked the night before. Ta prevent skin forming cover with thin layer of cold water, : To save fuel cook cereal as directed for 5 minutes, Place over boiling water, remove from stove, wrap up well and put in warm place. All cereals. may be cooked in fireless cooker. Cracked wheat, whole brown rice and other coarse cereals may be soaked over night to reduce cooking time and improve the flavor. Next week -- some cereal re- cipes and Easy Graham Bread, general direc- some of the 'gradually Cook b 'Miss Chambers welcomen personal elters from Interested renders. She s pleased (0 receive suggentions on topless for her columm, and Ia vn rendy to llaten to your pet peeves" Iftequents for recipes or special menus are In order. Address our lettera to "Miss Sadje 11. Cham. ers, 73 Wenl Adelnlde Street, To. ronto," Send stamped self-nddressed envelope If you wish on renlr. © Coventry, Eng. is to stock the "library of the new cruiser H.M.S, Ceventry, ~ © Ski Troops to Wear "neuritic pain, or That Killeth With the Sword" "De "Barbaric crimes," said Presi- dent Roosevelt, must "meet with fearful retvibution." "The Arch- bishop of York has just urged the British Government to make it clear that "when the hour of de- liverance comes retribution will "he-dealt out not only on the cold- blooded and cowardly brutes who order these massacres, on the thousands. of underlings who appéur to be joyfully and gladly carrying ont these cruel- ties." An oceasion might well be taken to repeat and the warning Mr. Fden gave in the summer; - by their support and toleration "the German people ac- cept ever-inercasing responsibility for the actions committed in their name." The savagery which they practice at the orders of -- the Fuchrer has roused against them invincible forces, Every slate every nation has learnt that there can be no peace, no justice, no- civilization while the German people worship their power cult The free world will not lay down its arms till it_has enforced the law: "He that leadeth in cap- tivity shall go captive; he that Killeth with - the sword -must be killed with the sword." Wolverine Parkas Canadian ski troops will have parkas trimmed with white wolv- erine fur beeapse wolverine is the only kind that does not become - frosted, the Munitions Depart- ment said. The white is to-allow it to blend with the snow, More than 20,000 parkas have been ordered. 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