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European Wheat Prospects Better Bread Grain Crops Since War Began. 1943 Largest The Old World appears to have iho edge in wheat production pros- pects this year, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics said «in its monthly review of the wheat situ- ation. y "Latest advices from Europe confirm earlier reports that this year's bread. grain crops are the largest since the war began, while in Canada and the United States the prospects are sharply reduced "from "ihe banner year of - 1942," the Bureau said. ¥ But it said the better crop pros. pects in the Old World should be qualified by the statement that in many countries the larders now aro almost empty, while in North America the smaller 1943 crops are backed up by the largest combined earryover of old wheat in the his- tory "of "Canada "and the United = Blates. "Official carryover figures have not yet been published but the latest calculation would indicate that the two countries between them have eomething approaching 1,250, 000,000 bushels _of old-crop wheat on hand." Is ---------- Pleasure Flying Just Ten Feet Up By Robert M. Yoder in The Chicago Daily News There are those who think the current excitement over the heli copler is a little premature, but 1 woull argue, on the contrary, that the helicopter's future is brighter even than the most glowing pre- dictions. For one thing, it : appears the helicopter can safely fly fairly closo to the ground. This fulfills one of the specifications [I long ago wrote for the perfect plane, for it'is obvious except to those who are 'plane-nutty that the air- Plane as now constituted flies al- together too high. i 100 Miles Per Hour Speaking as one of aviation's possible post-war customers, 1 do not want a 'plane that will fly at 20,000 feet. If possible I would prefer one that flies in the brac- ing air found at an altitude of aboul 10 feet. That is perhaps not feasible, because of fences, build. fogs, wires, water towers, ete, and it 'may be necessary to soar to 100 feet or perhaps even 500, but that is more than enough. They say-the helicopter is slow; that it won't do much more than 100 miles an hour, which is a snail's pace _by the standards of modern military 'planes. That is far from being a disadvantage. In fact, it is exceedingly good nows. ..Easy To Fly We are"in for some very bad days if "planes capable of 'three and four hundred miles an hour are made available to the same kind of motorized morons who have been killing each other, and their betters, with high-speed' automobiles. It has been growing all too evident that a 10-mile-an- hour brain is not capable-of hand- ling a 100-mile-an-hour automobile. In 'the air, however, there will be considerably more room, 'and it air transportation is not very fast, there might be a good chance of coming back alive. They say, - furthermore, that the helicopter is easy to fly; that it doesn't take great skill or mental agility. If it is even casier than that, if it ean he flown by a high-giade cre- tin, it will (it the times like a glove. Advice To Women Doing Men's Work Now that the men are away and women have to do so many of the heavy jobs around the house that husbands, sons and brothers used fo take care of, hore Is some ad- vice to houewives who have to do their own lifting: ' @ Strained muscles can be mighty painful. A snag from a-rusty nail may result in tetanus. A knock on the head from a falling box could eause concussion, '1. Learn to "lift the right way. Keep the body upright; litt with the Jeg muscles and not with the back. Don't try to lift too much; get help Instead. 2. When handling sharp-edged or rough material, wear a pair of.. gloves, a! 3. Remove all projecting nails from barrels, boxes and cratés be- fore handling. : 4. When piling boxes or other Mems,: arrange them carefully so they can't fall over, if jarred, And don't pile them go they block pas- _gageways, where someone may gtumble over them, 6. When piling such material, don't leave projecting edges or points, against "Which someone may hit and bruise or cut the skin. + 6. Keep. all scrap and waste ma- ~ terlals in some kind of receptacle. Oily and paint-covered rags should be kept in closed metal containers, as they are highly combustible, SETT, T for . to betray your o-day, as always, the 'Salada' label is your guarantee of a uniform blend of fine quality teas. 'SALADA : - 7 By Percival Christopher Wren CHAPTER XVII "Salaam Aleikum," said the Pa than at length, as if noticing the other man for the first time. after long and en away; in other words, a couple of turnkeys obviously instructed to that effect came and roughly hustling him ont of the cell as it further interrogation. A very good performance. No fault could be found with it at all And evidently Bailitzin either enjoyed playing that part for Art's sake, or c¢lse hoped to learn some- thing from Wendover or to trap him into some admission. Or again, perhaps he did it simply for the practicing of his PPushtu and im- personation of a Pathan under the cye of a competent judge, for ho came again the next night and the next, and whatever he learned from Wendover---which was pre: cisely notliing--Wendover himselt had gained the very strong im- pression that the Singing Hadji of Sufet Kot was the present friend, protege and ally of the Russian Army in Asia. - The supposed Pathan had never actually said in =o many words: "I don't mind telling~you this as you'll never leave your cell alive," but he had contrived to imply that they could converse quite Freely" together hecause, whereas" the Pathan was a bright and chatty fellow who'd shortly be setting out on the delightful journey over the Pamirs, the prisoner was to all intents and purposes a dead man. And the end, had come rather suddenly. After a longer talk than usual the Pathan had risen to his feet, removed his turban, smiled pleasantiy at Wendover and drawl ed in his.cxcellent English: "Wendover, 1 think I've about finished with you now. 1 think 1 can have you liquidated withqut loss--{o ourselves or to anybody else. So think this over until to- morrow. I- have made you offer country, to heg on your knees to be allowed to take Russian roubles in return for doing it; I have had you whip-. ped like the cur you are, [ have picked what you call your brain and I have taken you In complete . o for Men in the Services The Gift of Gifts "SHIELD OF FAITH" Catholic Prayer Book or New Testament ~ With gold-finished = 20-gunge steel front Jacket--Engraved "To My Loved One)" Capable of deflecting hullets, shrapnel or bay s. May save your loved onc's life. Fits the uniform breast pocket --protectn the heart, Comes In Iahelled carton, ready to mail. Prajyer-hook or Texin- me Speeinl postpaid 8 t only. 10 N PUBLICATIONS b 52 McCaul St, Toronto ' i close questioning of Wendover, was tak- ly a dozen times. For you had no more idea that your Pathan, visi- tor was ('olonel Bailitzin than that he was the King of England, And further, Fam going Yown to Pesh- awar and I'm going to meet all your army friends--in the role of a foreign correspondent--and I'll tell them how you were executed by the Russians for (trying to double cross them while spying on' the WYjtish, shot Tike 4 rene: gade dog even by the enemies of the British who had disowned you and kicked you out." * » - ~And again the voice had chang- ed and became hearty and reassur- ing. "But of course we are not really going to shoot you, my dear Wend- over. No, no. We wouldn't dream of such a thing. No, we'll flog you to death. And I shall have the greatest pleasure in superintend- ing that little matter tomorrow. Somewhere about sunrise, eh? Or perhaps a week hence -- or a month." J And laughing pleasantly, Bailit- zin had left the cell. _. ~ Memories ) And an hour or so later he had returned, or at least some sort of a Pathan had. pulled back the bolts, turned the key and walked in. Wendover had eyed him wear ily. % More play-acting by that un- speakable Russian dog? Hadn't he triumphed enough? Or, good God! was this the end? Had the execu- tioners come to fetch him' to the whipping post? No,, the man was alone and . .. and unless he were dreaming or had gone mad, it was Shere Khan. { And Shere-Khan it had proved to be. Shere Khan, looking slight. ly bulkier than usual by reason of the fact that he was wearing what might be termed "two of everything." With little waste of words and none of time, he had unwound a spare turban from about his waist, produced a flattened conical cap - and slippers froth beneath it, thrown off the two goats and a long Pathan shirt, stripped oft the outer pair of haggy trousers and provided Wendover with all the articles of clothing necessary for his resumption of the role of . Gul Mahommed, : . * Ld * Within five minutes of his en- tering the cell the change was weffected and Wendover, whose hair, beard and mustache had Zrown again during the period of his incarceration, looked as tough and genuine a Pathan as did Shere Khan himself. , h And as-simply and easily as if walking out of his own bungalow, Wendover had left the cell, as- cended a flight of stairs, gone down a corridor, crossed an empty classroom, passed along another corridor and 'entered the hall where by the light of a hurricane lamp he had scen a man squatting on a benecly and leaning against the wall Whether awake or asleep, this Turkoman fellow night watchman * of Shere Khan had said nothing. If awake, doubtless he supposed Vhoop | my Jim 1+ and pn on lis Job "Give a mon a better breakfast and he'll do a better war job. That's why | make it my Job to see that Jim gets two Nabisco Shredded Wheat with milk every morning." a Nabisco Shredded Wheat Is 100% whole wheat with all the food-energy and food. volues In choice Canadian Wheat, Serve Nabisco Shredded Wheat for Fitness... save War Stamps for Victory! ' THE CANADIAN SHREDDED WHEAT COMPANY, LTD. Niagara Folls, Canada 73 the Pathan to be either his cok league or Colonel Bailitizin, whose strange humor it had been lately to array himself in" those clothes when visiting the prisoner below. Opening the big hall door, he had stepped out into the blessed open air; breathed deeply of its sweet freshness, looked up at the starry sky and marched confi: dently across the courtyard to the entrance gate and unlocked it. Outside this, he had strolled up and down in the shaow of the wall until the gate had again opened and closed behind Shere Khan. "Any trouble?" he had, asked. Not the least. The other night watchman had yawned loudly, cleared his throat; spat and grpat- ed: "Who was that who went out?" a . And Shere Khan, as his hand' went to the hilt of his .Khyber knife, had replied: "Whom do you suppose? Didn't you challenge him?" "No, I thought it was you." And with a malicious snigger: "You'll bo for it tomorrow," Shere ESP he £11 PN - "rnnan nau Tepnon "lerwas- the Oo of course. J . . onel, Memories. And as hotest, hard-working, It filthy camel men, they had taken service under a merchant travel ing west to Khiva, and thence north, skirting the Sea of Aral to Orenburg on the Ural River, down which river they had come to Ur- alsk and thence across the Steppes to Saratov, and from there peace- fully down the Volga River to As- trakhan, by a little rusty steamer to*Baku and thence by road again to 'Tabriz, Teheran, Meshed, Her- at, 'and so back to Kabul. And from Kabul, Gul* Mahommed and Shere Khan, being for the mo- ment weary of travel, had pro- ceeded to Khairabad in Khairas- ta, of which small part of the Border country Shere Khan's fath- er was the Khan. Memories Of Ganesh Hazelrigg coming to Khairabad in the guise of a holy pir, and there being some talk of keeping him permanently that he might occupy a shrine which" should become sacred as a place of pilgrimage and a source of rev- .| enue to. Khajrabad. Of how, on" general principles, he had opposed the suggestion that the holy man should be but chered to make a Khairabad Holy Day and be the piece de resist- ance of a shrine, and had bidden Shere Khan to warn the holy man in fhe morning that it would be a splendid idea for him to go while the going was good. And that was an 'amusing thing, that he, Richard Wendover, as Gul Mahommed the Pathan, should "have saved the life of Bartholo- .mew Hazelrigg as the Pir Saleh ud Din All Moussa, without know- ing who he was. | - * LJ It had been rather splendid, old Ganesh's faith in him, probably the only man who hadn't aceept- . ed the court martial's finding as correct and its 'sentence as just; YOUNG Every smart, busy young mod- ern will 'need this practical twos pi¢ce style by Anne Adams, Pate tern 4320. The jacket is cut for softness through the bustline and smooth fit over the hips, The front-paneled skirt may be made in contrast fabric salvaged from . an outmoded frock-for .a real 'sew and save" idea. Pattern 4320 is available bnly in misses' sizes 12, 14, 16, d 20, Side 16 takes 4% yards 6-inch, Send TWENTY CENTS (20¢) in coins (samps cannot be ac- cepted) for is Anne Adams pattern, Write plainly size, name, address, style number, WE'VE COME FOR THE BOOKS YOU PROMISED THE 1.0.DE, MRS. BROWN _/y0u KNOW THE LO.D.E. SENT OVER 4 MILLION BOOKS TO THE NAVY, ARMY AND AIR YEAR HERE THEY ARE, CHRISSIE, | ONLY WISH | HAD MORE READING MATE? / oil A BOOK FROM THE LODE. 'ABOUT THE NATIVES iN THE SOUTH SEAS- I FEEL ALMOST WARM AGAIN HELLO BOOKWORM, WHAT ARE YAU Z TO HELP-GET IN TOUCH WITH =1T TAKES MY MIND OFF THIS DIRTY WEATHER. V'LL BET THERE ARE A LOT OF 1.0.0.E. BOOKS BEING READ BY THE BOYS IN THIS CONVOY v = w=. w THANK GOD FOR THESE A Z_ AMEN, THEY CERTAINL HELP TO KILL TIME AND ALL WE NEED IS MORE OF THEM THE LOCAL 1.0.D.E. CHAPTER the only human' belng except Shere Khan; excluding possibly one woman. Sybil Ffoulkes might have had doubts, Yes--he had been sure she would, ' Well, it cut no ice now, of 'course, but it was heart warming to know that Ganesh had believed in 'him all through--as it was in teresting to wonder whether Sy- bil Ffoulkes had done so. And Ganesh. had talked about digging the whole thing up again and had asked him a number of questions about his being found dead drunk, and exactly what had been the relations between him and the Eurasian medical officer who'had been in the fort with him ama TABLE TALKS SADIE B. CHAMBERS Nutritious Summer Salads Some women have a tendency to serve the lightest of salads duy- ing hot 'weather. With ordinary meals, this is ideal, for our bodies do not require as many calories in summer as in winter. 'But how. about making the sal-, ad more nutritious and serving it as the main-course dish? This re- duces ~ your calories still' more, - Boon Carey "resting. water dane | eons trom "over eating sour h, preity home, makes it easy to prepare esh's cross-questioning, that as- a meal, and gives a decided change. Summer greens may be combined © with such healthful foods as chop- ped meats, eggs, and cooked, dried Lima beans to form dozens of de- licious salads of this- kind. Most of the ingredients called for in (lie following recipes, are already in your. stock. . Harlequin Salad tute and wily man had confirmed in his mind as a certainty what had hitherto 'been a conjecture, .that Breckinge, the Eurasian doc- to, had given him a powerful nar- cotic that had not only put him to sleep for forty-eight hours, but poisoned him sufficiently to affect his mind and memory for quite a while. And ponderously shaking his wise old. head, Ganesh had gone oft about his intelligenco business, very angry with him and bidding him wait; + just wait and sce. And then weeks or months later hid - come Ganesh's .subordinate Mahbub_ Ali, bidding him join Gau- esh as quickly as he could and Wwith_as many staunch men as ho could bring to swell the army of the Singing Hadji of Sufed Kot, who was about to besiege Giltraza Fort. 2 (Continued Next Week) Fine Urged Germany should be made to pay $4,000 to every United Na- tions prisoner confined in chains, members of the British Legion post of Ilford, England, believe. Provision for such payments shodld be included in the peace terms, the post declared in a recently-adopted resolution. "'_2 tablespoons chopped Pimiento Cc 1 cup cooked, dried Limas cupfuls chopped tongue or ham 3 hard-boiled eggs, sliced 1 tomato, peeled and sliced 34 ¢up. chopped pickles 4 cup French dressing 1 head lettuce Sour cream or mayonnaise salad dressing Prepare and combine meat, Limas, eggs and pickles. Mix with French dressing, let stand 1 hour m a cold place. Pile on.a bed of lettuce and garnish with the sliced tomato. Savory Lima Salad 2 cups cooked, dried Limas % cup finely cut celery 2 small green onions T 2 tablespoons chopped green \ pepper "- "2 Hard-cooked eggs 1 cucuniber, sliced 1 tablespoon, chopped parsley Combine all ingredients and mix with highly seasoned French dressing. Arrange on leaves. 3 - Cauliflower Orange Salad cup shredded raw cauliflower oranges, cut in small pieces 1% cup diced celery >. tablespoons minced green pépper lettuce w = Salt and onion juice to taste - Combine ingredients in order given and chill dpal plates on a salad green and serve with favorite salad ing. Serves 6, Miss Chambers welcomun® peraonnl --letters_from_ Interested renders, She to receive wuggestions: on toples for her column, and Is is pleused always rendy to listen to your "pet Place on indivi- | dress : peeves," Ilequests for reclpea or specinl menus are In order. Address your letters to "Miss Sadle Wn, Chambers, 73 West Adelnlide St, ., Toronto." Send stamped wself-ud= dressed "envelope if you wish » reply. - - . Natural History Every day of its life, an' oyster draws from four to five gallons of water through itself, * A few hours after it's born, a baby zebra can run as fast as its papa and mamma -- and that's fairly fast. : . The albatross: with a w'ng spread of more than 12 feet, has to take off 'much like an airplane, facing the wind, then running .a short distance and finally. taking off. But once it's the air, it can The deadliest 'species of the African jungle isn't the tiger; the lion or the snake, but the driver -ants which, swarming in millions, proceed to eat serp nts; human beipgs and animals -- and don't even fear to fed#t on a live ele- phant. Brave is the mongoose, a mem- ber of the civet family chiefly Snhabiting India, which is about the size of a ferret, but fear- lessly attacks and kills the most poisonous of snakes. Quantities of the mongoose were brought from India to Jamaica, where they did a good job dn snake. exter- mination.--Neal O'Hara. or dinner menu, Canada's Housoldiers know that custards and blanc- manges, quickly and easily made with pure, high quality Canada Corn Starch, are a delight with any luncheon * At this time when Canadians are urged to "Pat Right to Peel Right", these delicious desserts will ¢ Bieh a welcome addition to the nutrition foods featured by' | the National Food for Fitness Campaign, Pollow __ Canada's Food Rules for Health and . Fitness,