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PRT af eS ih * different, AREAS RFS 7s Tat i » The Oldest Living Things Of all the creations of Nature, trees live the longest. At present the oldest living thing on the earth is a macrozamia tree in Queens- land, Australia, and although only about twenty feet high, jit is thought to be at least 12,000 years old. But the trees which capture popu- lar fancy more than any other for their great age are the sequoias, or California redwoods. Many fine, ancient specimens still exist. By the siniple process of counting its rings, one was found to be 3,300 years old, while many have been growing fo over 2,000 years, ' At the other end of the age scale re found, in the main, insects like mayflies and other' such species. Their span of life is but a few hours or less. Certain flowers, too, notably many tropical cacti. and also the flowers of wheat, live for an hour or two only. "Maggie" Reached Thirty : But what about the ages achieved by animals and birds? To begin with, there is usually a vast difference between the life span of creatures in their natural, wild state and those in captive or do- mestic surroundings, Old age is a rarity in the wild. Senility, loss of vigour and strength, and--most im- portant of all--loss of teeth, quickly - mean death, There is no room for pensioners. In captivity conditions are vastly There is safety from enemies and accidents. A regular supply of food is usually assured, Hence, while a bullfinch or a green finch may live to be fourteen in an aviary, it is doubtful if it would reach half that age in its na- tural state. A captive Barbary dove once reached its twenty-seventh birthday, while a magpie in a cage attained the truly remarkable age of: thirty. Canaries, too, may live for twenty years or so, and a certain barn owl, not a bird usually kept in an aviary, once lived to be twenty-three. Rav- ~ ens, like most of the crow family, live lomger. A tame one of twenty- nine or thirty is not uncommon. Among other pet birds, parrots and macaws live to a ripe old age. A parrot aged eighty-five is on re- cord, while many birds are probably rather older than even their owners realise. But peacocks, which are popularly supposed to be long-lived, rarcly attain more than nine or tea years, and at that age they are pretty feeble. The record for longevity in the bird world is shared by the mute swan and the eagle. A swan shot in Derbyshire in 1887 bore a ring on its leg dated "1717 or 1711. This showed that at the time of its death it must have been at least 170 years ° ol!, although that was probably qui:e exceptional, An eagle shot in France in 1845 had a metal collar round its neck bearing a Latin inscription, indicat- ing that the bird had been used in falconry in the Causasus in 1750, over ninety years before. The smaller the bird the shorter its expeciation of life. Tits of more than five or six summers are un- common. \Wrens seem to have even shorter lives. It's Nature's Plan Among the animals, the giant turtles of the Galapagos and Sey- chelles Islands live the longest, but even among -these a 150-year-old veteran is uncommon. Many live to be over 100, as do some of the larger tortoises, especially when in' captivity. y Of . the mammals, only the ele- phant habitually -outlives Man, al ° though seventy or eighty or there- abouts is often a good age for Jum- bo. Individuals have been known to live for 120 or even 150 years, how- evar. ; All the other animals have short- er lives than Man himself. The badger is old at sixteen, and the fox even earlier. Toads live long for amphibians, surviving many rep- tiles, but they are really old at tweive. But the bigger whales may live to be twenty or thirty--that is, if the whalers let them, Among, the smaller animals like "mize, moles, squirrels and so on, old age is never achieved at all, so great are the dangers that beset them and so numerous their enemies. Generally speaking, the more pro- lific the creature in its breeding habits, the shorter is its normal ex- pectation of life. This would appear to be Nature's way of controlling the balance between one species and 3 another, and of disallowing any one breed seriously to outnumber the others. TT Miracles Performed While You Wait--At the Ex. this year free miracles are perfornied in'im- proving milady's looks. In picture 1, Mary Hamilton demonstrates how she might look arriving at the ovely Woman show; in picture 2, she proudly poses after receiving free permanent, free facial, free lesson in posture and finally free counselling in choosing most suitable wardrobe. All Fair were invited to see Lovely Woman production produced oman's World Theatre, second floor of Coliseum. women visitors to twice daily in anada's bi ONICLES TGiNGER FARM Gwendoline Some like big houses, some small, Generally speaking I like plenty of space. But the last couple of days I've been thinking there is some- thing to be said in favour of a one- room apartment... You see, I've lost my glasses and I haven't any idea in which of our eleven rooms they' may be hidden. So I go tramping from one room to another, 'upstairs and down, turning over this 'thing, looking into that! trying to remem- ber exactly where I was the last time I used them--but so far to no avail. By the time I have found my glasses --if and when I do--1I shall probably have used up the price of the glasses in shoe-leather. If we lived in one room it would at least limit my lost and found area, although those who know from exs- perience tell me it is amazing the things that can disappear even in one room, Added to my too-many-rooms problem there-is Honey! Could she by any chance have taken my glasses outside? If so how far from the house do you stop looking on a hundred 'acres? Last winter, if you remember, I lost my glasses one time and found them in the coalbin, By the teeth marks on the ear-lugs. I didn't need to be a Sherlock Holmes to know how they got there. Fortunately I have another pair of glasses but they are bifocals --and I don't like them---at least not for reading or typing. . However, even without reading lasses 1 can distinguish good work rom bad. And that leads up to a very real "beef." ~~ . A few months ago I bought a smock--you know, the kind of thing women wear around the house. It was a very pretty smock, spun rayon, nice lines, and apparently well made, It cost $4.98. But alas, with a few washings the smock started coming to pieces because the seams were neither pinked, bound nor overcast and so frayed right down to the stitching. To save the garment I had to practically remake it. Since I had had similar experi ences before I thought to myself-- "Well, I suppose that is what comes of buying ready-made things--prob- ably all garments are the same ex- eept in the top-price bracket" - But one last week Daughter x brought 4 ome a smock , .. and or what a ence! On this smock nearly every seam was pinked--or if it couldn't be pinked it was faced with bias binding. It was made of a good quality print, cost $2.95 and Clarke --1I hate to admit it--was.bought in Buffalo. Naturally the question I want to raise is this: If ready-to- wear garments can be made proper- ly in the U.S.A, why not in Can- ada? Are things just thrown to- gether in this country because we just accept them and ask for nothing better? If that is so then here is one person who would like to do a lot. of asking. The question is where? Is there a manufacturer's _. association that would give an ear to such complaints or is'there any other way in which we women sould agitate to have better quality work on the garments that are offered for sale? I also have another worry--but # lan't exactly a "beef." Daughter also brought home a liftle white blouse for her three-year-old god- son in Toronto, The blouse cost a ddllar--and Daughter said it was cheap at the.price. But I was horri- fled . . . a dollar--for that little bit of a thing! It bothered me so much that I promptly sat down, took a pattern off the ready-made blouse, and made two more from old broad- cloth shirts I had around. I was appalled to think of what young mothers who "can't sew must spend on children's clothes. But thank goodness some of them knew how to use a needle and thréad. I hada letter from one reader-mother and what she does in the way of sewing and knitting, for her own family, and for sale, is amazing, Seems to me it would be worthwhile for any young wife and mother to learn enough about sewing to that = she could at least make clothes for her pre-scheol-age children, And speaking of letters . . , I often wish my correspondents would add a pén-name to their own so that letters dould sometimes be answer- ed in this column. My fan mail is often so good and so .interesting I sometimes feel I would like to share it. But of course, unleds a letter is sent to me with shat understanding, 1 respect the writer's confidence and do not. refer to it in any way that will Dring 1esoguition to the sender. So friends, how about #? Do you think you would care to add a pen name newt time you write? ." ' Lasge Order Wanted: Small horse. Mist be gentle and able: » work. 'Also do auto Sopuiting.-- lant City (Flor- ida) Coutles, Smelling Colors Can you smell different colours? Two scientists say that cockroaches can--and perhaps human being, too. They believe that colours affect the sense of smell through a sudden loss of heat in the smell organ. At an experiment scientists used a board with alternative squares of lampblack--which has no odour-- and unpainted aluminum, © Cock- roaches in a cage were placed over the board and the lights turned out. When the test was over all the cockroaches were found to be di- rectly over the black squares. WIR. .. TI r----t Not A Thing Girl (arriving late at game)-- "What's the score, Larry?" Escort--"Nothing to nothing." Girl--"Oh, goody! Then we haven't missed a thing!" ' ' Teeth Sewn Into Your Gums Free dental service in Britain has eaused the biggest boom ever in the manufacture of artificial teeth, Cy- prus is sending nine million teeth a year and a Blackpool factory is turning them out at the rate of forty million per year, with production still climbing. * Before the war thirty million false teeth were used in Britain every year, ten million being home-pro- duced and the rest imported. Chief material used for their man- ufacture is acrophylic plastic, Sets are "authenticated" by touching them up with colours and markings found on your own nawral teeth, But the ume may come when your new teeth will be "sewn" into your gums. This has already been done with cats. "Tooth buds" have been taken from the gums of one- week-old kittens and transplanted into full-grown cats. It is claimed that the buds developed into normal teeth. In early times it was believed implicitly that the pain of toothache was caused by the efforts of a small worm persistently boring through the tooth, and to this day in parts of the Hebrides toothache still goes by the name of the worm. In China, too, travellers have rg- ported seeing a patient writhing in agony whilst the village "dentist," having inserted a long, sharp-point- ed instrument into the hollow of the tooth, calmly taps away with a little wooden mallet to impale the mischief-making creature. Toothpicks have been used from Roman times. In the seventeenth century it was considered fashion- able for a gentleman to carry a case of toothpicks round with him. On the Continent they are still used by the million. In France several factories do nothing else but manufacture them from wood or quills. They are ex- ported to all parts of the world. One firm boasts that they turn out 172 different models, flavored with essences such as mint, rose, cloves and violet. Much Too Much - The Oppenheimer brothers were interviewing applicants for the job of private secretary. One Amazo- nian creature had excellent ref- erences, but the brothers did not enthuse after she waddled out. "I don't think she'll do," said one. "There's too much of her in the first place." His brother added, "That goes for the-second place, tool" By. Request Bernard Shaw was eating his usual meatless dinner with a learned confrére when the restaurant's or- chestra struck" up a particularly noisy piece. When, after the briefest of intermissions, it launched into an even noisier one, Shaw summoned _ the headwaiter, "Does this orchestra play anything on request?" he ask- ed. "Oh, yes, sir," said the head- waiter. "Excellent," snapped Shaw. "Kindly tell them to play dominoes." Shaw Must Go On-- Despite the .strike of Paris seamstresses for higher wages, models and fashion designers were anxious to have their fall collections "r@dy in time. So they took things into their own hands to make sure the show goes on. Using 'a. statue for a dressmaker's form, these models put the finishing touches on a dress in the gardens of the swank shop where they work. 111) /) TS SEE Tomatoes gre plentiful--in our detrict at least, and I hope in yours--and as far as my immedi- ate family J& concerned, recipes about "fancy" ways to serve them are just a waste of time, That is to say they eat them before meals, after meals, and with meals, just as they come from the vine--raw, raw, raw. (I do try and make them wash the tomatoes first.) However, there are others--like myself---who sometimes like our tomatoes dressed up a bit. And it's to them I'm passing on this recipe for a very hearty, and tasty, lun- cheon or supper dish. BROILED TOMATOES ON CORN CUSTARD 3 cups corn, (canned or fresh cooked) 3 tablespoons fat 3 tablespoons flour 134 cups milk - 24 teaspoons salt 34 teaspoon pepper 114 tablespoons chopped pepper (green or red) 4 eggs, slightly beaten Method: Combine all the above, then turn into greaséd individual molds, placed in a pan of hot water, Bake until set, (about 30 minutes at 325 degrees). Then top your corn custards with tomato slices made as follows: Dip 6 tomate slices in one egy, slightly beaten; then into 1 cup cracker crumbs. Then broil the slices in a pan with 3 or 4 tablespoons butter or shortening. A friend of mine adds a "finishing touch" by garnishing with diced, crisp bacon--but they're grand eating even without that. * . » - Names are funny things; and when a friend out in the far west sent me this next recipe, I couldn't help wondering why it was so titled. But after I'd tried 7t, I "understood. The "Oh's" and "Ah's" represent the appreciative sighs you're liable to hear after folks taste the first piece--and pass back their plates for a second. It's: MOTHER'S OH'S AND AH'S } CHOCOLATE CAKE 3 egg yolks . 1 cup sour cream 114 cups sugar 2 ounces chocolate 14 cup hot water -1 teaspoon vanilla 134 cups flour 14 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon soda Method: Beat egg yolks and sour cream together. Add the sugar and beat until thick. Dissolve cho- colate in hot water and add to cream and eggs. Add the flour; then the three egg whites, which have been whipped. Bake in a moderate oven (350-375) for about 50 minutes, or until done. * * » And with the grape scason upon us--or pretty nearly--perhaps #t wouldn't be out of the way if I included a couple of fine ways of using that delicious fruit. The first is: Answer to Crossword Puzzle 1|S|LIE matt |/ f TABLE TALKS dane Andrews, -| For further information write: Sigs i: LI iif vy EAL MI os of HEAT Nae IT EERE RG Caan J TTS v Ir sho SPICED GRAPE JAM 2 quarts grapes 2 pounds sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon allspice - 1 bottle certo or other fruit pectin Method: Wash and crush the fruit. Add - the sugar and spices Bring quickly to boil in large kettle, stirring constantly. Boil for 2 minutes, then add the fruit pee- tin. Skim carefully 'and pour inte hot, sterilized pint jars, or inte jelly glasses. Seal. (Paraffin, if you use jelly glasses). Makes 3 pints or nine 6-oz. glasses, * * * AMBER GRAPE MARMALADR 4 cups grape pulp (skins removed) 2 cups sour applesauce 34 cups sugar 2 teaspoons grated lemon rind Method: Cook the grape pulp in a small amount of water until soft enough to sieve, Pass through a sieve and add the sour applesauce, and bring to a boil. Then add the sugar and grated lemon rind, Sim- mer yntil thick and jelly-like. Pour into hot, sterilized glasses. Para- fin. Makes about seven 6-ox. glasses. Obliging "Madam," said the kennel owne offer you this thoroughbred blood: hound." "How do I know it's s bloodhound?" ghe asked doubtfully. "Hector," the owner ordered the dog, "bleed for the lady." WANTED -- Old gold, Jewellery, sterling slivers, dental gold, antique Jewellery, pear) sunburste and watch cases. Gather together your forgotten artloles and turn them Into dellare at The Gold. Bhoppe (Crawfords), 130 Yonge Bireet, Toronto, Prompé valuation ea malled parcels, = Soothe them with MINARD'S LINIMENT 38e hia WANTED YOUNG WOMEN for Harvesting Peaches, Plums, Pears, Apples, rapes, omatoes an other Fall fruits and vegetables Accommodation in Farm Service Force Camps August 15th to November 15th Campers must bring blankets, sheets and pillow cases -Ontario Farm Service Force 9 Richmond Street East Toronto 1, Ontario. 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