THE STRATFORD Rae IRROR ~ YOUR EASTER FASHION NEWS sy CROSIER'S Choice Easter Lingerie "SLIPS" Here are the famous "Mary Barron's".. . slips that know their place and stay there. To assure usefulness and smart- ness they are tailored from splendid quality accurately sized. Real J 95 to 2.98 here are material and are satisfaction. "GOWNS" These gowns will certainly styles ...types beautiful bride's trousseau. See for yourself to morrow. Styled For Accessories live up to your idea of smart style and good values. There's a wide choice of tailored or fancy enough for a 1.59 «4.95 Beauty ana Service We are GLOVES durability jealous of gloves--hence during wartime we have maintain- ed a high standard of quality and value. See our Easter and Spring collections--they're designed to meet present-day re- quirements of lasting our reputation for fine {.00.. 3.95 rect fashions PURSES These purses of ours is your assurance of cor- ... they will prove a victory for real beauty--innate value and high style. Come in captivating, new, clever and commodious shapes that will give seasons of dependable wear. 2.39 to 19.00 Our HOSIERY factured hosiery department boasts names of the greats in the hosiery world. Manu- facturers who have their products were the best. Here are the choicest hosiery lines that can be manu- the trade- ascended the top because for Easter 79¢ «1-35 --- JEWELRY There's more to your Suit or Coat than fine fabric--it's your accessories that's important. Add a gay pin to your lapel--put a smart ring on your finger--wear a colorful necklace--the results are inspiring. 1.00 3.69 sue J, J. Crosier AND CO. 97 LIMITED Ontario B. A. GALBRAITH Accountant - Auditor Income Tax Audit 247] Reports Bookkeeping Service @ 149 Rebecca, Stratford, Ont. 'RAEI ABE LEO i: CTA gr PAYS TO READ THE MIRROK "ADVERTISEMENTS "Waiter, this is a very small steak." ey Oe, sir, It. is." "And it's very tough." "Then it's lucky it's small, isn't it, sir?" 5 An old colored minister, in a sermon on Hell, pictured it as a region of ice and snow, where the damned froze through eternity. "Why do you tell your congregation that Hell is a cold place?" asked the visiting. Bishop. "J don't dare tell them _ people nothing else, Bishop. Why, if I was to say that Hell was warm, some of them old rheumatics would be want- ing to start down the first frost." JUSTAMONG OURS EV ES Mirror Readers A Regular Department Conducted for by Ina St. John. MAIL DELAYED? Dear Miss St. John,-- I have not heard from my boy friend for a long time. He is over- seas. I have written three letters since I heard from him. My sister says I should not write again. She says I may as well realize that he has met someone else. In his last letter he said he might not be able to write as often. She says it is his way of "siving me the gate." I can't believe it. He is very out-spoken. I'm sure he would tell me if he did not want to write again. I mean to write at least once more. Do you think I am fool- ish? RENE. Ans.: Well Rene, feeling as you do, I think you are wise in continuing to write to your overseas friend. Many letters are lost on the way over. He may be ill or a prisoner. You know the man. Use your own judgment regardless of anyone's opinion. Ina St. John. ee, ee THE HOME FIRES Dear Miss St. John,-- I have three children aged five, seven and nine. My husband is over- seas. The children are not very strong. It keeps me busy preparing good nourishing meals and caring for our home and thechildren. My friends all do war work. They often urge me to get a woman "in and join them. They get good money. Sometimes I am tempted to do as they say. I have quite a time keeping out of debt. My husband is a private. So far I have decided against leaving my littles ones to the care of a stranger. Do you think the extra things I could buy for them would make up for that? I am not very strong so I could not do much in the evening after working all day at a war plant. DORA. Ans.: It seems to me that you have made a wise decision Dora. As long as the children as so young they will not worry about doing without expensive clothes and food. They need your care at this important time in their _ lives. They need you when they come in from school. In short they need a home and a mother's care. A house may be a palace, but it is not a home if it is managed by some one who has no personal interest in the family. It means self-denial on your part, but it will pay you many times over. Your husband will be happier knowing that you are keeping his little ones safe and comfortable rather than earning extra money. Ina St. John. * * HEARTY BREAKFAST NEEDED Dear Miss St. John,-- My husband is working at a war industry. He chose to do this work instead of his former job with short hours. Now he expects me to get up at six a.m. and get breakfast also pack him a lunch. (I do this the night before.) This often wakes our ten-year-old daughter and it means we have to go to bed with the chick- ens. L think this is selfish. If he wants to be patriotic he has no right to force me into it. I don't get any credit. Don't you think I am right? I knit for the Red Cross uad feel I do my share. BARBARA. Ans.: A man who works in a war plant needs a nourishing break- fast, particularly when he car- ries a lunch. It is a_ wife's re- sponsibility to prepare meals for her husband, no matter what time of day he needs them. Therefore Barbara, I do think that you should rise in time to prepare a hearty breakfast. Why not go back to bed if you need more rest! Ina St. John. ak oe SPRING FINERY? Dear Miss St. John,-- I have an unexpected invitation to spend Easter in Toronto. I have been ill, so I have no Easter outfit ready. I should love to go, but I fear I shall look odd. I don't want to embarrass my smart friends. Do you think if should refuse the invitation? RUTH Ans.: Well Ruth, if the weather con- tinues to be as disagreeable as it is at this time of writing, you would look odd indeed arrayed in Spring finery. "It is an ill wind that blows nobody good." Probably every- one will be wearing winter cloth- es. We wish you a pleasant visit. Ina St. John. ss enti sess -_---- 25 - 40 and 60 watt Inside frosted ] Be Each Hydro Shop Phone 460 ~-- | - * iad ht 'STRATFORD MIRROR -- Since the war began the lengths of cotton used for khaki shirts and other articles of cotton for the armed forces would stretch around the earth at the equator with enough left over to reach from Winnipeg to Vancouver and back. In the picture above, piles of khaki broadcloth shirts are being stacked in a western garment fac- tory. This factory delivers week. more than 5,000 of these shirts every Then there's the story about the | were all her children or if it was a woman who, when she got on the' street car with ten children, was ask- | ed by the friendly motorman if ey | picnic. "Yes," she snapped, mine, and it's no picnic." "they're all Everyday Foods Dressed Up Make Easter Meals Festive Thinking longingly of the luscious Easter hams and other' missing table delicacies that used to make the Easter dinner something extra special? : What of it? There probably won't be a new Easter outfit this year either, but Canadian women who wear with pride last year's clothes, made over and refurbished, will be the fashion leaders in the 1943 Easter parade. So, everyday foods, prepared and served with special care, will ap- pear on the holiday dinner tables of Canadian homes. It is wise to have several alternate menus in mind when' shopping for the Easter dinner in case your first or second choice is not available. A surprise beginning and ending to the meal will lift it out of the every- day into the holiday class. For in- stance, frui{ juice or tomato cock- tail may be frozen to a mush and served in sherbet glasses instead of in their liquid form. A fruit cock- tail may be replaced by attractively arranged individual fruit salads serv- ed, Hollywood style, with French dressing as a first course. Desserts too, offer scope for variety and the Consumer Section of the Dominien Department of Agriculture offers these recipes as suggested fin- ishing touches to the Easter dinner. MAPLE SYRUP PIE 2 cups maple syrup 1 cup milk 2 tablespoon cornstarch Pinch of salt 2 egg yolks Blend cornstarch and salt with a little of the milk. Heat rest of milk withmaple syrup to boiling point. Add KEEP IN STEP FOR ¢6ASTER styles to you. and Calf Leathers. 93 Ontario St. Better Fitting Footwear | RAY GETLIFFE'S Have just received their complete lines of new Spring merchandise this week, We would appreciate the opportunity of showing these new Spring There are many styles to choose from in Black, Brown, Blue, Suede, Kid and Crushed Leathers. We also have a new shipment of Men's Spring Shoes in Black, Brown, Kid Do your Easter Shopping early while we have a complete range of sizes and styles to choose from. "SEE THEM IN OUR WINDOWS" RAY GEILIFES.. cornstarch mixture and cook 5 min- utes in double boiler, stirring con- stantly. Pour some of the mixture over the beaten egg yolks, return to double boiler and cook five minutes longer, stirring continually. Pour into a baked pie shell. Top with meringue made from the egg whites. SPANISH MOULD 1 jelly roll 2 teaspoons gelatine 2 cups milk 2 eggs, separated Pinch of salt 14% cup sugar % teaspoon vanilla Soak gelatine in 4 cup of the milk. Scald the rest of the milk. Beat egg yolks with sugar and salt, add the scalded milk slowly, return to the double boiler and cook, stirring con- stantly until the mixture coats the spoon. Dissolve gelatine in the hot mixture. Cool and add' flavoring. Cut jelly roll in %' inch slices and use to line a mould. When gelatine mixture is partly set beat in the stiffly beaten egg whites and pour into the lined. mould, Chill until set. Serves 6-8. GRAPE SPONGE 1 tablespoon gelatine 2 tablespoons cold water 1 cup unsweetened grape j uice % cup sugar (less if grape juice isi sweetened) 1 tablespoon lemon juice Few grains salt 2 egg whites Soak gelatine in cold water. Heat grape juice and sugar to boiling point, add soaked gelatine and stir until gelatine is dissolved. Add lemon juice. Chill till partially set. Add salt to egg whites, beat till stiff and beat into the gelatine mixture. Pour into an oiled mou'd or individual sherbet glasses and chill until set. Serve with eustard sauce. Serves 6. Rhubarb Sponge may be made from. this recipe, substituting 1%4| cups sweetened, stewed rhubarb for the grape j uice and sugar. 4 & BICYCLE CLIPS Bicycle clips, formerly made of 'metal, are now being made of plastic material. ---- CHINA HALL GLASS Cups and Saucers Beat Proof FIRE KING WARE 25c Cups Only 2 for 25c J.L. Bradshaw : Phone 179 84 Ontario St.