Es SN Shs Bo eae Oo THE STRATFORD MIRROR Wa en ie aes ate hee Say ete F ") to Sy aca dig . Sa 3 aka Sa Bg ores nie 5 ae age En part Cte Canada's Nutrition oughly enjoy. { When You Eat Uptown Eat at the Diana Restaurant DIANA RESTAURANT John Tatulis, Prop. Phone 2578 Program § ponsors Say-- "EAT RIGHT - The Diana Meals provide the proper nourishment. Not only that but our meals you will thor- FEEL RIGHT" 95 Ontario St. es oan Those Old Shoes May last a long time after we have repaired them. We repair Rubbers and put on good Rubber Heels. GEO. WELCH SHOE REPAIR 146 St. Patrick Tel. 1998w Ses SMILE WHEN IN TROUBLE I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. It is the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose conscience ap- proves his conduct will pursue his principles unto death.--Thomas Paine. The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him in employment and _ happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs.--Emerson. Dominion Every (By Edna Jaques) To women falls the task of prepar- ing food for a hungry world, and since the dawn of time they have been zeal- ous in making it attractive and deli- cious to the taste. One of the prime methods of improving on Mother Na- ture is to add sweetness to some of her products. From ancient India comes the first record of sugar. From there it work- ed its way to China. In an old manu- script we learn that in the year 600 A.D. a wise old Emperor of China sent men to India to learn the art of sugar- making. From China the cultivation of sugar cane and the making of sugar spread to Egypt. The Arabs introduced it in- to Sicily and Spain, and from here it was carried to Siam, Ceylon, Java and other countries of the old world. Soon after the discovery of America it was brought to Cuba and nearby islands, and thus to the North American conti- nent. Canadian people have developed a terrifically sweet tooth. We like our apple sauce sweet as honey--our pan- cakes have to be smothered in syrup, our porridge must be loaded down with brown sugar, our cakes piled high with icing. We want Sugar in ee ae, Quarter. Million Pounds Of Sugar Consumed By People Of This Week our tea... some of us even put s on our lettuce and tinnetae When we can't have it we get to feeling sorry for ourselves and think we are badly used. Once a week a sugar coupon be- comes valid. Each one is good for half a pound of sugar. This means that Canadians use in their own homes five and a quarter million pounds of Sugar every week of the year just as regular as clockwork. Added to this every person, man, woman and child, from a day-old baby to the granddad of the community can get an addition- al half-pound every two weeks if they care to use the "D" coupon for sugar instead of preserves. On top of that there is the yearly allowance of 10 pounds per person for canning. This extra item adds up to 115 million pounds a year. If you live in or near a city you can occasionally buy a cake or pie, a few doughnuts, cookies or a raisin loaf to tide you along. If you live in the country and can't get this added Sweetness, you can tell yourself you have more butter, cream and maybe ryour own maple syrup or honey to balance the whole thing and make your family feel well fed and right- eous. After all, we didn't have bombs for breakfast, incendiaries with our lunch or block busters for dinner. we OPEN FOR BUSINESS As Usual Don't pay any attention to blocad- ed front .... just open the outside door and WALK IN! It will pay you well. see hundreds of pairs, women's and men's shoes marked away below regular price-- 1.94-'2.94 Don't Forget The Place == LINCOLN SHOE STORE (FORMERLY RAY GETLIFFE'S) 93 ONTARIO STREET Hore you will over. t ¥ inate ah i" 'THE STRATFORD MIRROR | | JUST AMONG OURSELVES A Regular Department Conducted for Mirror Readers by Ina St. John. COMPENSATION Dear Miss Ct. John: Perhaps you can throw some light on a subject that puzzles me. We have only one child -- a grown-up daughter. We have a charming home. Our girl (1'll call her Mary) has every- thing any girl could expect to have. She is rather pretty and we give her plenty of spending money. Our main desire in life is to see her happy. Not far from our house there is a girl Mary's age. Her mother died some years ago. She keeps house for her father and two brothers. She is a pretty girl but she has never had a spare dollar. She makes most of her clothes and hats and often needs some article of clothing for weeks before she gets it.. Now here is what seems so strange. Our girl scarcely ever has a "date." The other has to refuse them, she has so many admirers. We know this girl well. She is a good girl. But what makes her so much more popular than our Mary, who has so much to offer any young man--I mean | the occasional use of our car, being made welcome at our lovely home, and so on. Yet Mary scarcely ever has a boy friend. DISAPPOINTED MOTHER. Answer: Well, DisappointedMother, perhaps it is just Nature's compensa- tion. Your daughter has every ma- terial advantage. No doubt life has been rosy for her up to the "dating" time. The other girl has known sor- row, and has had to do without many things that girls love. Perhaps the resourcefulness that she has developed has made her interesting and alert as well as pretty. "Into each life some rain must fall'; but rest assured that your pretty daughter will find real happiness when her time comes. Meanwhile, Mary can afford to watch the dates stop at the other girl's door. Up to the present time her neighbor has had to watch most of life's pleas- ures flock to Mary's home. We wish both girls the best in life. INA ST. JOHN. WHILE HE IS AWAY Dear Miss St. John: I am a war wife. Before I met my husband I was a keen skater. I went with him four years. During that time I scarcely ever skated because he prefers to dance. Well, now he has been overseas a year. I went skating with married friends all this winter. Last Sunday my mother-in-law took me to task about it. She said she never remembered me skating when her son was home. She seems to think it a wild and undignified sport. I would not worry about this, only she may write a garbled account of my "goings on" to my husband. Do you think it was out of the way for me to take up my favorite sport when he was away? E.N. Answer: It seems to me that you are entitled to enjoy yourself in your own way while your husband is absent. You have denied yourself this pleas- ant and healthful sport because he preferred other amusement. Why should you not shorten the time of his absence by keeping fit and cheerful in your own way. We hope your days of being a "war wife" will soon be INA ST. JOHN. PRESENTS Dear Miss St. John: My husband never gives me a pres- ent. He is not close with money, but he just seems to forget. Even Christ- mas and my birthday go by without a present from him. My family think he is queer and Scotch. What can I do about it? M. R. Answer: Well, M.R., some families have a lovely habit of giving presents to each other and to their friends. 29 Ontario Street Povmaid AeA LAS SS ACCOUNTANT - AUDITOR PHONES--Office 2427-w Res. 2427-J Stratford, Ont. Others are just as free at heart, but they have never acquired this heart- warming way of expressing their love. One woman married a man who did not buy her presents. She solved her own problem. After several embar- rassing occasions when friend hus- band was the only one who had no gift for her, she decided to do some- thing about it! On Christmas day she "found" a prettily wrapped gift with her name on it. It was inscribed "To my dear wife." She says she never saw her husband look so blank. After that he did not miss any "gift" occa- sions. INA ST. JOHN. a Ration Coupons To Be Used Now Sugar, Nos. 14 to 28. Tea and coffee--Nos. 14 to 29. El to E4, r Preserves, etc., Nos. D1 to D16. Butter, Nos. 52 to 55. "How kind of you," said the girl, "to bring me those lovely flowers. They are so beautiful and fresh. I believe there is some dew on them yet." "Yes," stammered the young man, quite taken aback, "but I'm going to pay it off tomorrow." Read The Mirror 'Ads'. 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