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_ t Actractive kitchen cannisiers ean no made by covering empty coffee cans wilh gay ‘dilcloth. Cut the vilcloth as wide as the can is high and long enough to go round the tan and lap over about one inch. Bind with tape and sew on snaps to fasten. Dampen an ironâ€"mould stain with peroxide of hydrogen and let it dry in strong sunlight. If the stain is very bad, several applicaâ€" tions may be needed, but it wili be hieached out eventualiy. This treatment is only suitable for white material or colors that are fast to light, of course, No clean paint brushes that have become hard put some vinegar in a savcepan and bring it to the boil. Put the brushes in it and alâ€" low them to simmer for half an hour. Then wash them thoroughly in very soapy water, rinse and you will find the brushes are as good as the day you bought them. Tie both ends secuxely and wind round a wooden stick of some sort. This will make an excellent and useful floor mop. Another way of using up the wool is to plait the skein loosely, tying it at each end, and using it as a hand polisher. if you have any thick, knitted garment that is practically worn out, pull it undone and wind the wool into a large skein, just like the skein of new wool you‘d buy at the shop, but make the skein much thicker.â€" s + When you hang stockings out io wry, put a clothes peg in each toe to fasten them to the line, and join each pair with a peg in the top. The weight of the peg keeps them from blowing up and twist in# round the line. A roll of halfâ€"inch adhesive tape will make dozens of nameâ€" tabs for kiddies‘ coats and caps. It is the work of a moment to snip ofi a couple of inches, write the name and stick the tab on the gar. Kingsion penitentiary. Miss Haidâ€" inger was arrested for illegal enâ€" try from the U.S. into Canada and will be interned for the duration of the war. Tiver having twice attempted to escape while being transported from Toronto‘s Don Jail to Kingâ€" ston, Katharine Haidinger, spy suspect, arrived safely at the woâ€" men‘s prison in connection with vid Many New England Young Woâ€" men Had Economical Trousâ€" At least one New E. nd brile of the early 18th cent. . y had an economical trousseau. He: wedâ€" ding gown was simply a sheet. Record of this unusual attire was found in a manuseript collecâ€" tion in the Andover Public Lib» rary by the PWA historical recâ€" ords survey. The ceremony was performed December 24, 1733, at Bradford, now a part of Haverâ€" hill. Mass. Brides Of 1700‘s Were T hrif ty such martia alied "smock s believed, we and and the 4 Aithough th he _ "smoeck : vhite sheet, of Spy Suspect Interned "Smock â€" Marriages" Such marriage ceremonies were led "smock marriages" and, it believed, were common in Engâ€" d and the American colonies. ‘ithough the usual costume of _ "smock marriages" was a ite sheet, or chemise, the bride times wore nothin@ at al‘. 1d Handy Hints prop Musta‘t Be In Debt : belief that if a man mar voman who was in debt h he held liable for hex in css if he received her a ds of the minister or mag with any of her property @Ge1V Wedding Gown lieved that if a woâ€" a man who was in torg could not take o satisfy them proâ€" ived nothing {from cedure wa t if a man was in de ble for he )A 1@ _"I‘m sorty, Mr. Johnston.. Ter ribly sorry. I didn‘t know you had a Wife." "Bhe‘s been away. It‘s almost 10 years now. We bad a baby, and it lived only a few days. Then it was like something snapped in my wife‘s mind . . . she‘s nover gotten "I basn‘t anything to do with the murder, Miss Pierce. I swear it. You can check up for yourself, ii you don‘t believe me. I know you won‘t let it get into the papers . , . It‘s my wife. She‘s â€"â€" she‘s ‘not quite well, Miss Pierce." arm, "The police should know, ‘Ir. Johnson, if it has anything to doâ€"‘ Nothing To Do With the Murder Johnson held up his hand in a "Positive, Miss Pierce," he stated with conviction. "That young deâ€" tective â€" Martin â€" went through the place with me on Monday. I stop in every day to see that everyâ€" thing is all rightâ€" Mrs. Carruth erg3 asked me to do that â€" and J would be sure to notiee if anybody kad been staying there." Wearily, Cilly sat down. "That puts us right back where we startâ€" ed," she said. "Mr. Carratiers could not very well have thrown away those newspapers . . . Well, thank you anyway, Mr. Jehnson." She smiled gratefully, The stperintendent seemd relue tant to leave, He took his pipe otut ol a back pocket, toyed with it ner vyously for a moment, then replaced it. Finally he spoke, a liitle hesiâ€" tantly. _‘"Miss Pierce . . . there‘s some thing else â€"" "Yes, Mr. Jobnson?t" "It‘s about the other morning,. . . I don‘t know how t. tell you, It‘s about those books you saw , . . " Cilly nodded. "Dolan asked a lot of questions about them today. I guess he must think I‘m insane. But I dida‘t tell him. 1 won‘t tell the police, and have it all in the papers. It‘s differâ€" ent with you, Miss Pierce. I would like to explain to you â€" " "Yes. They won‘t be back untfl Sunday. Mr. Carrutbers told me they were going to spend his full two weeks‘ vacation in Bermuda." Cilly looked earnestly at the supâ€" erintendent, "Mr. Johnson," she asked gravely. "aro you sure that asked gravely, "aro you sure th nobody eould be hiding out in the apartmont ?" "They‘re still away?" she asked Johnson absently, knowing in ad vance the answer. He brought the matter up as soon as they were inside her apartment. "It‘s about that t_nant from the west, Miss Pierce. The one . " "You remember who it was?" "I found out. 1 remembered | it was a trunk that came from thore, so this afternoon J went through the trunk room â€" downstairs and checked the labels. It was Mr. Car ruthers‘, It came here direct from the Hotel Utabh in Salt Lake City," "Something ElSe" Cilly took off her hat and tossed it on the divan. "Mr. Carruthers!" she repoated. But that meant nothâ€" Ing . . . The Carruthers were in Bermula; Detoctive Martin had yerified that. CHAPTER XXI After â€" the â€" invostigation, Cilly waited for the others to leave in order that she might see Sergeant Dolan alone. She felt that she at least should try, to correct the false impression Mr. Corbett had given of her. But Dolan himself was the first to leave the room; later Detective Martin told her that he might be out for the remainder of the day. Returning to the apartment house late that afternoon, she then Last week: Mrs. Downey reveals that a man whispered to Mrs. Wheeler in the hall an hour or so after the murder of Amy Kerr. By pictures she identifies him as Har vey Ames. SERGEANT DOLAN â€" officer assigned to solve the murder of Amy Kerr. AMY KERRâ€"Cilly‘s roommaie and murderer‘s victim. JIM KERRIGANâ€"Cilly‘s fiance, HARRY _ HUTCHINS â€" Amy‘s strange visitor, CAasT OF CHARACTERS PRISCILLA PIERCE â€" heroine young woman attorney. *They‘re So Convenient "SALADA OUT of the NIGHT Â¥C BY MARION WHITE _ Copyright, 1937, NEA Service, nod evening, Miss Pierce," the intendeont greeted. "I was sort ping you‘d come along, Can I ou for a few minutes?" wely, Mr. Johnson. Come in." woudored if his memory of the it from Salt Lake City had M xTEA BAGS M he apartment rnoon, she then standing in the "But this isn‘t a matier of any fraud, Mrs, Hunter," Cilly pursued relentlessly. "This is murder. And the doctors who might believe my testimony would be doubly carefvi in their examinations . .. " "Me Was in Bed!" « Mrs. Hunter wilted. Besgechingâ€" ly she held her hands out, to Cilly. "Don‘t testify, Miss,. I‘ll fell you about it, but I beg of you, don‘t let them think my busband is a murdâ€" erer. He was in bed when it hapâ€" pened, I swear it!" "Why does he pretend to be a "No matter what else he did?" CHly finished for her. "What is his other crime then, Mrs. ~unter? is he cheating an insurance compâ€" any ?" ' "You can‘t prove it!" she cried hoarsely. "A dozen doctora all exâ€" amined him ... " Mrs. Hunter paled; she drew in her breath with a sharp gasp. Her hands, clutching her apron to her throat, were shaking convuisively. It was a blind stab inâ€"the dark; at the moment Cilly did not know herself what ‘prompted the words. They hit home, neverthelese. Mirs. Hunter began to ery hysterâ€" ically. "My husband is no murder er," she sobbed. _ "He never burt anybody in his life, no matter what cise . . . " "There‘s beon a murder commitâ€" ted in this house, Mrs. Hunter," she reminded the woman. "And the murderer is one of the meon living here. Your busband was the nearâ€" est to the roof last Sunday night . . "I‘ve nothing to tell you!" the woman cried in terror. "You should be ashamed of yourselt making al} kinds of trouble for decent people. You‘ve no right in my apartment. . . . P tell my husband . , . " Cilly walked boldly into the livâ€" ing room and sat down. "Why don‘t you call for your husband now?" she asked. "You might alarm him vnexpectedly, so that he‘l! come running down to see what the trouble is. That would prove my story nicely." Mrs. Hunter did not ery out, howâ€" ever. But she was frightened. Cilly felt a little sorry for her, but she stecled herself, "‘Then Mrs. Huner is alone now, probably washing the suppor dishâ€" ¢s. 1 think I‘ll go up to see her." About Your Husband A few minutes later, Mrs. Hunter came to the door of her apartment in answer to Cilly‘s ring, _ When she saw who it was, she stepped back, startled. Cilly entered, shutâ€" ting the door behind her. "I‘d like to talk to you about your husband, Mrs. Hunter," she said unhesitatingly. "You mean about seeing him walk last night?" "Yes. That was the truth, Mr. Johnson. I went over on the roof across the way just to watch the Bayview. What 1 really hoped to see was somebody in one of the empty apartments. It just happen ed that I met Mr. Corbett first â€" he was drunk, and very unpleasant. "He‘s up there now. 1 took him up about 15 minutes before you came along." time do you usually take him up on the roof, Mr. Johnson?" "Oh, yes, Mr. Johnson, there is something else. Remember what 1 said this morning, down at police headquarters, about Mr, Hunter?" Johnson nodded, "He looked that sort of a man." "HMowever, I did see Mr. Huntor walking about his bedroom just as sure as I see you now. He‘s faking this paralysis for some reason, and I‘m going to find out why. What "I hope you won‘t, Miss Pierce," he said appoalingly. "I never menâ€" tioned it to anybody about this beâ€" fore. I don‘t want it to get around, When my wife gots better, it won‘t help any to have it known that she has been away all these years. . .. Well, if there is anything else I can do, Miss Pierce . . . " He startâ€" ed to leave. over it. The doctors don‘t seem to know how to help her. 1 haven‘t had much education myself, but 1 got those books to study. Someâ€" times 1 think it might just be one little thing . . . one little word, perâ€" haps, which might bring her back . . . . something which the doctors haven‘t thought of, _ The trouble came so sudderly, you see. There must be something to bring her back . . . if we could only find it." Thore were tears in his eyes, and he hbasterned to brush them away with a workâ€"roughened hand. Cilâ€" ly‘s heart went out to the man. "I won‘t mention what you have told me, Mr. Johnson," she promisâ€" ed. ud 63 Clb OoNnTARIO ARCHIV TORrOonTO Members of the Sun and .Ai» Bathing Association, more popularâ€" ly known as Nudists, now number about 30,000 in Great Britain. "Mr. Hunter had studied medicâ€" ine, so when the young intern on the ambulance arrived, it was easy to make out he was paralyzod. So easy, in fact, that he kept up the pretense. The young fellow who ran him down settled for $50,000. He will never miss it, his father left him $4,000,000. We live here quietâ€" ly, because the man‘s lawyers still check up on my husband. _ But soemtimes we go away on liitle trips and my _husband does not have to protend . . . Oh, I know it‘s wrong . . but what does it matter to that man? He should have been taught a lesson . . . " ie aiothe Gradually the woman‘s sobs subâ€" sided; she began to speak more calmly. "My husband was out of work, and we were up against it, One week we hadn‘t had food for three days. He was frantic. Late that night he was coming home, when right in front of our house a big car came tearing down the street. All of a.sudden, it hit a dog and killed him. The driver swerved and kept on going. He hit my husâ€" band. I saw it from the window. I screamed and ran out, Somewhere down the street, the polico got the driver of the car. Ho was so tunk he couldn‘t stand up. It made my husband wild with anger. We had not eaten for three days, and this man could go around in a $10,000 car endangering other people‘s lives and property, helpless cripple when he isn‘ pattern to Wilson Needlecraft Dept., 73 West Adclaide St., Torontso, Write plainly PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME and ADDRESS, You can "capture" this graceful doe and her fawn with a few simple stitches! Pattern 2403 contains a transfer pattern of a pieture 15 x 20 inches+ color chart and key; materials required; illustration of stitches. Spread To Continent In a few years the custom spread to France where it was given legislative recognition, as it was later in both Genoa and Florâ€" ence. When and where the custom actually originated is not known, but it has been given widespread recognition. "For ilke yeare knowne as lepe yeare, ilk mayden ladye of bothe highe and lowe estait shall hae liberte to bespeake ye man she likes, albeit he refuses to talk her to be his lawful wyfe, he shall be mulcted in ye sum ane pundis or less, as his estait may be; except and awis gif he can make it apâ€" peare that he is betrothed ane ither woman he then shall be free." Women must woo and men will weep for a change, according to a hoary tradition, packed up by legislative enactments, which gives a woman the right to propose durâ€" ing Leap Year, The present year is one of these years. Law Passed In 1288 Research at MeGill University into old customs discloses the fact that Scotland was the nation to bring about the legal emancipation of womankind in this particular respect, A law was passed in Scotâ€" land in 1288 which in its essence dictated that: Women To Woo, Men To Wee Reversal of Roles Established By Old Scottish Statute Reâ€" search at McGill Univcr:ity Discloses Old Customs .WALL HANGING Send twenty cents in coins (stamps capnot be accepted) for this (To Bo Continued) YOU‘LL ENJOY STIVCHING THIS LAURA WHEELER PANEL Year Despite Japan‘s 1989 lmmper wheat crop, it will import more from Australia. Miss Jacobs fired the new reâ€" cord on the range of the San Franâ€" cisco Traffic Police at Fort Funâ€" ston, Dec. 17. The U. 8. National Rifle® Asâ€" sociation announces that 17â€"yeagâ€" old Gloria Jacobs of Woodland, Calif., has set a new world .pistol record, besting by one point the mark established two yéars ago by Gâ€"Man Walter Walsh. The First Womar The Association said that Miss Jacobs, who scored 299 out of a possible 300 points over the diffiâ€" eult 30â€"shot Camp Perry course, is the first girl or woman to hold a world pistol record. She is the daughter of a California State Police officer. Pistol Champion California Girl New World‘s Record Made By mome_â€"_®tDdLat SDip Royal Bank Bullding, Toronte. ed) shaved 2 cups of milk scalded 1 tablespoon butter 1 cup sugar 14 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 egg well beaten Mix crumbs with shaved chocoâ€" late and add to scalded milk in saucepan. Stir over low heat until chocolate melts, Add butter and cool slightly. Add the remaining ingredients and mix â€" thoroughly. Pour into buttered casserole and bake one hour in oven 375. . Test with silver knife to see if it comes out clean (which is the best test for all custards). Serve hot with sweetened whipped cream, sprinkâ€" led with chocolate shot. and cash awards for meritorious musical compositions offered to Canadiama of either sex under 22 years of age. The Contest closes BREAD AND CUSTARD DESSERTS Of special importance just folâ€" lowing the holiday season are the simple, nourishing desserts, for two reasons. Firstly, thoy are inexpenâ€" sive, secondly, they are excellent food value incorporating milk and eggs as they do, thirdly, this type of dish is a much ncoded change from the rich foods of tradition of the Yuletideo season. CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING 1 cup dry bread crumbs 1 square of chocolate (unsweeten sible 300 17â€"YÂ¥earâ€"Old Gloria Jacobs, Who Scores 289 Out of Posâ€" Bvy SADIE B. CHAMBERS PATTERN 2403 reared by a Buenos Aires bird ~ fancier. He aiready: owns orange, copper, and red birds in his colâ€" ; lmiono Emmaâ€" Williams,. of Spokanc, Wash., one day last week opened her mail box, took out a letter, then wept softly. It was one she had‘ mailed 21 years ago to her brother, Oscar Birkland, soldicr with the American army in France. He died séveral months after reâ€" turning home. Clues to its jourâ€" neys mostly were undecipherable, There was a purple notation "wounded 10 â€" 18 Tours," sevâ€" eral illegible red ink marks and Miss Williams‘ return address, ‘"He must have been in a hospital when the letter got to France," she said, "and they didn‘t find him. I don‘t even remember what‘s in the leiter. I‘d like :o knowâ€"in‘a way. But I‘m never going to open it." Mary Rose gained the utle by four points over Joannette Dolson, Toronto‘s _ 21â€"y6amoid _ sprinting star, Miss Doisom held her cupremâ€" acy over all others in the Canadian track and field championships for the fourth straight year, after bowâ€" ing to Helen Morrison of Toronto in the Qniario meof, Letter Mailed In Last War Returns Sports writers across the Domâ€" inion, polled by the Canadian Press agreed that Mary Rose swas the loading Canadian wowan athiste of 1939. Some marked their ballots for her alone, though they were giâ€" ven three chojces. Preity Mary Rose, at the age of 16, won the Canadian and North American figrre skating championâ€" ships this year in her first attempt. There seem to be no other fields for the Winnipeg girl to conquer right now. for South America does not go in for that sort of thing, and ather continents are vthorwiso engaged. Like many another athiete, Mary Rose Thacker may never got a roat chance to show ber ability because of the cancellation of the 1940 OQlympic Games, For the moment, she will have to be content wi‘th lauvels to be won on this continent. Mary Rose Thacker, Champion Figurs Skater, Wins Title for Canada‘s Leading Woman A thlete If a butterscotch flavor is desir ed, substitute one cup of brown suâ€" gar for the granulated in the basic recipe. Or still another surprise: Serve a date dessert by adding lb chopped fruit and one teaspoon grated lemon rind to the milk mixâ€" ture before thickening. And still again, add one cup shredded «ocoaâ€" nut to the filling and sprinkle an additional half cup over the merinâ€" gue boefore browning, for another dessert. VARIATIONS FOR CREAM PIE Fill a baked shell with alternate layers of cream fillisg and sliced bananas and top with whipped croam. Or this: Increase the sugar to one ¢gup, and add two squanes of bitter chocolate to the scalded milk to melt; top the dessert with whipâ€" ped cream and chocolate shot. BUTTERSCOTCH PUDDING Combine two tablespoons of butâ€" ter and threoâ€"fourths cup of brown sugar in the top of a double botler and cook over direct héat, until well blended, about one minute. Add two cups milk and place over hot water to scald. Add slowly two wellâ€"beaten eggs and season with a pinch of salt and !4 teaspoon of vanilla. Arrange one and eneâ€"half of buttered bread cubes in a greas ed baking dish and add the cnstâ€" ard mixture. Havo oven 850 deâ€" grees, hbaking until firm in the centre, Cover with a meringue made of two egg whites, oneâ€"fourth cup of brown stgar and vanilla to {flavor. Return to oven to brown. This simple basic pie is one which should be cultivated in every family. It lends itself to many inâ€" teresting variations, Mix one third cup filour and twoâ€"thirds cup sugar and !, teaspoon salt, Add two cups scalded milk, stirring constantly, Cook over hot water, stirring until thick about 15 minutes. Add two tablespoons butter, Pour mixture over three heaten egg yolks, stirâ€" ring constantly, Cook two minutes longer. Cool and add *4 teaspoon of vanilla extract. Black canaries are now Miss _ Chambers _ welcomes perconal letters from interestâ€" ed readers. She is pleased o receive suggestions on topics for her column, and is even ready to listen to your "pet peeves." Requests for recipes or special menus are in order. Address your letters to "Miss Sadie B. Chambers, 73 West Adelaide Street, Toronio." 1939 â€" Jeannette Dolson READERS, WRITE IN! CREAM PIE Mrs. Bogart can recall many inâ€" cidents during the sailboat trip of seven weeks and four days across the Atlantic Ocean 94 years ago. Mrs. Bogart came to Canada in 1845 as aâ€"little girl when her parâ€" ents . moved from â€" Fermanagh County, Eire. She has yet to sufâ€" fer a serious illness, another point in her argument for more winter garments for Canadian womanâ€" hood. A liitle whiteâ€"haired woman who lived under the reigns of six British sovereigns looked back on 105 years of life last month and opined that girls could do with more respect for cold weather, "If they dressed warmly, the way 1 do, girls would be healthfer and live a good deal longer," said Mrs. May Jane Bogart, of More» wood, Ontario, who was celebratâ€" ing her 105th birthday annmvers» ary. ‘ * + Girls, Wear More In Cold Weather And Have Long Life â€" Womâ€" an of 105 Celebrates 195th Birthday at Her Home in Morewood, Ontario ale, peaked bodice â€"â€" of every flce that human pature‘ coul further familiarized the English with Eastern cultures and affecied the dress of the times, _ Gorgeous {surics and profuse embroidery made garments highly decvorative, In the fourtecnth century women‘s dress showed the "princess" line, fited at the waist and with wide, gored skirts and Jong fitted sleeves with cuff over the hand. At this time plucked eyebrows became "the fashion." The reign of Henry VIII showed unparalieled magnifi« ecnce in dress both for men and women,. The women added to their array of garments the hoop or the "farthingale" as it was called in England. It was a wide stiff pettiâ€" coat mounted on hoops of iron, wood or whalebone. . The time of Eiizabeth Tudor was the "age of the ruff, of perfume and wigs, of padded sloeves, spreading farthing» took salieut features of the culttir® of both East and West, the "ming} ing of the emotional color of tns East with the intellectual line and form of the West." L;arning From Orient Miss Dingle traced various ia fluences that affected dress for both men and women in Europeas countries, In the Plantagenet pe» iod, the crusades and other travels the oan The by 1 The evolution of elothing from early days down to the beginning of modern times last week was sketched by Miss Ruth Dingle, of the drama department of Meqili University, Montreal, Ahe First Petticoats The only example of women that wore as a regular piece of apparel a bifurcated garment, before 1870, tho lecturer said, was in the Minâ€" oan period, and down to 1100 B.C, The first "petticoats" were wors by Egyptian women, late Egypiian art indicating a thick petticoat us der a stiff transparent dress. The German lady added to costume a Fashion Evolves t The Horse Seems To Like Development of Clothes Tracâ€" ed From 1100 B.C. to Presâ€" Robert Montgomery is the wells dressed horseman as he gives his horse its daily workout on the bridle puths near his home. ent Day â€"â€" Byzantine ire Once Style Centre h ISSUE NO. 2â€"‘40 ‘‘USA fami Bu By Rairns BEF., ache