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U 3: Guide To Buying s For Family Table Lre. ment, said he discovered that one of its meter readers hadn‘t read a meter for five yearsâ€"he had just guessed at the figures. The showdown came when the department changed books. The reader, no longerhmhai;ing old figâ€" ures to guide hi estimating the water rents, actually read the meters. Among the resuiting inâ€" ‘creases was a jump of $4 to $13 in the councilman‘s bill, tude. ers in the world, they being on Lake Titicaca, at 12,500 feet altiâ€" Bolivia claims to have steamâ€" boats plying higher than any othâ€" ers in the world, they being on West. In Quebec and Ontario is also grown the linen flax and exâ€" perts state that the Valley of the St. Lawrence possesses great areas almos:t ideal for the cultivation of the flax plant. flax grown in Canada serves two purposes, one type is used to proâ€" duce oil and it is possible that thero are Canadians who continue to use the oldâ€"time linseed poultice which an older generation will reâ€" call as hot. homely and efficacious. This flax is largely grown in the Councilman George F. Young, acting superiantendent of the Mcâ€" Meter Reader Just Guessed at Figm Disturbed agricultural conditions in Europe having been anticipated, Canadian farmers responded to reâ€" quests by a greatly increased acre age being given over to flax. The results are most promising accordâ€" ing to M. W. Maxwoll, Commissionâ€" er of Developmert and Natural Re sources, Canadian National Railâ€" ways. Canadian plants are also enâ€" gaged in the manufacture of machâ€" inery required for the harvest. And Our Flax Made Into Linen, Oil Hon. Dr. L. J. Simpson, minâ€" ister of education for Ontario since 1934, died suddenly of a heart . attack while visiting Picâ€" ton, Ont. A wceman usually needs less food than a man and fourâ€"fifths of what he eats is usually reckoned to be sufficient for her. Sugar is usually calculated as a pound a head per week for all purâ€" poses, but if you have to use less than this amcunt, the deficienty can always be made tp with syrup which can replace the sugar in a great many puddings and some cakes. Allow one pint cf milk for each person per day ard bhalf a pound of bread. Milk puddings require a % cup of milk ard a quarter to half an ounce of cereal for each person (tse less of fine grain than you would of a larger one). When buying, allow 6 ounces o‘ solid meat for each adult male perâ€" son,. or 6 to $ cunces with the bone. and allow G to 8 ounces of fish when it is to bo the principal dish of the meal. One pourd of sprouts or other greens will serve three or four pecple. and when making pudâ€" dings, allow 2 cunces of flour, and a half to cne cunce of fat por head. It is sometimes a great help to have a rouzh estimate of the quanâ€" tities of food required by groups of people. It is a strange fact that the greater the rumber called for, the less food preportionately is requirâ€" ed. The rosson may be that less evaporation and shrinkage takes place when large quantities are cooked together, but whatever the reason is. caterors have always fcund that it is the case. FIGURING ON MEAT, MILK Minister of Education For Ontario Dies Canada is Growing More To Meet New Demands â€" Ontâ€" ario and Quebec Specialize in Linen Type It‘s A Good Idea to Have A Rough Estimate of the Quanâ€" tities of Food Groups of Pesâ€" pie Require 22 CCX eZveL _JSN} cléan, one should call the waiter‘s attention to it, without attracting the atâ€" tention of others. 6. ‘She should avoid brightly colored or checked 1. As soon as he has disposed of his wraps he should go dirâ€" ectly to his hostess, greet her and offer sincere apologies. 2. One may send flowers, write a note, or call, depending upon how irâ€" timate the friendship may be. 3. Yes, and particularly for the the silver on a napkin, before eating in a public place? 6. What are a few things that a very stout woman should avoid when selecting gowns? 3. Is it all right for children to entertain for their parents on the latter‘s wedding anniversary? 4. When a man is introduced to a gi_rl in the office, should she 1. If a man is invited to a dinner, is unavoidably delayed and arrives after the other guests are at the table, what should he do? 2. What should one do when informed that a friend is ill? The Duke of Aosta, cousin of King Victor Emmanuel and Viceâ€" roy of Ethiopia, commanded the Italian troops invading Briâ€" tish Somaliland. The bug, which is the "grandâ€" father" of all bedbugs because it is several times larger than the ordinary insects, carries the germ of sleeping sickness from man to man and from animals to men. BEDâ€"BUG BRINGS SLEEP Discovery of a bedbug which insures sound sleepâ€"but the wrong kind â€" was reported last week by the U. S. public health service. Eating ground apple seeds, or drinking the oil which is pressed from them, both caused remarkâ€" able recoveries in animals near death with wasted muscles. APPLE SEED CURE Apple seeds are rich in a muscleâ€"regulating substance, probâ€" ably a vitamin, whose discovery was described last week at the University of Oregon Medical School. The decline, as reflected in the scientific, technical, and trade publications of all nations, comâ€" pares with a drop of about 24 per cent in the year following the beginning of the World War in 1914, says Professor Crane. [ Is Doing f bOP 00 vbes oo tbee csw 40408 WAR AFFECTS RESEARCH World activity in chemical reâ€" search has slumped about 13 per cent since the outbreak of the European war in September of last year, according to a report by Professor E. J. Crane of Ohio State University to the Amâ€" ercian Chemical Society. 1492009904 10900000 4060 s 0n A fighting plane of the British Royal Air Force coastal command hovers over a convoy of merchant ships which are bringing supplies to England. With Germany making desperate attempts to blockade England with motor torpedo boats and bombini planes, the coastal fliers have the responsibility for seeing that the convoys get through. In the past week or so attacks on convoys such as this one have brought great air battles. Some 600 German planes are said to have been engaged in one fight this week. _ What Science} Protecting Wings Over British Convoy "How do you make that out?" gasped grandpa. â€" ‘"Why, replied the youngster, "it says in the Biblo that Job cursed the day he was born." x "There‘s far too much bad langâ€" uage used by the younger generaâ€" tion," he wheezed. "Now, when I was a boy things were different â€"" ‘"‘Well, said his grandson. "I do think we are much. better today than in your time â€" better than they were thousands of years agoâ€" even the babies swore in the olden Grandpa gnashed his toothless gums indignantly. "Oh," she breathed in a shocked tone. "You had it all the time." A church dignitary noticed a litâ€" tle girl weeping bitterly because she had lost a nickel. Search for the lost monéy proving useless he produced another to stay the tears and soothe the hurt feclings. One day came the big surprise. Ho cast his line, and there was a sudden jerk. Something grabbed that line and then started off toâ€" wards the other end of the lake. The sceptical man fought that fish all the afternoon. Finally he landed the biggest trout ever taken in those waters. Puffing heavily, he gazed down at his prize that nearly swamped the bqat. "It‘s a lie!" he s rolled it overboard. A very scepticat man frequently went fishing â€" but only because be liked to say they weren‘t biting. And he never used bait because he didn‘t believe anything would grab it, anyway. ze lebtor iss That he chose to. suppose A man knows what he ose, And the sooner he pays It the A shopkeeper writing a debtor Remarked in the course of his No doubt you have noticed how shiny your skin gets in summer, People with greasy skins are battâ€" ling againt an unbecoming shine; even those with dry or normal comâ€" plexions find it hard work to keep their makeâ€"up smooth and matt in the heat of the sun. Shininess alone is bad enough, but the trouble does not stop at that! A shine indicates that the surface of the skin is very sticky, and dirt and dust accumuâ€" late very easily on a sticky sunface. The warmth of the atmosphere also tends to relax your pores; so that the grime is able to work right into your skin. Blackâ€"heads for you, if you don‘t look out! CLEAN THRICE A DAY Never is skinâ€"cleansing so imâ€" portant as it is in the summer. You should clean it three, even four times a day during the warm wea ther. Second Mosquito: "I just pasâ€" sed my screen test." First Mosquito: "What are you so happy about?" Must Keep Skin Clean In Summer Jerry: "It took me twelve lessons to teach Sylvia to try to swim." Terry: "Why, the little flirt; I taught her in six." â€" HAVE .( yoU HEARD® Warm Weather Plays Havoc With It snorted. And he Tirvhie it Nainia on tm ons Then, too, all along the old highâ€" ways stand milestones, which in the most.cases have rested thero for centuries. These, too, have been chipped out. "To London, 10 miles" or "to Brisâ€" tol, 5 miles," or, to take more re mote places, "To Moretonâ€"inâ€"theâ€" Marsh, 2 miles," or "To Stowâ€"inâ€"theâ€" Woold, 1 mile." All these have been removed. Even the British often are not quite sure of their whereabouts. This is all because in recont weoks work has gone ahead to obliterate every indication cf locality, NO STRANGERS KNOW THEIR WHEREABOUTS Ganerations ago sign posts were set up along the highways and the lanes, and these stood at their staâ€" tions until recently. The fingers of these posts bore such legends as Any German parachutist who deâ€" scends from the skies upon Britain won‘t know where he is for all the place signs in the Old Country have been ecased. DpOUBLE API°MAN!® Britain Removes Every Signpost A. After driving the nails into the plaster wall, pull them out, wrap with a little steel wool, and then drive them in again. Women who suffer painful, irreguâ€" lar rerl.ods with nervous, moody sge s due to functional cause should find Lydia E. Pinkham‘s v?mu. Compound simply marâ€" pelous to relieve such distress. P!nkham;:’ compounq is made nh'm%’lomgthm&%utdau? m:'_m WELL Wworrk Q. How _ can I cause nails to stay more firmly in plaster walls? Q. How can I prepare a good toilet water? A. An excellent toilet water can be made by mixing two ouncâ€" es of elder flower water with an equal quantity of distilled water. Q. How can I retain the origâ€" inal stiffness of cretonnes after washing them? A. An ideal needle book is one that is made of chamois instead of flannel, as the needles will not rust in the chamois. Q. How Ttan I mix whitewash? A. Fill a bucket half full of lime and cover it about two inches with water. Let stand 24 hours to slack, or until it is the conâ€" sistency of paste. Dip out a porâ€" tion of this slacked lime into another bucket and thin with watâ€" er to the desired consistency. Add one teaspoonful of bluing to YÂ¥ bucket of whitewash to clear and make white, and %4 pint of salt to make it stick. A. If the cretonnes are rinsed in water in which rice has been boiled, they will retain their orâ€" iginal stiffness. {How Can 1? Q. How can I make a needle book in which the needles will not rust? Idea Is To Bewilder Ony Nazi Parachutists Able to Reach Ground Alive ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO BY ANNE ASHLEY C . _ STARTED CHICKS HIGH QUALITXY started. chicks at STARTED_ CHICKS . % GET YOUR SHARE OF THESE started chick bargains before they all go. Leghorn pullets two weeks old $16.90, four week old $22.90. Barred Rock cockerels three week old $11.95, four week old $13.45, five week old $17.45. Also free range pullets all ages. Baden El ectric Chick Hatchery Limited, Baden, Ontario. EYEGLASSES. LOWEST PRICES. Free catalogue and eyesight testâ€" er sent on request. _ Satisfaction guaranteed. Kleer Sight Optical Co., 577 College, Dept. W., Toronâ€" BRAY 4â€"5 WEEK PULLETS WILL make you money. Several breeds, mostly White Leghorns. Immedâ€" iate shipment. Day old chicks to order. Bray Hatchery, 130 John N., Hamilton, Ont. BAKERS OVENS AND MACHINâ€" ery, also rebuilt equipment always on hand. Terms arranged. Corresâ€" pondence invited. Hubbard Portâ€" able Oven Co.. 10% GBathurst &t.. 1,000 BORN AGAIN MEN, WOMEN, boys and girls to sell new kind religious mottoes. Made in Canâ€" ada. Big dividends. Gospel Trumâ€" pet, 2837 Dundas W., Toronto, Ontario had the largest total in July with $11,985,700; and Quebec was second with $4,319,200. Buildâ€" ing in Toronto and Montreal conâ€" tinued firm, and consisted largely of private activity. rock bottom prices. Two week old Grade "A" EBarred Rocks, White Rocks, New Hampshires $10.45, 90 per cent. Pullets $14.45, Cockâ€" erels $8.95. Leghorn pullets $17.40. Three week old add three cents. Extra Profit add one cent, four to five week old ‘Barred Rock cockerels $13.95. Freeâ€"range pulâ€" lets_six weeks to 24 weeks. Free catalogue. Tweddle Chick Hatchâ€" les, Limited, Fergus, Ontario. July contracts amounted to $29,â€" 305,000, a 32 per cent. increase over the $22,129,700 for July, 1939. Total for the year to the end of July amounted to $1,54,741,100, a 46.6 increase over the 1939 total for seven months of $105,575,000, according to figures compiled by MacLean Building Reports, Ltd,. of Toronto. War activity and the construcâ€" tion of buildings for military purâ€" poses were largely responsible for the decided increase in contracts awarded for the first seven months of the year throughout Canada. STARTED _ CHICKS GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET some well started Leghorn pullets and Barred Rock cockerels at rock bottom prices. Barred Rock cockerels two weeks old $8.95. three week old $11.95, four to five week old $14.25. Leghorn pullets, two week old $14.90, three week old $17.90, four week old $19.90, five week old $24.90. Also older pullets. Top _ Notch Chickeries, Guelph, Ontario. Dominion Se Big Increase In Building to. Toronto er Park Lodge, this week on the green has now become an instiâ€" tution and ranks as the outstandâ€" ing annual golfing event in the Pacific Northwest according to Mr. Van Wyck. "The tournament is exclusively for amateurs and all players take part in a qualifyâ€" ing round during the first two days. Women are assured of the same number of games as the men, with many opportunities for friendly matches. The men‘s Toâ€" tem Pole Championship Final is played over 86 holes; all other flights for both men and women are 18â€"hole matches." Round Trip Arrangzements It is announced that arrangeâ€" ments have been made for allâ€" inclusive rates over the Canadian National Railways for the beneâ€" fit of golfers participating in this event. These rates cover roundâ€" trip transportation, standard sleeping car occupancy, seven days accommodation to the Lodge and return. Ontario. The Annual Totem Pole Goif Tournament will take place over the Jasper Park Lodge course at Jasper, Alberta, from September 1 to 7 inclusive, according to Josâ€" eph Van Wyck, general manager of hotels, Canadian National Railways. "This tournament, which is played over a magnifiâ€" cent scenic 18â€"hole course laid in the Athabaska Valley in the heart of the Canadian Rockies, promisâ€" es to be the most successful yet staged over this picturesque course," he said. 1 Picturesque Course Representing the grand finale of the season‘s activities at Jaspâ€" A Totem Pole As Golf Trophy BAKERY EQUIPMENT ...CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS In First Seven Months of 1940 â€" 46.6 Per Cent, Rise Over Last Year â€" Ontario Has Largest Total Tournament At Jasper Park Lodge Early in September is Drawing Golfers From Ail Over the Dominion AGENTS WANTED BABY CHICKS EYEGLASSES NO. 1 GOVT. CLEANE Golden Chl.tfl‘%fl:ea bushe! including ba; sample. Knoll View Barn Roofingâ€"Granary Lini SUPERTITP srowr .,n....__l‘_!u CcOURSE FOR ATTENDANTS NFamAaes m 241 T reeeet 2 SUPERFLUOUS HAIR, MOLES AND CENTURY ELECTRIC â€" MC are best suited for rural Jones & Moore Electric, 296 aide Weat. Toronto. k After all, what‘s a mero brideâ€" groom? â€" Humorist. The time and place of the wedâ€" ding were kept secret, only the bride and a few close friends knowâ€" ing when and where it was to be â€" Canadian Paper. Montreal. Ontario. Tarduw pula, .0 COCCRCAZLNALN _ __ Verdun Protestant Hotplu\Lflve: a year‘s training for men atâ€" tendants. Requirements 2 years‘ high school and applicants must be 21 years of age. Apply, Direcâ€" tor of Nursing, P.O; Bok cn*%4 be "The Health League of Canâ€" ada has carried on an active and determined campaign for public health during many years, and has succeeded in accomplishing great things in spite of the apâ€" athetic attitude of many of our citizens." Erdelinitcr SebiininnNacionimatiiit. s dn . 2. °7 3 as Agents: Must be convincing talkers to clearly explain advanâ€" tages our Household necessities known as, FAMILEX PRODUCTS offer to buyers. Already selling in immense quantities. Door to door â€" canvassing necessary _ to show articles and take orders for same. Unusually good commission. Unlimited earnings possible. Everybody buys on sight. _ For FREE CATALOGUE_ AND DE. TAILS: FAMILEX, 570 St. Clemâ€" ent, Montreal. Neglect of health is a "fifthâ€" column" activity no less than more open and more spectacular forms of sabotage; and ignorâ€" ance of simple health rules canâ€" not be allowed to excuse such flagrant neglect of common pruâ€" denece. NCOE AS, FINEST QUALITFY, first class wool producers. Does $5.00, Bucks $3.00 each, R. Faber, RR. 1, Hensall, Ont. "Too much emphasis cannot be laid upon this fact. Annually thousands of dollars are wasted, and thousands of working days lost because of sickness which is entirely preventable. This waste must be stopped and this conâ€" dition rectified. Both money and manâ€"power are needed now for the defence of Canada and the Empire. Rela 0 0 0 0 Cees ANSHRLY ANLDU warts permanently and painlessly removed by electrolysis. 17 years‘ experience. Anne Graham Logan, 140 Cariton Street, Suite Two, Tor. onto. Branches in Hamilton, Lonâ€" doln. Sudbury, Timmins, St. Cathâ€" arines. FIRST CLASSAWOOI. RABBITS Mr. Justice Riddell‘s message reads: "A few days ago, the Honâ€" ourable J. Harold Kirby, K.C., Ontario‘s Minister of Health, stated publicly that a concerted health programme at this time is of the first importance if Canâ€" ada is to prosecute the war efâ€" ficiently. j""iluun TOPICS CAMPAIGN FOR HEALIH "At this time of Empire crisis, ® calls on all Canadians to shake off that apathy, to fight it in others, and to join hands in a deâ€" termined effort to make preventâ€" able sickness a thing unknown in the Dominion, to raise the naâ€" tional standard of heatlh and efâ€" ficiency, and to make it possible for every Canadian man and woâ€" man to take a full share in our national war effort" so states the Honourable Mr. Justice Riddell, President of the Health League of Canada in "A Message to Canâ€" adians in Wartime" printed in the current issue of the magazine "Health." * C 4000000000 04 c ce 0 400 «+040 FEW MORE WANTED TO 000400000 ¢ “0-.”’".'".": .. Searhara ouul l ul 220 Ab, HK 1, Scarboro. Junction, Ontario. Sicknessâ€"Fifth Column SEED FOR SALE ELECTRIC MOTORS MEN WANTED ELECTROLYSIS NURSING RANED Dawsor‘s f ‘Wheat at 95¢ ner PeBo C oopatirscs rural work. Ask for a 2°2, 2P00> Bok 6034 MOTORS Adelâ€" CAR AND TRUCK Parts BELT fm\ findlehn mbtbe;l thresher beluh.‘c_ y Sore, feeder canvas, pulleys, WANTED To BERKSHIRE SWINE, ALL AGES, both sexes. Right type. Lawrence Wyatt. Strathroy, Ontario. ammentememcene,.,, 22009 , ONtR SALE or D mss 2LE OF _ PACIFIC SEAL Coats PECIAL VALUE in PACIFIC SEAL coats; full SWaEger ‘style:; black only: coat and lining Ruaranteed two years; sizes 12 to 42; 110 coats only; while they last only $39.50, 10 per cent. reduction for relatives of exâ€"service and rervice men: will ;g%% for exlmmmt!on on‘ I'eeelp' t of 00. Other ain®. Munro Fur SmVnncon‘:'.-? an 2s vel." lars of thi, 7. _ 4 Omplete particâ€" ulars of this amazing offer. Six or cight exposure films develo and printed 25¢, or 8 reprints plus your choice of a free enlarge. ment in ease] mount or free silver. ware. To get the best in quality and service send your filma to Imperial Photo Service, Station J., Toronto. "9. Always get good value from tradesmen. They watch they get good money from you. "10. There is as much pleasure in 8. You can sleop better after a hard day‘s work than after a day‘s idleness. "7. Remember, it only takes twenty shillings to make a pound, and twelve pennies to make a shilâ€" "6. It is more exhilarating to feel money in your pocket than beer in your stomach. S P O e low npi~.> ALUNE,. motors at very low prices. Send for price list. The Yorl? Belting Co.. 88 York Street, ‘Toronto. "5. Don‘t throw away your crusts â€" eat them. They are as strengthâ€" than your back. "4. Take your amusements judiâ€" ciously. You will enjoy them better if you do. guid Scots thrift was TNnal peMHL comedian, Sir Harry Lauder. He knew the value of a bawbee as few others even of his countrymen did, and in a lifetime of trouping he put the knowledge to good use. Gand eameag.2 _ 24206 IOBACâ€" c?l. Sendhn.mple- witt‘. p’rlaa tar al you have. scraps inclu o Dubois. 374 Clarence, Ottawa. mememmmmmendemmemmens,o,s woucee "DCLRE spender as a criminal and shun hfir bank pays a higher rate of interest "1L. Behave toward your purse aS you would your best friend. verbial in decades past. They might well be brushed up and brought to light now, writes Ann Rutherford, in the Stratford Beaconâ€"Herald. Here they are, all ten of them, as applicable now as when they were first pronounced: Sir Harry Lauder‘s Rules For Thrift To a generation now counting the ISSUE 35â€"‘4q BELTING BARGAINS PBOTO FINISBING TOBACCO WAXNTED Scottish Comedian Gave Pointers On How To Money *L ts MA y Ontario picture is €rop which is 20 p than last season. T low normal, howe year‘s crop was e Flams also look go with the productio timated at 35 per the Damson variety The pear crop w per cent of that| year while there season Vegetable â€" groxw the province was ge ed by the early a« but has improved : ly in Eastern Ont: and pea the fruit In Weste and grapes generally in estimated |p «eent below t lington arcas are irregular f each look The first celeb Communion ever the Dominion was ©ording to the rite ef the Church of It was not until se that the Jesuit mis In the St. Lawren Dominion In 1578, the "Ani ed at White Man Land, as part of th expedition. Landi lain Folfall conduc the captain and " men and soldiers miners with him. Anglican priest, Condition o Sruit and vege province were port issued by partment of 4 ly. Am ardont goier, ieounh her suede among her favo sembies. The skirt . :goro‘d 10 give plet and worn with a log burnt orange si wons high at the n uishing the jack« etsx with «clos p gadgetis from i dy for that wi her curis in p wears a suede ow the bright chartre Med oxford in b in chartreuse. The Diocese of ever, was not enel @thedral being Al Wik, a now thrivi «sentre which was i mgo. Services in and Loucheux in held in the cath© CBERRY Missionaries in & strenvous life, long trips by sle \n winter and by Jariv immer, incident man, doctor and their charee«. will be Most fruit an throughout Onta amdverse weather late spring and « ms a result pro Below A Clothes j Country Late Spring ther Retar 3 Delo w ADD.és AND J po( he Ni m a b@JC TTE