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uality counts most for that rich, satisfying flavour which only a fine quality tea yields, use . . SERIAL STORY LUCKY PENNY BY GLORIA KAYE COMMUNITY SING CHAPTER XI Back in the office of the Cour- ier next day, Penny checked hur- riedly on proofs ot" the literature she had prepared for her Friday night meeting. Circulars, posters for store windows, the newspaper ad all were in readiness. No one would suspect, from the innocent wording, the real intent >t the mass meeting. "Commun- ity Sing" and "Concert" were the big headlines. The men in the mill had been given double notice by Penny's friends there. The weatherman proved co- operative when Friday evening: ar- rived. The auditorium was filled. The Kirktown Glee Club* took its place on the stage. Rafters echoed to the lusty lilt of their voices. Men predominated in the audience, and their voices lilted in song as the concert proceeded. Quietly, before the last refrain died down, Lou MacDonald. Jim Vickers, and Penny seated them- selves in their appointed positions on the stage. With cheers for the g-lee club still ring-ing. MacDonald teppd forward. "Frtads," MacDonald started. "my story is not pleasant, but it must be t&kl. It affects every one of you." He told the audience, simply and truthfully, of the tragic cases that came regularly to the attention of the Humane Society. He laid the blame square- ly on Castro's machinations. There was no mirth in the sober faces uplifted to him. ''The power to remedy this con- dition," MacDonald told them, ''lie* in your hands. Campaign for clean government In Kirk- town. Pick men who have back- bone and courage. Put them in charge of your city government. You'll never be sorry." Heads nodded affirmatively. A whisper rose "He's right." When Jim stepped to the speak- ers' platform, a spontaneous cheer attested to his popularity. The men admired his courage and re- spected his judgment. "Fellows," Jim said simply. "Not long apro there was a traffic bridge accident here. You or some member of your family was saved from death only by the wfll of Providence. A crooked city administration was responsible for the death of two of our best friends. I call it plain, cold- blooded murder." Eloquently Jim recited the many factual in- stances of graft and favoritism and crookedness. ''Castro can't silence the truth. He can't silence men who are sick nd tired of dirty politics and (ramblers and murderers. Whose town is this? Does it belong to you who sweat and toil each day to give your kids a better future WAR-TIME hot depleted ih tin twpply to glau replace* it. The delicious flavour and fine quality remain the same a< ever . . . alwayi deserving your choice and preference. CROWN BRAND SYRUP On of tK fernowl p/Wwcfc of Tto CANADA STARCH COMPANY lift*** N-t and a decent home to live inT Or does it belong: to Castro and his yellow-livered gang of para- sites?" Effectively, he pledged the paper's leadership in a cam- paijrn for clean government. His audience applauded with enthusi- a-in. * Now Penny dtood before ^he sea of face?, displaying no sign of the nervousness she felt. "I haven't known you very long, but I feel I know you very well," Penny began. "There isn't a cow- ard in^ the crowd ^ You hav* power! You're strong! Let's show Castro he can't run Kirktown I Tonight together let's chase him out of town!" There were shouted affirma- tives. Men jumped from their seats, ready for action. "Wait! Just a moment!'* Pen- ny shouted. "No one wants to start any violence. We are all interested only in peaceful means with which to remedy conditions in Kirktown. The sheriff U her* tonight. He has named Bud Walsh and several of your men as depu- ties. Let's go as an army of citi- zens not as a mob. You won't need to start a fight. When Cas- tro sees you he'll know he has had enough." * Bud Walsh was already organ- izing the eager crowd. They were flooding through the wide- open doors in orderly fashion. Their march to Castro'* handout had begun. a Jim was white with anxiety. "What hav* you done Penny?" he worried. "The Castro gang won't give up its easy pickings without a fight. Someone is sure to get hurt." "Perhaps this will change your mind." Penny handed him th* red-lettered warning to leav* Kirktown. "It's up to you to mak* up your mind, Jim. Either Castro goes or I go. Both of us can't stay here." Grimly Jim said. "Come on!" With long strides he reached th* head of the column of marching men. Bud Walsh had naturally fallen into leadership. Penny was right. The men were as orderly as a disciplined army and no less tough! "All I want is five minutes alone with Castro." Jim told Bud. "You'H have your five min- utes," Bud promised. As they approached Central avenue. Bud halted his column. "Quiet, men." he ordered. "W* wan^ to surprise Castro. No one has had a chance to tip him off. We'll all wait while I send a couple of scouts ahead." The men liked this game. "Like the old covered wagon days, looking for Indians." someone whispered. "Let's go," Bud shouted when his scouts signaled him. They pushed through two swinging doors into a back room. There, in a room filled with, slot ma- chines, gaming tables and gam- bling devices, sat Castro and* a prize group of city officials. The surprised mayor of Kirktown op- ened his mouth in a moronic stare. An unlighted cigar drop- ped from the lips of the safety director. Castro swung around, a vicious revolver in his hand. "Shoot if you dare," Jim in- vited through his teeth. Castro hesitated. He studied the silent crowd. Bud Walsh had a gun. So did at least a dozen others. Castro glanced quickly at th* badges they displayed. He drop- pod his weapon. "Bud." said Jim. "round im the rest of Castro's gang. You know where to find them." Bud sig- naled, and several of his men walked quietly out. * The crowd cleared a space for the returning men who had rounded up other members of Castro's gang. "Take a good look at this prize collection of apes." Bud Walsh invited. "This Is th* last time you'll see such speci- mens in Kirktown. They're- going to be so rare that there will b* a reward for their capture, even in slightly damaged condition, within the city limits." Bud turned to the mobsters. 'You guys have just two hours to get packed and beat It." h* warned. "We mean busintss and we're plenty tough. Tf yon can't understand our nic* treatment, we'll have to teach you a lesson." A good movie director would have found a note of comedy in the way KJ: -, marked cards, extra ace*, and a special collection of crooked dice were piled on the cement floor, awaiting destruc- tion. "Start moving," said Bud, twirling hU gun menacingly. There was relief in the faces of the gangsters as they left. They had expected much worse treat- ment. "I've waited for this for a long time." Jim said softly. The fight which followed, Bud Walsh always said, was the tough- est, noisiest, bloodiest battle that had ever raged in Kirktown. Jim had asked for five minute* ac- tually, Hud stood guard outsid the doors for an hour. Castro tried in every way he could imagine to kill Jim. He bit, he kicked, he kneed, he gouged, he punched, he butted. He swung heavy chairs at Jim's head. Ha narrowly miised Jim with the jagged edge of a table leg. Jira met each furious attack, each vicious thrust calmly, alertly. In his own heart there was murder. Desperate, Castro drew a mur> der-bladed knife from a hidden recess in his trousers. He lunged viciously. Jim felt no pain, but he knew from the red on Castro's weapon that the dagger had found its mark on his shoulder. Cau- tiously, he circled out of Castro's reach. The room's unshaded light sin- gled out the gangster's knife. Swiftly, painfully, Jim lifted m broken chair and shattered the bulb. Automatically, he lunged forward as darkness shrouded the room. He twisted the knife out of Castro's hand. Then he lifted Castro to his feet. For weeks, Jim would show the scars of his battle. For months after the scars were gone, h* would look back happily to the day when the Castro gang left Kirktown forever. (Concluded Next Week) N. S. Is Building 600 Wooden Ship* New contracts amounting t moie than $12.000.000 for wooden ship construction In Nova Scotia and the establishment of a second steel shipbuilding industry in the province were announced to the Legislature by Industry Minister KaiolJ Connolly.. The 112,000.000 orders, received during the last month, cover the construction of 800 wooden craft, the minister de> clarfl. The work of building them lias been begun by four firms, three of them entirely Nova Seo- tiau, the Hou.se was informed. Since 1919 more than one-third of the Brir'sii population has been rehoused. mostly in projects financed by the Government. FLATTERING LINES By Anne Adamt Figure problems? Solve them smartly by making this slimming dress, Pattern 4260 by Anne Adams. It gives you lovely lines, with curved side-sections for bodice flattery, pointed front and back seams to slim your waist, and front skirt paneling to raak* you look tall and graceful. Isn't contrast striking? Pattern 4260 is available in wo- men's sires 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46. Si/e 36 takes 3>* yards 35- inch. Send twenty cents (20c) in coins (stamps cannot be accept- ed) for this Anne Adams pattern to Room 421, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto. Write plainly size, name, address and style number. Give Bed Linen Very Best Care There Are Many Way* of Prolonging L'fe of Sheets Bed linens may seem far re- moved from the war effort, bat like all other household goods, they must be guarded against un- nceessary wear and tear. Proper care of sheets begins with care of your bedspreads. Rough or splintered wood, broken parts and snapped or uncovered springs can cause many a tear. These should be repaired to re- rent the linen from getting caught. Don't be a yanker. Jerking lha sheets oft the bed is hard on them. Carefully loosen the tueked-in edges before you remove the sheets. You can lengthen the life of sheets by reversing them, just like you do tie mattress. If the broad hems are at the head today, place them at the foot tomorrow. Also rotate their use by putting the fresh sheets at the bottom ot the stack each time you finish the laundry. Sheets and pillowcases were not meant to be laundry bags. Using them as such is about the fastest way there it to wear, tear and wreck them. Changing the bed linens at least once a week and washing them just as regularly is important. Soap and water combat the effects of perspiration and soil, but be sure you rinsa out all rhe soap. Left in. it deteriorates the threads. In ironing, do not use too hot an iron and alternate between fold- ing sheets in half and in thirds BO that the some place will not always bo creased. Mend torn or worn sheets be- fore washing. When the centre of a sheet becomes thin, tear it ia half and sew the- selvedge edges together to give It a new lease on life. TABLE TALKS SAOIE B. CHAMBERS A Talk On Vitamins I wonder if some of you some- times feel that we overdo the subject of vitamins'.' To be hon- est, at times I feel we do. We must never forget they are of vital importance, but let us not concentrate altogether on vita- mins and forget all about other ssentials of food. The discovery of vitamins has been one of the gripping dramas of science. To learn what vita- mins really do for the human body scientists have studied, in the laboratory, rats, guinea pigs, chickens and monkeys. They first find out what happens when ani- mals are deprived of certain vita- mins. They feed the animals everything they need for healthy growth, being sure that the par- ticular vitamin is "Not" in the diet. When this is done the symp- toms of the vitamin deficiency de- velop in the animals as regularly and certainly as two and three are five. Medical Research Give an animal everything but vitamin A and it will develop these symptoms: a certain eye disease and peculiar hardened cells in the body. Abnormal col- lections of material are found, like cysts in the lungs or other organs. The lining of the breath- ing and digestive systems becomes hardened. On the other hand, if an animal is given a diet with no vitamin B in it. they fail to gain weight, they lose appetite, develop a typi- cal neuritis which almost para- lyzes them and finally they die. Leave vitamin C out of an ani- mal's diet, when that particular animal is having all other foods required, and they develop a typi- cal scurvy. The muscles and tis- sues bleed because the blood is not held by the blood vessels. Teeth become loosened, the ani- mals fail to gain weight, they lose appetite and finally die. When vitamin D is absent these symptoms follow: bones become soft, weakened and deformed, the teeth decay and a general muscu- lar weakness follows. With an absence of vitamin G animals develop digestive distur- bances, becoming weak; skin and fur appears unhealthy. Nervous disorders develop. Night Blindneta The most important question for us each individually to answet is, how do the absence of these vitamins effect me? Well, here is the answer. We have tried to tell you a* simply as possible what happens to the animaK held for experimentation when they lack these important speaks. It is rarely we as hu- mans lack completely the vita- mins necessary to prevent some of the diseases named, but the moat important question is are we having sufficient vitamins to keep us healthy. More common than we realize ISSUE No. 1543 That's why I tat Nabitca Shredded Whot with milk evry morning. It says right en the pockago that it'i 100% whole wheat with all the bran and wheat germ. I've found Nabisco Shredded Wheat a real energy food at any tint* and it taste* to good, tool'* Serve Nabitco Shredded Wheat for Fitness . . . lav* War Savings Stamps far Victory! THE CANADIAN SHREDOE3 WHEAT COMPANY ITD. Niagara Falli. Canada MAut IN CANJA OF CM0!K Writ* is nighc blindness, which means there is a lack of vitamin A. Many thousands move have no appetite, are coosupated and con- stantly tired, have vague pains and aches and often heart trouble as a result of too little vitamin B. Who knows that growing pains in children may be a symp- tom of the dreaded rheumatic fever perhaps due to a lack of vitamin C? This uisease is prac- tically unknown in the tropics or the countries where iresh fruit* and vegetables are eaten in abun- dance. Granted, they may not have a true sturvy, but they have a lattnt or mild type. These chil- dren have just "fair" haalt rather than buoyant because t1><-.. do not have the foods in si:i"t"i-i- ent amount containing vit;u.. . < Pellagra and RickeU Many more thousands in oui land are suffering from a mild pellagra because they do not have enough liver, yeast or wheat (fenn and many more from nervous ail- ments due to this deficiency. It U heart-rending to watch a number of children at play and note how many are suffering from different forms of rickets, bone growth stunted or deformed, teeth decayed etc.. just because only in part are they receiving calcium, sunshine and cod liver oil. Next week I shall try to pre- sent a chart for guide in pre- paring your child's or children's meals. GARDE1V NOTES By Gordon L. Smith a . IM- Cultivation Vital Usually all the difference be- tween a fine, thriving garden and the other kind is one or two thor- ough cultivations. Before the garden is plantei it should be spaded or plowed thoroughly, then just as the seeds or plants go in it should be cultivated or raked fine. When the first plants are coming through, old gardeners advise another thorough cultiva- tion, and a couple more st ten days' intervals later on. This may sound like a lot of work but it is surprising how easy it is if carried out early and regularly. The weeds never get a chance to grow and the soil to bake. On the other hand, even in dry weather most vegetables will come right along if the soil about them is kept fine and crumbly. This work will be much easier if on* has the proper tools, a fairly big, hind-drawn cultiva- HOME STUDY Cowofaa COWM AerOM O.infcla ara thousands ot Shaw Qraduatra v ho hart attained to flue, well- paid piwitions ami noteworthy guccesaea in Huaiuesa, through 3haw training, Shaw H'.'mn Study Courses provide prac- tical, thc-ruufla and efficient iaitiuctioo. StMtOfraphit Gitni.Accw<i*ntiC.G.A.l SMTMari*! 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Witt fine seed much drudgery can b* savL j by so '.v ing thinly in the first place. With ilowers that ar* ij :; from seed, thinning is o :. ally important. They must hnve room or they will grow .:; and break down probably in the first windstorm. Ramamber They Crow All perennial flovrers, shrub* u-.'i trees are small when origi- .. : planted, but in s few yean - amazing how much room they :i.. up. Th average persoa s them far too close together in the case of tree* and i>, far too clos -to the houas) 01 A< a general ruie, shrubs, tree* an<i flowers should have half as) mui-ii room between as their ture height. This means at U two feet apart for peonies, thre* ani a hsJf feet for th ordinary .1. snd from twenty-fir* t feet for the general run ot ( ':-:i:idian hardwood trees. Ac first this may seem far to* >p.-n. but tht spac* between may L- taken up with annual flowers) in the case of a perennial bed. a: >i with temporary, quick-crow- ^ shrubbery and trees, with th* others. 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