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## w# # # Lad # . 0# ) .* .00.“.“. #* #* ®# # 7Ve *# Sweet Wivelsfield is a hybrid strain of Sweet William and Pinks. The strain was developed within quite reâ€" cent years and although it favoured thé Sweet William at one time it is swing«=â€" ing more and more toward the Pinks; so much that some varieties are very difficuit to distinguish from Pinks. Sweet Wivelstield, however, has A branching habit that is fairly distincâ€" tive. Sweet William is an old favorite; a very showy and quite hardy biennial. _ African Daisies could be grown moré‘ extensively in this district. Surpris-! ing as it may seem, wheni you consider the country of their origin, they are infinitely more hardy than many of general favorites grown locally. There are serveral distinct varieties and speâ€" cies to choose from. Dimorphotheca comes in â€" golden orange with a black, central disc. . The hybrid variecties range through many, suaades from white to apricot, including some fine pastels. Dimorphotheca blooms in masses and carries its flowers well above the foliage. Grows vigor«â€" ously to about a foot in height and make a good cut flower. Ursinia Anethoids, another African, grows to about ten inches high and carâ€" res its orangeâ€"yellow flowers on thin, wiry stems, There are obviously too many species and varieties of plants suitable for a small garden to deal with every one in detail in an article of this kind, and, their numbers increase annually as horâ€" ticulturistsy improve on old varieties and criginate new strains. We will, therefore try to keep these discussions confmed to plants most likely to succeed with a minimum amount of coddling. hy ols i. ate ate 2e e 6e atn afualy sBpafy It must be borne in mind, in this conâ€" nection that the requirements of plant life are very much the same the world over, regardleys of climatic conditions. Given fertile sail, all the other clements necessary to promote and sustain growth (moisture, warmth and sunâ€" shine) are available in their season, here as elsewhere. Many people assume off â€" hand that because of our geographical position gardeners suffer a grave hanâ€" dicap. Do not let that thought deter you from making a start. It has been proved by repeated experience that the hazard 8f frost to tender plants can be overcome with. reasonable care. The others can look after themselves. Marigolds in general are not a hardy specie but they are.rich, showy and very popular. The tall African and French vareities provide massive backâ€" ground but sometimes they are inclined to run too heavily to foliage in rich garâ€" den soils. Then we must look to the dwarfs and minature (Tagates) to supâ€" ply more colour. Dwarf Marigolds and Tagetes are of «mmetgical, compact habit, comprising, a fine range of colours, including orange, some lemons, bronze and mahoâ€" gany. Some varieties are very gorgeous S 4 4+ 4 4 *# * * * Helpful Hints on Flowers and Gardens April 3rd to April 7th(Inc.) WEDNESDAY Public Skating afternoon and Evening SATURDAYâ€"Public Skating Evening Onlyâ€"8.15 p.m. MONDAYâ€"Pubplic Skating FRIDAY â€" Public Skating Afternoon and Evening CRUITING OFFICE THE COMBINED ARMYâ€"R.C.A.F. MOBILE RECRUITING UNIT The Canadian Womens Army Corps Urgently requires STENOGRAPHERS â€" TYPISTS SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS â€" COOKS Visit the Mobile Recruiting Unit for Complete Details. TUESDAY orcupine Skating Club THURSDAY Public Skating 39 â€" 3rd Avenue TIMMINS, ONT. will visit Writer Says Municipal and Provincial â€" Governments Should Face the Issue Inâ€" volved. True, the actual tragedy occurred beâ€" yond Timmins boundari¢s. But the imâ€" mediate ‘preface to the tragedy was written in Timmins. Yes, the death warrants for the four unfortunate childâ€" ren were sealed while their unfortunate mother, accompanied by a Canadian soldier, was in a Timmins hotel. There the mother was informed, by police of the tragic death that had befallen all her children. The Exditor, The Porcupine Advance, Timmins, Ontario Dear Sir: MHorrifying is the very thought of the loss, through suffocation, of the four innocent little children beâ€" longing to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gillies, of Schumacher,. What a sacrifice! Places Blame for Recent Tragedy on the Beer Traffic The sponge type, very double African produces a smooth, closely petalled exâ€" hibition flower but it is not very lavish Wwith its bloom. Few of them flower true to type, unfortunately. You are liable to get a throwback. Not many produce a perfect double. and make splendid edgings or bedding | plants. ‘Burpee‘s Crown o‘ Gold and its, many derivatives makes an admirable bedding plant and flowers earlier than the tall Africans or French,. It is a comparatively recent development and, becaus:>: of its odorless foliage, can be{ used as a cut flower; a point very much in its It appears to be more j hardy than the usual run of Marigolds. For years Ontario. provincial and Timmins municipal departments have been empowered to uphold, and mainâ€" tain, law and order in and around Timâ€" mins beverage rooms. Yet never before has these departments had such a cruel agonizing summons challenging them to appear before the bar, of provincialâ€" municipal justice, as the circumstances which enveloped the Schumacher famâ€" ily catastrophe. Because of this happening Mayor J. E. Brunette, of Timmins council, seemâ€" ingly has developed a troubled municiâ€" pal conscience. So much so that His Worship sent a pilot letter to the Children‘s Aid Society. In his letter the Mayor requests the Society to prepare a report of its suâ€" perintendent‘s investigation of the Schumacher tragedy. He writes, i? part: "The recent tragedy in Schuâ€" macher, where four small children lost their lives, has resulted in an outspoken expression of public opinion." The Mayor illâ€"advised himself! when he sent his letter to the Children‘s Aid Society. He deluded himself. ‘speciâ€" ally is this true if he thought he could guide the "outspoken expression of pubâ€" lic opinion" (of which he writes) to search in the extreme opposite direcâ€" tion, from that of beer drinking, for a more direct cause of the childrens‘ traâ€" gic death. For there is no more direct caus>, than beer drinking. And Mayor Brunette surely must know this. But, what an ugly attempt to cookâ€"up such a putrefied red herring létter, and, push it across the beatén trail leading to beer shops, for the purpos;s of dishing it on to a platter in the sublime home of the Children‘s Aid Society. Such a letter can only stink in the nostrils of ~all commonâ€"sensed people. it must do likewise in the nostrils of some members of Timmins council. Yes, and if Mayor Brunetie has read the evidence of the Children‘s Aid Society superingendent, and that of othars, given at the first hearing in the trial of Mr. and Mrs. Gillies, the sending of his letter to the Children‘s Aid Society will smell rotten in his own nostrils too. Much better, and more sensible, had the Mayor first addressed his letter to the Ontario Provincial and Timmins Municipal departments requesting them for a report on the pros and cons, and results, of beer drinking in and about Timmins; beverage rooms. However, the Children‘s Aid Society shouldn‘t stand idly by pondering over 104 Eim Street North, Timmins, Ont., March 25th, 1944 â€"J, H, Kncll On going there the delegation should put the boot where it belongsâ€"squarely on the foot of the Mayor. It should demand from His Worship and members of Council (exclusive of the newer memâ€" bers) an accounting of their past steâ€" wardâ€"ship in helping to stamp out every type of degradation that has surâ€" rounded some Timmins beverage rooms, for years past. And to know if this has been done to the limit of Timmins municipal regulations and law. ‘The obssene language and related filthy conduct of girls and adult women, youths and adult men walking out; staggering out; falling out or thrown out of some beer shops, on to the streets must torture the ears and eyes of some councillors, as it has done to hundreds of citizens. Many have, long since, beâ€" come disgusted with the weakâ€"kneed exâ€" ercising of provincialâ€"municipal authorâ€" ity over gaping iniquities barnacled into the very setâ€"up of different licensed places. Proceeding now to the Ontario Proâ€" vincial Department the delegation should seek accounting of its part in cleaning out the chasms of hellâ€"holes, associated with some licensed and unâ€" licensed places. Mayor Brunette‘s letter and be bullâ€" dozed into the role of being the ‘proâ€" verbia goat‘â€"please excuse use of the latter phrase. The Society should appoint a delegaâ€" tion to meet with Mayor Brunctte and Timmins Council, also with the Onâ€" tario Provincial department concerned. Smother the bubbling bursting bowels of such places and Timmins town will go well on its way to finding a policy that will determine the salvation for preventing little children from tragic end, to their sweet little lives, as was unfortunately the case in Schumacher. Thanking you, Mr. Editor, for the generous space in The Advance. Yours very sincerely, It costs money to play the national host, a question answered in the House shows. The total cost to the Canadian government of the Quebec conference last â€" summer, including President Roouszsvelt‘s visit to Ottawa, was $366,â€" 596 . . . the important Swedish Trade Mission has finished its conference in Otawa out of which will come a trade agreement between the two countries with big postâ€"war implications undoubtâ€" edly ; on the Swedish mission were some of the foremost industrialists of that country .. . Dr. Liu Shih Shun, who has; been Chinese Minister to Canada for two years has now presented the Govâ€" ernorâ€"General his credentials as Chinâ€" ese Ambassador to Canada. Wartime Prices and Trade Board opâ€" erations including import and domestic subsidies of reimbursements totalled $115,378,235, with subsidized imports amounting to $53,568,887. This covers the period from December 1941 when ceilings were introduced to December 31, 1943. On imported animal, agricultural products, fish and provisions the subsiâ€" dies amounted to $6,718,456, including: tea, $1,251,491; rice, cleaned and unâ€" cleaned, $1,143,335; cocoa beans, $698,â€" 359; potatoes, $811,174; prunes, $514,411, and oranges $1,163,004. Few of us appreciate that the cost of living during this war is much easier to take than in Word War I days beâ€" cause of subsidies. It costs plenty of money, but folks will probably think its worth it. Some interesting figures in this behalf were tabled in the House of Commons. Major subsidy payments have been made for domestic dairy products, the report showed. Butterfat subsidies prior to May 1, 1943 when responsibility for payment was taken over by the Agriculâ€" ture Department totalled $12,977,776. Sudsidies to keep down milk prices to the consumer totalled $19,009,699. The low down on reasons for a susâ€" pension of meat rationing may be exâ€" plained in part by the fact that during the first 6 weeks of 1944 inspected packâ€" ing plants of Canrada slaughtered 780,â€" 000 more hogs, 50,000 more cattle, 10,000 more calves and 30,000 more sheep and lambs than in the same weeks of 1943. The tremendous impact of this on the handling facilities of packing plants can be measured by the knowledge that the increase in hog slaughtering was 80% over â€"1943. It is reported that there were over 102,000,000 pounds of meat in cold storage at that time, nearly twice as much as last year. It would be well A WEEKLY EDITOR LOOKS AT RIVERSIDE PAVILION goue se 1 JC Gents Music at the "PAV" by GENE CROCCO and His ORCHESTRA Written specially foe the weekly newspaners of Canada by Jim Greenblatt Dancing Saturday Evening Enjoy Dancing to the Finest Music on the Best Floor in the North. William Stewart THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO | _ Hog producers will be interested in the estimate that marketings are expected to be heavy throughout the first half of his year. The highest level in history |was reached when at Dec. 1, 1943 there ‘was a total of 9,473,000 hogs on Canaâ€" dian farms, an increase of 22 per cent over 1942%. The increase was more marked in the three prairie provinces and common to all others but Ontario. In connection with civic or municipal elections, regulations now are that members of the Armed Forces may parâ€" ticipate, but no special leave will be given for campaigning or other reason, and if elected no special consideration insofar as leave is concerned will be given to attend meetings or other duties entailed in holding office. to "uaive your meat coupons" as cauâ€" tioned, because ore day we may be in a position to ship lots more meat across the Atlantic where its badly needed, The bringing of venereal disease out imnto the open has made the fight a winâ€" ning one in Canada. Once is was a hushâ€"hush subject. Now public bodies in about all communities in the nation are coâ€"operating with authorities to fight this social disease, FPigures from the army, navy and air force, for inâ€" ulance, show that whilst in the Great War, of 1914â€"18 one man in six was inâ€" fected with either gonorrhoea or sypâ€" hilis, by 1943 (for the first six months) the figure was one man in every 30. In 1940, the pooled figure showed that one man in every 18 was infected. The cost has been tremendous: The Army alone, they tell us, could have equipped completely 32,000 infantrymen with the $5,309,324 it spent on venereal disease. The incidence is down, but the fight must go on., Whiile the boys overseas have a conâ€" stant date with the enemy, in their spare moments it‘s reading that counts most with them. So now we learn that unwrapped magazines can be handed in to any post office in Canada for forâ€" warding to troops oversEas. Zone colâ€" lection and forwarding depots have been set up. Present plans call for sghipâ€" ment of 86,000 curr€nt issue mags each month. If you‘re through with your favourite detective, movie, western or sports magazine, give the boys a break. The Prices Board recently issued an order that fur garment styles will not be restricted any longer. The only thing is that the 1943 styles have to prevail for 1944.. After that the sky‘s the limit, Women are certainly doing their part in this war; active on the home front in a hundred and one ways; latest figâ€" ures show that there are more than 39,â€" 948 in the armed forces of Canada. On a per capita basis of total female popuâ€" lation (ages 18â€"45) in December, 1941, there were 1 in 1250; in December, 1942, one in 134 and toâ€"day one in 66, If you are worried about <the right kind of flag to fly when a distinctive Canadian flag is required, take Prime Minister King‘s word for it, The Red Ensign is correct dress for the occasion, he told the Commons. You‘ll probably hear more about the health insurance plan, recently revised and submitted to the Social Ssecurity Committee of the House of CoOmmons, a plan purported to give complete health services to the people. In a nutshell the maximum levy will be $50 for married folk. $30 for single persions. It will cost adults 12 dollars a year plus a percenâ€" tage of income from those in the income tax elass amounting to 3 per cent for single and five per cent for married perâ€" sons. Regulations; in connection with resâ€" trictions on construction are being eased to some extent, says a release by Muniâ€" tions and Supply department. Conâ€" struction, repair or alteration of plants, previously exempted from licenss» up to $2500 is now exempt up to $5000, Apâ€" plications for Construction Control liâ€" cense for one and a half or twoâ€"storey dwellings not exceeding 1,000 square feet in area, will not be considered. Apartment or multipleâ€"dwelling conâ€" structions will no longer be restricted to gpecific number of suites, but to threeâ€" storey and basementâ€"walk up type. If you want information, write them. Loâ€" cal conditions and the need for housâ€" ing must at all times be considered, and of course there is always, these days, the matter of labour and material shortages Eleven Births Recorded in Timmins Last Weekâ€"end Bornâ€"On March 10, 1944, to Mr. and Mrs. D. Shallon, Eim Southâ€"a daughâ€" ter (Janet Grace Mary). Bornâ€"On March 4, 1944, to Mr. and Mrs. D. Lynch, Carling Avenueâ€"a daughter (Veronica Bernadette). Bornâ€"On February 27, 1944, to Mr. and Mrs. G. Lacoursiere, Val Gagne, Ont.., at St. Mary‘s Hospital â€" a son (Jean Guy). Bornâ€"On February 28, 1944 to Mr. and Mrs. A. Beaulne, Commercial ave. â€"a son (Albert). Bornâ€"On March 17, 1944 to Mr. and Ladiesâ€"25¢ Planning the Redvcing Diet What is known as the 1200 calorie diet to reduce weight has now become standard although a 1500 calorie diet is used for those slightly overweight and as low as a 400 to 600 calorie diet for those greatly overweight. Formerly a reduction diet meant simply that the total amount of food must be reduced and then a little later the fats and starches were to be reâ€" duced, to a greater extent. Toâ€"day, however, the dietician preparing menus for overweights takes into consideraâ€" tion the fact that every kind of foodâ€" stuff is needed by the body for one or more purposes and must be in certain proportions if weight is to be reduced and the overweight kept in good health, ' The first thought then is to figure out just what the overweight‘s best or ideal weight should be according to type of build because some overweights have long bodies and short legs and others short bodies and long legs. With the ideal weight known, the amount of excess fat that must be removed is known and a time limit of 4 to 12 months is set where this is needed from the standpoint of safety, and sometimes the wishes of the~ overâ€" weight. The loss of about two pounds a week is the amount considered satâ€" isfactory in the majority of cases and this two pounds Oof fat is counted as part of the daily amount of food used so as to make up the difference in calories needed by the body. For overweights who can arâ€" range the daily menus themselves, sugâ€" gestions in the planning of the menus cutlined by Katherine Mitchell Thoma, B.A. in her book “Food in Health and Disease‘"‘ should be of help. 2. Emphasize vegetables and fruitsâ€" especially those that are low in starches (leafy vegetables) .. (a) They are aA good source of mineralsâ€"iron, calcium, phosphorus. _ (b) Theyâ€" are a good source of vitaminsâ€"A. B. C. (c) They are bulky and help to satisfy the appeâ€" tite without adding: many calories to the total food intake. 1. Avoid fat as . much as possible, not more than 10 to 20 grams (1 and 1â€"3 level teaspoons) should be included each day. (b) A goot in calories 3. Use 8 ounces (‘@ pint) of skimâ€" med milk or buttermilk every day. (a) A necessary source of calcium (lime). (b) A good source of protein, (c) Low 4. Eggs may be used. (a)Good source of proteinâ€"the body building ifood,. (b) Good of. iron. ; 5. Lean meats may:be used. (a) Good ; source of iron. (b) Makes all the body| processes work. fast,er and thus helps} to burn up excess fat on the body. ! 6. Avoid. concentrated carbohydrates (starches)â€"potatoes, sugar,. bread, pasâ€" try. Use carbchydrates in the form of fruits andâ€" vegetables. Vegetables low or poor in carbohydrates are: asparaâ€" gus, â€" caulifiower, . cabbage, . Brussels sprouts, celery, onions, cucumber: letâ€" tuce, green,. olives, green . peppers, squash, tomato. _ Whole grain cereals may be used in small amounts. 7. All food eaten:.must be included tion diet of 1000 to 1200 calories will is every morsel :of; food eaten during the day must be counted so that the total amount : will not be more than the 1200 (800, 1500,;600) calories daily. "The average ‘patient on a reducâ€" tion diet of 1000 â€"to1l200 calories will lose weight slowly if the diet is conâ€" scientiously followed, but sometimes he grows discouraged when the loss of weight is slow and he then becomes careless about his diet.â€" If the diet is reduced to 600 or 800 ealories, loss of weight will be more rapid." The important point about the reâ€" duction diet is to keep the protein foodsâ€"meat, eggs, fishâ€"always up to the full mount because they rebuild worn tissue and have a more "dynaâ€" mic"* effect than other foods in stimuâ€" lating all the body processes to inâ€" crease their activities. This increased activity burns up fat stored in and on the body. OQverweight and Underweight. This handy booklet by Dr. Barton contains many helpful sugge:tions for those who are too thin and those who, are fat, including diew suggestions, cx-; ercise, various types of overweight (md' underweight. To obtain it send your, name and address, enclosing Ten Cents and a threeâ€"cent stamp to cover cost!| of handling and mailing, to the Bcll' Library, Post Office Box 75, Station O. New York, N.Y. And ask for booklet Bornâ€"On March 12, 1944, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pacione, Maple S. at St. Mary‘s Hospitalâ€"a son (Dennis Anâ€" thony, Louis). Bornâ€"On March 10, 1944, to Mr. and Mrs. F. Clement, Preston Nâ€"â€"son (Josâ€" eph Armand Dennis). Bornâ€"On March 15, 1944, to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. St. Gelais, Him S., at St. Mary‘s Hospitalâ€"a daughter (Marie Rejeanne). Mrs. H. Lapierre, Avenue road, at St. Mary‘s Ho.;vpxta.lâ€"â€"a son Robert Patrick Joseph). Bornâ€"On March 17, 1944, to Mr. and Mrs. L. Major, Wilson avenue at St, Mary‘s Hospitalâ€"a son (Joseph Eudore Andre}). : _Bo-rn-â€"On March 10, 1944, to Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Hall, Sixth avenue, at St. Mary‘s Hospitalâ€"a son (Terry Gordon). Bornâ€"On March 10, 1944, to Mr. and Mrs. W. McNulty, Floral avenue, at St. Mary‘s Hospitalâ€"a daughter (Patricia Agnes). By James W . Bartona, M D. of Pours That ©Bobp Funeral at Porguis Junction of Late Donald Mc Millan (AAAAAA Y 3 oc _3 BBE ECCC son and Eva; Scott McColaman McCo‘:sman; McColeman Family; Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Black and Family; Mr. and Mrs. Wes Baillod; Mr. and Mrs. A-‘..b'crt Baillod and others. Members of Women‘s Institute Hold Banquet Last Week After five years of active work, the Golden Star Women‘s Institute celeâ€" brated their 5th anniversary, Priday last, March 24th, with a banquet for members and their husbands in the Hollinger Hall at 6.30 p.m. Honours Fifth Anniversary of Institute. T 'ne'thrce long tables were tastefully decorated with the W.I. colours of blue No. 105.â€"Overweight and Underweight â€"mentioning the name of this paper. (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act). Standing Room Only GODDARD FRED MacMURRAY EDWARD ARNOLD RONALD YOUNG Sun. Mid. Mon. Tues, and Wednesday COMING SOo0N "HARVEST MOON" Cowboy Canteen Nine Girls Toâ€"Day Friday Saturday Tel and gold and a silver basket of blue and gold ffowers formed a centrepicce for the middle table, small silver vases centering a table on either side. Streaâ€" mers of the two colours decorated ecach table. When dinner was completed and the tables cleared, cards were played and the evening was completed with a hearty «ingâ€"song and dancing. The Institute has had many changes in the past five years, and several of the firstâ€"year members are at present in war work. However the Institute has advanced and accomplished a creditable amount of work. An account of the War Work done, which excepts the nu« merous wellâ€"filled boxesâ€"sent to the Inâ€" stitute‘s adopted ship "Gaspe", will be presented at a later date. f A very happy crowd was present, and the varied menu was most. pleasing with its roast pork and cold meéats, hot scal< loped potatoes, salads,, plickles, celery, homeâ€"made â€" rolls, assorted pies and other delicacies. ‘ Visitors are always welcome to the regular meetings held every third Wedâ€" nesday of the month at the Hollinger Hall, commencing at 2.30 p.m. The noâ€" minations for the new officers will take place at the next meeting on April 19th, when a full turnout of members, old and new is anticipated. Present at the banquet were: Mr. and Mrs. W. Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. C. Briggs, Mr. and Mrs. P. Jeffrey, Mr. and Mrs. A. McDonald, Mr. and Mrs. C. Deâ€" Long, Mrs. Mary McIntosh, Mirs. Hawse, Mrs. W. Crispin, Mrs. A. Mcâ€" Rae, Mrs. J. Holson, Mrs. R. McTag- gart, Mrs. C. Surman, Mrs. A. Mcâ€" Charles, Myrs. T. Marriott, Mrs. W. Hobbs, Mrs. W. Bates, Mrs;. A. Jack, Mrs. O. McCann, Mrs. E. Welin, Mrs. Dan Tensk and several children of the mem= bers. Readers‘® Digest: In Boston, William Allen arrived cautiously from the counâ€" try with $600 cleverly distributed over his person in six different wallets. Ha met stranger who admired his build, felt his musscles, patted him, took his leave, got away with all six wallets. â€" Goldfields â€" THURSDAY, MARCH 30TH, 1944 The Cross of Lorraine Marshall of Gunsmoke with PAUL KELLY ANNE NAGEL Timcliest of all Punch Packed Serial Thrillers} BROAD W AY A FAMOUS PLAYERS THEATRE Girls on Probation "THE SECRET CODE" "SWEETHEARTS OF TEX RITTER RUSSELL HAYDEN Two Big Truth Films ON THE SAME PROGRAM Ist Chapter of a New Serial rime School FOTOâ€"NITE $225.00 Alfred Hitchcock‘s Production of TODAY ONLY DROP IN FOR A STARTS SATURDA Y ! by John steinbeck PLUS In SHORT (Musical)