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3 . who was a hand on board & sailing 'FRIDAY, SEPTEMEER 28, 192%. . THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG 4 > NEWS AND VIEWS FOR WOMEN READERS The Unique Flavour of "SALAD --m®E.A many millions of regular users that charms so A" is due to the freshness and unfailing fine quality of the leaf. Po "i pie For Chafl To use no other tea hencef try Salada once is to orth. ing Dishes and Percolaters The one PERFECT fuel for MAPLE LEAP UTILITY SPIRITS, They tell a story of an Irishman, vessel on Lake Erie. 'rhe skipper sald to him one night: "Jimmy, I want some sleep, and 1 want you to take hold of the tiller! Do you know anything about navigation?" ° 'Not much," sald Jimmy. "Well" sald the skipper, "do you Boe that star? Keep her heaq In that direction." "Yes, sir," said Jimmy, "I'll keep her in that coorse," and so the skipper went below, Jimmy did very well for a time, but by end by it grew a little cloudy and stormy, and when the storm had! cleared away somewhat, and Jimmy looked again for his star, lo it was behind him! . . He turned around. much alarmed, nd sald: "Wake up, captain! Wake up! and give me something else to steer by, for I'm past that." Not An Accident. ; A cowboy, out of work because otf the slump in cattle, decided to make an easy and permanent place for himself by joining the army. The medical examiner found him sound physically and asked him if he had over been {ll. "Nope," came the emphatic swer. "Ever have an accident!" asked the examiner, "Nope, no, sir-ree!" more emphatically. "Well, what's that rag tied around your finger for?" "Rattlesnake bit me." "Don't you call that an accident?" asked the doctor, "Nope; the durn gon of a gun dtd it on purpose.'--Everybody's Mag- azine, next came even 'not have better Coffee if you roasted it Yourself HER PROBLEMS By Annette Bradshaw MG ¢ rt A Ir [ ONE HAS TO BE CAREFUL. OF EVEN THE LATEST FAD. Miss Must-Be-Sure--But I must have a translation of on that beautiful silk before I buy it and have it made into a the Chinese characters printed dress. I love chop suey, and I'd hate to wander into a restaurant and wonderwhat the Chinese waiter was reading on my fr ock. TOMORROW'S MENU Breakfast Prunes Cereal Liver and Bacon Toast Luncheon Omelet Wholewheat Bread Cocoa , Jam \ Dinner Hot Beef Loaf Baked Sweet Potatoes Canned Peas Lettuce, Russian Dressing Coffee Chocolate Pudding PUTTING UP THE APPLE Quince-Apple Preserves: These two fruits are delicious canned together, Use two-thirds of firm, tart apples to one-third of quinces. Pare apples and cut them into quarfers (cores remov- ed), Pare and core quinces, then cut them into eighths. - Drop the pieces (both fruits) into a bow! of cold wat- er to which you have added the juice of one lemon. Drain and place them in a wire basket and lower the basket in boiling water for one and one-half minutes, then plunge the basket into a pan of cold water for an instant. Drain and pack the fruit in alternate layers in hot, sterilized glass jars; fill the jar to within_one-half inch of top with a boiling-hot, medium-thick sirup made by boiling two quarts of water and six pounds of granulated sugar together until the sirup will wrinkle when a lit- tle of it is taken up on a spoon and and the spoon tipped. Adjust new rub. ber and glass cap, partially seal (that is, put up top wire but do not press down side wire) and stand the jarona wooden rack in your wash-boiler, in boiling water which rises almost to jar. top. Let the water continue to boil around the jar 20 minutes, then com- pletely seal, invert to test for leaks, and store. (To sterilize the glass jar, before filling it with fruit, boil it em. ty, with its glass cap beside it, in clear water for 15 minutes.) ; Apple-Grape Butter. Core and pare ten pounds of apples. Stem seven pounds of grapes. Put apples and grapes into an enamelware or agate saucepan with four cups of cold wi- ter; bring to boiling tinue to boil until soft. Strain through a sieve, return to the saucepan, add eight cups of granulated sugar which has been heated a little in your and also add one teaspoon of oven, | It--it might be embarrassing! - turn. This requires considerable time, however, owing to the great number received. So if a persona} or quicker reply is desired, a ctamp- vd and self-addressed envelope must be enclosed with the question. Be sure to use YOUR full name, strect number, and the name of your city and province. 2 ~The Bditor. 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