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Tas NA TA LA -- PEERS KN a AL os ee When You Plan To Build | Home Size of Rooms and Effii'ency Are Stressed as Important Points to be Considered Adequacy of sizes and efficlency ot rooms in serving thelr needs play a large part in making a home desirable from the point of view of the U, 8. Federal Housing Ad- ministration, bo! Among some conditions consid: ! ered objectionable y the FHA are: 1. Sleeping quarters with insuf- ficient privacy, 2. Dark or rooms, 3. Bathrooms not readily acces: sible or accessible only through a major room, 4. Kitchen inadequate for or ll arranged for food storage, food pre- paration, and dish washing. b. Insufficient provision for hang- ing clothes or for storage of lMa- nes, blankets, and brooms. In addition to these considera- \lon, honsing administration offic 13)s point out that tho relative adg- guacy of the provision for laundry work is examined if future occu- pants are likely to have laundry work done in the home. The space available for drying and access to outdoor drying is judged, in addi- tion to the presence or absence of laundry trays and convenience outs lets, F poorly ventilated } This Month's' ~ STAR RECIPE By BETTY BARCLAY As lemon meringue pio i8 a favorite with both young and old, 1 have chosen the following as this month's star recipe. Try it and see if you don't agree with my choice, Yes! 1 am giving the meringue recipe also. Follow both carefully and your dessert that day will be a thrilling dinner _ finish, 3 Sunkist Lemon Meringue Pie 1 cup water or milk cup sugar teaspoon salt teaspoon grated lemon peel tablespoons cornstarch cup cold water well-beaten egg yolks tablespoon butter tablespoons lemon juice Bring water or milk, sugar, salt and lemon peel to a boil in sauce- pan on direct heat. Add cornstarch, blended with 14 cup of cold water. ~~ " Ohh BOR ON pe ES ~_ Cook over Jow heat, until thickened - (about 5 minutes), stirring con- stantly. Remove from heat. Add separately, mixing well after each addition, the egg yolks, butter and lemon juice. Pour filling Into baked pastry shell, When filling {s cool, top with a meringue, mado from: 2 egg whites 4 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon lemon juice Beat egg whites until frothy, Add sugar gradually. Continue beating but only until egg holds its shape in peaks. Fold In lemon juice. Brown ple in modérate oven (325° F.) for 156 minutes. (Makes one 84nch- pie.) Note the three lemon pie tricks that are followed in this recipe. Prick one -- add lemon juice and egg to pastry mix -- result, flaky crust of a superior tenderness. Trick two -- cook filling first, then add freshly squeezed lemon juice after the cooking flame is out -- result, a filling fragrantly fresh in flavor, Trick three -- add a little lemon juice to the meringue -- result, a more tender, easy-to-cut meringue. License Plates Growing Gaudy Most of Provinces of Domin- fon -- Are Adopting Bright. Hued Car Markers For 1941 Automobile license plates next year are going to be gaudy, in some of the provinces of the Dgominfon at least. For instance, Prince Fd: ward Island plates will. be navy blue on orange, while New Bruns. 'wick will be cream on coffee brown. Nova Scotia with black on dark jv- ory will not be far behind. Quebec cars will be adorned with plates which are white on green and Ontario will be just the reverse. In Alberta the plates will be white on black while British Columbia will be blue on white, Manitoba {is going to {ssue plates which are black on yellow and Saskatchowan will be white on vermillion. Automobile plates from the Un: Jted States will also have unusual combinations of colors, Maine, for instance, is going to be .red on al uminum, but stafd old Massachus- ells will be white on gréen, , U.S, HAS BRIGHT ONES In Michigan there will be two sels of plates. The full year plates gra to Ia white on maroon but the half year plates will be the reverse, Automobiles from New York will - haar plates of black on orahge while Ohio wiil be white on maroon, but {he car halls from Pennsylvania en the licenses will be golden yellow on ultra marine blue, A BY TOM HORNER Sea seared ie: CHAPTER ONE Larry Collins gmiled down at the baldish man across the desk, "All righ, Steve. . . So I'm nuts, But that doesn't change things. I'm quitting your newspaper tonight." "Okay, Larry, I can't stop you." Steve Clark's voice, softened, "But you're a swell reporter, and I lke you, If I didn't, I wouldn't waste five minutes trying to keep you trom making a fool of yourself. "You need a vacation! So do I! S80 does everyone, But you don't geo Steve Clark quitting the job with the grand jury blowing the top off the city hall. And conven- tions, campaigns, and elections coming up." Steve's temper was gotting away from him. "All right, Collins, take a vacation! But when you're broke and looking for a job, don't come back to Steve Clark. I made you, and by the eternal, 1 can make another cub reporter into just as good a man." "Just a minute, Steve. Lel's part friends." Collins sat down on the corner of the desk, rolled a clgar- et, lighted it and inhaled deeply be- fore he continued. "That vacation talk is office gossip, 1 spread it around as an excuse, I'm not quit- ting now because I want to, Stove -- nd you have to believe that---- I've got a Job to do, and it won't wait. 1 have to quit, Steve." "You mean you're leaving me to work for someone else? Of all the ungrateful pups!" Clark ex- ploded. "Get out! Get your pay and get out!" . ' "That Was My Brother!" Collins did not move. Ho had faced Steve Clark's rage for 10 years and he waited now, smok- ing calmly, for the other, man's anger to subside. After a time Jie continued: ) "you didn't ask much about me when you gave me my first job 10 years ago, Steve, I've never told you, but if you know now, perhaps you'll understand why I'm quit ting. "1 wus a green kid, and like you say, you made me a reporter. . My life, as far as you wero con- cerned, dated from the time 1 walk- ed into your office. You know I'd been to school, that contd write. But you didn't know I was an 0: phan, aud you didn't know I had a brother, "You sce, Steve, 1 was born in Texas. Mother died then. My dad yaised Hugh and me Dad was 2 gheriff. One day he tried to stop gomo bandits and they killed him. Dad's sister took Hugh, who was about 16, and they shipped me up here to live with Mother's brother. "I haven't seen Hugh since that time. I wanted to go down to his wedding, was supposed to be best man, about three years ago, but 1 was covering a flood--" "You could have gone, Larry." Clark's anger had disappeared. "Why didn't you toll moe?" "I had a job to do on the flood, and I did it. Anyway, I planned to ses Hugh this summer. But that's not what I wanted to tell you--- "Remember that wire story out of the southwest about three months ago About an unidentified drunk who had driven off a cliff, then killed himself when his car caught fire, rather than burn to death?" Clark nodded, "Yeah, Never had anything but the first lead on it." "Phat was my brother --- Hugh Collins!" aly * * He Was Murdered AN of Steve Clark's anger and resentment were gone as his arm went around Larry's shoulder. "I'm sorry, son, I didn't know. When did you find out?" "I've know it all the time. Hugh was in the highway patrol. Shortly before hig death, he was taken frou his old district, secretly assigned to hunt down a bunch of narcotic smugglers, operating fn the west, He evidently found them and they dlacoyered who he was about the same time, "But Hugh didn't® commit sul- elde. Hugh was murdered! 7 i indo! KMAR thin! oe Yn, Fy . - "Colonel Harrls, chiet of the highway patrol, asked Hugh's wi dow and myself to keep quiet, and Hugh was reported killed in 8 skirmish with, smugglers on the border, The officers figured if they let the accident go practically un- investigated, these drug smugglers would start up operations again." "And that's what they've done, and you want to go down and cov- or it, Clark broke in, "That's right," Larry greed, "I had a letter from the chlel Yyes- terday. Ho sald that reports indi cate that the same gang is at work again. He belleves that w stranger might have more luck finding out about them than one of his own men. I wired him that I'd report within a week, and if he'd swear me in, I'd do my best to get the men who killed my brother, . . . So you see, Steve, I've got to go." "I understand, Larry. I can ar range it. You'll be on wussignment. And when you come back, your job will be waiting for you, Good luck, boy!" Across the Southwest Spring in the southwest. Noth: ing like it, thought Larry Collins as he drove along the broad high- way. Cattle grazing In greening pas- tures. Calves bawling. Here and there the broad green waves of wheat, It was good to be home. Four flays of steady driving had changed his city pallor to a heal thy red. In a few more days even Steve Clark would never recognizo him, Larry's thoughts drifted on, to the tusk ahead. Just where he would begin tracking his brother's murderers, or how, ho did not know. Possibly Colonel Harris would have some suggestions, If necessary Larry was confident he could pose as an eastern gangster, hiding out, and possibly work his way Into the confidence of the gang, Years of work on the police bent had given him a pretty fair idea of what a real gangster is like. He could decide that later. He sped through a town, through a forest of oil wells, caught a glimpse of a cotton field off to his left. OIl, cotton, wheat, cattle. No wonder this stato was great. A barricade across the highway loomed before him. Larry slammed on his brakes, slid to a screeching stop. A blue-coated patrol officer stepped from the eidq of the road, gun in hand. - -- "Step out, with your hands up," he commanded. Larry shut off his motor, climb ed out of his oar, hands in the air. Another officer covered him from the far side of the patrol car. The first patrolman came up to Larry, searched him quickly, then Inspected his car, "Okay," he called after a min- ute. And to Larry: "Let's bave a look at your Hcensc." "It's on the steering post," Larry sald. "May I ask, what is this all about ?" Lo The patrolman returned to him. "you're all right. You can go on now. There's been a holdup, and we'ro stopping «ll cars. Sorry to have bothered you, but we have to do it." - "No trouble. Hope you them!" Larry shouted as he drove away. He had been tempted to tell them he was Hugh's brother, but when the officer had not recognlz- ed the name, he had thought it wiser not 'a mention it. Hugh wasn't well-known in this part of the state, Perhaps the chief want. ed to keep It that way. Passing The Cops o A good lunch and a ~uple of cigarete erased the memory of the holdup from Larry's mind, Two or three more hours would bring him to his destination, first stop in his gearch for Hugh's killers. If that gang caught 'him, he'd get no more mercy than they had shown Hugh. But if they dldn't -- he'd have the satisfaction of knowing - Hugh's debt was paid. The hate of crim- inals, the heritage of his father, swelled within him, He topped a little rise, saw the car parked off the highway, A man bent over the motor, while a young woman, holding a baby, stood at his eide. Larry atopped, leaned over the door. "Anything I can do to help?" catch The man's head came up, "Why, - sure, thanks. You can take me dawn the road and find a mechan: fe, Just a minute--" As the man turned back to the car, Larry noticed a second man get out of the front seat, walk around the car toward him -- and for the second time in one. day rry Collfif§*10oked Into the bar- of a revolver, "Thanks, buddy," sail the sec- ond men, "We'll take your car, but wi have to leave you. Come on, climd out" He waved the gun to, emphasize his order. "Conte on, Bil), get that atuff fnto this ear." he man called Bill Jost all bis frjondlineds. Ho shoved past Larry, carrying a heavy suitcase, tossed iti Into Larry's , then climbed behind the mel' " Honey Types There are many flavors of honey on the market today, The flavors are due to the aromatic substancés found in the nectar of flowers, Honey varies from time to time in flavor because of the many different species of plants that produce the nectar that the bees gather, There is a flavgr to suit the most fastidious. The light colored honeys ure generally mild while the darker colored ones are a bit more pro- nounced in flavor, Some of the lighter colored ones are clovers, orange, sage, alfalfa, and fire- wood. Southern honeys, such as cotton, sourwood, gallberry and tupelo, are sweetly flavored and are especially good for chocolate combinations. Such dark honeys as buckwheat are spicy in flavor, and are especially good in ginger- bread and fruit cake, Be strong, and quit yourselves like men. Old Testament, The man with the gun backed toward the roadster, "The lady'll keep you company, buddy, Be smart now, and you won't get hurt, Thunks, Missus, for gettin' us by the cops--" Larry cursed softly as he watch- ed his car disappear down the high- way, (To Be Continued) A SLIMMING AFTERNOON DRESS x ¥ By ANNE ADAMS For '"do-dress" afternoons and "'don't-dress" cvenings, what could be more attractive than this frock made__ from Pattern 4473. It's an Anne Adams de- sign for mature women who like to look slim antl young. See the - soft side bodice sections, gathered at the shoulders and above the waist! The skirt is " nicely cut, with a single seam in front and a back panel for extra' ease. Make long or short puffed or flared sldeves. And you might add 1-ce-edged revers, included in the pattern. : $ Pattern 4478 is available in women's sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48. Size 36 takes 83% yards 89 inch fabric. Send Twenty Cents (20c¢) in coins (stamps cannot be accept- ed) for this. Anne Adams pat- tern. Write plainly Size, Name, Address and Style Number, Send your order to Anne Ad- ams, Room 425, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto, tlention NON-PRESSURE LAMP USERS NON-PRESSURE COAL OIL (AMP TOV E Coy Ltd, Torento, Canada, ¥ COLEMAN LAMP Dept, WO-13 ~ column, m= >= LR >N By SADIE B. CHAMBERS STEAMED AND BAKED ; PUDDINGS ? All families seem to be par. ticalarly appreciative of hot des: serts of this type, } « Two of thése are cooked in the steamer and the third baked, A good sauce can be served with any one of them -- none better in flavor than the brown sugav sauce given here, Steamed Prune Pudding 1 cup flour "14 teaspoon salt" 13 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon mixed spices 1 cup finely chopped suet 1 cup bread crumbs 3% cup brown sugar : 2 pounds cooked, pitted, quar- tered prunes 2 eggs 1% cup molasses 3% cup milk, Sift all dry ingredients to- gether, add crumbs, suet, sugar and prunes, beaten eggs, molasses and milk. Mix thoroughly; turn into greased moulds, Cover; steam 3 hrs, Steamed Fig Pudding 1 cup molasses 1 cup chopped suct 2 cups chopped figs 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1% teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon soda 1 cup sour milk 2 eggs 2% cups flour . Mix together molasses, suet, figs and spices. Add soda and milk. Add eggs, well-beaten, and flour gradually. Beat all thor- oughly and fill well-oiled mold 3% full. Steam 2 hrs. Serve with pudding sauce preferably cold and garnish with whipped cream. This will make two puddings, cach of which will serve 6-people. Butterscot¢h sauce, which has been given several times in this is ideal for this pud- ding. LF: 1 Spiced Agple Pudding 1% cups flour 1 teaspoon cinnanion 15 teaspoon cloves 14 teaspoon. salt Few gratings of nutmeg 1 cup molasses 1 teaspoon soda 2 cups chopped apples. Sift all dry ingredients except the salt, Dissolve =cda in the molasses and add the flour mix- ture, stic well, Stir in chopped apple and-pour into buttered pan. Bake 36 to 45 min. in moderate oven (350 Deg. F.): and serve with sauce. Brown Sugar Sauce 12 'cup brown sugav 1'% tablespoons flour 1- cup boiling water 1 tablespoon butter % teaspoon vanilla ~~ Mix sugar and flour, Add boeil- ing water and cook until there i3 no taste of raw starch. Remove from fire and add butter.and vanilla. . Date Pudding 3 tablespoons buttér £ cup moasses (I prefer corn syrup) 12 cup milk 1% teaspoon soda a 4 teaspoon cloves 3% teaspoon allspice 14 teaspoon nutmeg 1 egg 38 cup brown sugar 17% cups flour 36 1b, dates" stewed and cut in pieces. Melt butter, add maple sugar, milk, then well beaten egg. Lastly add dry sifted ingredients and dates. Steam 212 hrs. It's delicious served with brown sugar sauce. - Miss Chambers welcomes per- sonal letters from interdsted readers, She is pleased to receive suggestions on topics for her column, and is even ready to lis ten to your 'pet peeves." Re: quests 'for recip or special menus are in order. Address your letters to 'Miss Sadie B, Cham. ers, 73 West Adelaide Street, Toronto" Send stamped, salf- addressed envelope if you wish a reply, Pilots Detect Lights In Practice Blackout or Ro -- The Town | of Mo nt Royal, adjacent to Mon- treq); which has a highly organiz- ed and efficient Civilian Protec. tion Committee, held, a . practice blackout the other night. Every light in the community was quenched, éxcept thrée which, un noticed at ground' level, werg spotted by pilots of *Trans.Can- ada: Alr Lines plands, passing ovér, ported tha "chinks - in | They: Moat g ness, Moisten with well- . Royal's armor. of dark- | 3s : Canucks Like English Girls But Marriages Overseas Are Scarce Among the Soldiers Casual observation of Canadian soldiers on leave In London, Eng: land, reveals the boys from the great open spaces have trouble in getting their share of at- tention from England's girls, says a British United Press despatch. Apparently no khaki shoulder with the neat "Canada" tab need suffer from the' lack of a blonde head to rest on it, but the records seem to indicate that nothing very permanent comes of it. There was some discussion a while ago as to the rapidity with which a portion of the C, A, 8. F. was being led down the aisle by the Mother Country's daughters. It now appears, however, that 'the marriage rate for Canadian troops is far from reaching ep!demic pro- portions, : : 'CAN'T FORGHT GIRLS AT HOME The military statistics branch maintains no special department for matrimonial records, Members of the C.A.8.F. who wish to marry, however, must first receive permis: sion, and the general impression around headquarters fs that the number of applications has been a good' deal less than excessive. "There have been only two mar- rlages in my unit in-the year we've been here," a major of the First |. Division told me, "But that doesn't "mea the boys don't get around." "DON'T WAIT TO EAT" "As a matter of fact," he admit ted, "when we arrive at a town, they seem to have all the girls rounded up in no time. They, don't even wait to eat," Many were already married when they came overseas, and a few Imave brought their wives over to be with them, As for the troops, bored with tedium, a little flattering feminine _ .attention is far from unwelcome. "Sure," one husky youngster sum- med (t up, "English girls are okay. But after all, you can't beat the girls back home." fer Domestic Fabrics Replacing French Also Ac- British Substitutes Found For Continental cessories And Trimmings Such commonplace things as nail heads and miniature *rivets" will, be part of the well-dressed Canad- fan women's costume during the winter, and according to the dress trade, the war is responsible, It looks as though tho stock of beads and cut stones heretofore used cxtensively for dress decora- tion may not hold out. Until. 1938 most of the heads wnd colored stones came from Czecho-Slovakia. Nallbeads and rivets in silver, gilt and black make good substitutes, A new kind of sequin which looks like a bit of black mother-of-pearl is catching on while wooden and leather substitutes xs well as glass and celluloid novelties are taking the place of the European acces: sories. . WARTIME MATERIALS Another result of the war js al .most exclusive use of Canadian, British and American woollen ma- terials In dAytime gowns, suits and coats. The Canadian Press found. Previously, French mills supplied much of this material for the bet ter afternoon dresses in delicate pastel shades and fantasy weaves. Tweeds and leathers as English 3s a cup of tea have caught the approving eye of both Canada's ' and United States' biggest buyers, Again, the metal nail heads re worked in patterns on belts, gloves and bags. -- Craft of Knitting No one knows who invented the. craft of knitting, though Britain, France, Spain, and Italy each claim the honour, But knit- ting was known long before these countries became civilized, and is mentioned in the Bible. The . fishing nets: of the Pharaohs were manufactured on this prin- . ciple, and in the account of the Crucifixion we are told that Qur Lord wore a garment 'without seam, ' woven from the top throughout." We know, too, that the Anglo-Saxons knitted, for our word "knit" has an Anglo. Saxon origin, being derived from "enythau," meaning threads. wav. en together by hand. The ts claim to be the first knittery jin Europe, and offer as proof the fact that /the French knitting guilds. adépted as their patron gaint St Fiacre, a native of Scot- and, ; Night res ponden 1 hy atalggue ot Office, 1130 Bay Street, \ 'oronto ~ Phone KI. 3185 ° little +} READ ABOUT THE. OFFER BELOW X} EDWARDSBURG (RDN BRAN She Had Queer Ideas of Canada Mrs. A. M. Oliver, wife of a Manchester, England, university professor, said at a welfare meet- ing in Toronto recently that be- fore coming to this country her "whole picture of Canada was very much like a map of the Arc- tie before it was properly dis- covered." She who have British evacuce child- ren in their homes to send the children's parents postcards, snapshots or anything depicting Canadian life to show the child- yen are living in a civilized at- mosphere and not a barren wild- erness. 2 2 Winston Takes a Peek Through a pair of high-power- ed glasses Prime Minister Win- ston Churchill studies defence ar- rangements in an area where troops of the Polish army now in. Britain are stationed, The occa< sion was a visit the prime min- ister made to the Polish com- mand. : Lump in Pillow 'Was Worth $94 Wilbur Wells of Ogdensburg, N.Y., lost a lot of sleep for threo nights, then complained to his wife a "hard lump" in his pillow wag-the cause of it all. The "lump," , Mrs, Wells discovered, was 304 in bills placed there by her mother 38 years ago. ar AE . fubd or Jar of Mentholatum Your nearest gist, im MENTHOLATUM Xi COMEIEORNY Ooi ISSUE 48--'40 urged Canadians'