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rer ap rio Rr % . DT SEA eS - a : how te elimates Bei olumbla, LURES £ In Praise of Mince Pie. Eve-tempting ~ apples flavored full and. tart; Bronze raising packed with sirup of the sun; The lemon gold of citron cut apart; Enough of currants for a glant's bun; As sweet as any honeysuckle flower The sugared nectar, mead, and hydromel; The Oriental zest of spice's power Salt, incorrpt, without a parallel. Within this royal dish that men call pie Are all of meat and drink for any king, To lift the spirit and to fortify, Shelled with a crisp and hearty covering, " The scent and song of Summer blended herve; The festive colors of the Autumn field; The mellow juices of the fruity year; The tree and bush and meadow's ripened wield. True symbol of the harvest time, this fare. The lavish pastry is a joyful rite Scatters a crop of fragrance down the air; A cornucopia of rich delight. * --Ethel King in the 'New York Sun. KEEPING "FIT Ann Rutherford, takes advantage of the studio gymnasium for a two- hour work-out before reporting to the set for her dance routines. Stretching on the bars keep muscles supple and relaxed. Grand exercice to help maintain poise and grace. B. C. Girls Go For Bare Legs Their Solution to Silk Stock. Ing Ban--If> It Comes When stocks of pure. silk hos- jery are exhausted und you want to rank with the well-dressed wo- man you have three choices, girls --ankle socks or knee length stockings of wool or no stockings at all, At any rate, so.say the girls of the Uniyersity of British Col- umbia and a lot of Vancouver merchants are - taking them at their word. Several small stores are laying in larger supplies of ankle socks and stockings than tisual, although many of them think it's a passing fad. = SOCKS BY DAY? "If we can't wear real silk stockings we'd rather not wear . any," declared one co-ed who is something of 8 campus spokes- man. She had it figured out that a good. sun-tan acquired in the summer could be eked out through the winter by sun-tan treatments, which would make - stockingless legs less conspicu. ous. No stockings at night and socks. by day was her contribution to -' the problem of what the well- dressed woman should wear in 1941 when the effect of the im- t! ban on raw silk from ng _ countries is felt. . she 't yet decided, py hat catch on In ~ than "© liquor and he hated it so that both BY TOM HORNER COPYRIGHT, 1040, NEA BERVICE, INC. CAST OF CHARACTERS MONNIE MILES--her mania for fast driving almost. wrecked her romance. LARRY COLLINS -- newspaper reporter, hunting the murderers of his brother, MIKE BENTLEY -- wealthy rancher, knew too much about auto accidents. ' » * * LAST WEEK: Monnie tells Larry about the accident, how she was hurrying to Bentley's, almost crashed into the other car on Dead Man's Curve. Saw the car go over the cliff and burn, heard the shot. Bentley arrived soon, tried to pul! the dead man from the wreck. Bentley had seen the car speeding toward the hill, followed. The cor- oner found evidence that the vic- tim had been drinking. "But Hugh never ¢irank liquor," Larry says. CHAPTER VIII Monuin was silent, wanting to believe Larry, but unable to com- prehend how he conld be so sure that Hugh had not been drinking. Larry went on: "Hugh never drank, and he wasn't drunk that night, regard- les of what the coroner sald he found." He was certain of that. "My uncle was a drunkard, and Dad never got over it. When Hugh and I were youngsters, Dad explain- ed that we might have a taste for Hugh and I promised never to drink. We might have forgolten that promise made as boys, but Dad was killed the next day. Hugh would never have broken his word to Dad." © "If it weren't for this drinking angle, I'd think Hugh deliberate- ly drove off the cliff to avold run- ning inte you -- But if he'd been drunk, he wouldn't have done that. Someone knows more about that whiskey bottle in Hugh's car--and I'm going to find out who it is, and where that bottle came from." "But--yon don't blame me for what I did," Monnle ventured, "and for not telling the whole truth at the inquest." His arms were around her, pull- ing her close to him, She did not resist. "I couldn't blame you for any- thing you've done, Monnle," Larry reassured her. "You didn't kill Hugh. Either he killed himself, or --But you had no part in it. I know that." : His lips. brushed her soft, black hair. She looked up at him, ta "I wanted you to say that, Larvy. You have to belleve me." : He bent to kiss her lips . ., . jerked back abruptly, jumped to his feet. Surprisgdy half-angry, her eyes demanded"an explanation, "I've still got a job to do, find- ing out about Hugh,' he sald short. Jy. "I've no right to even think about you until that's finished. Please understand," He turned, walked quickly from the porch without waiting for her to answer. Halfway to the bunkhouse he heard her call: "Larry!" He hurried on. Dead Man's Curve He did not stop at the bunk house, but went on to the corral. Tho black whinnled as he ap- proached, The horse was his fa- vorite now. Larry sat In the sha- dow of the saddle house, smoked halt a dozen cigarels as he studfed the story Monnie had told him, He hoped, although he would not admit it," that the girl might fol low, him, .Ho was sure, however, that her pride would not let her. When he glanced toward the big house, the spot of white on the porch had disappeared. There was a light in Monnfe's room. He won- dered what had happened to Bent. ley, Evidently he had been delay- ed longer than he had planned. The black whinnled again, The horses were restless, probably be: cause he was In the corral, Larry decided. The moon, rising late, shed a pale, cold light over the abruptness, Larry decided to take a look at Dead Man's Curve. It took only a couple of minutes to bridle and saddle the black, He would save time going horseback, rather than driving his car, and floor or the highway as he chose. Just what he hoped to (ind, Larry was not sure, but he wanted to see Dead Man's Curve--now, The black settled Into a long canter as Larry left the ranch head- quarters. An hour later, he sat on top the promontory over-looking the scene of Hugh's fatal aceldent. Visiting The Scene To the right a white ribbon of concrete stretched eastward to- ward Bentley's house. Mike's house, he knew, wags about five miles away. Nearer, in the same diree- tion, an airline beacon swung round and round, flashing a pencil of light against the sky. That beacon marked Bentley's landing field available to transport planes event of an emergency. Directly below, the road dropped sharply downward from the rim of the canyon to the valley below. The curve, almost a right -angle, was hidden from sight, but the road south, toward the Hayhook turn was clearly visible at the foot of the hill. A steady drone of motors came from above. Larry looked up, fol- lights of the midnight plane as it sped its passengers toward the east, Only the sound of a light wind, rustling the grass, disturbed the silence, after the plane had disappeared. Larry dismounted, led 'the black, sliding "and snorting, down the steep hillside to the highway. He 'tied the horse to the fence a few hundred yards from the curve, walked down the pavement. He stopped at a newly painted stretch of railing at the road's edge, to peer down into the can- yon where Monnie had watched the burning wreckage of Hugh's car. He could feel Hugh's nearness. i ¢ + An hour later, Larry returned to his horse. He had found nothing of 'particular value, but he had a clear picture of the scene of the accidenf, He would have to walt for daylight to examine the floor of the canyon. He mounted and turned back toward the ranch- house. (To Be Continued) Helpful Hints On Stockings Reasonable Care Will long Their Life . Pro- It you find by experience that your favorite make of stockings tends to shrink a little when wash- ed, it's wise to buy one glze larger than the correct one, You can toughen new stockings by washing them before they are worn, Just squeeze them. gently through lukewarm water, using no soap, Then put them through a second water:-containing a little vinegar, which helps to fix the color and strengthen the silk. DON'T WEAR TWO DAYS You should never wear a stock- ing. two. days _ running, without washing it. The reasons for this are: (1) Perapiration rots the slik inless it ia washed, out immed- fately; (2) If you wear a stocking a second day, your foot goes Into' thie samo place, and it gota the rub of the shoe.at precisely the same spot, instead of moving round a traction as'it would do-it the stack: -, ing has been washed. : Always use flakés to wash stocks, Inge, Squeeze suds gently through' them and rinse several times in ¢leary lukewarm. water, Squ out the surplus, water, AAA ; them, and dry away from the hur and sunlight, a sof HAE) ¥ . se dp a , the little one needs. Daddy's old ~he céuld ride along the canyon | lowed the pin-point red and gieen - tern. Don't Discard Outworn: Shirt It May Be Used"In A Num- ber of Thrifty Ways A man discards his shirts when they wear through at cuff folds and 'neckband, but they still con. tain several yards of strong ma- terfal which you can put to further use .in_all gorfs pt thrifty 'ways. An obvious plan fs to cut them down for your schoolboy. son, Re- tain' the buttoned front opening to save work and give a professional look, but otherwise entirely recut and remake the shirt. It will give lots of hard wear, Simllarly, if the color Is still attractive you can make a plain tallored blouse for yourself. From the entire back of a shirt, yoke and all, you can fashion a use- ful housework pinafore. Shape it slightly, if required, cut from the sleeves or front long shoulder straps which cross over at the back and bufton under each arm, and bind all edges with gay-colored bias binding. Add a capaclous patch pocket for your duster. A long- sleeved overall for a little girl is another good idea; the shirt, if re- cut, for this. ALWAYS USEFUL FOR DUSTERS It you have a toddler you know bow many "hard-wearing rompers shirts provide just the right faprie, and again the little garments may be brightened with-vivid bindings or rickrack trimmings. Old shirts have household as well as dress uses. They cut up excellently for dusters and polish- - ing cloths, or may be patched two or three togeher for dustsheets. Try them also for. shoe and solled linen bags and for deep "shoulders" to tit over hangers and protect the tops of delicate frocks. YOUTHFUL WRAP. AROUND F Roce Ch 3 - * - A WES wed re, ge AY A et LR id Ad [46260 By Anne Adams First vote of every housewife goes to the wraparound dress! In Pattern 4626, Anne Adams shows an unusually well-designed version of this favorite; The trim basque wih V-neckline is: young and ate: tive; the wraparound style is ei to get into, simple to make and fine for flat-spread ironing. Attractively dressed, you are ready for the splashiest kind of work--and "the double lap of the . skirt makes wearing a slip un. necessary. The sleeves are long or short. ; Pattern 4626 is. available in misses' and women's sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 30, 82, 34, 36, 38 and 40. Size 16 takes 4% yards 86 inch fabric and 1% yards ric-raec, Send TWENTY CENTS (20c¢) in coins (stamps cannot he ac- cepted) for this Anne Adama pat- Write plainly size, name, address and style number, Bend your order to Anne Ad- ams, Room 425, 78 West Adelaide 8t., Toronto. 4. provides sufficient material * collection also wt Easy Way: to Relieve gd Le and Paina il) | ol idk LA | dl Sweep Clean Watch Quality of "Material and Workmanship When "Buying One A broom that sweeps clean is a desirable equipment in. every home, A broom's ability to sweep clean 'and wear long depends on the quality of the material used and the workmanship in eonstruction, Real broom corn has tiny, finger. like tenacles at the end of each straw which pick up the dust and thus sweep clean, That, is, . a good broom is made up of a lov of little broom-shaped straws tied together, says the Christian Science Monitor. « The best quality straw, is cut at the proper. stage .of ripeness to insure springiness. When buy- ing a broom, separate the straws to determine the quality and full ness. Make sure that tha inside is not padded with inferior ma. "terial like old .or seedy straws; then, test the springiness by pressing it down on the floor, TAKE CARE OF IT What the : the chief points iin construction? Good brooms are well shaped to give good balance. The rows of stitching -- four or five is the usual number -- are firm and accurate. The handle is smooth, straight; and firmly fas- tened to the broom, Proper care increases the life- time of .a broom. Dip your new broom in warm water before us- ing it, then once a week there. after. That keeps the straws clean, fresh, and resilient. Al ways hang the broom so that it clears the floor. Warped, un- even, and inefficient brooms re- sult from improper care, We're Sending More Furs. To States New - 'Agreement Signed In December Means Canada May Ship Greater Quantity of Silver or Black.Fox Skins to u. s. . A supplementary trade agree- ment between Canada; and the United States, signed on Decem- ber 13, 1940, increases the num- ber of Canadian silver or black fox fur skins which may be im- ported during a quota year from 68,300 to 70,000. The: agree- ment exempts higher-valued "ani- mals from quota limitations, and established separate quotas for parts and articles made 'of fox furs and skins, The share to all 'other foreign countries is 80,- 000. The agreement also limits the total imports into the United States of silver or black foxes valued at less than $250 each, and whole or black fox furs and skins to 100,000 units in any twelve-month periqd beginning _Decémber '1, 1941, or any subse- "quent year. The enw agreement became effective December 20, 1940. L War Influences Wamen's Styles . Visor Hats Popular, But Brimmed Ones Are Holding "Their. Own Naturally events in Europe are having their influence on the modes and manners of the day. The uniform is responsible for a lot and 'love of country, a noble sentiment in itself, is the inspir- ation, so-called, for atrocities in the way of apparel and' gadgets, BASKET HATS POPULAR It didn't take a war .to make visor hats a success bu,t it did help the women to appreciate the advantages of a visor and to think seriously about visored caps, especidlly when in need of & sunshade, Visors go north 'and; south, are in fact joined up with the people and things at sunspots, Photographs from London show them. Sally Victor adds an. awn... ing, instead of a visor, to her sun hats. The Sally Milgrim shows awnings, back not front ones, So it.goes. In the. meantime brims .con- A tinue to 'assume any shape they: like, there being a distinct ,lik-, ing for' the basket types frm south of the Mexican border, Bites Own F inger When luck went 'against ~him," gamble r-cut off one of his fins. gers th a knife and placed, it on the gaming table in the Asia. Gambling House in Nantao, China, He was arrested by Jap- anese gendarmes. Recently oo two of the. many - gambling; hous which ats sprung, up under tho ms; ad bi hous: piece of cleaning . E24 cup white sugar on_foples forohen nd ds 'even Jeady to . ten to your "pet even, L] fd i f special RE ord er Kadrera x our le 8 i As 73 Wi i Tata 8 Tos: ronto" Send H ve IL ; euveleye it Foam ia bir Li did i © fat and add to, beaten egg yolks. "tion, you probably know from ex- perience that harsh purgativesgive, at best, only temporary relief' That's why doctors will tell you to get at the cause, If your consti- is the common type due to face of the t kind of "bulk," try KE 'S ALL-BRAN "HERE'S HOW. 0, CORRECT. WITHOUT DOSING! - Ifyou have cuffed from constipa- CONSTIPATION a a indy Selicions cereal that can to k cep You, Jodular by sup- Piving the © ou need, Eat Hk every +» + drink plenty Ry SYiTY marning see if you 't notice a big differ- ence in ahie vay you Joak and feell ¥ailab at ioes's venient sizes. Ey i in London, Canada. fn T A "L K "8 By SADIE B. CHAMBERS More Requests Last week in giving you requests I thought we had finished for some time, but there are still a great number here and I believe the only fair way is to complete them before I begin some new dis- cussions, Then, too, these requests are full of variety and can be quite geasonable, The Recipe given sometime ago for Mushroom and Eggs: MUSHROOM AND EGGS '2 tablespoons minced green pepper 1 cup mushrooms, sauteed 1; teaspoon salt, dash of paprika 6 eggs 4 tablespoons tomato catsup 2 tablespoons minced onion ° Cook onion and green pepper in -Add mushrooms, catsup and sea: onings to taste. Fold in stiffly beat- en egg whites and cook slowly until thickened. Cooking time 10 minutes, This dish can be served alone or on buttered toast or on buttered tea biscuits (fresh) ac- cording to taste. _ VEAL LOAF 215 1bs. veal ground -1% 1b. ham ground 3% cup catsup 1 cup cooked macaroni, cut 4 tablespoons prepared 'mustard Salt and pepper 1 green pepper chopped 2 eggs teaspoon baking powder 2 cups bread crumbs 1 teaspoon meat seasoning Mix together meat, macaroni, vegetables, eggs, baking powder and crumbs, add seasonings Shape into loaf and wrap in heavy wax: paper. Slip the loaf, paper and all on a rack In a roasting pan, Cook In moderately 'hot oven. Do not add water and do not cover, The meat should become well browned and retain its julces, GUM DROP FRUIT CAKE 15 cup butter [= 1 egg 134 cup sultana raisins 14 1b, gum drops (cut fine) 114 cups pastry flour 1 teaspoon cinnamon 14 teaspoon nutmeg . 1% teaspoon salt 5 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup applesauce Cream butter, add sugar and egg; mix well togather. Sift dry: ingred. ients and add halt mixture to num- ber one--then add fruit and re- mainder of dry ingredients, Add applesauce. Place In long pan and bake In oven of 325 degrees. for 1 hour. PRUNE SOUFFLE 1 cup cooked prune pulp 14 cup prune juice 14 cup bread or cracker crumbs 2 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 14 cup nutmeats ;_.. 2 egg whites / Mix pulp, julce 4nd crumbs and stir well, Add sugar and vanilla = Stir again, adding nuts. Beat egg whites: and fold into the mixture. Pour Into buttered pan and set in pan of water, Bake in moderate « oven until firm and serve with whipped: cream, Time in oven;30 minutes, Temperature, 325 degrées. Serves 6. ---- Mian Chambers welcomes 2oeaal., rom | Is pleased to. fectise, orsesipions f 'Y Storage Space : Household' Need: Unused (Family Articles Re. quire Adequate Cupboards Storage space is an absolute necessity in a house, no matter what, its size. One of the limita- tions of many apartments is the relatively small amount of stor- age space available, Every family has numerous possessions which must be 'stored... Closets in. beds rooms and a single closet for storage of linens is not enough, house. The average family must in addition to the clothing and . linens, store such things 'as trunks, luggage, old toys, tennis rackefs, golf clubs, odd pieces of . furniture, seasonal accessories and decorations, winter . clothes, utensils and tools not in use all the time, and hundreds of other small and large items. In houses of traditional design storage space is usually provided either in a basement or an attic, In most modern houses, even those which are not of so-called "modern" design, both atticzand ba ement have been eliminated. This is justifiable in the eyes of planners. if adequate space for * storage is provided in other parts of 'the house. c ~ A sizable utility room which is also used as a laundry will pro- vide some. space for storage. Ad- ditional space can be made avail- able in other parts of the houss or- in the garage. Being above grouna, the garage space affords a certain amount of light and air and is probably better: for stor. age than the baseinent. If the garage is attached to the house, "it may also be more "convenient "than attic storage space. - In Shadow Land In Shadow Land, in Shadow Land, The world is very flat, And never, never fat; They always walk along the ground, And never up like us-- I really think that. Shadow' Jot Are most ridiculous. = In Shadow Land, in Shadow Land, The houses always 'lean, And there no lights in house or street | Are ever to be seen; No little paths with garden gates, No little stairs or floors, For Shadow folk run up their walls, | And creep beneath their doors, In Shadow Land, in Shadow Land, You never hear a sound; No birds are whistling 'overhead, No footsteps stir the ground; Oh, when I see it all like this I cannot :understand How even Shadow folk can go And live in Shadow Land!' --Elizabeth: Fleming 864 Botti, of drvpglets proves [10s money bach, - TORTURE Yay & Rasy: aa wit tent iif itening" i JIicness or ba} age atool is non that proper. t treatment HELA LN secur hich is fi th Rol either in an apartment or.in a | x The people there are tall and thin : Ile Re, a rmula small on is hi o 18 HOW-TO RELIEVE iF ve a re 1g I -- po tg