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Pest, Converted Into ' War Asset Australian Bunny Fur Helps To Clothe Soldiers Australia's worst pest, the scorn: which is blamed, among the continent's has won par- «3d rabbit, other things for terrible -dustbowls, tial forgiveness. His warm fur has helped clathe | thousands of Australian soldiers, and clothing warriors Down Under owes some thing to the once-hated The ingenuity of Australian pclentists and wartime textile "shortages have combined to find uses for rabbit fur in a thousand and one articles. Imported originally fron Britain along with domestic animals, the yabbits are alleged to have over. thrown the natural economy of the Pominion by nibbling away vege- tation that once held drifting sand fu place. * . * A symbol of the fear and hate they aroused in one of Australia's strangest phenomena--the longest fence in the world, Built as a rab- bit barrier, this fence stretches for 1,139 { miles in an unbroken line from the tropical shores of the In- dian Ocean to the swirling waves of the stormy Great Australian Bight. It divides the continent in two. The vast state, West "Australia, built it to halt the natural west. ward migration of rabbits. ! There were millions of rabbits in West Australia before the fenco of was built, but it has prevented t La them from inter-breeding with the Ag virile "new stock™ on the east Suid ride. 00 The fence needs constant atten: Ao tion. Natives use it as a hunting | a net; flocks of emus and agile kan- $ od garoos trample it down for sport; A floods wash it away. ' Ba Guardians. of the fence aro am- nl ong Australia's most romantic fig- { h ures. They stand vigil in country y { varying from dense woodlands to \] arid deserts, Their job is/to keep 3 the 42-inch high wire fefice intact, { . and each of them has approxim- A ately 300 miles under his super- - : vision. Fence riders on the north end &o0 for months without seeing an- other human being. For fool and drink they are dependent on their own efforts in sun-parched wastes, where wandering savages remain untouched by eivilization, Wavell Answers Poem With Poem Conidian Ge Soldier Wrote "Victory Rhyme' to General SR CCT SASS, A NEE PA ma Peter McLaren Forin, of Baf- fale, now a private in the €gnad- fan (Active) Army, conceived the jdea of writing a series of "Vie- fory Rhymes" and sending them to leaders of the United nations. . He wrote 107 poems in 10 days 1 and has received letters in ac- | knowledgement from more than 35 persons, _including Gen. Archibald Wavell, commander of the British Forces in India; Brig.-Gen. Jimmy H. Doolittle, Gen. Charles de Gaulle, Lord Louis Mountbatten, John Edgar Hoover, Admiral E. J. re me ee { King, and" Queen Wilhelmina of i the Helles ? ~~ Private For, on leave, exhi- Cat bited a poem eral Wavell. he wrote to Gen- It follows: Et SS SNA SATS Bome people see more with one eye > ' Than others see with two:--- Bome people manage better with the old, Thah others with the new. bi The thing that counts is a fight- hi ing brain {Ary ttached to an "good stout heart. 14 oY { This verse is 'merely to let you NG know 5 ie SER ~ We. think-you-fill-the part. ok General 'Wavell's respouse reads: It's true I've one eye only, My aide has but one, too. Bo he looks east and I look west When we want a wider view. . 3 ARS SECS -- Se My rhyming and my metre Could hardly be much worse But they're meant to thank you i kindly For your complimentary verse. To Lord Louis Mounbatten, chief of the, combined operations of the' British War Cabinet, Pri yate Forin wrote: A toast to you Commandos, with your black and fearsome faces, May you scare all Nazl generals Pah 3 into first-rate mental cases, 711 3 * British Families 4 © Swapping Houses House swapping is the latest x development in plans to tackle x war-time housing problems in : he Big families with kmall- Ee are changing them with 1 farhilies who have big uses, In this manner more than ~~ © 2,000 families have ex¢hanged houses in Sheffield alone in the past 12 months, supplied American "nibbler," - B. amous for quality since 1892. es ws oie] assures you of a uniform blend of fine teas-- Tea 'SALADA' TEA "The War Against Mrs. Hadley Adapted from the MGM Picture by WILLIAM McCORMICK SYNOPSIS The war, which she considers a personal affront, has collapsed the narrow little world of Mrs. Had- ley, a Washington society matron and staunch Republican of the old school. She has lost servants in the draft; her daughter, Patricia, has married Sergeant Michael Fitz- patrick against her mother's .wishes; 'her son,. Ted, has been shunted into active service by El- liott Fulton, oldest and closest friend of the family and even her closest friend, Cecilia Talbot, has .* deserted Mrs, work. Hadley to do war : CHAPTER FIVE Tho cook placed the finishing touches on the huge cake; Inscrib- ed : "Nappy Birthday Theodore Hadley." "Now why does she need a cake this size for just her and Dr. Meechman?" she grumped, "T call it downright wasteful" : "Mrs. Hadley is determined ev- erything Sshould be just as It al- ways was," Bennett said disapprov- ingly. "It's . spooky, said the cook. . "As 1 recall the old days," Ben- nett reminded. her coldly," "you were constantly complaining." "What's eating him?" Millie in- quired as Bennett left the ser- vant's quarters to answer a bell, "The old faker -- he misses the old times more than either of us but he'd he caught dead before he'd let on." ' In her bedroom, Stella Hadley was reading a telegram. "Cone gratnlations on Ted's birthday, We wish we could he with vou. Love," the telegram read. It was signed "Pat and Mike." Bennett announced Dr. am. Stella rose wearily, into --the hall. As she telephone, Bennett put over the receiver, "Who is it, Bennett?" she asked the butler. that's what it is," Meech- went out passell the Ids "Miss Cecilia Talbot, Madam," Bennett sald almost pleadingly. "She --- she wants to congratulate you." Stella hesitated but a moment. "Tell her Fm not in," she said firmly after the slight delibera- tion. . Stella greeted Dr. Meecham in the drawing room. "Any word from the birthday hoy?" he asked with forced jovial- ity. "Yes. T had a letter yesterday." "Splendid! How is he?" "He says he's well," Bennett appeared carrying a telephone on an extension wire. "There's a call for you, Dr. Meecham," he said, handing the phone to the doctor. ? "Hello. Yes. I'll be right over," said the doctor. He hung up and looked apologetically at Mrs, Had- ley. "I'm sorry, Stella, I'll have to Ko." "Can't you even stay for i eon?" "I'm afraid nof. It's an _emer- gency case --- Mrs. Stanton, the wife of the ofl magnate." Stella sat down to luncheon that from him 2 British Sailofs' Society The World's Oldest Sailor Welfare Organization Founded 1818--Soon After Trafalgar ' fn over one hundred Sailor Institutes, Clubs, Havens, ALL OVER THE SEVEN SEAS In days like these Larnestly appeals for help Further Information gladly - : supplied G. M, SPEEDIE, Dominlon See' ye 850 Alberta Avenue - Toronto Operates hand day alone. 'She read and reread the letter from 'Ted. Particularly that para- graph which read: "Tony Winters is in oud company. I know how you feel about his mother, but Tony's a real gent -- I beg pardon gentleman -- and we've become great friends. In fact, knowing him has been the swellest thing that's happened to me in the Army." Her eyes wandered to the clos- ing paragraph: "Don't worry about me, I'm in the pink. The only thing that bothers me is the thought that yon may be lonely." . A few mornings later, Bennett answered a ring to find a meg genger hoy at the door. 1 "Telegram for Mrs. Nathaneal Hadley," the boy said, holding out a pad to he signed. "Here's your maper," he added, picking up a paper and handing it to the butler. As Bennett went to a side table to pick up a silver tray for the telegram, he opened the paper. Sud- denly, his eyes opened wide with excitement. He dropped the tele- gram on the table, grabbed the paper and hurried toward the liv- ing room. "Mrs. Hadley! Mrs. Hadley!" he cried excitedly as he threw open the door of the living room. "Mrs. Hadley, it's Mr. Theodore! He's a hero! It says so in the paper!" * - * He handed her the paper. tried to look at it, but her hands were shaking with excitement and "her eyes refused to focus, "I--I'm so nervous I can't," she admitted. "Read it to me, Ben- nett." " "Washington boy cited for hero- irm!"" he read. "Theodore Had- ley receives D.S.C. That's the Distinguished Service Cross," he added proudly. - "Yes, Yes: I know. Go on! Is he all right?" She " 'Corporal Theodore Hadley was ' cited for conspicuous bravery un- der fire in an official communique just received. the dispatch, had been instructed to seek out the location of an enemy machine gun emplacement After the other four men in his unit had heen shot down by Jap snipers, Corporal Hadley continued alone, locating the machine gun .nest and wiping it out with a hand grenade, killing fifteen Jap soldiers. He returned unharmed to his com- pany. Corporal Hadley is the son of the late Nathaneal Hadley, once owner of the Washington Chronicle, and "of Mrs. Hadley, the former Stella Livingston." " "Bennett, I want you to go out and get all the papers," Mrs. Had- ley instructed excitedly. "Right away." "Even even the Washingtn Chronicle?" asked the butler, wor- riedly. _ "I want them all," Mrs. Hadley said impatiently. "Hurry." In the absence of Bennett, who Hadley, according to was buying up all the newspapers available, Millie answered Mrs. Fitz- patrick's ring at the door. Mrs. Hadley came into the hall as the caller was identifying herself. For a moment she did not see Mrs. Fitzpatrick. "How are you?" asked Michael's mother in a friendy tone. "Won't you come in?" Invited her hesitantly. They entered the living room. "I suppose you've read the good news?' asked Mrs. Fitzpatrick hap- Dily. "Yes--I've Just read papers." "In the paper, is it?' Mrs. Fitz- patrick exclaimed, horrified. "Is nothing sacred to those gossip- mongers?" . k "I'm afraid T don't understand," Steplla replied in bewilderment. "I was speaking of my son."". "Young Tedd? What's happened to him?" "He's been awarded the D.S.C."" ~ Stella said with pride, "That's, the Distinguished Service Cross." "It's proud you should be having a hero for a son, Think of the fine storles we'll. be able to tell our grandchild about his uncle." "Grandchild?" exclaimed Stella, "Patricia's having a baby?" Stella it In the Delightful Ansurpasse svun-decks and loung- en... 4 feaslonnl parties, ooklet, tele +. Adele Lodge, Stes Adele en ELELODGE RU c DEEP $ arm wkistowm, ski 18 Inntruetion, ating nk, Wri ite Jor FEW toner, Mars Bie. C, W. Honey, rn ' "Frat, at 'apher. "Heaven help us -- [I thought sure you'd have heard by now." "No, not a word," Stella admitted bitterly. "That fsn't like Pat. No matter what may have happened between you, it's still your grandchild she's bearing." "When -- when did you hear?* Mrs. Hadley asked hesitantly. "Just a short while back. I drop- ped everything to come over and compare notes with you -- on how it felt to become a grandmother "I'm "afraid I can't tell," Stella coldly, "not having been in- formed officially." As Mrs. Fitzgerald was looking at her 'sympathetically, Bennett appeared at the door. "I beg yur pardon, Mrs. Hadley," he apoloziged. {In the excitement aboyt Mr, Thebdore 1. forgot to give you this telegram." ' EE said "I knew it!" exclaimed Mrs. "Fitz patrick jubilantly, Stella tore open the telegram with "trembling fingers. "You are going to be'a Grandmother in Octo- ber," she read. "We love you and migs you very much. Pat and Mike." : : "l do hope Paticly will take , care of herself," Stella worried. "It he doesn't, my Michael will beat the living daylights out of her," Mrs. Fitzpatrick promised just' as Bennett entered the room In a state of great consternation. "Madam, it's the reporters," he reported almost beathlessly, "Reporters?" "Yes, Mrs. Hadley--slIx of them, They Insist upon seeing you ahout Mr. Theodore." "I have nothing to say to them." "Of course you have," interrupt ed Mrs, Fitzpatrick, ) Bennett stopped at the door. Mrs. Hadlgy seemed amazed. "You're forgetting you're the mother of a hero," Mrs. Fitzpatrick reminded her, "I don't see how my private life is any concern of the press." "There's a war going on, Mrs, Hadley," Mrs. Fitzpatrick reminded her, "and there's hundreds of thou- sands of wives and mothers need- ing all the courdge they can get. Their men can't all win the D.S.C., but they're fighting, just the same --an it's up to you to give their womenfolk a message of hope and faith." She shoved past Bennett and threw ppen the door, "Come in, boys!" she called. Before Stella could utter a word of protest, into the Toom came five male reporters :and a photog- Mrs. Fitzpatrick pointed to Stella. The reporters. surrounded Mrs. Hadley and started fiving questions, tumbling them together. Stella flinched under the assault. - "Wait a minute," Mrs. Fitzpatrick bellowed, "How do you expect the poor woman to answer you --- all jabbering at once?" The reporters quieted down. One of them spoke. "Mrs. Hadley," he said, "I'm Stevens--of the Chronicle." (To be concluded) A GAY NEAT APRON P'S ' * ve o. =f A CHAS od a 1 ! ad 5 | 4269 BELL HAE | NSS wiy L 104T | ITT - l/ » H LI] \ 1 L | Les f "OY a By Anne Adams Yes, you'll want to make BOTH versions of this pretty Anne , Adams apron, Pattern 4269, It's neat and well-fitting, "A" shows a scallop-edged top; "B" has straight edges; both have smooth waistbands, Use bias binding or ruffling. Pattern 4269 is available in sizes small (32-84), medium (86-. 38), and large (40-42). Small size, view A, takes 2% yards 36- inch fabric; view B, 1% yards: 86-inch fabric. - Send twenty cents (20¢) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this Anne Adams pattern to Room 421, 78 Adelaide St, West, Toronto, Write platnly size, name, address and style number, says Tank Corps Tommy sitting be. neath gun muzzle in Benghaz) finds Italian propaganda book ac. curately describes the objective of allied forces fighting in Africa. New U.S. Battlship Largest Ever Built The new U. S, battleship "New Jersey," launched a few days ago, is the largest ever built, with a displacement of over 50,000 tons, The Stratford Beacon-Her- ald. She is taller at the bow than _a five-storey building, The paint on her would cover a five-foot fence reaching from New York City to Boston. Her electric generators would be adequate to light the homes and run the factories of a city. of 20,000 population, Her elec- tric power is distributed through- out the ship by 250 miles of cables. Bixby's Dilemma Case Histories of & Number Of Large Advertisers Does it pay a manufacturer or distributor to keep the name of his product before the public when demand exceeds supply? The answer as set out in Bix- by's Dilemma, a brochure released currently by the E. B. Eddy Com- pany, Hull, Quebec, is very def- initely YES. Bixby is a go-getler who starts a business on a shoe strag and "by personal effort--the production of a good product and with the aid of advertising rapidly builds up .a business vastly larger than any of bis competitors and finally veaches the stupendous total of $2,000,000 in sales annually. 'The public -is always clamoring for more and yet more Bixby Pro- duets. The end is not in sight when the world goes to war and the demand is so great for Bixby Pro- dusts that though production. is doubled and trebled it is so much greater than supply that the ds- tute Mr. Bixby decides to cut down on advertising. He does this little thing, compliments his bus- iness acumen by the important savings effected and sits back as it were to take stock in increasing dividends. As in there all good stories , comes an end--the war is victor- fously won and a shattered world staggers back into a peace time' , experience of groove. Business for a period re- mains good but in the end col Japses. Bixby in alarm reorganizes his sales force, makes new adver- tisiug connections but learns too late that the market so carefully wooed and won has been lost for- ever, The case of Bixby's Dilemma prepared and released by the ad- vertising department of the E. B. Eddy Company is quite elaborate, It is illustrated by Gluyas Wil llams, well known cartoonist, and as a sample of modern typography fs a work of art. In & pocket at the back of the book the rulings of the Federal Government on bud- getging advertising is effectively included. Copied. win be mailed ad- vertisers on request. No advertiser should fail to read and digest the lessons of this simmayy of the many advertisers who failed to learn the lesson un- til too late. Canadians Serve On All Seven Seas Speaking éfficially at the open- ing of the Canadian Naval War Exhibition in Toronto the other day, the Hon. Angus L. Macdonald, Navy Minister, said that- Canadian sailors undergo terrible hardships, are beset by dangers from above and below, are fighting the enemy and the weather simultaneously. He termed the sailors of the Em- pire "as deserving and valiant a breed as ever 'engaged in a noble task." It was on behalf of these men shortly after Trafalgar that a few business men in Old London creat. ed the atmosphere that 'made it possible and desirable to launch the British Sailors' Society -- an organization that will within a few weeks celebrate its 125 natal day, and which has, without a break, operated for the Men of the Sea. * Ld * Through all these years fhe Soc- fety has moved with the times and has built up a world-wide chain of service, by which (to use the words of lis Majesty the King when Duke of York) "it touches the. Sailor at every point of his life. It trains, him, houses him, gives him recreation, tends him in his old age and helps his depend- ents. In short, it labours cease- lessly and devotedly for all that magnificent body of men upon whom the prosperity of the Bri- tish Empire so largely depends." Hostels round the coasts of the British Isles and away in the ports of the seven seas have been es- tablished--over 100 hostels, sta. tions and agencies through which the sailor is served: in" the man. ner described by Ilis Majesty. * * * It is to our hostels that many survivors of sea (tragedies are brought and it is in our hostels that they find comfort, entertain ment and "hospitality while ar. -rangements are made for them to be re-clothed and sent to their homes, or, in the case of Allied or Foreign seamen, to be handed into the care of their The Hon. Angus I. Macdonald, in honouring this the oldest Sailor Society in the world by accepting the Dominion Vice-Presidency, said: = "lI am very pleased, indeed, to accept this honour and to assoc- iate myself in some small measure with the excellent work which the British Sailors' Society is doing in all parts of the World at this time. "Perhaps never before has the lot of British sailors been a more difficult and arduous one, and' the good work of the Society on their behalf so vitally necessary and so much appreciated." GOOD EATING NEWS . To keep your best foot forward all day long, be sure fo start every day in 1943 with a good breakfast. For special palate appeal and extra vim and vigor serve delicious Hot All-Bran Victory 2 Muffins ee for breakfast these cold winter mornings, family's disposition on the sunn in a jiffy by this esipe; They will help your yids. up, too, Stir the muffins up All-Bran Victory' Muffins 8 tablespoons shortening y cup corn syrup u cup milk 1 cup f 2 teaspoons haking powder cup bran cereal Tour . 1% teaspoon salt lend shortening and' syrup; add. egg and beat until creamy, 'Add milk and bran cereal; let soak Tatil ot of moisture is taken up. Sift dry ingredients together; add to first mixture, stirrin greased muffin pans two-th moderately hot oven sek in oil flour. disappears, Fill ~bake in Yield: 10 muffins (2% inc 'Note: When sour milk or only irds full 'and about 26 minutes, - 8s in diameter.) uttermilk is used instead of sweet milk, reduce baking powder to 1 teaspoon and add 4 teaspoon soda, own repre- sentatives. Bebx Listen To EVERY WEEK ON STATIONS LISTED BELOW CFRB Toronto « Tues. 9 pm. CKCO Ottawa = Tues. 8 p.m, CFPL Londen « 'Tues, 8 p.m. CKWS Kingstop - Wed. 8 pau, CHEX _ Peterboro « Tues, 8 CKCR Kitchener = Thurs. 8 p.m. CKNX Wingham « Wed, 8 pm. CFCF Montreal » Fal. | 8.30 pond. presented by we blue coal DEALERS OF CANADA TABLE TALKS Nutrition is in the limelight to- day. Working men as well as their families need nutritious foods to supply the necessary fuel for stren- uous war times. Balanced diets are in order. Vitamins must be secured. Necessary minerals are required regularly. Here -are seve eral recipes that will blend with your own nutrition program: Creamed Limas 2 cups cooked, dried Limas 1 cupful cream (or milk) 2 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons flour 1 bouillon cube: 14 cupful boiling water Additional seasoning lo taste ooo MK - i i Melt butter, add flour, stir until ~ smooth, then add milk and bouillon cube and cook, stirring constantly, hntil thick. Add Limas and re-heat. Barbecued Spare Ribs spare ribs »for each person to be served 4 cup lemon juice cup: butter or other shortening clove garlic cup warm water onion, chopped teaspoon chili powder 1 can thick tomato stewed tomatoes 1 crushed bay leaf Broil spare ribs until a golden brown. Make a sauce of other in 15 1b. [SSS ES soup OF - gredients by placing shortening in . saucepan and adding onion and garlic. When onion is tender, add lemon juice to 'which chili powder has been added. Then ..dd soup and water Crush bay leaf and add and simmer until all ingredients are thoroughly cobked together, Serve the sauce hot over fhe spare ribs, Orange Rennet-Custard 1 package orange rennet powder 1 pint milk, not canned H cup puffed rice 5 tablespoons brown sugar Make rennet-custards according to directions on package." Chill, When ready to serve, sprinkle 1 tablespoon puffed rice and. a little brown sugar: on each dessert, Magic Angel Food Cake Slice day-old white bread, 3% inch thick. Trim off erusts. Cut into strips % x 2 inches. Spread strips on all sides with sweetened con- densed milk, covering well. Then roll in dry shredded coconut, broken fine. Brown under low flame, or toast on fork over coals. The result is magically like angel food cake, coconut "frosted doesn't make any demands on your sugar quota. i Room for More but it London's champion space-con- server is declared to be a bus con- ductor who, when he saw five persons sitting in a seat designed" for five, said: "Room for another there--you're all much too com- fortable." . 'BLUE COAL' IS THE COAL YOU CAN DEPEND ON / The need for a, coal you- can depend on is especlally important in these times. And 'blue coal' is just that, It is a solid, even-hurn- ing- coal that not only gives you greater healing satisfaction and .~ comfort but reduces fuel cost as well. Now fa the time to start enjoy- ing the best heating value money can buy. Phone your nearest 'blue coal' dealer today. He will tell you how easy it is_ to-get greater comfort and save money, 206» the 'blue coal' way. SPEAKERS DREAD LOSS OF VOICE Fight off hoarseness ess with vse of Lymoids "Hoarsenees speaker's wo frites abort ounces. Th Towed dre 3 mo how easy It Ln ta 498 Fetes DUT tain box of LYMOIDS, Ac any a EN re 10¢ fain, BLY MOIS Mable tend Shes Toone ISSUE No. 3--43 z os =» ite