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If you are puzzled shout what tc serve a hungry crowd for sup- per on a cold night, the hom= cco- nomists of the Consumer Section, Dominion Department of Agricul- ture recommend scrambled eggs on spicy Spanish toast. French toast sandwiches are especially popular as an evening snack after outdoor winter sports, Make the sandwiches of your fav- curite filling and cut into desired shapes. Dip both sides into the egg mixture. Brown on both sides 'n hot fat and scrve at once. French toast can play, with equal success, the leading role or as the dessert course. When pres- scd for time or for the emergency when unexpected - guests arrive, serve plain French toast with hot spiced applesauce or canned fruit heated in its juice. It is simple and quick but a really interesting des- sert. Plain French Toast 2 eggs, beaten slightly 34 cup milk 1 teaspoonful sugar (optional) 14 teaspoon salt Pepper 0 slices bread . J tablespoon. fat Blend beaten eggs, milk, sugar, salt and pepper. Dip both sides of cach slice of bread into the mix- ture. Melt a little fat in the frying pan, and brown on both sides in hot fat. Place on a hot platter and serve at once with honey, . syrup, jam or jelly. Six servings, Spanien Toast P| eggs, beaten slightly 34 oy tomato juice 1 teaspoon sugar V4 teaspoon salt Pepper Onion juice 6 slices bread 3 tablespoons fat Blend beaten eggs, tomato juice, sugar and seasonings. Dip both sides of each slice of bread into the mixture. Brown on both sides in hot fat, in frying pan. Place on a hot platter and serve at once with scrambled eggs, creamed vegetables or a cheese sauce. French Fruit Toast 2 eggs, beaten slightly 3 cup canned fruit juice ¥4 teaspoon salt 6 slices bread 3 tablespoons fat Canned. fruit, drained Blend beaten eggs, fruit juice and salt. Dip both sides of each slice of bread in egg mixture. Melt "a little fat in frying pan, and brown on both sides in hot fat. Serve at once on hot platter, garnished with drained canned fruit, Six servings. Modern Etiquette By Roberta Lee «or 1. When should the dinner nap- kin he used? 2. When .a man is assisting a girl out of an automobile, should he take her hand or her elbow? 3. How far in advance of a wed- "ding 'should the invitations be mailed? 4. What is the best method to use when one wishes to interview a business man on a matter of real importance? 5. Would it be all right for a man to buy an engagement ring before he proposes to the girl? 6. What are chives? Answers 1. The napkin should be used to wipe the 'mouth before using the water glass; this will prevent smearing the glass, It is also used to dry the fingers, particularly after using the finger bowl. 2. He should place his hand gently under her elbow. J. The invitations mailed two or three weeks in ad- vance. 4, One way is by letter, The most popular method is to request - the interview by telephone." A third, but often unpopular way, is to call at the man's office and ask admission. 5. No; unless he thinks there is no possibility of the girl refusing him, 6. A perennial plait that is al- lied to the onion. Thatcher Exports Thatcher wheat made up 68 per- cent of Canadian wheat exported in 1944, and this variety combined with the other rust-resistants, Apex, 'Reéddwn and' Regent, com- prised the bulk of wheat exported that year. -me when I need him. should be DARK LIGHTNING By HELEN TOPPING MILLER CHAPTER IX The Gimballs arrived and im- mediately Harvey brought out the map and the geophysicts' report and began "expansively to tell everything that had happened. Adelaide slipped out and clutch- ed at Gary, in the hall. "Oh, dear! He's telling Oliver! And I wanted him not to." "They'll have to know, sooner or later." "I suppose so," she sighed. "Go on in, Gary--keep Oliver from ruining everything if you can." But Oliver had already taken command of the situation, abetted and prompted by Grace. He was advancing arguments against wild- catting an oil well, dilating upon the advantages of selling leases, and or once Gary found himself agreeing with Oliver, "I think Kimball's Mason," he said. "O course he's right," Grace put in. "Oliver knows the oil business --at it ever since he left school." Adelaide stood in the door, her eyes blazing. "Why don't you all let Daddy alone?" she demanded. "He knows what he's doing." "I wonder!" Grace was sarcastic. "Well, you can all come and eat dinner, anyway," sighed Mona * Xx % right, Mr. Adelaide' edged Gary into a cor- ner as the family trooped into the dining room. "That was shabby-- agrecing with Oliver," she snap- ped. "I thought you'd stick with Dad and me." "I agreed with him because he happens to be right," Gary said quietly. At the table, Grace looked across at Gary. "When are you leaving, Mexico, isn't it?" she ask- ed coolly. "I hope to get away tomorrow," Gary replied as casually and cool-- ly. "What?" Harvey lifted his voice so that Maria jumped. "You're not going, I hired you. You found this oil. You won't like Mexico any- way, not in summer," "Dad, if Mr. Tallman has a job down there--" Grace was acid. "A man with a job in sight had better hang on to it," stated Oliver. Mona Lec looked at them all calmly. "Gary's announced with a serene kind of finality. "He knows we need him, and Gary wouldn't go and leave Would you, Gary?" He was on the spot. There was nothing to do but to agree. Later, when Harvey had gone off to the canyon, dragging Oliver with him, Mona Lee came upstairs and tapped' on Gary's open door. "Gary," she said as he turned, "I do want you to stay! I'm worried Yellow or pink roses with lilacs, in easy stitchery, will give color to your linens, Just one spray would 'make any towel a handsome gift. It's fascinating to watch these flowers grow on your linens, Pat- tern 756 has a transfer of 12 mo- tifs 6 x 8% to 174 x 3 in.; stitches. Send TWENTY CENTS in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern to Wilson Needle- craft Dept, Room 421, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto. Print plainly PATTERN NUMBER your NAME and ADDRESS. not going" she --about Harvey--he's so fmpul- sive." "I'll stay, Mrs, Masc.a" Gary turned from the window. "If you ask me , . .I can't refuse very well after all you've done for me." * . * Gary sat in the living room, that night and played double solitaire with Mona Lee. Harvey was out, he was always out now, roaring around somewhere in his noisy old, roadster. In the middle of the game, Mo na Lee laid her cards down and folded her hands. "Gary," she said. "You like Ade- laide pretty well, don't your" Gary felt the hot blood flare over his face and neck. He smiled wandly. "There's not much use trying to hide anything from you, is, there, Mrs, Mason? But--what can I do? I haven't a thing to offer a girl like Adelaide--not a thing but love." "You think love is unimportant? It isn't--not to a girl. Harvey Ma- son had nothing to offer me but love, either--and a few hundred acres of washed-out prairie land. We made the rest together." "I haven't even a piece of wash- ed-out land. There--" he threw a few crumpled bills on the table "-- lies my fortune!" "You need another shirt, Gary. You buy one tomorrow. And don't you give up. Addie's a little crazy right now--it's the thought of all this money. She'll calm 'down pret- ty soon." * * * « Harvey came in late and tossed a telegram into Mona. Lee's lap. She looked frightened and picked it up gingerly with her fingers. "Oh, mercy!" she gasped when she read.it. "It's from Junior. He says 'Hear we've struck oil. Stop. Swell. Stop. Just went out and bought myself a new roadster. Harvey Mason, you get a wire off to him right straight and tell him you haven't struck oil yet, and to send that car right ba ck." "He had a new car last year," growled Harvey. "That's the way with kids. They think you're made of money." But he did not write or wire to ~ Harvey Junior. He forgot about it. He had to get ready to go to Austin to get his drilling permit so he rushed around, shouting orders all over the house. } "Look here, Gary--you know about this drilling business--you oughtt o know a good rig when you see it. You take Addie's car and she can go along and drive, and you go over east and hunt me up a good crew to get a well down." "You'll need two crews--riggers to get your derrick up and drillers to get your well down," Gary re- minded him, going to do about water for the boilers and to run the drill? You wouldn't want to pump your well dry the first day--even if your pump would lift enough to run the drill--which I doubt. You'll have to arrange to pipe some in from somewhere. Any creeks or rivers near here with much water in them?" * * * Harvey looked thoughtful. _ There's a cistern at the barn. And that tank out there holds a" hun- dred barrels." : "Not enough, It will take a week, probably, to get your well down. And you can't run out of water while the drills turning." "You get the outfits we need, and I'll see about the water," "You'll have to arrange for fuel to fire the boilers, 'too Have oil tanked in on trucks. On a field you'd have the gas from the strip- per, but 'out here 'you'll have to provide your own fuel. I'll have to find an outfit that's equipped with an oil burner." "Well, it's a" good thing you've got Gary, Harvey, to think of everything," Mona Lee said; Ther- 's that little creek over on the Har- per place, Harvey. But you'd have to pay old man Harper--and tell him what you wanted the water for--and then he'd probably stick you." (To Be Continued) Change in Paint Surface Ordinary paints should dry with a glossy surface but they can be made to dry with a flat finish by decreasing the oil content and increasing the proportion /of tur- pentine or other volatile thinner, You'll enjoy our Orange Pekoe Blend {trial strikes getting more terrible Wien) passing day. Far be it "And what are you "with, 'salesmari "paid us a visit, he wanted "to talk to all IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK IN CIVVIES! It's back to the plumed hats and pikes for the men of Britain's fancy dress units, many of whom 'served in 'the armed forces during the war. Picture above was made while. pikemen and Yeo then of the Guard waited for the Lord Mayor's procession to start 'in London. BLL CHRONICLES of GINGER FARM - - - - We have had our first week of winter--and I don't suppose you have enjoyed it any more than we have. It has been a little too rough and windy for that, But at least we can be thankful to have a roof over our heads, and, if you ask me, we who live on arins can also be thankful for' that fact too. At least we have no union to tell us when to work and. when to strike, although I have heard some people say it would be a good thing if farmers did have a union and went on strike once in a while. Well, I don't know. . it is too big to ever think about, especially with indus- r me to say who is at fault--there are always two sides to every quesa tion--and it is difficult for us who live on farms to form an unbiased opinion. But it is by no. means difficult, even from a distance, to realize the suffering and _hardship that is the inevitable result of a prolonged strike, It might also be well to realize that a strike of sych tremendous magnitude as that in Windsor 'has far reaching results and will ultimately be felt even in the farms. Reduced income, as we all know, .neans reduced purchas- ing power and thus the vicious circle widens and widens until farm produce becomes a glut <n the market. Lk * * Speaking of buying and selling brings up another problem. We need to be or. our toes these days --on guard against the wiles of high pressure salesmen who. know there is a little more money on farmg these days and that returned service men have gratuity cheques they 'might be persuaded to part We had two stich agents around here just Trecently--and how théjcould talk! * ox * + To tell you the truth we rather enjoy matching wits with these fellows. One night a would-be three of us. His form of attack was a rash order . . he had so much business he could- n't spend much time at any one house .-. either we wanted to buy or we didn't. Partner suggested that it might be a good idea to give us. time to think the matter over. The salesman said he was sorry but he had no time for a re- peat visit. He came over to the treble where I wag sitting and be- gan filling i in his order sheet, "Just a minute," I exclaimed, "we haven't said we would take it yet" He was profuse in his apologies. He finally went away without a sale, expressing regret at his inability to make a return call, But he was back on our doorstep by ten o'clock next morning--a special favour of course! I was alone when he called. He wag very affable and persuasive and persistent, But I had a few a Housekeeper Wanted 3IRL OR WOMAN FOR RE- fined Home, Pleasant working conditions, Good Wages, Fare Pald, Write stating falr "Parti- culars to "MRS. SAIR, 44 Hidge 10, Ontarl ad] piive; 'Toronto By + Gwendoline P. Clarke things to ask him regarding the validity of what he was offering. When he realized 1 knew a little more than he expected his affabil- ity disappeared, in fact I could see he was so mad it was an effort for him to civil when he bade me goodbye. May I be forgiven if I confess to being amused. » xk As I said before, we need to be on our toes. These travelling salesmen are trained to sell their goods. Their product--so they say--is practically a gilt-edged security, They tour the country, many of 'them with the mistaken idea. that farm folk are particularly gullible, an easy mark for their high pressure sales talk. But a lot of farm folk are very far from be- ing slow. Many of them have reason to remember a few deals they 'made following the first Great War, whereas service men have pretty definite ideas as to what they intend doing with their gra- tuity--when they get it. At the same time when an agent & comes along offering you a deal on something of which you know little," or perhaps nothing, and makes it sound good; the chances arc he has you signing on the dot- ted line before you have had a chance to figure things out for yourself, And you'll notice there © ien't a salesman who spends much time talking once he has persuaded you to put pen to paper. But please don't think 1 am knocking all travelling salesmen-- there are agents and agents--but it is up to us to be wary, to use a little common sense so that we recognise a genuine business deal from a shady racket. Dancing Jumbos A German posed this problem to American military government of- ticials: What was he to do with four dancing elephants which he could "not feed? Never at a loss for finding ways out of knotty occupation problems the military government managed to sell the prancing pachyderms to a travelling show. + correspondent with the Sunday School Lesson December 9 / The Christian's Place in the Lifa 'of the Nation Lesson: Matthew 5: 1-16, 43-48; 1 Peter 2: 12-17, Golden Text Blessed is the nation whose God is our Lord.--Psalms 33: 12, Responsibilities of Christians Mat. 5: 13.--As salt, when it loses its savor cannot be turned te useful agricultural account, so a believer, wher. he loses his influ- ence for good, is utterly yseless to God and man. 14--16.--~Our Lord teaches that to attempt to conceal our Christian faith is as foolish as to put a lamp under a bushel. It is by our "good works," by following the example ot the Lord, that we shall best shine for Him and : glorify our Heavenly Father. Believer 'and ' God's 'Laws 43-45.~While we rare told that we must hate the evil deeds of our enemy weare not to hate the enemy himself. Christ asks us to act just as God acts toward men. In His dealings with mankind He does not treat men as they deserve to be treated. He does not confine His loving * kindness 'and tender mercy to the good. If He did where should we stand? As God blesses all men alike so we are to show love and goodness to all. 46.--To love those who love us shows no great merit, for we are rewarded in their love 'to us. Even the publicans with all their hateful selfishness loved those who loved them. Love for love is manlike but love for hate is Christlike. Servants of God 47--48.--In distinction from publicans and- heathen whose love and courtesy is imperfect and par- tial, we are to show a perfect love, even as God's is to the world. 1 Pet. 2:»13--15--Order and civil power being the great defense against lawless force and violence are to be regarded as an ordnance of God armed with his authority. The foolish men are those who spoke evil of believers, who made false accusations against them to serve their own selfish ends. 15--17.--There was a tendency for some believers to use their Christian liberty in a wrong man- ner, Though they were free they were the servants of God, and it is in-doing his will that the soul en- joys perfect liberty. Bookshelf .... Gauntlet "to -Overlord By Ross Munro Ross Munro, Press Canadian forces in Europe, has travelled with' the Canadian Army wherever it went. The title of his 'story is symbolic of the drama of this chronicle of modern warfare. "Gauntlet" was the code word for the first largescale Canadian action, the commando raid on 'the Arctic island". of Spitzbergen. "Overlord" was 'the 'code' word:for the D-Day invasion of western Europe. In his introduction Munro says: "This is a book about the Canadi- an * soldiers--from_ Spitzbergen to Dieppe, from Sicily and Italy to Normandy and Germany. .. 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