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Box 6400, Monieul, P.Q. ~~ FIVE ROSES FLOU | "for all-purpose baking 4 ANNE HIRST Your Family Counselor (ANNEHIRST | bee Modern Btiguetie By Roberta Lee Q. When an engagement has n- announced] should the bride. + ZGiNGERFARM ~ day 'was asked what he thought | | Gwando Clarke Did. you hear. this little 'item ia the 'news last week? An old: gen: tleman, celebrating hiv 109th birth- had been the most wonderful in- vention - during his lifetime, -His an- swer was--tlie refrigerator! "Be- cause," he .said, "you can buy. any Yood you like and can take cace oi it -after! you've got ~ it." amused me because somé women ave to be pretty good at the art of convincing before the average man will admit the advantages of a reinggrator make it. worth the money it costs. And that is under- standable, too, because it isn't the man' of the house who has to run up and down the cellar stairs 'with the butter, and the milk, and the little bit of unseat which you hope will keep all right until tomorrow. Pat wouldn't it be too bad ii "the werage man had to live to he over a hundred, before attaining ghat much wisdom? Fortunately the Baht usuaily dawns a little edrlier That | "days, necessity drove a man to be --- Courageous Scout--Scout Don Lee, 18, who has had no legs since. he was nine months old, beams. with pride as his foster. mother pins an Eagle Scout. badge on his chest, The . youth, who lost both legs in an accident 17 years ago, completed all the tough physical requirements for the badge, including a 14-mile hike. Don is saving his money for the trip-to the next Scouf" jamboree: : better policy to tackle a job which was outside a pérson's ordinary line of work or hire a person to do it- who had been trained for the job. The idea steadily gained ground that it was better economy to hire an experienced person to do the job. 'And it sounds logical. Why should a man: tey "to 'fix his cac when there are mechanios to do it? Of a farmer spend days, per- haps, trying to uproot" a tree that a bulldozer. could move in fifteen minutes? Or a woman do her owa paper-hanging when there are ex- perts for the job? But that isn't the way our. pioneers worked. In those to makesyour own aprons and house dresses, nor to. do your own bak- .ing. And where there are children - + «1 have said it. before, and I say it again, the cost of keeping children well dressed can be liter- ally cut in half by mothers making over garments to fit the youngsters, A little pair of pants for 'the wee boy; a play suit or a pretty frock for sister, can be made for next te - nothing - and will outwear aay ready-made garment bought from ; a -store.. Not only that, whether * what you make or repair is a chick- sa pen or an apron, something else is also gained--a sense of achieve- ment, that inner sense of satisfac- tion that comes with a job well done. You can't buy it--yom cea only earn it. Ei a jack-of-all-tcadés and the only time he called fof help was when a job .was too big for him to handle alone. Then a. community bee was the obyious answer. : - Ingenious ~~ A minister was very fond of _ oherry brandy, and one of his elders thought he would play a joke on him. "I'll give you a bottle of cherry brandy," he said, "# you will pco- mise'.to acknowledge it in the shurch magazine." The minister undertook to do this "and soon a paragraph appeared ia But wa have lost that indepen- dence, and now we acre paying the price. On every side the hue and cry goes up--"We can't do this or: that because we can't get help, there isn't a carpenter or plasterer avail- able for months ahiead. Sure, they promise to come but that's as fac as it goes." * So I was glad when I heard that significant little news item about | these men getting together to build _ farm 'buildings are in need of re- their own homes; and I was glad when Partner and Bob took over this driving shed job themselves Actually, for that, this grand mild - fall is responsible. Until the. field work was done big repair jobs had the magazine, thanking the donor "for his gift of fruit and the spirit in which it was given. Not Perfect to wait. So it was the time element that made our men feel a carpen- ter was necessary--not unwilling- ness or lack of initiative: And 1 suppose that is trite of niany farms, and the main reason why a lot of" The male half of a new dance team was-pleading with a producer. "You never saw anything. so sen- sational," he raved. "To finish our * act. I take my partner by the hair and whirl her--~round for "exactly pair. The field work has to be at- twenty spins. Then I wind up by | piece. of ceiling._paper. There-are {qr Gl wants when | " limitations--and there are also other tended to first. However, 1 am still . dow." not anxious to see my menfolk put Ti 2 ted eavestroughing on the barn.A bro- Joie progucer paz . ken neck would be more expensive ; Heave her _ through an open window!" he exclaimed, _incredu- than a plumber's bill. "The same applies to women aud paper-hanging -- or at least for those who have lost the agility to balance themselves on a step-lad- der while wrestling with a contrary lously. "Do_you do that at every performance?" The young nian shrugged. Nobody's perfect," he admitted. "Sometimes 1 miss!" : it grunts, and a child when it cries, jobs to do that help keep down FadiagnT od the high cost of living You_don't and you will have a fine Pig and a have to risk breaking your neck heaving her through an open win- Helpful Hints For Housewives ¥ To shave chocolate finely, use a potato 'peeler -- it's quicker aad better than a knife or grater. St 2S * * 3! . 'Use a meat cleaver and wooden shopping 'board for dividing frozea food. packages. Just chop off what you need. Handy two. 7 . * * * Whip cream ahead of time. It of -unflavored gelatin." The gelatin also speeds up whipping. A Bake cookie dough scraps along with. the cookies. Saves re-rolling the dough (which toughens it). .Children delight in the queer shapes of scrap, .cookies. - 7 * * * . Cover recipe cards with transpar- ent shetlac. Greasy. fingermacks and food stains can then we. wiped oft with damp cloth, * * * » After washing dark-colored sox, rol} them up and put them in a large muffin pan -- a pair to a section -- to carry them to the line, Then they can't fade on the othec laundry. ¥ * RJ * Put a strong rubber band length- wise around your paint cana when painting -- so the band will make a "bridge" accross the top. Use the band to wipe 'excess paint off the brush as you work. Sides and top of can will stay clean. i . * . "Cabbage odor is practically elini- inated if you add 'a plece of celery when you outside stalk; discard celery whea cabbage is done. EH I Pipe cleaners make good hair ouclers. Soft to slesp on; males A * » * Skipping ropes make gay tiebacks for the curtains of -your 'ohild's handles dangling. * * * 5 Use worn-owt leather gloves se and elbows Im snowsuits. These © patches make the suit wear longes, and they're decorative, too. . COME OUT FROM UNDER THE ~ SHADOW OF PAIN. fH ~y 'Try DOLCIN Tablets for prompt relief from ARTHRITIC and RHEUMATIC pain «+o get a bottle of 100 or 500 eablées your «the thousands of relieved sufferers whe + by 'taking DOLCIN 'have come eu from under the shadow of pala... Mont druggists carey DOLCIN.,.. 100 tablets 32,39; ecpnomy-sive bottle of 300 tablets $10.00, If your deaggist does mot have DOLAIN, write direct to when cooking for will not separate if you add a touch ut -it in to cook. Use - sofe- ourls; will' not spit eads of room. Tie rope in a perky bow with: make patches $0 reinforce -knees - TODAY and jola --- - 3 ras $t 3 --{ bad chuld. ~~ ~ DELICIOUS CROWN BRAND RECIPES ) os J oS OTR | I CROWN BRAND CORN SYRUP "Dear Ande Hirst: | am a wo- but we are like two lost souls in _| elect's family call at once-upon the | on has it does by hes pu man with a past," and as such, 1 the ocean of despair. family of the 'man? dentimes Hoe sh A "apa feel qualitied to give you some "Is there any possible hope for A. No; it is the duty of the man's | - ' | opinions. Please | us? i family to make the first call. and as | Did you also hear of 'tiie co- preach, 'Thiuk "We met in that halcyon year ot soon as possible. - operative enterprise among a group twice before 1940, and our hearts were high Q. When asked to be a godparent ot home-builders" who have become "you act.' with ambition-and childlike dreams to a child, is it necessary to give a tired of the high .cost of construc- My very im:' --only to be-ghattered by fate-- gift on the day of the christening? tion and "have decided to form a pulsiveness has until the day he walked back 'into A. Yes.' . litle company of their "own and brought me to my mother's living room, an aged Q. Wlien leaving the dinner table build their own houses, doing the where | am-- war veteran. He is 30 now, and 1 |= ¢o dance, what should one do with work between them? That sounds gutter. of alco- am 26. We have two sons by this | one's napkin? . like Aa-good solution to our skilled holism." And do "union. . . A. Dlave te tapkin' oniokisd ba: lihour problem, and applies to more you know that "I started out to give you some | ie the plate. ) than building: houses. The same a, I 'have reached opinions. But now 1 am crying Q. If one has just moved. into a principle is working "all right here the stage where 1 no longer care for advice. : ehh orhood. aid' sotie-of tie Just now as my menfolk are pretty too much? = : . HOPELESS" TO DO 1000 An (30 Te busy doing a job oy the driving "Ihave made two marriages, | * Ih writing this letter to me, | neighbors have paid calls, how soon | | 5 ("0 they' have tried to which have not been ° successful * reviewing the circumstances should one return these calls? } get a carpenter for over a year. As 1 am living with my second hus- * which led to your present sad _ A. These calls should be returned for eavestroughing at the barn-- - band, who is a 'good Joe' in every * state, you have scen yourself within two wecks." Failure to do so that job has been hanging fire for - sense, except ong: He is a mother's | * more objectively than you have is. a strong indication that the nearly' three years.. Could be that darling boy. | was rather a spoiled * for a long. .while. The shame frmiendships are not desired. .| when skilled labour has caught up brat myself, so | can only. pity him. * you feel is the first step toward Q. Is a bridégroom ever obligated with its waiting list--and has also (Hi3 first wife has caused us con- * hope. ; te have his bride's brother serve bevome a little less independent-- stant trouble.) ) * If, through your mutual re: as his best man? maybe it will find that a number of "But lately we have indulged * spect for each other, you have A. It is his privilege to choose potential good customers have ourselves in drink and self-pity * not succeeded "in lifting your- | whomever he wishes, and usually learned to do quite a lot -of this and 'confessions', until we are * selves from this slough into | it is his brother or best friend. If extra work for themselves. © = about to lose the respect and love | *_ which you have dcifted, tty once he has no other preference, hie may A. few years ago a discussion otf both our families. = : © * more-- ei ohoose his bride's brother. i often arose as to whether it was Lost In Despair 1 * And this time, with the help B 4 a "Oddly enough, that fact doesn't > of Alchoholics Anonymous. ici Cv aT 'really bother us. We love each | © Xo ig Phy ey > Group Ye, 3 Syma TW Wsken other d r Y .-ot people just. like yourselves. - Helper - Poem 2 leeply (he adopted my Jon) * who know every step of the CROSSWORD 1 Ae YR f Trking water * heartbreaking path' you have trod. 'corn meal °2 Bitter + They can -help - you find the PUZZLE : 3 omic 0 13.Simpte strength to become once more ACTORS t Driot 32. Cona-bsarving 46. Leave out * the fine, "upstanding citizens you --. WL Gifis for the § fat it'stand 13 Yotes 4 50. Diace * used to be. , ---- § Bot i 8. Rrowns ln the 23 M201 ' ground oa |--*----"they--are non-sectarian; and ' Rolling vehicle _ sum LE Tg EE .| * ask only that--you admit your = Hy Yehauenae 1 Knack 30. Trp y "52 Bmploy T= * need for encouragement. Write Fon honk BEE wai 3 Motassaureby, 313100 * for information to the Secretary, 135 Hurry i - > -* Alcoholics . Anonymous, in your Boney sing: an Pe) i z * ncarest large city or town. 18. Devours 3 | * That information will come. to 33: Stined --_-- * you in a plain white envelope. 34. Notion * And you two can go on from 38. Yronseson * yourselves and in each other. - Resound * If you are honest in your ap- Ton Inside FE * peal (and 1 believe you are) you 84. Artificial * will do this not only for your Fin Tage * own sakes, but because of these . Equal : s three sons you have brought into { Be FRAV, eT ¢ world. "Wtiatéver you two do MD. Float , * lowers or raises their ideals, and a Foals Lg -* must retard or forward their be- @8. Of the ear ¢ : coming the good, right-thinking Rumeral men you want them to be. Killer whale * Ttis never too late. 7} hs aid - . Piny : ..If you have been weak, do some- "Ditninuttrs thing about it. There is hope for #0. Was windy ' all who are sincere. Tell your "4 AnPOWN ) --troubles--to Anne ~Hirst,-and see fodtan 2 PINS: Lol FEWER Foto ey how she can help. Address her at dh a : = Box 1, 128 Eighteenth Street, ot: Aeult boy Answer elsew!izre on this page. [--New--Toronto,--Ontr------------ ---- ~ HOW . CAN. I? By - Anne Ashley . 6736 ; Q. How can I remove feathers" oh a a 12--20; 40 from wild ducks? Jane Adhtey ~~ ANNE ADAM A. Dip them into boiling water, Hoke Seis. ki WRITE TODAY FOR my NEW AMS and then wrap in a thick cloth. The ' "aa, I's smart to have : French Ac.' feathers are: steamed loose in very i J \ re AE sent! 'Here it is, in that shawl- short order, and the "pins" will give > 3 taal lunge collar, the wing-cuffs, the very: little or no frouble, Drersit-type cuffed pockets! Skirt :-Q. How can I remove rust staine "fulness controlled by pleat! : from white fabric? Pattern 4736 comes in sizes 12, 14, A. The best remedies for rust YO U R BA K | HH G R 4 / 16, 18, 20; 40. Size 16 takes 4% stains on white faterials are lemon || Wi i +) €e SO MuUCcC h yards 39-inch fabric. , ey hl and strong 'sunlight. REE This pattern, easy to use, simple . at causes pie rheringue. to B. . 10 scw, is tested for fit. Has i become. tough? : SS Ww h en you use... plete illustrated instructions. A. Meringue will be tough and Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS | will shrink when set away to cool if (25c) in coins (stamps cannot be' | baked in an oven that is too hot. accepted) for this pattern. Print Q. How 'can I remove whitewash lainly- SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, from a ceiling? } 2 YLE: NUMBER. Send your A. Dissolve one pound of alum im | * 3 rdec to Box 1, 123 Eighteenth 8t,, one gallon of strong vinegar. Apply 4 ew Toronto, Ont. with a brush, allow to soak in well, : 2 i -- Bl i and--then--scrape and wash in the B So "de down to prevent pecking. usual way. : 75 Vn ) p P 5 Q. How oan I make a cleaning | or RIALATH salution for unglazed stone door | ph eee SE | [OW oills? ha ih : . FICIAL) A. Use one gallon of good solt rts ; FIERA 0ap, one pint of clear ammonia, 4; { it vidi and two pounds of finely-powdeced t £5 i! IIIB | Dicroarhly of wom and srry ions 7 3: ? IRIEL 010] |} - O]A]N] | ; Jt the 'mixture, and allow to stand for 1 4 at RII B) VIO VIRAL 1] '| a half-hour or more. Then socub 4 : v|8]0] 1] jS|Y[N|d]S! well into the surface of the stone 8% ' I BIBI F! with a stiff brush or beoom. yr ; ay i Ney off thoroughly wih eleac water. R | vad Roi 3] UNERVIBIY!. necessary, repeat the tr oat, i Mm ---- gat _ Q. How can' I add broiled steak? A. Rub a little lemon jitice inte the steak before brofling. - IVD vor te a LY FREE: JANE ASHLEY *"™ YOU Her : TESTED RECIPES ~ Sond . Postcard HOME SERVICE DEP Tet LBS, Mgt wEIO T.: The Canada Stareh Company, Limited, P.O. Box 129, Montresl, P.O). hi ut