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Port Perry Star (1907-), 1 Mar 1951, p. 2

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SEA ' YA < \ A : - Nog ir ; 3 EE i LJ i . Fa] i 4 3) 2 5 ) iv fr 9 -- Batiurday evening: * Modern Etiquette By Roberta Lee Q. When writing a letter of ap- plication for a position, should it be written by hand or typed? A, A typewritten letter for this purpose is preferred, Unless, of course, you arg' Answering an ad- vertisement which specifies "that letters be handwritten, Some firme base their initial "interest on "the applicants' handwriting. . * EJ » ; 3 - Q. Is the guest of Honor sup. : iy to be the first person to rise om the table at the end of a din- ner? > A. No, The hostess is always the erson who signalizes the end of dinner by rising from her place, "" EL) » Q. When a bride is being mar- tled In traveling clothes, does she have any bridesmaids? A. No. She has just a maid or matron of honor, : * * . Q. Is Is good form for a dinner guest to fold his napkin Into its original' folde when finished eat- ing? - A. No. Inasmuch as the napkin mug be laundered before using again, it should be left unfolded "at the side of the plate. However, ft house guest may fold his napkin, when expecting to use it again for the next meal. + w * Q. Is it tHe proper thing to write a thank-you note to 2 hostess after a luncheon in- her home? A. "Thank-you" notes are never in order after a luncheon. Instead, you return her invitation with a similar "invitation when you can, . * - » Q.--Is it good taste for a man to have his fingernails highly polished? A.--There is quite a difference of opinion on this subject. While many: men do; some authorities maintain that it Is not in good taste. Clean, well-kept nails .and hands _sre all that is really necessary. » » Ea Q. If the bride-to-be at a shower gives her thanks to each guest per- sonally as she opens her gift, is it also necessary for her to write thank-you _notes later to these people? A. This is not necessary, except 10 those persons who sent gifts and were 'unable to be present at the shower, N » » . Q. When a young man wishes to ask a girl for a date, is it all tight to lead up to it by asking, "What are you doing Saturday evening?" A. No; this is a very crude ap- proach. Tell her you would like to take her to dinner or to a show * * i Q. Are postscripts in letters con- sidered in good taste? A. No. These should be avoided | as much as possible, as they are merely afterthoughts and "indicate a slipshod manner in the composi- - tion of the letter, One should take _pains to Include everything one wishes to say in the body of .the Jotter, y LAURA WHEELER Your best dress nceds a best apron! Either of these will do-- beautifuliy, One js mainly applique; 'ong, olan embroidery. . Make these aprons with or with- out. bibs. Pattern 683; transfer and cutting charts for two, . Laura Wheeler's improved pat- tern makes crochet and knitting so simple with fts charts, photos and concise directions, - Oia TWENLY-FIVE CENTS in coins (stamps cannot be accept- ed) for this pattern to Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St, New Toronto, Ont. Print plainly PATTERN NUM- BER, your NAME and 4ODRESS. Send Twenly-five Cents more (in coins) for our: Laura Whee Needlecraft Book. Illustrations of patterns for crochet, embroidery, knitting, household accessories, dolls, toys . . .» many hobby and gift ideas. A free pattern is printed in the book. Wheeler Ga HRONICLES JGINGERFARM Gwendoline D Clarke After an éxperience such as we had' last week, it isn't easy. to sit down and write this column, Nat- 'urally," 1 don't want to 'inflict our worries uffon my readers--most people have enough of their own-- yet I cannot write a chronicle of weekly events at Ginger Farm and" ignore what has happened. So for- give me if 1 refer briefly to what has taken place. My sister-in-law's funcral was last. Weditesday -- from the Funeral Home in Milton, We thought the flowers would never stop coming, They were very beautiful, Only a few, however, were. sent to the cemetery; the others were distrib- uted to the churches, and among the sick and shut-ins. They had: the dead but afterwards everyone agreed it would be a shame to let the flowers freeze outside when they might serve a better and hap- pler purposg by bringing pleasure to the living. For several days even our big house seemed filled to capacity with friends--there were nine of us al- together, After the service those --from a distance came back for tea and some of them were here for = supper. On Thursday the exodus began. In the morning Bob and four others set out for North Bay, in Bob's car. Tt was terribly cold and windy but since we liad not paid much attention to weather reports it was not until after they had gone we heard how bad road conditions were In some districts--particularly going north. Then Partner. began to worry--said they should never have started -out 'when it was so cold. However, Daughter phoned La Cave Friday morning and found that her uncle and cousin had both shown up at the office so we were all considerably = relieved on that score. Bob would still have another $00 miles to travel from North Bay --and we haven't heard from him yet. Babs, the last of our visitors, went back to Sunnybrook on Sun- day. She had stayed a day or two longer- than the rest to help me get all the extra washing done and the house set to rights. Now Partner and I are alone once more, snatch- ing a little extra rest, and getting back to "our ordinary, everyday chores, although. we still find it hard to realise that our happy little family gathering could end so disastrously. And yet from this, as from every new experience, we have learned a lot, and it has also given us many heart-warming thoughts to treasure for the rest of our days. What stands out in our memory of events during. the.last week is the kindness of our friends. I think I mentioned that last week:--but it will bear re- peating. The day of the funeral two --of our neighbours came in, bringing cakes and cookies with them. With- out losing any time they set to work, cutting sandwiches and mak- ing other preparations for tea while we were away at the service. They helped me serve refreshments to the twenty-five people who came. back to the farm from the cemetery. Af- -terwards these good friends of ours washed dishes and left everything ship-shape before returning home. 1 didn't have a worry. at all in that respect. That is what it means to have good neighbours. And I am quite sure it applies to country people throughout Ontario. : Sometimes we hear that neigh- bourliness is dying out. At times I have thought that too. That is to say, I have realised that neighbours don't visit back and- forth the way they used to --there are not the number of "bees" of various kinds, or house parties like there used to be. But yet neighbourly hearts are still in the same places; still respond as quickly as ever to those in dis- tress. Because of this kindliness that has been so veryemuch in cvi- dence, Partner's brother and his family have said over and over scrved their purpose in honouring--}._ . 2 - Help Where Most Needed--TFriendly, as well as expert atten- tion is given this crippled patient of the Ontario Society for Crippled Children. The Society's annual Easter Seals appeal for funds goes to the public from February 25 to March 25, Over 4000 children yearly receive treatment through the Society's efforts. ar again, that since this sorrow had to 'come to them they were glad it happened here at Ginger Farm and not inn the city. Daughier said they would have had an awful time trying to get a .doctor in the middle of the night and it is douptinl if hospital accom- modation could" have been secured at all. So we find plenty to be thank- ful for, even now. ? Well, I have just been down for. the mail and found a postcard from Bob. He said he was almost stiff with cold when he got back to _ Matheson, and that it was 50 below zero when he arrived. Who wouldnt be cold! Here it is one big puddle--so wet 'and sloppy you hate to step outside --even Honey. Generally she takes the paper and never stops running until she reaches the front doorstep. Today she walked all the way, pick- ing the cleanest and driest spots in the lane, and never once dropping the folder she was carrying. Surely dogs must have some kind of rea- soning power--it can't be all in- stinct. ' Pluto Gets His Picture Taken Pluto, most mysterious of all the planets in the solar system, has been having its plotograph taken through the world's biggest tele- scope--the 200-inch Hale Telescope on Mount Palomar, California. Dr. Gerard P. Kuiper-of the Uni- versity of Chicago has-been able to calculate that Phtto's size is much less than was previously supposed. This - furthermost planet's diame- ter is now known to be 3,600 miles, or 46 per cent of that of the earth. It is about one-tenth of the earth's mass. Before. these observations, Pluto. which was discovered only 20 years ago, was believed to be massive and heavy--a frozen and condensed world on which life was intpossible, It is the ninth planet of the solar system All the planets--the earth is one of them--circle in=orbits round the sun, and Pluto is farther from the sun than-any other--3,675 million miles away. Pluto's position was worked out by mathematics at the beginning of "CROSSWORD: PUZZLE ", ACROSS Sheltered nlde 1. Cart . Presen §. Character in 4. Heating "The Tempest" _ chambers 18. Fatty fruit 8. Clear profit 14. Kind of pear 16. Face with stone 16. O14 timer i Sharp 1% Delttking to her B Finfal 0. Gush 22. Astern 28. High card 6. Hotel 7.Part of the -body - 29. Tool for mixing 31, NOOK 3. Woody plants 8. Be situated 34. Golf mound 35. Salutation 86. Charges 88, Watering . Diace 89. Touches ~ 40, Coarse fiber 44. Bide ; . Cave 7. Turn aside ~ +468. Hue L497, Nesdlg-pointed 48, Boft palate 49. Spanish monetary units 50. Walt Las , On the =<. §, Parcels of ground 9. Frozen water 30. Revolutionary general 31. River islands 10, Without shoes 33. Dips . 11, Capable of 12, Not any _ 18, Search 36. Lasso - 37. Push 21, Crusted dishes 38. Rebuft 22. Part of a curve 39. IN-mannered 23. Likely child 24. Shell of a 41. Jewish nmionth turtle 42. Town in Italy 26. Lifts up 43. Ask earnestly 27. Mirth 46. Before 28, Born 46. Rumen Answer Elsewhere On This Page this century by Proressor Percival Lowell, who had noticed that the planet Uranus was being disturbed in its orbit. Scien.ists throughout the world carefully examined through their telescopes more than half a million star images to see if they could spot the cause. Finally, on January 23rd, 1930, an object was detected in the heavens moving ai almost exactly the same speed as that predicted by Professor Lowell. Mathematicians soon provs ed that this was the object that was disturbing Uranus. The name of Pluto was given to it at the suggestion of an cleven- year-old English = girl, Venctia Burney of Oxford. [T12]T 4870 sizes u--n ANNE ADAMS You're going to love this dress! It's the smartest style of the sea- son with new Dandy sleeves, itny curved yokes at neckline, slender though easy skirt! So flattering! Pattern T4870 comes in sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48. Size 36 takes 3% yards 39-inch' fabric, = Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS ~ (25¢) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted --for this pattern. Print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. _ 'Send order to Box 1, 123 Eigh- teenth St, New Toronto, Ont. 'Send Twenty-five cents in coins for our Anne Adamg Pattern Book! See the smart accessary dresses, separates and classics, the special easty-sew styles for all ages, the gift pages. Printed in Book is a free Pattern for making child's dress from man's shirt. : meeps --T---------------- NYLONS Guaranteed AGAINST. EVERYTHING Mako extra money taking orders - fer guaranteed up to three months, Ne money or experience needed, We deliver = eolleet, Kendex w » ton, Ontario, 1880 9 -- 1058 to_ match? look!" 'DON' Amazing Nylons Reading This May Save Your Life A tractor is 'a wonderful invention, But it can't think or see. And it doesn't care whether or not yoy break your neck. That's the point of this story by a farm safety specialist, N hE "How inany more loads will we, need," Dad?" 'asked Ted as they finished dumping another wagon load of gravel in the yard. » _-"Abont three more should do it," answered Irank Fetters. He had just climbed back .on the tractor seat after pulling the pin to release the wagon tongue. Now he turned toward the pile of gravel to level it -with the blade, y : Modern machinery is great stuff, thought Frank as the gravel pile disappeared. Think how much shovelling it would take to level off all this gravel by hand. Think, too, how much work it used to be to attach something like this blade to a tractor--or take it off. With newer equipment it can be done in a jiffy. "That -does it, Ted.. Now let's get this blade off. Hurry now, and we'll have time to get those other three loads." - The blade soon was detached, and Frank raced back to the trac- tor seat. "Come -on, Ted, get the pin," he shouted as he backed up to the tongue. "Never mind, I can get it myself quicker." : Frank disengaged the clutch, but left the tractor in gear, then jump- ed off. He lifted up the tongue, then reached for the clutch and started the tractor backward slow- ly. : = But his hand slipped . . . The hitch jerked out of his hand... The tractor pushed him against 'the wagon. . . . Frank might havé been squashed between tractor and wagon. Ex- cept that tractor and wagon wheels met, leaving Frank enough room to get out with nothing worse than bruises. ' - Will you be as lucky? Never operate a tractorsfrom the ground, Never stand between tractor and another vehicle-when the tractor is being moved. Practice backing up to loads. You can soon learn to line up so you can sect the brakes, get off, pick up the tongue and drop the pin through tongue and hitch. "Thumbless Mittens For That Baby For an added touch to your baby-gift sweater or bootees--why no! make a little pair of mittens While the following directions are written in garter stitch, any other simple stitch. could be substituted. : Directions (Size 6 Months to a Year) . Using a pair of No. 3 needles and Saxony weight yarn, cast on 40 stitches, . jay First row--Knit one, purl one all _ the way across the row. Knit Garter stitch for 9 ridges. Knit one, purl one, for one inch. (Beading) Kit one, put ¥hread - over, and knit twa stitches together. Repeat across the 'row. Knit Garter stitch for 20 ridges. (Narrowing) Knit one, knit 'two together, Repeat across- the row. Next two rows--Knit two to- gether all the way across these two rows. Break yarn (leaving an end about 12 inches long) and thread into a darning needle. Pull this through the remaining stitches, drawing the together snugly and fasten well. With this same needleful of yarn, sew up the seam. Run contrasting ribbon through the beading. THE CLUE The man sat with his hand out- stretched as the fortune-teller read his palm. "See that line?" asked the mystic, pointing to the fellow's palm, "Yes,, I see it," he_ returned. "What does it mean?" "It means," said the -fortune- teller, gravely, "that you are going to- take a trip in the .very near future. To Birmingham, perhaps." When lie left the fortune-teller the man headed for the railway station,' . ; "A ticket to Birmingham, please," he said. ' 1 "Single or return?" asked the |--- booking clerk, ) The fellow struck out his. palm, "I don't know," hé said. "Take a "Do you love me for myself alone, Charles?" i "I do, And when we're married I don't want--any of the family thrown in" ? Just ask what's good for a COUGH?| BUCKLEY'S MIXTURE A $INGLE SIP TELLS WHY * By Rev. R, Barclay Warten, B.A, B.D.. " THE - JERUSALEM ROAD Mark 10: 35-45 "Memory Selection: Whasoever will be.great among you, shall be your. minister. Mark 10:43b. With' thi lesson, Jesus is on His last journey from Perea across Jor- dan tq Jerusalem, where He would die "for the sins of the .race and then rise on the third day, On His road to greatness by the way of the "Cross, it was an inopportune time for two of His disciples to: press their claims for positions of distinction in His kingdom. But there has always been politics_in the Church. An editor of a church paper published an- article entitled, "The Church Boss." - Thirty-five irate subscribers "wrote indigrant letters cancelling their subscrip- tions for "the personal attack made on me." "Diotrephes who loveth to have the preeminence," (3 John 9), is not dead yet. Jesus taught by precept and example that "who- soever will be great shall be your minister." 'At the last supper it was He who girded Him- self with a towel and took a bason of water and washed the disciples' feet. . He took the lowest place, True greatness is to serve. By dying for us all on the Cross He demonstrated: it more clearly. James and John were 'sincere men. When filled with the Holy Spirit, that spirit of "me first" gave way to a passionate desire to: follow humbly in the footsteps of their aster. James_carly experienced the baptism of suffering. He was the first of the disciples to be mar- tyred. Acts 12:2. History says that of the cleven, only John escaped death by martyrdom. But they.all served. Let us all learn the lesson that greatness consists not in exer- cising authority over others but in serving others in the spirit of our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ. Seems Reasonable The accountant who always made out Johnson's income tax reports looked coldly at the client he had summoned to his office and said: "My dear sir, will you kindly ex- plain this one claim for deduction-- nearly eight hundred dollars for repainting the front attic window of that old three-story house you rent on Elm Street?" ' _ "Well," said the client, "I thought I could do the job myself. And 1 was doing fine until a gust of wind ---started-the-ladder-to-skidding.- Then I dropped the paint bucket and grabbed for the window sill. But the paint bucket happened to land, upside down, on a cute little blond girl that works as a secretary. She was wearing a fur-coat, a new one, and said I'd have to buy her an- other---or she'd sue me, I todk her into the furrier's, and was buying her a new one, but a friend of my wife's happened to see me. By the time I got home, my wife was at the lawyer's. And I had to pay him "another fifty for calling the divorce off , . . thing up?" Does that "clear every- aniong you, - MAN OR MULE? "If men are not creatures of soul, as well as of.body, they are. not better than the field mule, har- nésed to "the plow, whipped and goaded to work, cared for in the measure -of his cost and value. But "too often, today, we: incline to de- * scribe the ultimate .in human wel- "fate as a mulé's sort"of heavén--a tight roof overhead, plenty of food, a minimum of work and nao wor- ries of responsibilities. el "If I doubted 'that man is some- thing 'more than a mere educated, animal: I should personally be little concerned in the question of war or peace." , : --General Dwight D. Eisenhower, RELIEF IS LASTING, For fast, prolonged relief from headache get INSTANTINE. This prescription-like tablet contains not just one, but three proven medical ingredients that ease the pain fast; ~- And the relief is, in' most cases, lasting: Try INSTANTINE just once for pain relief and you'll say as thousands do that there's one thing for headache #; . it's INSTANTINE] : - And try INSTANTINE for other aches, too . . . for neuritic or neuralgic pain . . ; or for the pains and aches that accompany a cold. A single tablet usually brings prompt relief. Get Instantine today _ and always keep It handy Ihstantin 12-Tablet Tin 25¢ Economical 48-Tablet Bottle 69¢ ) Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking AVA MSIVIAES]S ZWRNE EGEIERL oA PAVIA d EI \2F j[.L ) : Wy ~jWily a 1 N 7 S 4 N n H QCA >Ww E]b-] 1]0 Swi Il<~Iw 2]0|2w 3 | OV) Q 2 0 BEE 2 |W =A. ~ OSE) A oO yummy! Chelsea Bun Loaf A treat you can make easily with new fast DRY Yeast Now you have Fleischmann's Fast Dry Yeast, forget about the oldtime hazards of yeast baking! Always at hand -- always full-strength and fast rising! Keep a month's supply in your cupboard! Make this delicious Chelsea Bun Loaf -- cut in slices for buttering, or separate the buns, -Scald 34 c. milk, 4 c. granulated Cut off 24 of dough, knead inta a smooth dough into a smooth ball, place in greased .sprinkle with pecan halves, Pun rise until dotibled ate oven, 350° 25 pan for 5 mins. CHELSEA BUN LOAF Make 3 pans of buns from this one recipe -- dough will keep in refrigerator for a week. sugar, 135 tsps. salt and 14 ec. shortening ;-cool to lukewarm, Mecanwhile, measure into a large bowl ¥5 c. lukewarm water, 1 tsp. granulated sugar; stir until sugar is_dissolved. Sprinkle with 1 en- velope Fleischmann's Royal Fast Rising Dry Yeast. Let stand 10 mins.,, THEN stir well, Add cooled milk mixture and stir in 1 well-beaten egg. Stir in 2 ¢, once-sifted bread flour; beat until smooth, Work in 2Y2 c. once- sifted bread flour, Knead on lightly. floured board: until smooth and elastic. ball; Jace in greased bowl, grease top of dough, cover and store in refrigerator until wanted. Shape remaining V3 of bowl and gréase top, Cover and set in 5 warm place, free from draught, Let rise J © until doubled in bulk, Cream 3 tbs, butter or inargaride and blend in V2 ¢ brown | sugar (lightly pressed down), 1V2 tsps, ground cinnamon and 3 ths, corn syrup; $préad about Va of this mixture in bottom of a greased loaf pan {a" x8) ¥) and owt risen dough and roll out into an 8" square; loosen dotigh, Spread with re- maining sugar mixture and sprinkle with V2 c, raising, Loosely roll u like a jelly roll, Cut roll into 6 slices, Place in pre- pared pan, Gres

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