That‘s an easy question to answer with all of the readyâ€"toâ€"use foods on the market. What about making baked ham your piece de resistence? No, it will not take hours to coOok, if you select one of those hams which are ccoked while they are smoked. They are tender and rich in fiavour. Try spreading the ham with brown sugar and mustard mixed with vinegar. On top of this place pineapple rings with candied cherries in the centre and bake half an hour in a hot oven. The quickâ€"healing salve for Cyanide Poisonâ€" ing, Eczema, Psoriasis, Impetigo, Salt Rheum, Itch, Chaps and most skin ailments. 50¢ : $1,00 ; $2.00 sizes. (Medium and strong). Ask your local Druggist or write Kleerex Manuâ€" facturing Co., Toronto, Ont. Ting a have jus What car are prett won‘t tak About Preparing for a _ Happy January Party Baked Ham, Creamed Potatoes or Noodles, and Mince Pic for Dessert. Also a More Solid Menu, Including Chicken Pie, Dried Beef, Southern Eggnog, Compote of Fruit and Nuts, Etce. (By Edith M. Barber) See that all burned out or old, dim lamps are reâ€" placed with genuine Marda lamps, 25, 40 or 60 watts now only 20c cach. Buy a carton for $1.20. Keep sockets filled She enjoys 9@ reading now â€" _ with BETTER LIGHT 16 anada Northern Power Corporation Limited PA A Z O LAMP s the telephone. "I to have a party. I want things that ready, so that they ime to prepare, and unper. What do is delicious FPOR SKIN DTSEASES Controlling and Operating NORTHERX ON’TABIO POWER COMPANY LMMITED NORTHERXNX QUEBEC POWER COMPANY LIMITED 24 oysters . _ ‘ 12 sliced bacon BC 24 toothpicks. and Drain and dry oysters. Wrap each| utes. oyster in half a slice of bacon anca | add fasten the ends together with a tocthâ€" (C pick. Brown very quickly on all sigGes Inc.) Everybody needs enough light to be able to read comâ€" fortably. One way to check this is to notice how long tuey DO read. If an hour‘s reading makes Father or Grandma drowsy, it‘s quite likely that there is insuffiâ€" cient light or else glaring light. Reading is so important that every member of the family should be provided with the kind of light that will proâ€" tect their eyes and give them the full enjoyment of the great blessing of sight. The modern table and floor lamps we are showing this year offer scientific protecâ€" tion. They give ideal, glareless light for reading, studying or sewing. We have a wide variety of really beautiful lamps at surprisingly low prices. You can have your choice for as little as $1 down. For dessert, nothing could be bette than mince pie, full of plums "wit: a stick in it," as we used to say. Yo! probably know where you can find on which isâ€"and I mean thisâ€"as good a wyvilo0 sS@aqiddl WIiil DGe Very good. TCO will serve a green salad in any cas Thin slices of bread and butter, bot brown and white, or hot rolls, pickle lellies, jams, cheese if you like, coi fee and either beer or a red wine a go well with ham. wWith the ham, creamed potatoes or browned crumbs, if hot dish. Otherwise a potato salad will be ve Pigs in Blankets Disjoint chicken, put in kettle with water ard seasonings. Cover tightly and cook until tender. Drain, cool, remove meat from bones and cut into very good. You! inch pieces. Melt butter, cook two alad in any case,.! minutes, stir in flour, add chicken and you might serve| or nocdles with you want another ‘Aa well seasonc'i' _and butter, boia hot rolls, pickles, or a red wine all ig could be better ill of plums "with used to say. You : you can fird ons n thisâ€"as good as luct. If you pre«â€" stead one of those ice cream which iday style. e whicn probably t. With the cockâ€" e party, you will e cheese, popcorn, tles, potato chips, d some hot hors i may use one of ou, without doubt, s last year. â€" Glazed Fruit if you like, cox, mushrcom stock (made by cooking the tough part of the stems), stir until sauce thickens over the fire, Add the milk and cream ard more seasonings to taste. Add Chicken. Line casserole with pastry, pour in chicken mixture. Cover with pastry, make several slits in top. Bake fifteen minutes in a hot oven, 450 degrees Fahrenheit. Dried Beef, Peanut Butter and Catsun Filling 1 cup peanut butter cup shredded dried beef 4 cup catsup. 1 teaspoon prepared mustard. Mix all ingredients together and use as spread for Viennese canapes. Southern Eggnog 6 egg yolks 1 cup brandy 1 pint milk 1 pint cream ‘ Beat egg yolks slightly, add brandy and milk and stir over hot water until al mixture begins to just thicken. Stir C | in whipped cream and when hot servse ared munuctara ! at once. 301 o tag And in a haif juirco ‘> cup water 2 bottles claret 1 glass brandy Boil the sugar, lemon rind, cinnamon and cloves in the water for ten minâ€" utes. Add claret and reheat mixture, add brandy and serve. Compote of Fruit and Nuts 1 can cherries 1 cup shredded Brazil nuts or almonds. , cup brandy or > cup shertry. Mix all ingredients together, chill and serve. If you prefer a more substantial meal there may be cold meat, scalloped cysters or chicken pie. There may be hot rolls or biscuits or Melba toast. There should be jellies and jams or spiced peaches or pears. The dessert may be a fresh or canâ€" red fruit compote fiavoured with cognac, a cordial or sherry. â€" Mince n a hot frying pan or under hot broiling flame. Serve immediately. (Copyright, by The Bell Syndicatc ‘* cup sugar Rind of two lemons 4 inch stick of cinramon 6 cloves â€"pound fowl cups water slices onion bay leatf peppercorns teaspoon salt tablespoons butter pound sliced mushrooms tablespoons flour cup chicken stock cup mushroom stock cup milk cup cream it cake and Christmas cnaokile Chicken Pie Mulled Wine THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TTIMMINS, ONTARIO | _ Gladys Swarthout, recognized as one of Hollywood‘s most chic members, still wears beautiful, deep, red nail polish, with the proper costume and at the proper time, of course. When closely lcrcxss-examined as to how she keeps her nails so long, wellâ€"shaped and free from tearing or breaking she confessed that she was human, after all, and that Iher nails do happen to crack occasionâ€" ally (even as yours and mine). But, it seems that her manicurist puts tiny pieces of tissue paper under the liquid polish and this thin layer fkeeps the contents of the polish from the structure of her nails. In case of emergency, if she does hapâ€" pen to crack or tear a nail, herâ€" maniâ€" curist mends it with a bit of adhesive which is so thin the polisn can be apâ€" plied right over it. Cleverâ€"that maniâ€" curistâ€"say I ... and it must have taken plenty of practxce to perfe t that trick. Here‘s one that sounds a little unâ€" reasonable, but I have it on fairly good authority that it is really so. / Being a Beauty Columnist, we‘re not concern(id with magic. although that which some of the newest beauty wrinkles accomplish is nothing short of magic. Perscnal; Mr. and Mrs .J. R. Spence celebrated another wedding anniversary on Monâ€" day, December 27th. Dr. and Mrs. George Seymour and son, Clark, of Barry, Ont., together with Dr. Tom Wilson, of St. Michael‘s hospital, Toronto, are at present visiâ€" tors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Ottawa Journal: True patriots work Wilson. for their country‘‘s fluture instead of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wilkes, Kirkland boasting of its past. Mr. Robert Lowe, of Rouyn, spent the Christmas holidays with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. George Brewtâ€" ngll. < Miss Bertha Miller has joined t main office staff of the Abitibi Pox and Paper Co. as stenographer. Mr. Jim Brown,. superintendent of the Sulphite Mill, and Mrs. Brown, are at present spending holidays in Monâ€" treal. Dr. and Mrs. â€"H. M. Young, and famâ€" ly are at present spending a few holiâ€" days in Montreal with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Go: at present spending Western Canada. Mr. Thomas J. Hogg, mayor of Troâ€" quois Falls, and Mrs. HMHogg, celebrated ancther wedding anniversary on Satu:â€" day, January lst. During the course of the evenin entertainment a loveiy lunch was se: ed by the ladies, all participati heartilyv. Pollowing the musical ertertainme! the younger crowd started to dance the excellent «music by Mrs. L. M Dcenald and Mr. Geo. Wilkes, wh the colder onss participated in ca games. ihe piantc solos by Shirley Pale Peggy Cutten, and Jackson Ede, present visitor in Iroquois Falls, we greatly enjoyed and heartily applauc ed by the audience. The piano solo k Joan Needham, and violin accompan ment by Sheela Needham, was vo good and drew great applause. A piar duet by Mrs. P. Faler and her daughte Shirley, was lovely and proved deligh! frl to the audience. Iroquois Falls, Ont., Jan. 1.â€"(Specia to The Advance)â€"The Pioneer "Cha»p ter held a delightful Christmas paru for the members, their husbands an families, in the Orange hall on Thurs day evening. December 30th. enjoyed â€" the and dancing c had been arra ron â€"Mrs. Ha Patron Mr. Iroquois Falls Event by Pioneer Chapter Other News of Iroquois Falls and Ansonville. #1; houlh . ts M dsc ind ) e t uen it mt ul m mt Nt n ie Reme "J uin â€" a Â¥ * m# 0 6A u"\/l‘. al.“de of polish called banana red,. applying it to the vary tip. Bc BEAUTIFUL zC1 Gordon Morrisette are the evenirg, whi or by Worthy Ma ixon, and Wort} By ELSIE PIERCE i few hoiidayvs y. Shirley Pale: Jackson Ede, a oquois Falls, weâ€" heartily applaud The piano solo b Hand Tricks attendan ‘rtainme i1n (Copyright 1937, by The Bell Syndiâ€" cate. Inc.)> Try Before You Apply Which brings us to another neat hand trick . .. one wonders why no one "pulled" that one before. Suppose you‘re not quite sure of the nall polisn shade you want. Instead of having the manicurist exhaust your patienze and her polish shades, you slip on little celluloid <thimbles with artificial nails attached (various coloursâ€"tne colours of the polishes, of course). These show you exactly how your own nails will look. supposed to be a splendid preventive against nail breaking and if you haven‘t had your nails as lorg as you‘d like them, try the tonic. Maybe yvou‘ll have a surprise coming. Then, when your nails get nice and long there‘ll be so many more exciting nail polish shades you can try out. However, speaking of cracking an: breaking nails the newest antiâ€"nai breaking tonic claims remarkable suc cess records. It is an olly tonic and : helps nail condition as well as cuticle softening the latter, making the form er hardier. You put this tonic of your nails before going to bed. Ed. Stover, former resident of Iroâ€" quois Falls, and once manager of Cookery "G", is in town as guest of Percy Hill and Mrs. William Hill for the weekâ€"end. Miss Kay McDougall, of Kirkiand Lake, and Miss Alice G. Brewer, RN.. Montreal, spent a lovely Christmas holiday with Alice‘s mother, Mrs. A. E. Brewer. Jackson Ede, of Kapuskasing, is at present visiting his grandmother, Mrs. William Hill, and Mr. Percy Hill. Lake, are spending the Christmas holiâ€" days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. H Wilkes. CRAWLEY McCRACKEN COMPANY, Limited Tonic for the Nails ‘, speaking of cracking an:i nails the newest antiâ€"nail tonic claims remarkable sucâ€" Huntingdon Gleaner:; In Mt. Vernon N.Y., Paul Kiues addressed some letters in the post office. While doing so, he laid his telephone statement and a $5 bill with which he intended to pay it on the writing desk. He mailed his letâ€" ters and forgot all about his telephoneée bill and the money. Later, when he returned, both were gone. Next mornâ€" ing when he stopped at the telephone office to pay his bill he found it was paid. The finder of the $5 and teleâ€" phane bill had paid it but did not leave the quarter in change. ticularly in cases of ulcer, cancer, or conditicns resulting from operations on the stomach. Overweight anrd Underweight A splendid booklet by Dr. Barton, dealing with the subject of your weight as a factor in good health, is available. Do you weigh too muchâ€"too little? What do you do to control your weight? Serd for this Barton Bookiet, enclosâ€" ing Ten Cents for handling, give your name and fuil address, and mention this newspaper. Ask for booklet No. 105, and send your letter to The Bell Likrary, 247 West 43rd St., New York, "Combired xâ€"ray and gastroscopic studies have been made on 100 cases. By this method of study it was possible ‘to demonstrate chronic gastritis (inâ€" flar.maticn)», stomach ulcer, and even stomach cancer, in cases where these diseases were not susperted by the usual tests and even by the xâ€"ray." In the 100 cases studied the xâ€"ray examination revealed stomach ailments in only 40 cases, whereas the use of the gastroscope showed stomach ailâ€" ments in 62. Such conditions as crosions (wearing away) of the stomâ€" ach lining, can, as a rule, be discoverâ€" ed only by the use of the gastroscope. These physicians therefore believe that the use of the xâ€"ray and the gasâ€" troscope combined, makes the ideal method of stomach examination, parâ€" Drs. J. Schloss, A. Ettinger, and J. H. Pratt, in the Aermican Journal of Medical Sciences, tell of the advances and improvements in the gastroscope in learning the exact disease present in the stomach. Shortly after this time, the xâ€"ray was discovered and by the use of the barium meal the differences were more easily learned and the necessary treatâ€" ment given. With the xâ€"rays to help in discoverâ€" ing the condition present, it was thought that it completed" the examinâ€" ation. However another deviceâ€"the gastroâ€" scope ("gastro‘", stomach, and "scope", to seen, seeing the lining of the stomac‘h by the eye, is now giving one more method of telling which condition is presentâ€"ir flammation, ulcer, or cancer, Gastroscope Enables Physician to See Inside of Steoemach In my student days the three prinâ€" cipal diseases of the stomach were ‘(a) chronic inflammation of the stomachâ€" gastritis, (b) ulcer of the stomach, and (c) cancer of the stomach. By. test meals, removing part of the contents of the stomach at certain perlogds after taking the test meal, by the location of the pain and its particular type (sharp, dull, persistent), by testing amcunt of acid in the stomach digestive juice, by loss of weight if any, by blood in the stools, and other symptoms, we tried to tell whether the "dyspepsia" or indigestion present was due to one of the three aboveâ€"mentioned ailments. (by James W. Barton, M.D.) of Pourg Tbhat Bobp Globe and Mail: are said to be disap other natives, they : is expected of them Sudbury Star:â€"A reader wants to know if the sudden falling of the baroâ€" meter is not a sign of stormy weather ahead. Either that or the nail‘s come out. "In Canada there has been no atâ€" tempt made to establish a scheme of regimentation nor do the Canadian people, young or old, take very kindly to mass organization of this nature. The spirit of individuality, indepenâ€" dence and of personal liberty appear to be too deeply ingrained to permit of regimentation, nor is it considered deâ€" sirable. "That, however, does not mean that the State should not do everything conâ€" sistent with the principles of individâ€" ual liberty, to improve the physical condition of the youth of the country, and in this respect I believe that we in Canada can emulate Great Britain to advantage. The recent Health Cruâ€" sade which has been inaugurated in Great Britain has as its object the physical development of youth through improvement of public health stanâ€" dards and increasing opportunities for physical development. Not regimentation, but coâ€"operation, must be the basis for Canadian effort to raise health standards, is the view of Canada‘s Minister of Persions and National Health, as expressed in an interview with Hon. C. G. Power by "Health." In the winter issue of the official publication of the Health League of Canada, Major Power expresses his beâ€" lief that Canada is on the eve of a yet wider and larger corception of health and the State‘s duty toward it. Referring to the need for national health conservation, the Minister says: ‘"Someone has expressed the thought that the State can no more tolerate an ailing than an illiterate people. Naâ€" tional health conservation means that we must maintain health standards in Canada that are comparable, if not superior, to those of other countries. "In certain European States there is evidence of increasing intcrest by the State in the health standards of the people. Compulsory military service has given the State a direct and perâ€" sonal interest in health and, where the military ideal predominates, it is only natural that physical â€" development should be regimented. Unquestionably military exercises have helped in the physical development of youth. "In Canada there has been no atâ€" tempt made to establish a scheme of regimentation nor do the Canadian Coâ€"operation Needed to Raise Health Standards Mail: Australian natives disappearing rapidly Like they seem to realize what