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/ CHRONICLES of GINGER FARM By Qwendollne 9. Clarke It i« surprising the things one can find to do around the house in stormy weather. For instance, last week Partner and I got our- mIvcs a job of real hard work, lasting for t\vo whole days. It was DO less tlian wrecking our old euarc piano. A black piano that d long since become a white elephant. There was no other way of getting rid of it. It wasn't worth giving away; no junk dealer would take it in its entirety; its case was of no particular value and none of itf "insidcs" could be used for re- pair work on any other type of piano. * » ♦ This piano, you may remember, occupied a big corner of the room we moved into when we went "south". So imagine tlie state of our bedroom for two whole days. Almost the first thing Partner did was to unstring the instrument. Have you ever examined the works of a piano? Have you noticed how taut are the wires and how each one is tightly twisted around an iron peg? Those pegs had to be tiirnea by brute force to release the stringsâ€" and Partner's hands are still sore from the struggle. * * * My job was dissecting the key- board and in so doing I made ieveral discoveries. Haven't you often wondered what makes piano keys come up again directly your fingers release them â€" or worse still, why, sometimes, they don't. Well, 1 can give you the answer. Away at the end of each key is a tiny brass spring which controls the action of the key. And of course you know what happens when a ipring becomes weak or breaks. Really, it was quite fascinating, this job. In fact it seemed almost a crime to deliberately d«stroy the marvellous and instricate work- manship that had gone into the making of this aged piano. Dear knows how much glue was used, for glue was everywhere. Not one nail did we find anywhere; nothing but screws, wooden pegs, brass pegs â€" and ghie. And yet, with all Now Ea%e COLD...SORE THROAT PAIN! Aspirin Rc/i'«ves Pain Almost Immodiafely I Drop an Aspirin Tablet in a glata of water. See it start to dissolve almost inatantiyi Within two icconds it begins to diaintegrate, end tliis tame speed it duplicated in your â- taniach. Thus, you gel relief olmoit at once I Aspirin is so fast, so effective â€" above all, BO dependable, that millions of Canadians have come to swear by it. Oct Aspirin today. Follow these simple directions: For pain dua fo : IMI THROAT â-  Cnuh 3 tablets in H sUts •f water, gargle deeply. COt0> . . . HEADACHESi Take two Aspirin lablats with full glass of water. MURAl«A . . . NCUUnSt Take two Isblets with glass of wa'.er. NfW KB)UCBa nKts fodial Box of 1 2 now 1t< Economy Sotlla of 24.. now 39c romlly tlio of 1 00 now 79c ^Aspirin The Baysr cross en soch labial Is yeur (uarants* Ihol It's Aspirin this line workmanship, the wood was poor â€" nothing more than pine with a covering of thin veneer. Tha only parts worth saving were the lid, the hinges, and the screws â€" we won't need to buy any screws for years. Of course, the iron frame and brass pegs wilt go to help beat Hitler, and if from the melt- ing pot there emerge a few shells to go singing through the air in a death dirge for Nazi devils, then the last music from our old piano may yet be its best. THEY LIKE IT TARLE TALKS Serve Cheese And Egg Dishes Eggs and cheese are good com- panions and, as with most good companions, they have many things in common. They are both pro- tein or "building" foods and either of them can step into the mealtime role of meat. They react poorly to high cooking temperatures which turn them into "tough guys." They like to be cooked over hot water and when they go into baked dish- es in any quantity they ask for a pan of hot water to sit in. Cheese Puffit 13 half-inch slices stale bread, ^ lb. cheese, sliced, f^ teaspoon salt, i% cups milk, 4 eggs, pepper and paprika. Trim crusts from bread. Arrange alternate slices of bread and cheese in a greased baking dish. Beat eggs slightly, add milk and sea- soning and pour over the bread. Cover baking dish and allow the mixture to become thoroughly chilled before baking. (This is ne- cessary to make the Puffit puff). Set in pan of hot water and oven- poach in a moderate oven 350°F, until set, about 45 minutes. Six to eight servings. Baked 'Tomato and Cheese 3 eggs, 2 cups tomato juice, yi teaspoon salt, % teaspoon pepper, 1 tablespoon minced onion, 6 half- inch slices buttered bread cubed, 1 cup cheese, cut in % inch cubes. Beat eggs, add tomato juice, salt, pepper and onion. Place a layer of bread cubes in a greased baking dish, pour on some of the tomato mixture, then add a layer of clieese. Repeat until all ingredients are .used, having the top layer of cheese. Set baking dish in a pan of hot water and oveiipoach in a mo- derate oven, .130° F, for 10 minutes. Six serving. Spanish Eggs 6 eggs, 2 strips bacon, 1 small onion, chopped, 1 tablespoon flour, a cups canned tomatoes, 1 green pepper, chopped or 2 tablespoons chopped parsley, 1 cup chopped ce- lery, salt and pepper. Hard-cook eggs: â€" cover to a depth of one inch with cold water, heat to boiling point, set where wa- ter will keep hot and let stand 15 minutes. While eggs are cooking cut bacon in small pieces and cook until crisp. Keniove bacon from pan and cook onion in the bacon fat until clear. Blend in flour, add tomatoes, green pepper and celery and simmer 20 minutes. .\dd bacon, salt and pepper." Remove shells from eggs, cut in half IcnRthwise and arrange in serving disli. Pour hot sauce over eggs. Six servings. ISSUE 7â€" 184B Dressing Up The next lime that there is .some dressing left over when preparing poultry or dressed tenderloin you might consider the following de- licious way to use it up. Spread it on bacon strips, roll up, fasten with tooflipicks and cook in the oven till crisp. Euy Way to Relieve RHEUMATIC Aches and Pains litre is u nliiiple, ensy way to get relief from the aKony of swollen, rheumulle Joints and miisiulur aches and palnx. tJo to any drug atora and get a Ixiltle of Uu-.Ma. If you are not pleiised with the help It gives youâ€" go net yu.ir monry bacli. This is a genrroua offei >ou can not afford to Ignors. While Britishers shiver in near zero weather, polar bears have the time of their lives biting off ice at the London xoo with the same relish that a child might eat ice cream. The Jade God By MARY IMLAY TAYLOR CHAPTER IX "Who's the man?" Pam blushed furiously; for the twentieth part of a second she hesi- tated; she had a terrible remem- brance of Fosdick's "Byram," and Mark's reply. But she had no hint of its real significance. "It's Stewart Byram. Don't you remember him at dinner that time, Uncle Herbert? The tall fellow with â€"with the different look?" • "I seem to remember quite a number of tall fellows with differ- ent looks," Burleson replied, mus- ing. Pam laughed uneasily, "Oh, you noticed him! I saw that myself. He'sâ€" he's not like anybody else." Burleson glanced down at her quickly and caught only the sweep of her thick lashes on a red cheek. "Corn* to think of it, I do re- member the man you mean," he admitted slowly; it occurred to him that it was tlie one whose face re- called soniethng forgotten. It had been vaguely familiar "What sort is he, Pam?" • » • Pam did not reply at once; they had come tc » crossing and Burle- son observed that she took advan- tage of it to hurry him across and point out the magnificence of a florist's display. "Those are blue carnations. I don't like them; they're unnatural." "I see that I'll have to observe this blue carnation young man, my- self," Burleson retorted dryly. "Uncle Herbert, I want some- thing of yours," said Pam, coax- ingly. "Will you give it? It's not much, really!" He looked at her and his big moulli widened into a hard smile. "Not to be caught, young wo- man. What is it?" "Your little jade god â€" please, Uncle Herbert!" "No!" * * * She had coaxed for it before, but never before had she been refused with such violence. A red streak went up over his thin face! it showed vividly between his eyes like a scar. She was startled; for '^:tc-nc:{^ Invest your spare time and very little money in these sheer, lacy doilies of a hundred-and-one uses. Crocheted doilies you can use as chair-sets, plate doilies, dresscsr or buffet sets. Pattern 550 has direc- tions for doilies; stitches. Send twenty cents in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern to Wilson Needlecraft Dcpt., Room 421. 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto, Print plainly pat- tern number, ymir n.Tnic and ad- dress, a moment she said nothing and then she ventured. "Why?" "That's my business," he replied sharply; then, seeing her face fall, he qualified it. "It's not transfer- able; a friend gave ii to me long ago. Besides, i*'s unlucky; you needn't covet in!" His sharpness alarmed her; she peeped at him as they parted to pass through a crowd at the corner. He looked at her shrewdly and knew he had frightened her. "I'm sorry," he said, more con- siderately, "ask something else, Pam. You can't have that bit of jade! Before I die I'm going t« smash it." "I wish you'd tell me all about it, then!" she pleaded. "I expect to tell the Angel Ga- briel," he said, "but no one else." * * * She smiled, shaking her head At him, but she said no more about the jade god. Something inter- vened, too, to sweep it from her thoughts. They had come to an- other corner, waiting for the traf- fic. Suddenly she caught his arm. "Look!" she said softly, "don't you see that tall man getting into the bus? See, he's had to wait for that old woman and the child to go first. He doesn't see us â€" that** Stewart Byram." It was a moment before Burle- son found the young man in the crowd at the curb. Then Mark stepped up and began to climb to the top of the bus. Seen in profile thus, his face showed clean-cut and pale. Burleson studied it. "Did you see him?" Pam asked eagtrly. He nodded. "You say he's Lan- don's friend?" "Archie brought him. You re- member, don't you?" Burleson assented, musing. "Yes, I noticed him. I wonder if Landon alw.nys knows his friends?" he add- ed dryly. * • * He did not hear the girl catch her breath; she gave him a quick sidelong glance from under her dark lashes, and then locked away. She was angry â€" the blood rushed up to lier hair. "Do you mean you don't like his looks?" she asked after a moment He turned quickly; he had appar- ently forgotten her. "I meant noth- ing of tlie kind," !ic replied briefly, "he's extraordinarily like a man I knew once â€" in profile, that's all. But you say Landon brought him, and he's a Byram?" "That's what he's called," she was ill at ease. Fosdicl.'s horrid stare came back to her. "Wliom docs he look like, Uncle?" They had come now to a corner where some taxis were signaling for faros. He called one and put her in it. "You go home," lie said aiitliori- tativcly, 'I'm going lo stop at the club." \Vil''/''j%<. EAT-SLEEP - LOOK -ui BETAMIKT MIN B-COMPLBX TABLETS Headac NothiAgis more depres- sing than headaches . Why sufrer?...I.ambly's v. will give instant relief. ^ Umbfy'sisgoodfotesr- *^ . sche. toothache, psinam "^^ \/ back, stomach, bowels Jwuaf |J3 HEADACHE POWDERS u ^ rr SALAM "TEA But she leaned out, calling to him. "Whom does he look like. Un- cle Herbert? I've got to know!" He seemed surprised at her per- sistence; he answered with a shrug, shutting the door on her. "Look like? Oh, like a dead man I" and he gave his own ad- dress to the taxi-driver. The girl, yeeping out of the back window at him, felt a ueer tightening about ker heart. "How ill he looks," she thought, "Tiow broken and how old!" She could not remember that she kad ever seen him really happy! Teddy Banks had been losing money since he won his wager and forced the indignant Landon to pay up. The young man had the habit of losing money, but he had inherit- ed a good deal from those unimpor- tant people whom he called the "Mudbanks." The only difficulty about it was the fact that it was tied up and old Fosdick, that dry- as-dust, crusty old lawyer, had eharge of h. Thus it happened that Teddy had to make occasional vis- its to the lawyer's office and take â€" usually â€" a lecture before he got his money. Nevertheless, he got the money, because under his grand- fsther's will, he had a right to a fairly large income, paid quarterly. The day after Pain lunched with Maik happened to be quarter day and Teddy Banks called a taxi and drove down into the swarming street where Fosdick's hive rose Imposingly. He found the old law- yer in his usual mood; he looked Teddy over with his lizard eye. "You've been gambling again," be remarked dryly, "drinking, too, I should imagine from your eyes. Of course you're after money." "I'm broke," he admitted cheer- fully; "stony broke!" "Humph!" Fosdick began to turn over some papers. He had no valid excuse for holding up the legacy, but he wished he had. He despised tho young man heartily, there was aothing in Teddy's make-up that appealed to him. "I suppose you're in debt, too, as usual?" he snapped. (To Be Continued) Don't Mix Drinks TIjat new Christmas fountain pen or any other fountain pen for that matter, will give best writing ser- vice if you slick to one kind of ink that suits it. However, if you have a desire to cliange the colour or brand, it can be done without caus- ing any harm if you are careful to wash out the pen before putting in tl.e new ink. Inks are ollen incom- patible and mixing causes the in- grediciits to precipitate in the pen and clog it up. Use cold water and fill and empty the pen several times, tlien empty completely, wipe off the point and it is ready to fill. MORNING BLUES DIS- APPEAR when breakfast includes Maxwell House . . . the choice blend of Latin-American coffees that stimulates and cheers you. Start the day well with Maxwell House. All-purpose frock in cotton or rayon. Pattern 4824, panel-cut to slim you; button-front to save time and "hair-do," to make ironing easy. Pattern 4824 comes in sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20; 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, Size 16 takes U^^ yards 35- inch fabric; 1J4 yards lace edging. Send twenty cents (20c) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern to Room 421, 73 Ade- laide St West, Toronto. RHEUMATIC PAINS? 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