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OHBONICLBi OF GINGER FARM B/ Qwendolin* P. Clark* Sonietmiei you wonder at th* «ruel tricki that Fate can play. And w« certainly wondered tltii morning. lo fact the whole neigh- borhood wai shocked when it wolce up to find a big bank barn near here, with practically all itf con- tents burnt to th« ground. Alio burnt were about a dozen cows and heifers, some pigs and over tliie* hundred hens. In other words not only did the farmer suffer the loi* of his barn and livestock but also the source of his weekly income. The ;<i'y of it is, the farmer in question was a young war veteran who served with distinction in the R.C.A.F. The war being over he, with his young wife and baby, set- tled down to what showed every promise of being a successful ca- reer as a farmer. And now this. Can you imagine the sheer ter- ror of getting up in th* morning to- find your barn a blazing in- ferno I For that is what happened in this case. No one knows how the fire started â€" the young farm •r got up to begin his day's work â€"and there was the fire. The loss b all the more unfortunate when equipment and building materials are so hard to get â€" and at such a price. » • • That all-important subject of price brings us around again to the latest price increases â€" soap, tex- tiles, leatlicr goods, fats and oils. When the price increases were first announced 1 just about saw red â€" especially when Mayor Saun- ders, of Toronto, announced his de- termination to keep tile price of milk down, if at all possible. I won- der if he knows that flie farm population, as well as urban, iias to pay all those otiier increases too. An.1 we need something to pay with. Well, after a while I began to cool off and I finally came to the conclusion that possibly the up- swing in prices might result in a levelling off period, and also bring about a possible reduction in the spending money of the young fry, which would certainly be for their ultimate good. * • • Imagine tliis: A friend of mine who often stops in at a tearoom told me that time after time she has seen high school youngsters come in after school, order a "coke", sandwiches or sundae â€" possibly all tliree â€" and spend any- where from fifteen to forty-five cents each! Surely it isn't reason- able that teen-agers should have money to spend so freely. How can they possibly learn to appreciate its value â€" and how do the parents stand it? No wonder there is such a hue and cry for higher salaries and wages if the fortnightly cheque, or weekly pay envelope, has to provide so generously for the youngsters' spending money. The wisdom of cutting the gar- ment to fit the cloth must surely be out of date, giving way to mod- ern methods of pulling and stretch- ing the cloth every which-way to get all the garments one desires. At the same time one cannot help feeling sorry for the kids because it will be hard for them to under- stand and to make adjustments when this easy-come, easy-go pe- riod comes to an end â€" as come it surely will. * * * But of course the young folk are not tlie only offenders. I suppose we have all developed an "I want" personality to a greater or less de- gree. Beverley Baxter gave a good illustration of this last week in his address to the Canadian Club in Toronto, which no doubt some of you heard â€" I hope so, anyway. Comparing the difference in the present standard of living in Eng- land and on the North American continent Mr. Baxter said â€" "In Kngland necessities have be- come almost luxuries, whereas in Canada and the United States of America luxuries have 1 ecome ne- cessities!" * • * Back to tile subject of price de- control. From what I have gather- ed high prices a-e not expected to last very lonj and you will have noticed that most of them are things that women have to deal withâ€" so it is up io us, isn't it la- dies? For a while we can bake less, buy fewer cakes and cookicj, patch and darn and tnake-over a little longer. And if you should want proof that I practice what I preach you should just see Partner's ovcr- alltl Holland to Brazil According to an agreemcnl con- cluded between the Netherlands • nd ' Brazilian authorities 1,000 Ductii families are allowed to migrate to Brazil to settle on farms. I'.ach migratory family will take six eows from Holland to Brazil with 'ihem. / [ Aaawvr t* rrtwtmm râ€" â- !• U. S. Army Group HOBIZONTAL 1,8 Depleted U insigiw of V. S, Army â€" â€" Division 10 Oleum (ab.) 1 1 Uticommon 12 Ever (contr.) 13 LUc» 15 Indian coin 17 More soothing 10 Cloth measure 20 Redact 22 Scheme 23 Unoccupied 34 Caterpillar hairs 26 Finished 27 SU^t depression 28 Czar 20 Symbol for sodium 30 Exclamation 31 Having depth 33 Gaze amorously 36 Monk 37 Move furtively 30 Mineral rock* 40 Edible rootstodc â- â- >! 44 Existence "^ 45 Iniquity 46 Boxlike vessel (or holding cattle fodder 48 Cravat 40 Symbol for thoron 50 Narrow inlet 51 Important metal SSEpiitl* (ab.) 54 Grab 59 Lower VEBTIGAl 1 Escaped 2 Greek (ab.) 3 Kind of meat 4 Journey 5 Shout 6 Pedal extremities 7 Noun suffix 8 Railroad (ab.) Greater in height 10 Poems 14 Runner on snow 16 Seize with the teeth 18 Accomplish IMIATNr IS 10 Icelandic folklore 21 Those who tan leather 23 It is the of a U. S. Army group 28 Public storehouse 26 Moral attitudes 31 Venturesome 32 English statesman 34 For fear that 35 More facile 36 Pillar 38 Retain 40 Snare 41 Army order (ab.) 42 Destruction 43 Hideous giant 48 It is (contr.) 47 Torrid 50 Sun god 52 New Hamp- shire (ab.) 10 15 10 IH n ?/ti lb 49 31 32 s^ ^l & 21 V\ "M 50 S" I) % \l 18 8 n iJ 33 40 m HI 51 55 43 2b 37 47 HH 52 If it 35 Hd 53 38 TEEN-TOWN TOPICS By BARRY MURKAR A bright light shone in my eyes, making the faces of the two men across the table blur and seem un- natural. One of the men was bald and a deep red scar on the right side of his face was livid in the whiteness of the light. The other man wore a brown fedora above a sharp featured face. They looked tough and ready for anything â€" and at the moment for me. * * * The bald man was shuffling cards â€" the kind you play bridge with. He turned them face up and placed them in a line in front of him. The chisel face was rattling a pair of dice in his left hand and every so often made a move as if to throw them in my face. I was scared. "Little boys should never gamble," said the chisel face, "never gamble at anytime, no mat- ter how good are the odds." He bent over close to me, and as I tried to move back, I found my arms and legs securely tied to the chair on which I was sitting. "Why did you gamble, little boy?" asked Baldy, "didn't you know it was a bad thing to do?" "But I didn't mean to â€" " "Shut up, little boy." Chisel face reached down into his pocket and pulled out a bottle of coke. He held it in his hand, looking at it for a moment, then held it out to me. As I reached for it, he slowly pulled it back. "Bad boys should be made to sweat a little," he cracked. "You kok very warm under those lights and I'll bet you're thirsty. You are thirsty, aren't you, little boy?" "Yes," I replied meekly. "You're hungry too. Very hungry." Cliiscl face then reached down and pulled out a chicken sandwich, and began to eat, making soft munchy sounds and putting on a face of satisfaction. "What would you like most, little boy?" asked Baldy. "I want to go home," I replied. • "Ha, ha," he gargled. "Get that. Chisel, little boy wants to go home." ♦ * ♦ "You gambled today little boy. You should never have done that. Those who gamble pay a penalty, especially those "Little Boys" who gamble. It never pays off. You know that now, don't you? You wish you had never tried to make that dollar triple itself. You're sweating little boy. You're paying for your misdeeds now." Cliisil then sat back on his chair and caressingly fondled his dice. He held them tip to eye level and slowly moved them forward until they moved up close again. Then he nodded to Baldy. * ♦ ♦ Baldy glared at me, which made me feel sick away down inside. He got up from the table and walked around behind me. Slowly he let the cards fall over me like water from a shower. "These cards and dice belong to those who gamble," Chisel shouted at me, "they are yours to keep for- ever." "I want to get out of here. Let me go," I cried. I twisted an/ writhed, but the ropes held me tight in the chair. "Little boy doesn't look so smart now Chisel. He looks scared, and li* should be. Now we'll give him the gambler's rub down." They moved in close and untied the ropes that held me. Chisel slapped my face â€" hard, and then twisted my arm behind me. I kicked and lunged out. Suddenly everything went black and a new picture came into focus. "What are you doing on the floor, son? You have your father and everyone else in the house awake." ♦ * ♦ I turned suddeiily and there was my mother, standing In the door- way of my bedroom. 1 got up off the floor feeling very foolish. "I had aâ€" had a very bad dream." "You must have had," said my mother. "The whole house shook when you hit the floor." "I did a bad thing today mother," I confessed. "A guy told me if I gave him a dollar, he would bet it on a horse for tne and I would get three dollars back. 1 dreamt that I was in a room with two tough men and they had dice and cards. They kept telling me little boys should never gamble â€" then they tried to beat me up. Gee mom, that coul* happen to anyone. Roy, I'll never gamble again." More Ice, Faster The conventional method of freezing ice is slow and expensive because of the extremely low heat conductivity of both water and ice Now a machine has been developed that will freeze ice more than 100 times faster than present conven- tional methods. A thin lay of ice is formed over a revolving core, oi drum and is continuously scraped off. The ice may be used in flake form or, by simple pressure, molded into ice cubes or cakes of any de sired size. TABLE TALKS Supper in a Casserole There are several invariable rules for casserole cookers. The sauce should be flavorable, the mixture should be substantial. It should be topped with something "crispable" such as bread or crackers crumbs, cereal flakes, potatoes or bacon. Navy Bean Royal 1 cup white navy beans 3 cups cold walMr ^ teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons mild-flavored fat 3 tablespoons flour 1 cup milk 3 tablespoons chopped onion ^ cup grated cheese 1 egg 2 cup soft bread crumbs 1 tablespoon chopped parsley (optional) Pick over, wash and soak beans overnight in cold water to eorer. Drain. Simmer in salted water un- til tender, about t hours. Drain and mash. Melt fat in a saucepan, blend in flour, add milk gradually, stirring until thickened. Add onloa and all but two tablespoon o< cheese and stir until cheese is melted. Stir in beaten egg yolk, bread crumbs, parsley and beans. Fold in stiffly beaten egg white. Turn into a greased casserole and sprinkle the remaining > table- spoons of cheese on top. Sit in a 3an of hot water and oven- poach in a moderate oven, :'50 deg. F, for 30 minutes Six servings. Com, Tomato Casserole 3 tablespoons fat '^ cup finely chopped onion 1 cup ground left-over cooked meat ^ teaspoon salt 5 tablespoons flotir 3 cups canned tomatoes 3 cups whole kernel corn 1 teaspoon brown sugar V* teaspoon curry powder or a few grains of cayeena 1 teaspoon salt % teaspoon paprika % teaspoon Worcestershire sauce (optional) Melt f: add nion 'tnd cook un- til 'ender Add meat and brown. Add flour and blend thoroughly. Add tjmatoes and corn. Continue cooking, stirring cons antly â-  thickened. Add sugar, curry pow- der, salt, paprika and Worcester- shire sauce. Turn into * lat^ greased casserole or baking ^iwb and top with baling powde.- bis- cuits. Bake in a ho» oven 42i deg. F. for ^5-30 minutes. Six sery- ings. %i ITCH CHECKED •OP Money uel For qoldc relief from Itching cauwd br eoBsasi athlete's foot, icabiei, pimples and othericcliiM condltjona, useoure. cooling, medicated, liquid D. D. D. PRCSCRirriON. Greaseleia ui •tainlesi. 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