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CHRONICLES OF GINGER FARM By Gwendoline P. Clarke What women will do! Yester- day I was talking with a little old . lady over 80 who said that her daughters often wished she would get a permanent wave. "But I don't think 1 could sit that long" she said. "And wliy would you?'' I asked. "Anyone with soft, wavy hair like yours doesn't need a permanent." "Oh, but I put it up in cuilert every night," she said, and laughed at my surprise. Imagine â€" eighty- oddâ€" and all that patience! But then the little old lady told me a better one. She said a friend of hers still wears lier hair in ringlets and puts it up herself every night, and makes it into curls every day. And that little old lady is 9S! » • • The foregoing was written Satur- day. This morning â€" Nfonday morn- ingâ€"I didn't spend much time thinking of little old ladies either with or without curls. But the thought did cross my mind that I could write a pretty good story on "What does a Tarmwife do that * City wife doesn't have to" â€" if you gel what I mean. Yes, and 1 really think todav would supply a pretty good answer to tliat question. l-"irsi i should tell you that son Boh is away for the week-end. There didn't seem any reason why he sliouldn't goâ€" the weather being what it is made getting on the land impossible. And of course a farmer must always take his holidays in bad weather. No basking in the sun for him â€" sunny days are work- ing days. So I'artner and 1 and the chores were here to ourselves. Sunday was uneventful â€" and of course â€" wet. * * * Monday morning was even better, so we did not feel in any particular rush. Of course we knew that even if we only attended to our chores, they alone would provide us with enough work for most of the day. But on a farm you never can tell . . . five minutes after he had gone to the barn Partner was back again. "Call the vet.," he said to me. "that red heifer is having trouble. Put some water on to boil and then you had better come to the barn." So I called tlie vet. â€" and I rather fancy 1 got him out of bed. How- ever, as I went to the barn with the hot water he was coming up the lane. Naturally I thought my services could now be dispensed witli. But no â€" the vet. took one look at the heifer and called to me â€" "Oon't RO away, Mrs. Clarke, it will take three of us for this job." • * « So that was that â€" and there was nothing for it but to forget my rialural squeamishncss at what might be rc(|uircd of me. At long last tl:e hi'ifcr was deliveicil of a calfâ€" Init the calf was dead. It was too bad, but it couldn't be helped. It was just one of those tilings â€" an abnormal birth â€" which will happen ocrasionally in the best of well regulated barnyard families. But it threw the whole day off schedule. We were late with the milk, late with the chores, late with breakfast â€" and certainly slopping around in the mud didn't help things at all. But the other calves were not worrying. We have several that arc being raised for veal. They arc taken back to their motliers twice a (lay for a meal but the rest of the time they arc kept tied up. Leading tlitm back and forth is remarkably good exercise, 1 can assure you. The antics of those calves is <iomelhi;ig to marvel at. How anything so young can be so strong! This morning Partner was taking one back to its pen while I took anotherâ€" or rather it took me. Presently I heard Partner say â€" "Darn you â€" can't you step any- where but on my feet!" » • * Later in the morning the Inickcr arrived to take one of the little i<crobals off to market. 1 watched it I'll and reKrelte! that aiiylliing so full of life must be sacrificed before veal steak can be fed to hungry people or money handed over to provide us with the where- with-all to purchase the necessities of life. Of course in between trips to the barn I w'as attending to my chicks. They should be running out but the weather forbids. Since they cannot get to the grass the best I can do is cut grass and take it to them. And do they love it. Which re- minds me â€" I have yet to make a trip to town to get more feed for my biddies. Three-ninety for a bag of feed and it lasts five days. Pretty soon it will take two bags a week to feed tliein. There isn't much change from the weekly egg cheque when one has chicken feed to buy. ♦ • • By the wayâ€" and in roimection with the weather â€" the Globe and Mail must he developing a sense of humour. This morning, up in the corner where it gives the weather probs. it said â€" "Wash Day â€"wet and cold." Ability Undisturbed Despite all their setbacks, Britons have something to be thankful for. They haven't lost their ability to muddle through. â€" â€"Kitchener Record. Annnrr (o PrerlouM I'aKx'* Leads Canada's First HORIZONTAL S3 Seines I .a Pictured 66 Observe Canadian commander Maj -Gen 57 Kr is a native 10 Native metal I ! Great Lake 13 Winglike part 14 Beverage 15 Existence 16 Five and five 17 Relative (ab > 19 Hawaiian garland 21 Measure ol area 23 Half-em 24 Toward 25 Behold! 27 Whiskers 29 Building addition 31 Written form of Mister 32 Upon 33 He commands the Canadian Army 36 Convenient 39 Near 40 Transpose (ab.) 41 Either 42 Southeast (ab.) 43 Chest bone 45 Lion 46 Narrow Inlet 48 On the sheltered side 51 Indian 54 Boundary (comb, form) of 58 Outer covering VERTICAL 1 Torrid 2 Before 3 Closer 4 Shout 5 Cost, insurance; freight (ab) 6 Stagger 20 Greek letter 21 Bachelor of Arts (ab ) 22 Send in payment 25 Loans 26 Animal 7 Share of food 28 Arrival (ab.) 47 Man's name 8 Malt drink 30 Negative word 49 Meadow 9 Sped 33 Musical note 50 Ard (Latin) 12 Rhode Islai^d 34 Stress 52 Telegraph (ab ) 35 Three (comb. (ab.) 18 Finish form) 53 Long fish 33 Farm tool 37 Awaken 3R Biblical pronoun 44 Orchestra 45 Fewer 46Sinbad's bird TEEN TOWN TOPICS = By BARRY MURKAR: = I hurried into the newspaper office and knocked gently on the editor's door. Ye editor looked up as I entered and a scowl took the place of the smile usually seen on his very pleasant face. "Well, where have you been?" he demanded, "press time and you as late as usual." "Here's my column," I replied, "just finished it a few minutes ago." The editor reached for it. "What have you got this week? Let's see now. It says here": Well, the middle of May is here, and the warm weather is welcome. Teeners are getting committees drawn up for the graduation dances, and everyone is in there pitching. Final exams are being crowded for time and the young uns arc going around these days with a somewhat per- plexed and worried look, as if they wonder what some of the stuff in those books is all about. We have noticed one young fellow, several mornings of late, sitting beside the bus stop, with a book on his knees trying to catch up at the last minute. * * While we are near the subject of graduation dances, we might men- tion that several of the high schools now have their own live bands and have no further worries about who is to supply the music. One of those towns that boasts its own hand is Brockvillc. Bruce Ker and his seven solid senders arc making a name for themselves, not only in Urorkvillc, hut in many of the towns in the eastern section. An- other eastern outfit made up of teenagers is Murray Harris and company who arc constantly in de- nuiml wherever teeners are dancing. Up nortli at Owen Sound a group of young fellows, with a girl bass fiddle and girl pianist under the direction of Lewis MacDonald. are getting around plenty. This hand is strictly on the side of "sweet nnisic" and the leader says that sweet music is much in deniand up there. Not to be outdone by the smaller centres throughout the pro- vince, 'J'oronto has an up-and-com- ing band under the leadership of a young fellow named Don Hackett of Western Tech Don organized this band last Julj and since that time tliey have been very busy fill- ing cngagenienls in and aro\uid the city, * * * "Well, that's interesting news for young people," said the editor. "Now what's this stuff here?" Many of the gals who have taken a fancy to the jewel-specked sun glasses will he unhappy to know that sun glasses should not be worn at all. unless an eye specialist has s()ccially advised them Indiscrimi- nate use of sun glasses tends to lower the tolerance of the eyes for light. The trouble isâ€" and we quote this from the Department of National Health, Ottawaâ€" "Sun- glasses should not change the hues of natural colours." loo bad, and sometimes we think we are going Hollywood with those fancy cheat- ers. * • ♦ Changing the subject again, we have been told that tin new picture DoyousmUMKniY fEMUMPUMf TMm ftn* mtdicfaM ia Mry ftf*ctlM to nliav* pain, mrvoua Aittnm uid wok, cnnky. "draM«I out" h*tias«, of Moh day*â€" wtwa Am t« fmaU fii ujt lâ€" I moatUy dbturbuoM. WorA tfyinfl the "Egg and I" is chuck full of laughs. Well, it must be very dif- ferent from the book. It was chuck full of smut. We saw the picture "The Sea of Grass" last week and once again we felt that Spencer Tracy is the greatest actor in Hol- lywood. We'll never forget him as Father Flannagan in "Boys Town.' After the show the other night, we said to Susie: "There is a man I would never want to meet person- nally, for fear that he was not the same in real life as on the screen." » • ♦ "Now this column isn't bad, lO far", piped ye editor. "Take that first page to the composing room, while 1 finish reading this." "H-mmm," he purred. Murkar suggests that young people get out on hike hikes this summer. It's good living and good living means good health. Sunshine is vitally important to everyone. Ontario Holiday, the weekly radio program, will give you free details concern- ing youth hostels, if a gang of you <lecide to tour the provmcc or part of it on your holidays. This is a grand way to vacation. There is plenty of fun in it and you i an do it cheaply if a group go together on the idea. The prograni, On- tario Holiday, is heard over Cl'UB and is under the direction of Barry Wood â€" a mail who really knows the vacation spots of Ontario. "Well this column is alright," the editor told us as we came back from the coiiiriosing room. "But, that column two weeks :i«o. where you started giving advice about kissiiiK, wasn't so not. Lea\e tliat stuff to sonielMidy that knows what they are talking abou' "Okay, okay." we shot back. "I'll be in early with my copy next week." "Vou had bcHer he, or \ on'll be out of a job," wariK-d ye editor And with that we leP him to finish his pipefiill, and ' Tecii-lown Topics.'' World Needs It Uncle Sam's winter wheat crop â€" his big wheat producer â€" shows a February condition which is an all-time high. Uncle Sam may raise the biggest wheat crop in history this year for a hungry w orld. No Wedge Allowed "1 say with all sincerity that our policy with Russia must be one of honorable friendship from strength. It cannot be cowardly appeasement from weakness. It must be absolutely clear that we shall allow no wedge to be driven between Great Britain and the United States of America."â€" Win- ston Churchill. TABLE TALKS Rhubarb Time Five canning coupons will become valid in May, some ot which will take care of the first fruit, rhubarb. Although rhubarb is often canned without sugar, the home economists of the Consumer Section, Dominion Department of Agriculture, say. that a little sutsar gives better results, in colour and flavour, than none. They recommend using a medium syrup, that is a syrup made with 1 cup sugar to 1 cup water. The rhubarb should be thoroughly v.'ash- cd, then cut in 1-inch pieces. The cold pack method s preferred for rhubarb. Pack the jars, cover with boiling syrup leaving a headspace of half an inch. Process In the boiling water bath pint sealers lo minutci, quart scalers 15 minutes. If an oven with automatic heat control is used, pints are processed 20 minutes and quarts 25 minulev. After numerous experiments the Consumer Section has found that the use of tin cans for rhubarb it not as satisfactory as sealers, and that only enamel tins should be used. Rhubarb Conserve 14 cups rhubarb (4 lbs.) cut in %" pieces 3 cups raisins 7 cups sugar Juice of 2 oranges Rind of 2 oranges, thinly sliced 1 cup walnuts. Combine rhubarb, raisins, sugar, orange rind and juice. Let stand J-i hour. Bring to boil and boil, uncovered, 40 minutes, stirring fre- quently. Add walnuts, coarsely chop- ped, and boil to jam stage â€" about 5 minutes. Pour into hot, sterilized jars. Cool and seal. Yield: about 12 cups. Rhubarb Cream 4 cups diced raw rhubarb 3 tablespoons flour % teaspoon salt yi cup sugar 2 egg yoks 2 egg whites 2 tablespoons sugar Mix diced rhubarb, flour, salt and yi cup sugar. Let stand one hour then cook over hot water for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Beat egg yolk until light. Pour rhubarb sauce over egg yolk, stirring mean- while, then return to double boiler. Cook 3 minutes. Fold in meringue made with stiffly beaten egg whitei and 2 tablespoons sugar. Pour into sherbet glasses. CliilL Six servings Dandelion Greens Good, Cheap Food Willi pussy willows popping, it is almost time for that table deli- cacy, the dandelion green. Or don't people cat dandelion greens any more? asks The New 'Vork Sun. Perhaps the cultivated palate yearns for more substantial fare these days. Probably our modern hostel- ries do not include the dandelion on the bill of fare. But the world is the worse for it, for a lot of people arc losing out on some good, cheap eating pleasure. To get the dandelion at its best, it is necessary to take lo the fields long before the blossoms appear. The blossoms may bring joy to the poet, but they add nothing to the eating qualities of the weed. Loose]^ the earth around the root of the dandelion with a dull kitchen knife. Scrape a little of the earth off the white root and toss the dandelion in a tin pail. 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