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» A » » > > ^ « 9 r -1 » *. A A â- â€¢â€¢Â»â-  T ♦â-  I*- -T â- t >* i* The Zip-Topper, left, from Elanden has a completely removeable lining that makes it a jjer- fect coat for any weather. It is classic in styling with a small throat-hugging collar. J^ight, a velvet trimmed tent coat by Printzess with the petal collar in the contrasting fabric. There are cavalier cuffs on the dolman sleeves and a small tie at the throatline. Famous Ruined Room Now Restored In a city as old and famous as London there are many rooms in whidh great decisions have been taken, where Kings and statesmen ihave sat and pondered before de- atding on actions which have shaped the course of history. Sucih a room 1b the panelled Board Room at the "Admiralty. Damaged in the blitz on London, its ceiling ruined, its doors blown out and its hi:;;iM;c panelling splintered, the pictures slasihed to ribbons and tiic c^:.- .ut ihairs tattered and torn, the task of restoring it to its original state must have seemed an almost insuperable one. But it has been done suc- •ess-fully. The restorers set to work in 1947. Three hundred and seven pieces of woodwork and a barrel of frag- ments had somehow to be sorted out amd put in their rightful places. No exact record of the panelling existed so that each piece had to be numbered and measured and a precise architect's drawing pro- duced. The ceiling was beyond re- pair and a new one has been made, painted a warm cream and white, with a decorative pattern of inter- twined circles and flowers edged with gik. The oak panelling, now stripped to a fine honey color, is decorated by classical colnmns witii foliaged capitals topped by a dol- phin motive. Tlie chairs are newly upholstered in plum-colored leather, the long mahogany table is cov- ered will) black baize and the First Lord's chair, larger than the rest, stands at the head of it, facing Nelson'.s portrait. The carvings over the mantelpiece are of Kith century navigational instruments, and are of great value to historians, for tile movable parts actually slide up and down as they did in the original instruments. The wind dial shows an ancient map of Britain and the European coastline, and the single gilt hand is worked from a wind rane in the roof. This vane moves fitfully in the wind, giving the scadogs consulting on shore some idea at least of the weather conditions that His Majesty's ves- sels have to contend with on that day. It is a magnificeiit room, rich in naval history, and now happily returned to its former proud con- dition. Good Flowers Get Grand Trip "Oh, where is my wia'Ud'ring boy tonight?" is no pix>blein any more. Just contact the nearest neighbor with a television set. DUD RACKET DEVALUES BOON OF ENGLAND'S FIRECRACKERS London â€" I'osl-war. racketeering, and the devaluation of the pound sterling, have hit one of Engalnd's most innocent and most profitable industries. The victims are mainly boys stocking away firecrackers and toy rockets for the a|>proaclii;i;4 (iuy Fawkes night, a celebration resem- bling a cross between \ ictoria Day and H.illowc'en and the Foin-th of July. Coiirneiiiorating the arrest of one, Guy Fa.vkes, on November 5, 1605, a few minutes before he plaimed to set a torch to a stock of explosives which would have blown up the British Parliament v/itli the King inside, British chil- dren, before the war, on and about that dav exploded an estimated £500,000 ($2,000,000 at the pre- devaluation rates) worth of fire- works each year.. But this year, many of the boys will find that they have spent their pocket money on "duds" which will' fail to e.Kplode. * * * Sin<:e the war, the government has put increasing restrictions on the sale of fireworks, and this year the prices of some of the "rockets" have gone up by an additional 400 per cent. Dealers blame devaluation for the increase. * A small bomb, which last year sold for about two pennies, now costs one shilling (14 cents). Hardest hit are the small retail- ers. The omnipresent sign "Fire- works sold out, sorry" is usually the signal for one of the racketeers, representing some of the back-room manufacturers, to approach the sihop owner and offer to lell a lim- ited niunbor of fireworks and rock- ets at slightly less than th« official prices. "We can find no answer to this racket, except to advise people to look at the labels mnd the names of the makers of fireworks before they buy them," said Lesli* Riddle one of the country's loading sporl-- and toy dealers, "but, unfortunate' \ most of the customers are bin h«ppy to lay their hands on any thing whtoh might make a noise." One of the very interesting events at the International Plowing Ma:ci:es. held recently at Burford, was the daily demonstration of con- tour plowing featured by the On- tario Agricultural College. Some Ontario farmers already practise contour plowing. Others are study- ing soil conservation and investi- gating the benefits which may be derived from it. By winning the Salada Tea Intercounty Plowing Match, held last Friday, four On- tario boys will have a splendid op- portunity to learn about agricultural conservation. These boys, Earl Baoher, Cayuga, and Robert Nixon, Hagersville, representing Haldi- mand County, won the first award, while E. Timbers, Milliken, and N. Watson, 'V\'oodbridge, representing York County, came second. They received the Salada Tea award of all-expense tours to the United States. They will visit some of the larg- est agricultural conservation proj- ects and see for themselves what soil conservation can do for farm- ers who wisli to follow this scien- tific system. Other winners were: Brant Coun- ty, Bill Buck, Paris, aaid Carman Porter, of Ohswekeu; Wentworth County, T. Braithwaite, of Ancas- ter, and G. Markel, of Alberton; â- Waterloo County, R. Honderich, of New Hamburg, and G. Brohnian, of West Montrose; Grey County, Mac Gamble ,of Ohatsworth, and. Allan Duff, of Ohatsworth; Peel County, D. Cunnnigton, of Ingle- wood, and H. Cuiinington, of Ingle- wood; Victoria County, G. Bell, of Woodville, and I. Bell, of Kirkfield; Huron County, John Clark, of God- erioh, and Graham McDonald, oi Brussels; Welland County, C. Warner, of Port Robinson, and A. Marr, of Stevensville. Useful Talent A patriotic and harassed British matron was interviewing a D.F. girl from the Baltic for a servant's job. The girl didn't know much about ironing or running a vacuum cleaner or otiher work about a mod- «rn home. "Well," the lady said at last, "I understand you can cook. Is there anything else you can do?" "â- yes, ma'am," the maid replied, "I can milk reindeer." Table Talks "Bread is something tike the wM- tbar," a friend of mine ones said. "Bverybody complains about It, but Bobody does anything about It." Down in New York State, how- •ver, they HA'VE been doing som«- thhig about It. The School of Nu- trition at Cornell University, work- ing with the State Department of Hygiene have come up with a bread formula that is unusually nourish- ing and unusually flavourful too. It's a white bread, neither too flab- by or too hard. It's not hard to make either. One woman, who said that she was "no baker at all" till she tried it, re- ports that it was no trouble at all, and so good that she and her family now eat no other kind. So here is the basic recipe, also instructions how â€" using the same basic recipe â€" you can make Coffee Cake and Rolls as ell. HIGH PROTEIN BREAD 1 package yeast 1 cup lukewarm water ZYi cups enriched floiu' V/i teaspoons salt 2 teaspoons sugar 3 tablespoons full-fat soy flour ZYi tablespoons dry skim milk 2 teaspoons shortening Method: (1) Dissolve yeast in luke- warm water (not hot), about 85 degrees F. in temperature. (2) Combine all dry ingredients in mixing bowl. Pour in the yeast solution and start mixing. (.3) .'\dd shortening and mix un- til the dough is smooth. (4) Place dough in a well-greased bowl, cover and let rise in a warm place (80 to 85 degrees F.) for an hour and a half. (5) Punch dough down by plung- ing the fist in the center of it. Fold over the edges of dough and turn upside down. Cover and let rise fifteen to twenty minutes. (6> Shape into a loaf and place in greased bread pan (9x4x3 in.). Cover and let stand about fifty-five to sixty minutes in a warm place till dough fills the pan. (7) Bake in a hot oven (400 de- grees F.) about thirty-five minutes. If prepared in the specified pro- portions the above recipe will yield one large or two small coffee cakes or eighteen rolls. For the coffee cake: FRUIT-FILLED COFFEE CAKE Recipe for high-prwotein bread, prepared through step No. S (see above) Melted butter Yi cup white or brown sugar 1 tablespoon flour Yt to one teaspoon cinnamon 2 cups chopped apples Yx cup seedless raisins 1 cup sifted confectioner's sugar . (1) Roll dough on a lightly-Hour- ed board into a rectangular sheet about a fourth inch thick. For one cotfee cake work with all the dough in one sheet, for two, divide in half. (2) Brush with melted butter. Blend sugar,- flour and spice. Sprinkle over dough; sprinkle that mixture with the apples and raisins. (3) Roll up as for a jelly roll. With the "seam" on the bottom, transfer to a greased, shallow pan. Shape into a ring. (4) Using shears, cut almost through ring into slices three- fourths inch thick. Slant slices down a little and overlap to expose the filling. Let rise in a warm place till almost double in size. (5) Bake in a hot oven (400 de- grees F.) fifteen minutes. Reduce heat to moderate (350 degrees F.) and bake till center is firm to the touch, about twenty-five minutes. (6) Mix confectioner's sugar with about two tablespoons water and drizzle frosting over top of cake. Yield: about twelve servings from one large cake. HIGH-PROTEIN ROLLS Recipe for high-protein bread, prepared through step No. 5 (previously listed) Melted butter Method: (1) for Hamburger buns roll dough on a lightly-floured board into a sheet about a half inch thick. Cut with a large floured bis- cuit cutter. (2) For frankfurter rolls use half the dough at a time. Kol into rec- tangular sheets about a half inch thick, having the width of the dough about the same as the length of a frankfurter roll. Trim off edges to straighten them. Cut rectangle of dough into strips an inch to an inch and a half wide. (3) Place cut-out dough on a greased baking sheet about an inch apart. Grease tops lightly with the melted butter. Let rise in a warm place till almost double in size. (4) Bake in a hot oven (400 de- grees F.) till brown, about fifteen minutes. Yield: about 18 rolls. MFAIM FEONT Ju»t Wilvat you personally tliiuk about Government support of farm produce prices is, of course, strictly your own business. However, to ring in my favorite quotation once again, "it is a condhion, and not a theory that confronts us." And the condition that confronts the United States Government, in this regard, is causing plenty of head-scratching down Washington way. « « * Down there the Government has been supporting and subsidizing farm production for quite some time now; and the way surplus food pro- ducts have been piling up is almost incredible. Here are just a few items. » « » They have FIFTY-NINE MIL- LION POUNDS OF DRIED EGGS â€" a nine years' normal sup- ply â€" in storage. Thev have FIFTEEN AND A HALF MILLION POUNDS OF CHEESE laid away here and there. «' • * Even a million pounds oi dry skim milk sounds like quite a pile. The U.S. Govenunent is wondering what to do with TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE MILLION POUNDS. « * • Exact figures on butter are not availableâ€" BUT ONE HALF OF ALL THE BUTTER STORED IN THE UNITED STATE be- longs to the Government, as well as FIVE HUNDRED THOUS- AND BAGS OF RED KIDNEY BEANS. « * • There's so much wheat in storage that THIRTY-SIX RESERVE FLEET SHIPS ARE BEING USED AS FLOATING ELAVA- TORS. And the production of rai- sin and wine grapes has been so much greater than the demand that they're going to use ONE HUND- RED AND TWENTY THOUS- AND TONS as hog feedâ€" with the United States Government paying 4c a pound, or $80 per ton â€" which sounds to me like rather expensive hog feed. • * * Oh, well, figure It out yourself. It's a long way over my head; but it must make rather strange read- ing, and hearing, on the far side of the Atlantic. Or the Pacific, for that matter. * • * Now. to change the subject, here's some advice, which might be fairly timely, regarding winter dam- age done to trees by mice, which conies with the authority of John Walker. Superintendent of a For- est Nursery Station. ' • * « Scarcity of normal food and ready accessibility of trees, be they In shelterbelt or orchard, may be con- sidered primary reasons for damage by mice. As colder weather becomes the order of the day there is, through migration, a concentratioa of destructive rodents, including mice, in buildings and in other more or less protective areas. X « • As far as shelterbelt trees are concerned, damage by mice is most likely to occur to younger trees. This condition is likely to be ag- gravated if a dense growth of weeds has been permitted to develop among them. . Again, proximity of trees to a grain field may mean greater likelihood of damage bjr mice. In passing, young trees plant- ed near native groves or other esta- blished trees are more likely to be eaten by rabbits than those planted in the open where there would be no natural cover. « « « Damage to trees by mice most often constitutes a complete or par- tial girdling of the main stems near ground level, i.e.. removal of l)ark. Above the snow line there may be no evidence that damage is occurr- ing or has occurred. It is question- able if much damage of this sort occurs imtil after the ground is cov- ered with snow. * * * Keeping in mind the condition already described, damage may be forestalled by following the advice given to an anxious planter: "Our recommendation is to uae grain poisoned with gopher poison, place it in containers and distribute these containers near your trees. They should be put out in the fall before snow comes, and we have found that these are made more ef- fective if each one is covered with a sheaf of grain of some sort. . . . .."During winter damage to trees by mice below the snow may be prevented through packing the snow around the trunks and stems of the trees by ushtg a long pole. Yoa should also make every effort to see that no grass or other trash te left near the trunks of your trees." . . . ♦ * * As necessary during the fall, poi- soned grain must be replentished la containers, and the procedure re- vived towards spring. In the event that damage and gir- dling of stems by mice occurs, prun- ing or removal of trees should be delayed in spring until the full ex- tent of damage can be determinedj namely, well after the normal period of renewed growth has passed. A machine went out of order la a knitting factory In London. The crazy pattern k mads was oflfered as a new design, and created • sensation. Last Estate â€" When Army Private Kiigene Bunch, 19, com- mitted suicide, he left his 19-year-old widow this amazing a.ssort- nient of goods, ranging from jars of peanut butter to diamond rings. Police said Bunch's death ended a si.x-month- career of robbery. The soldier's worry over inability to dispose of the stolen goods may have caused his suicide, thev said. JITTER •mm I'M «or H' TWBO. \ A coco SMOWBft VVfU. < Jt^ ^^ ^r^ yS ^ 1 J3?yWgjjr%T^ »^^ ^^^ ^CS^K^HjA/C 1 k^& 5^^ r\ ^kl j^^4 ^^P^ \;p^ r^n By Arthur Pointer