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In every landfin good years or bad.- endéaring lore and legend have, clung to wedding customs-dong ago, 'twas said that a sprig of rosemary in the wedding wine brought happiness to the bride. While in old ' England the honeysuckle was the flower of lovers; and in France this fragrant vine is still called cher fen-«leer flame. In the time of Henry VIII :1 dream of marigolds meant health. wealth and success in mhoppy marriage. (By Elizabeth MacRae Boykin) A whole new crop of Wedding‘lore and traditions Will spring up in the wake of this war, with so many Ameri- can girls in uniform: and so many American men in strange places bring- ing home a few foreign brides and lots of foreign ideas. Certainly theyoung people getting married this June will have little but the dear intangibles like hope and belief and tradition. to go on, so uncertain are all the old realities in the" familiar - world. .' More Impartant But then hope. belief and tradition have probably always been more im- portant than anything else about mar- riage. The gifts, the home inrhishings “all'the specific “thing's" in connection with'a weddingâ€"are fme're symbols of other more enduring qualities. 1 Then there was the old law in 17th century France when a bridegroom had to plant nine walnut tress before the wedding bans were calledâ€"this was to guarantee the continuity of the wal- nut crop which contributed the lovely wood for France’s most beautiful fur- niture in this and later centuries. Fog the Down Chest And linen, probably most symbolic of all wedding gifts had its own reper- toire of tanacdotes. In early America brides had to weave the sheets that went into their trousseaux or dowry chests. In certain rural localities, it was the custom for the father of the bride-to- be to allow his daughter as much linen for her ‘setting out" as she could spin and weave between the time her bans were called in church till her wedding dayâ€"which was one good argument for long engagements! “Twelveldozen of everything" was the standard for the trousseaux. Those were the days when a woman during foxty or fifty years of housekeeping might never have to buy a single piece of household linen and might even have cermfémeces at her death that had never been used. - . As for gifts "for today’s brides, that is it perplexing problem. In the first place, not many of these brides are settling doWn 0r getting up housekeep- ing. In the second. there are so few things to give them anywayâ€"linen and silver are all but unavailableâ€"fine china is scarceâ€"so are furniture and mgs. Yet the brides themselves love getting wedding giftsâ€"4t is as if the gifts were a gesture of faith that there will be a iuture for them monsmrmt m. 1944 Future Heirlooms . . So instead of holding back and worry?- ing about all the things you can’t get. for brides in this war yearâ€"it's more hopeful and encouraging think of the things you can buy. Glass for instaan -â€"there's‘ beautiful American glass available that is indeed worthy to be heirlooms. Then there are antiquesâ€"a fascina- ting wealth of treasures from the past that will bring individuality, charm, distinctlpn to that home in the future ~whether it turns out to be east or west. big or little, plain or fine. You‘ll find such things in unexpected places -â€"-in the best stores, in the shabbiest shopa Don‘t forget the fine arts tooâ€"beauti- ful paintings. interesting pieces of sculpture. These things too lift a new little home out of the ordinary. And in buying or receiving gifts of the work of modern artists, there is extra speculative lure. For their future place in art history may be surprising. May- be that modest little figurine or that simple landscape. by unknown artists, may turnout to be a masterpiece, price- less and rare. by the tune the golden anniversary rolls around. Increase in Use of Spices Under the Rationing Methods Housewives were asked for a list of their favorite spices. In the order of preference. these are: cinnamon, nut- meg, paprika. cloves, auspice and sin- ger. Although pepper and mustard were omitted from this list. the United States Department of Cmnmerqe re- ports that in point of consumption, these are the two favored spines. {rm factors however have. probably hm them off the limisewivea’ lists. they (Released by The Consolidated News Features, Inc.) Spices Adds to Attractive- ness of Cheap Cuts of Meat. America at war eats more spice than it did in peacetime, according to a re- cent survey made by the American Spice Trade Association. One reason given for this is that spices help to make chea; ) cuts of meat, as well as other economlcal foods more attractive. " «By Agnes Adams) They’re Symbols of Faith in the Future-â€"American Glass, Antiques, Sculpture and Paintings are Most Available Gifts. WEDDING GIFTS FOR WAR YEAR PLEASANT HOMES (By Patricia Lindsay) When warmer days arrive we can again begin to paint on our hose with a choice 0; several becoming shades. And this year a new cosmetic invention will make the job easier. To begin a job of leg make-up you? naturally must have the legs free of; superfluous hair which is‘ accomplished : with the aid of a cream depiltory or' safety razor after soaping the legs well. If.the leg skin is very dry it might be necessary to lubricate it with a bit of . cream cologne or hand lotion. Wipcl off all excess grease, though, before you attempt to put on the make up.- Now on your cosmetic counter is a leg make-up initt which holds sun-tan .poWder. A little strap fits over the hand. The mitt must be moistened under cold running water before it is applied to the leg in quick, sweeping strokes. It leaves in its wake a smooth coating of make-believe hose. as sheer looking as your once favored nylons? Wet the mitt as often as is necessary to obtain a complete and smooth cover- 1112 then lay it aside on a waxed- paper so it may dry. It may be used in the same manner over and, over again un- til all the coloring is gone. Such ihose are run-proof, thank hea- ven. and the colorng is supposed to be are both widely and extensively used in commercial food preservation, and the WW8 thinks of them as basic spices or seasonings, almost parallel to salt. Although the above-mentioned well- known spices won a prominent place on the list, forty-four other spices ap- pear on housewives shelves. Among these are oregano (Mexican sage), cum- in. saffrom, chili powder, poultry sea- soning, red pepper, celery salt, cayenne, curry powder celery seed, onion and garlic salt. Although sage has been hard to get since the war, it was also mentioned as a favorite. Watercress Omelet 4 eggs, separated 4 tablespoons milk te’aspoon paprika teaspoon salt bunch watercress, coarsely ch0p- «H v N N\ z\‘ .: by Elizabeth MacRea Boykin 1 tablespoon enriched margarine ' Heat margarine in a heavy frying pan.. Separate eggs and beat yolks until they are foamy. Add milk and salt. Beat again. Fold in stimy beatn en egg whites. Pour into heated mar- garine and cook over low heat for 3 or 4 minutes, when ready to turn. put chopped watercress and paprika on top of half the omelet, fold over. continue to cook for 2 minutes, then slip out onto a hot plate to serve. (Released by The Bell Syndicate. Inc.) (Aside to the squirrels): In Houston. Team, a man is making his home in a me and swears he won‘t come down until the war amiss-81mm"? Star. Pale legs are sun-tanned with the aid of this ingeniOus cosmetic mitt which contains leg colouring. Quick even strokcsdo the job. Sculpture is a distinguished gift idea for June brides . . . especially mo- dern sculpture that combines beauty oi interpretationwith a contem- porary outlook. The decorative use of sculpture in the contemporary homeils interestingly illustrated here with Sally Ryan’s fine piece “The Martinique" silhouetted against an eggshell wall, set on a desk of Chinese modern sectional pieces in a pickled finish. This head of the West In- dian Woman proves once again the excellent effect which can be achieved with one good piece of “art" in a room. Modern sculthre has a quality that goes equally well in contemporary or tfaditional backgrounds. Sally Ryan is an American sculptor, and a grand-daughter of the late Thomas Fortune Ryan. She recently held her second Amirlcan one- man exhibit at the Wildenstein galleries where so many famous artists have “shown." LEG TAN NOW APPLIED WITH MITT Beauty and You ”-0 «a. do "I. water-resistant. Cut flannel insoles for your shoes or. wear those little half- foot hose, ‘to,prévent yOur feet from perspiring and- ruining the inside of your preCiOUS‘ShOBS. - Some girls who are not much troubled With foot per- spimtion can get by with using a water repellant powder (such as is:used on babies; insideof their shoes. But I think the other precautions are better. And rmnember, if you wear open tOe shoes, your toenails musbbe kept im- peccably manicured as your fingernails! N ew Books Added to Public Library at South POICUpine Fiction Books in May 1944 Avalancheâ€"K. Boyle Spanish Ladyâ€"3M. Walsh Touched by the Thornâ€"M. Lavcrty Liberty Streetâ€"~Morris Dragonwyck-A. Seton The Pied Piper of Dipper Cre km“. Randall The Sign Post -4K. Robertson And We Shall Buildâ€"Morton One Fair Daughterâ€"B. Frank My Love Must Waitâ€"E. Hill He Married a Doctorâ€"F. Baldwin The Saint Steps Inâ€"L. Charteris This is My Brotherâ€"L. Paul Courage Stoutâ€"Raine You Can’t'Escapeâ€"F. Baldwin Non-Fiction Maxim Litvinoffâ€"A. Pope The Curtain Risesâ€"Q. Reynolds New Zealandâ€"N ash The War for Man’s Soulâ€"Jackh Lest We Regretâ€"D. Reed Behave Yourselfâ€"Allen and Briggs The' folldwing new books have been added to the public library at South Porcupine. ‘ ‘ . New Fictionâ€"April. 1944 The Turnin'g Leavesâ€"Proctor Cornish Talesâ€"Lee The Two Mrs. Abbottsrâ€"Stevenson The Promise-P. Buck The Making of a Saintâ€"Maugham The Man Who Had L'zerythingâ€" Bromfleld The Man Four-Squareâ€"Raine The Cloudless Mayâ€"Jamason Photo Courtesy Delettrez THE poflcfifi'tfffi ADVANCEMIIWINS. 019M310 Schumacher Red Cross Asks for More Volunteer Workers Shipped 697 Artigles ~t_o The following is the shipment from the Schumacher Red Cross to head- quarters in the past six Weeks: Sewingâ€"Hospital Supplies 15 pairs pyjamas ' 9 surgeon’s gowns 100 khaki handkerchiefs 100 white handkerchiefs 108 gauze handkerchiefs 10 bedjackets 28 flannelette bandages 4" Total 370 articles Héadquarters in Past Six ' Weeks. British Civilian 1 man‘s sleeveless sweater (donation) 4 pairs boys' knee socks, 8 years 2 children’s scarves. Totalâ€"7 articles l The total shipment is 500 sewn arti. cles and 197 knitted articles making a grand total of 697. There is an ever increasing need for Red Cross supplies of all kinds, so will you come and do Red Cross work in answer to our appeal; either Knitting or Sewing. Hints About Digestion for [Index-weights} and the Undernourisned 1 One of the words commonly used a‘ few years ago about food and eating was to Fletcherize your food. The word comes from the book written by a Dr. Fletcher in which he advised people to chew 32 times on every bite of food. He had many followers who realized that by chewing the food many times, not only would the food get well broken up. but it would get thoroughly mixed with the alkaline digestive juice of the mouth (saliva) and would time cause the acid digestive juice of the stomach «gastric juice) to pour out in larger quantities to overcome the extra alka- line saliva caused by chewing so many times. F'letcherizing food never came gener-J ally into use because, to say the least.‘ it was a “solemn” sight to see a grown man or woman munching 32 times, ac- tually counting the number of chews with each bite of food. However, just a few extra chews, whether counted or not, is of great help to digestion for the reason pointed out aboveâ€"smaller pieces of food and food more completely surrounded in the mouth with alkaline saliva. In her book “foods in Health and Disease", Lula G. Graves, Honor- ary President American Dietetic Assoc- iation, says: “Eating slowly is conducive to thor- ough chewing. The food being more finely divided, can be more effectively acted upon by the saliva and other juices and it is digested and absorbed into the blood in a shorter time.” For? those who are undernourished or under-‘ weight. this slow chewing of food means that all the “good” of the food is made available for absorption into the blood. It has been found that the average thin or underweight individual has a short- er small intestine than one of average weight. sometimes being not less than 5 to 10 feet shorter. This means. then. with less surface for digested food to be absorbed into the blood, the fact that more chewing will put the food into a better condition to be absorbed is most important because of this shortness of small intestine. British Cfivilian 21 pairs pyjamas, 18 years 75 men's shirts 6 girl’s coats, 8‘years 13 women's nightgowns 5 pinafore dresses. 8 years 5 blouses. 8 years 1 dress, 8 years 3 dresses, 4 years, 1 dress, 3 years Tombâ€"130 articles. “Extremes of temperature, too hot soups, coffee and other foods, or ice drinks and frozen foods are not good for delicate lining of throat and sta- mach. Ice cold ifoods should be held in the mouth until they are less cold before swallowing; very hot foods should not even be put into the mouth.” Robust individuals of normal weight or overweight do not need to be so care- ful of the lining of their stomach. Knittingâ€"Army and Air Force 6 turtleneck sweaters 7 turtleneck tuck-ins 17 pairsfis'ocks 3 ribbed, helmets l6 toques 23 pairs gloves What about drinking water with meals? In my school days and even in medical school. we were taught that Navy 60 pairs leather faced mitts 8 pairs mitts 6 pairs 27” seamen’s stockings 1'0 pairs 18” seamen’s ribbed socks 3 turtleneck sweaters Total 77 articles. l roundlneck sweater 1 aeroeap 1 steel helmet cap Total-«~75 articles Women‘s Auxiliary 6 sleeveless sweaters 5 pairs gloves 2 pairs sockees 25 toques Totalâ€"$8 articles The Weeping Woodâ€"Baum Non-Fiction Tho Man Born to be Kingâ€"Sayers By lame: W. Barton. MD. yours drinking water with meals would di- ‘wte me'omuh digestiVe wide and it would be that much weaker. and there;- fore would not digest the food as well This was found to. be a mistaken idea and to-dny drinking water in modern- tion just before eating and during the meal is not harmful" provided the food is not swallowed with the liquid before being properly chewed." Another point that means much to the underweight individual pa1ticulaer' one with a poor appetite, is what is called the “brain appetite". It is call- ed the brain appetite because special parts of the brainâ€"eyesight smell taste and memoryâ€"are stirred into activitV and so cau‘se an immediate flow of di- gestlve juices before the food is put into the mouth. "Wholesome ‘ food well cooked and attractlvelV se1 ved ap- peals to the appetite and is eaten with relish. Secretion of the digestive juices is stimulated by appetizing taste and odors and hindered it taste and odors are lacking. " “When tired in mind or body, when in mental distress. or if one has so lost his self control as to become angry, it 18 Mean to eat Very little o1 nothing until normal balance is 108- i tored. ” mod attractively sexw‘ed. not eating when tired or upset~should be remem- bered by 'those who are underweight and undernourished. Overweight and Underweight This handy booklet by Dr. Barton contains many helpful suggestions for those who :are too thin and those who are fat, including diet suggestions, exer- cise. various types of overweight and underweight. To obtain it just send your name and address and Ten Cents to cover cost of handling and mailing to the Bell Library, Post Office Box 75, Sta. '0. New York. N.Y.. and ask for booklet No. 105-Overweiglu and Un- derweight, mentioning the name or this paper. Tihese simple sugge;t.ions-dl1ewing the food‘well; eating slowly, having Ernie Pyle is one of fhe famous Cor- respondents of some U, S. newspapers In the Old Country at present. He has been to Scotland and has met the Scots and so he wants to tell the world about it, Accordingly he has writ':en a book. The book is entited. “IErne Pyle in Eng- land” and it has quite a bit to say about, the Scots and Scotland. Here is an extract: from the book: (Registered in accmdanco with the Copyright Act). ~ “I like the Scottish people. Some- how I had them all wrong. For one thing I thought I wouldn't be able to understand anything they said. but they are easy to understand. Also I thought were dour. On the contrary, they are fundamentally witty. It is hard for a Scotsman to go five minutes with- out giving something a funny twist, All in all, I have found the Scots much more like Americans than the English men are. I feel perfectly at home with them. Ernie Pyle Meets the Scots in Auld Scotland CONSTANT vigilance is necessary to assure Victory and that’s true not only in the Armed Services, but also in mining operations throughout Canada. The steady, uninterrupted flow of essential metals, from Canada, is as important as maintaining unbroken communication lines on the battlefield. The men in the Canadian mining fields have done a grand job. But there is still more to do. We must maintain constant vigilance that full production ”And incidenily. just a couple of tips. dust in case you ever 'coune overhere. I (:11 Don‘t refer to Scotland as if it were a part. of England-as I did. for itiisn“. “England is England, and Scotland is -€:otland. 121'Don’t say “Scotch" un- lless you are referring to the whisky. Peeple aie Scots and they are Scottish, but not 800 ch ‘ “All the world makes a byword of the Se’otsmans thriftness but in Scotland itself they blame it on the people from A‘be1deen.fleie is a little item about the old tradition that Scotsman are so tight Well. back in November. 1940. the government sent out a frantic, call for all citizens to turn in binoculars. as ‘they were needed in the armed forces You could either donate. lend for Sell them to the government. And up to date the proportion of binoculars- do- nated outright to the gOVernment is three times as gre’nt in Scotand as'in England. “Scotland "became a. new home for the Poles who got away after the German occupation of their country. There are many thousands of Poles in Sem- and most of them are in” the army. They got, along well with the Scots," Making a forced landing, the young pilot hit a treetop; the machine turned over and landed upside down. The pilot crawled out and surveyed the wreckage. Then he lit a cigarette and remarked. “Well, that sort of landing saves the tires."-â€"Empire Digest. INSURANCE OF EVERY KIND Phone 104 'l‘lmmms. Ontario Have YOU checked up to know how much YOU would LOSE if your building. household furniture, stock or fixtures were destroyed by lire? no you know that building costs have. gone up considerably since the outbreak of war? Do you know that Flre Insurance rates were never lower than at the present time? We shall be pleased to quote rates and give obligation on your part. glamous for flavour since 1892 - the ‘Salada’ name assures you a uniform blend of quality teas. A GOOD POINT SULLIVAN 8: NEWTON . and MRS. PROPERTY OWNER. be assured . . . Backing up Canada‘s mining men is the Explosives Division of C-I-L which maintains an uninter- rupted flow of reliable explosives. C-I-L Explosives plants and offices are readily accessible to all principal mining areas. CANADIAN IWUSTRIES IIMITED EXPLOSIVES DIVISION Head Oflicc: Montreal Branches and Sales Oficu Throughout Canada (Est. 1912) An afternoon ten of special interest was held at the Dome Mines Guest House, Wednesday afternoon. May 3lst. from three to six o'clock, the hostesses being the Dome and Dome Extension Afternoon Tea Held at Dome Mines Guest House Groups of the Women's Association of the United Church of South Porcu- pine: ,Mrs. Clara Melville received the guests and extended a friendly welcome to all. The tea tables were beautifully de- corated with fragrant lily-of-the-valley. pansics, violas and forget-me-nots. The delicate china also added much to the enjoyment of the tea. The arranging of the tables was under the supervision of Mrs; P. J. Andrew and Mrs. E. Light- body. Mrs. J. A. Reid was in charge of‘Scrving tea and was ably assisted by Mrs. "N. Woon, Mrs. R. S. McWilliams, Jr., Mrs. Crawford Smythe and Mrs. J. J. Davis. In the kitchen, Mrs. A. Marjerrison. the Social Convener. was assisted bv Mrs. F. J. Mason. Mrs. H. R. Burton, Mrs. J. P. Douglas and Mrs. J. Baxter. In charge of the sewing table were Mrs. Val Ray and Mrs. W. F. Moyle. Mrs. W. E. Honer. Mrs. S. A. McGinn’ and'Mrs. G. G. Countryman were busy at the home baking table. The hostesses, .and Mrs. P. H. Hall. Pr’esideht of the Women's Association, desire to express their sincere thanks to all those who helped to make this event Try The Advance Want Advertisements a grand success by their donations, work and attendance. yml information withmlt REAL ICS’I‘A'I‘IC 21 Pitt? Street N. PAGE mm ET-IOS