' -W(^- - ' ^ -. "SAIAM TEA Modem Etiquette By Roberta Lee 1. Is It customary for a house gueat to bring his hostess some kind of gift? 2. Would eight or 10 persons be too many to stand In a receiving line? 3. Is It necessary for a man to thank a woman for a danoe? 4. What would be the very small- est menu one should have for an after-theatre supper? 6. Does a bridegroom usually give his bride a wedding gift? 6. What is a good fruit course to serve for luncheon? 7. What would be a good toast for a man guest to offer to his hostess? ANSWERS 1. Yes It Is often done, but not absolutely necessary. The bread- and-butter letter 's really all that is expected and required. 2. Yes; there should not be more than four persons in the receiving line. 3 Yes; at the end of the dance. If it has lasted only one minute, or 30, the man .should say, "Thank you." 4. One hot dish, such as chicken a la klug or creamed oys- ters, a nice salad, and coffee. 6. Yes; It is customary for him to give her a gift of jewelry. 8. The most popular fruits are grapefruit, melon, or a mixture of fruits cut Into small pieces. 7. "Ladies and gentlemen, I give you our hostess, the wife of a very lucky man." HOW CAN I? By Anne Ashley Q. How can I keep the bird cage clean? A. Place five or six thicknesses of heavy white paper, cut to proper hape, In the bottom of the bird cage. Each morning a paper can be lifted out, leaving a nice clean floor. Q. How can I make a good paste ? A. Take one-half teaapooaful each of starch and flour and add a little boiling water; let stand for a moment, add more water, and stir and cook until thick. Thl paste will spread smoothly, stick well, and will not mold or discolor paper. Q. How can I keep kitchen knives sharp? A. Knives that are to be ke{>t sharp inn.si he etored properly. Pit them Into a grooved box. Knives become dull if they rub against other articles. Q. How can I make poached eggs firmer? A. Add a tablespoonful of lemon Juice to tbe water In which eggs are to be poached, and it will make them firmer. Q. How can I wash mirrors so that water will not get behind the frame? A. Be sure not to waab the mlr- rore or glass with a very wet cloth, or some of the water may pene- trate back of the frame and Injure the Kin Just use a good, damp chamois for this purpose. Blind Helping Build Bombers Some Turn Out More Work Than Sighted Employees I'.lnirl wini.M. are helping huild fighting and bombing planes at the Lockheed Aircraft factory, and their boss sayo that In sonic re- specta they are bettor than sighted employees. Eleven blind meii and two sight- less women havi been engaged in a placement test In the Loi:khecd plant for more than a month, and some of thorn now turn nut morn work than their fellows, due to higher power of concentration. "On some of the inorp difficult operations the (inality of their work In above averagi 1 ," said C. L. Pel- ton, Lockheed superintendent of fabrication. "In every case wl th- in B few weeks the quantity of their work equalled or exceeded that of sighted persons on thn ame oper- ation." Guide dogs bring the sightless workers to the plant a<:l morning, tin-calling their way through the Intricate aisles and Buildings of the main Lockheed factory. There the dogfi doze all day beneath the-lr niaBtcMi)' benchCH. Mi Hazel Hurst, ilghtless pre- fddent of a foundation tor training blind persons at Monrovia, worked at every Job hofor* Belectlng a blind worker to b* placed In It. The number of Job they can per- form with safety will mlwaya be limited, she .'I ' BBC Warns France To Be Prepared The BBC warned the French again that it was important now as never before for every French- man to be prepared for opera- tions by the Allied air forces, navies and armies. The French were advised to keep away from German headquarters and bar- racks, rail centres and repair yards and the fortified coastal zones. Nazis Desert On Journey To Front The Polish Government in London said it had received con- firmation of desertions by Ger- man officers and men from trans- ports crossing Poland to the East- ern Front. It said these desertions have become so frequent that the Ger- man authorities have been obliged t organize a special control sys- tem. Deserters who discard their military equipment and buy civil- ian clothes are said to reach Ger- many by applying' to German labor offices recruiting workers for labor in the Reich. WHAT SCIENCE IS DOING ICE INDICATOR ON PLANES There's a little gadget which has Just been perfected that likely will niake next winter's flying easier for the boys who pilot Allied bombers. It's an Ice Indicator. It Isn't Impressive-looking. It weighs about five pounds and looks like a handful of telephone cord connecting two email black boxes, a dial and a plastic disc. It does i in'.;!- things: 1. It tells when Ice starts to form on the plane. 2. It tells how thick the Ice is. 3. It can switch on a de-icer. In short, it means the bomber pilot has one Iws thing to worry about. It sounds very simple. But ac- tually the young scientist who In- vented the gadget, Dr. Waldo Kllever, put the complicated new science of electronics to work to make it. It's the first time anyone has been able to measure the rate at which ice forms on a plane. Until now, the co-pilot has had to do the worrying and trust ate own judgment. If you've ridden a sleeper plane, you've seen him at night come back into the cabin and throw 'his flashlight beam along the leading edge of the wing. He was looking for ice and trying to determine how thick it was. The indicator starts) with a small disc set into any surface of the plane which wants watching. This dtec is linked to a dial on the pilot's dashboard. When ice forms, the dial's needle swings to tbe right, and as it swings It indicates Just how much ice is outside on the wing. It isn't a gadget that measured dropping temperatures like a ther- mometer. It doesn't touch the ice. It simply registers "ice" because the Ice changes the character of the electrical "field" around It. SOLOMON ISLAND HOT SPOTS \ *o 4 ^ o. $. POSITIONS l^fc M|MP POSITIONS MILtS GUADALCANAL ISLAND RUASURA Y AMMICAN AND AUSTRALIAN FUIRS CRIST4MAI The maps above show where critical action is developing in tlio Solomon Island area of the South Pacific. The top map shows the northern shore of Guadalcanal Island, where the heavily reinforced enemy is massing for an all-out attempt to recapture the vital air- field at Lunj*u. The lower map shows Guadalcanal in relation to the Solomon (rroup and other action in the area. Australia Making Own Optical Glass Australia la now making its own optical glass, urgently needed for mich Iiistrumentfl as range-flnderB, field glasses and other types of eye-al<1 used In modern war. Three years ago Sydney dealers auld It could not he done because ROOI! optical Klaus waa a trade secret handnd down In French and Gor- man flrnw. Now a large Australian works la making on a moss scale nptiral glass which experts pro- nounce "equal and In some respects superior to" the best optical glass made In Europe. Russians Using Wooden Bomber Russian fliers ii.re using a low- bpcod light bomber madn of wood and fiihrlc for accu.ntto night at- tacks upon Axis positions unnind Stalingrad, iieooriliiiK to the army newspaper lied Star. Tin- plane la mi improvnd model U-2, with a spri'd of only (10 to 90 mllrs an hour, Red 'Star akl. It U reported the Hermans USIM! to laugh at the typo, which they onllo;) M\B woodpile, but that mockery liat! turned to foar. Red Star said (he U-2 could take off anywhere benuse of Its llg'ht construe! Ion of woodwork and lin- en, rnld silently with more precis- ion than (i dive-bomber and laud on a fluid Illuminated only by a flashlight. The crews wore di-clarcd able to bomb house* held by (lie Urrmans without hitting iii'lKblurlnR build- In ItiMxInn hands. Royal Mint Strikes Million Coins Daily With war bringing a big demand for more money in Britain the Royal Mint Is very brisk these days. Over 1,000,000 new coins are being struck every day, Including every coin In the currency except one of the most popular the penny. The minting of pe-tmles was banned over two years ago to eco- nomize In tne uee of copper nu'tal. an<1 the brns three penny piece Is helping to make up for tht lack of pennies. The silver three penny piece, alihouffh seldom seen, is still be- ing struck, although the majority go to Scotland where there Is jt big demand for them. Hefore the Iwn there were about 2,000 million pennies in Britain, an average of -10 per persou. 'BLUE COAL' RAISES STANDARD OF HEATJNG COMFORT Thousands of families will tell you thi't 'blue coV Is the best coal you can vae in these days of careful spending. That is hwause this ilopondable, even-burning an- thracite gives you more heating value for every fuel dollar you spend. It burns slowly, steadily and economically. It fills your home with uniform hwit and saves you worry, trouble and dollars over the heating Reason, Lot jour near- est 'blue coal' dealer tell you how f-any it is to heat your home the 'blue r.onV way and savo money, too, I'lionc him today. f/ai>e Kou Heard? The landlord of offices ten- anted by a firm of Scots lawyer! whose lease was about to expire wrote to ask whether they were going to continue in occupation. Their reply was: "Dear Sir, We are, Your truly" Not appreciating this effort in economy of words and paper he wrote again to demand whether or not it was their intention to remain. The answer was: "Dear Sir, We remain, Yours truly" The landlord is not trying again. A milkman inducted into the army wrote back home from camp: "Betie, I ure do like thim army life. It'* o nice to lie abed every morning until five-thirty." "On the Jay on which my wed- ding occurred " "You'll pardon the correction but affairs such as marriages, re- ceptions, dinners and things of that sort 'take place. Only cal- amities occur." You see the dis- tinction?" "Yes, I see. As I was saying, the day on. which my wedding occurred " Teacher (pointing to deer at the zoo): "Johnny, what if that?" Johnny: "I dont know." Teacher: "What does your mother call your father?" Johnny: "Don't tell mo that's a louse!" "Are you positive that the de- fendant was drunk?" asked the judge. "No doubt," growled the offi- cer. "Why are you so certain?" "Well," replied the officer, "I saw him put a penny in the patrol box on Fourth Street, then look up at the clock on the church and shout: "Gowd, I've lost 14 pounds." Candidate: "How did you like my speech on the agri- cultural problem?" Farmer: "It wasn't bad, but a day's rain would do a heap more good." The musketry instructor was giving a squad of recruits their first lesson on the rifle. "Your rifle is your best pal," he told them. "Treat it as you would your mother, your sister or your sweetheart. . . rub it over with an oil rag every morning." "I hadn't been talking to the fellow for more than five minutes when he called me a fool." "What caused the delay?" Things Are Really Getting Very Hard Brother, things are really get- ting hard. Shortly, there is to be no more steel for springs in beds, chester- fields, or over-stuffed chairs. Presumably after a nipht of sleepless tossing in worry o\er the slump in steel production, one of the experts of the Munitions De- partment decided that the metal which had gone into his bed- spring might better have been us- ed for guns or tanks. Actually, there was nc ban yel on the use of steel in springs, ex- plained a Munitions publicity man, because the order hadn't been signed. No signed order so no news, was the way he looked at it, with an eye to protecting the sanctity of Munitions' thousandth or so press release. "Anyway," he asked querulous- ly in after-thorght, "do we have to have chesterfields, and with springs?" Over 850,000 pounds of sun- flower seeds were shipped from Uruguay in a recent month. HOME STUDY Canadian Counvi for Canoc/i'mi Arrow* Canada are thousands of Sliaw Graduate.*) uhu have attained to fine, well- r :! i . i i i-M . and notcwurthy ftiiccusaes inliusint\H3, through i*haw training. 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Picob a mild., coo/, sweef smoke GROWN IN SUNNY, SOUTHERN ONTARIO No More Brass Badges For Army Metal To Be Conserved For Making Munitions No more brass will be releaaed for the hat badges, tunic buttons, buckles, and web equipment of the Canadian armed forces, the muni- tion and supply department an- nounced recently. Metals Controller George Bate- man said the shortage of brass now is so acute that it must be conserved by the services as well as by the civilian. Enough will be saved by his ruling to make 26,- 000,000 .303 rifle cartridge cases per month. Instead of brass, a hat badge made of a plastic will be standard issue in a few weeks. John Eaton of Toronto, director-general of the general purchasing branch, hold- ing a sample, said "it is black in color, neat as a pin, and so tough that even a strong man could not BOOKS ON ALL SUBJECTS MEDICAL, ROMANCK, HUMOR, EDUCATIONAL, PSYCHOLOGY. Best Sellers, etc.! Rush stamp for catalogue. WESTERN DISTRIBUTORS, Box 24 TB. Regina. 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