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TEA SERIAL STORY LUCKY PENNY BY GLORIA KAYE THE STORY: Wealthy Penny Kirk hat returned from Paris to- "rediscover" herten in Kirktown, location of the grrat iteel mill* he hai inherited. The morning after her arrival >he sets out, in- cognito, to tour the town. Hot and tired, she drops in at a res- taurast, is mistaken for a job applicant, and hired as m wait- ress. Five well-dressed men enter the rettaurant, and in a moment a fight starts. * # PENNY MEETS THE EDITOR CHAPTER III Without warning, a steel work- er who had just come in walked over to the table where the well- dressed quintet was seated and lifted one of the men from his Beat. He struck furiously, be- fore the unwary group could come to its senses. Methodically, like a mechanic, he hammered first at one and then at another of the men. Then they were all on their feet. Slugging with animal ferocity, they ignored tables and chairs in the melee that raged from one end of the restaurant to the other. Penny stepped aside just in time as her table was over- turned, the spaghetti spilling onto BACK-BUTTONED DRESS By Anne Ada r A really young hou. ; el'rock that'n fcinsirt from every annle is Pattern LSI 7 by Anne Adams In front there's a becoming square- neckline, u curve to the inset waistband und heart-shaped pock- et*. And in back there's a full- length buttoning. Pattern 4317 is available in miese.s' und women's sizc.s M, 10, 18, UO, 32, 3-1, 3(i, W. .10. Size 10 takes 3% yards 35-inch fabric and 2% yni.is ric-rac. Send twenty cents (20e) in coins (stumps cannot be accepted) for this Anne Adams pattern to Room 421, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto. Write plainly size, name, address mil style number. HOM II DY Canadian Couni for Canadian* Arrnm Carmda are thmiAAmia of 8tiaw GrMiufttr- who have ntUim <1 tu fine, w Hl- naid pfwitioim .., -I boUworthy njumwa in BtuitifM, through Shw tmiuinf. Rhaw f Ionic Htudy Count* preview pnuv tical, thorough and cfti< lent inotnii tinii. Sltnofraphto GwiwilActountanl(C.a.A.) Secretarial Stationary Engineering Bookkeeping Higher Accounting Coat Accounting Short Story Writing Chartered Institute of Secretariat (A C I S ) Write far i'i'tnl'i U -.f. .s'A.iu- Srttoolt,Dtpt. Mi 1 Bay and t'kurlu .s'r*. Toronto, Out. SHAW BUSINESS. SCHOOLS PI.K.AM: MI:\TIO\ TNI* I>AI>I-:II ISSUE No. 743 the floor in a tangled mess. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Pietro lurch from his kitchen screaming epithets in a tongue he couldn't understand and wav- ing a meat cleaver high over his head. The men paid no attention to him. In a whirlwind of fists the black-shirted steel worker seemed to '> spinning like a top, no match for the men he had at/- tacked. Often his flailing punches reached their mark, but now he was weakening. Then, once more from no- where, came that familiar tweed- suited figure, the broad shoul- ders Penny recognized. She won- dered what Jim Vickers would do. * For a long moment, he hesi- tated. Then, taking in the situa- ti with a sharp, thoughtful he plunged into the fight thorough fierceness that 1 : Penny in a strange way she nad no time to analyze. Jim Vickers was a powerhouse in action. He grappled with two of the sleek-haired men and tosseu them halfway across the room as if they were pebbles. Pietro, still shouting imprecations that no one could understand, returned to the fray with a more practical wea- pon, a skillet which he bounced with marked success off the head of another member of the em- battled (|uintet. As quickly as the fight had be- gun it ended. Jim restrained the irate Pietro and the scowling steel worker by grasping their arms firmly in his strong hands. The five who had been beaten brushed dirt from their trousers and glared in impotent, fury at their attackers, then picked up their crushed hats, no longer white. "You haven't heard the end of this, Vickers," one of the men said evenly, grimly. "We'll get you yet!" Hitter anger was writ- ten on their bruised faces as they stalked out. * * Midge und Pietro, suddenly as calm :is though this were an everyday occurrence, purveyed the damage. "That was the best day's en- tertainment I've had in a year," said Midge. "I'd give a week's salary to see you do it over again." "Sit down and have a cup of coffee, boys," Pietro invited. "They've had it coming to them for a long time. Here, Penny. Take care of the boys. Don't worry about the tables. We'll fix them." Doth Jim and the steel worker nursed sore knuckles as Penny served them with hands that still hook, "What's the story, Bill?' 1 Jim asked quietly. Mill took a long drag on his cigarette before he answered. "You'w probably heard it a hundred tinu-s, Jim. My brother ln.sl hi.- pay again this week. Ca- iro's men Honied him goud nnd proper. MM didn't have enough money left for bus fun-. I'm yo- ing to get those guys," Hill threatened, clenching his fist. "If they don't let my kid brother alone, I'll kill thorn !" * "How did it happen. Bill?" Jim's voice WES soothing. "The same old racket," Hill said, as if weary of repealing it, "Castro's stooges were at the mill gate, as usual, on pay day. The kid brother is a good lad. He means well. But well, like the other fellows, he likes H good time. They roped him into a crooked dice game. He had a few drinks with the boys. When they finished, his pay was g-one." "Sure it was the Castro gang?" asked Jim. "Sure," .said gill. "It's always the Castro ^ang. They inn this town. You know that, Jim." "I know. You'd better lie low for a while," Jim cautioned. "They're H tough bunch. Don't worry about that outfit. We'll clean them out of Kirktown." "Thanks, Jim," aid Bill. "1 can take care of myself. If they know what's good for them, they'd better stay away from us. My brother has the swrllest wife nnd kid that ever lived. I'm not going to stand by and see his life mes( :l up." Penny st-n-cd, conu how, that thi was the luiigost sneivh Pill SOVIETS SALVAGE SCRAP, TOO Like Canadians, Soviet civilians are conducting scrap drives to obtain metal to keep Russia's vital war industries roHing. Nation'* need for scrap to feed steel mills is as great as ours. had ever made. With set lips and bitter eyes, he walked out. Jim Vickers pulled a sheet of paper from an inner pocket, and made a few notes. Deftly, Midge poured another steaming cup of coffee. "By the way, Jim," she said, "here's an item for your paper. Meet Penny Kellogg, our new disher-outer of food fit for a king. Penny, meet Jim Vickers, editor, publisher and janitor of the Kirktown Courier. * * Penny felt an unaccustomed blush flooding her cheeks. She managed a smile and a stammer. Jim Vickers rose gallantly, ex- tending his hand in greeting. She enjoyed his grin. "Glad to know you, Penny," Jim said. "I'm sorry our little game spoiled your lunch. We don't always play so rough." "I thought you did all right," Penny approved, inwardly thank- ful that he did not recognize her. "It certainly was swell of you to come to Hill's rescue. He was getting the worst of it, you know." "Lots of good fellows like Hill are getting the worst of it," Jim said soberly. "The showdown is coming soon." Jim went on to explain that on pay day Castro's shills worked the mill gates. "They're n tricky bunch. The men have money, burning a hole in their pockets. Castro provides the temptation and the suckers, lose their pay." "I can't understand that," said Penny. ''Don't the men Know they're being tricked?" "It's hard to explain, Penny," Jim said. "But the hunger for excitement and fun is jusi as gnawing, sometimes, as the h m- ger for food. Castro runs e\vry place in town. The men wander into one of his spots just to have something different to do.. Be- fore they realize it they've had too much to drink. If they don't gamble their pay away on Cas- tro's crooked games, they're rolled for their money." He looked up at Penny, stud- ied the serious expression on her face, and laughed suddenly. "Gosh, Penny. It isn't as bad as all that," he said. "Let's see you smile again. I like your dim- ples." Involuntarily, Penny com- plied. "You're a stranger here and it's my civic duty to show you the sights," Jim volunteered. "How about a guided tour of Kirk- town ?" Penny hesitated. Jim's invita- tion was tempting, but dangerous to the plan she had been outlining in her mind. Penny Kellogg in a waitress' uniform might mean nothing to Jim. Would he recog- nize her as the Penny Kirk he had known in Paris if he ."pent an afternoon with her? "Come on," he urged. "I'm harmless." "Well " Penny wanted to go, admitting to herself that she'd been a little lorly. Maybe it was worth a chance. . . . (Continued Next Week) Dairy Farmers Ask Selective Service Aid The Dairy Farmers of Canada approved a resolution at their annual convention in Caigary last week urging a selective service policy that would make experi- enced farm help available to the dairy industry. Other resolutions passed urged: A more stable policy of dairy product subsidies. Kstablishmem of a Federal food supply department with price-fixing authority. The metals controller do every- thing possible to make cream cans available for transportation of milk and cream. Consideration of dairy farmers' requirements in new gasoline and tire regulations. Equitable distribution of feed and feed concentrates. The dairy farmers asked that a survey of the whole industry be made in order that the correct importance of the different branches may be established for present and future needs and the correct price for the jJifferent commodities found. They requested a subsidy policy that will continue for a suffici- ent length of time after the war to establish confidence in the minds of producers and encourage thero to produce to the limit. One railway in England has run 11 special trains with 82,071 bags of mail for prisoners of war. GOOD EATING NEWS .Neatest trick of the week is this cookie recipe that cails for only one cup of your precious sugar stock and makes five dozen crisp wafers that will delight the hearts of every cookie lover \nd speak- ing of hearts, why not hake a batch for St. Valentine's Day Cut the cookies with a heart-shaped cutter. As a special treat put two together sandwich fashion with cream cheese softened to a spreading consistency with orange juice. And for hearts that beat in double time, cut half the dough with a small cutter, the other half with a larger one. When you put the cookies together let the smaller hearts beat atop the larger ones. The recipe goes like this: ORANGE ALL-BRAN VALENTINE HEARTS 'i cup shortening 3'/4 teaspoons baking powder cup sugar % teaspoon salt 1 fRSf % cup orange juice 'j cup All-Bran 2 teaspoons grate:! orange 3 cups flour rind niend shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and bent well. Add All-Hran. Sift flour with baking powder and salt and add to first mixture alternately with orange juice. Stir in orange rind and chill. Roll out dough about V4 inch thickness working with a small amount at a time and keeping the remainder chilled. Cut into heart shapes with floured cutter. Bake on a greased baking sheet in moderately hot oven (,"75" F.) about 10 minutes. Yield: Approximately i> dozen. TABLE TALKS SADIE B. CHAMBERS The Fruit Basket Fresh or canned fruits are one of the most expensive items in our diet, when we consider the amount of food value for our money. However, fresh fruits add a great deal of interest to our meals and when they are in sea- son they may be included in lim- ited amounts on even the low cost diet. The most important point for the housewife to remember in buying fruit is always to purchase in season and to choose only the less expensive varieties. Great saving can usually be made by canning fruit in the home while there is an abundance and the price is low. An example of this is peaches. A pint jar of home canned peaches containing 8 or 9 halves preserved at the height of the season will cost 5 to 6 cents. The ordinary No. 2 can of peaches bought in the store contains approximately 6 halves and costs 12 to 17 cents. An- other thought every can we purchase may be one can less to send to the men overseas. Surely we are willing to make this sacri- fice. If we did not can last year to help save the fruit and to send more overseas let us resolve to do so next year from early spring on. Fresh fruits may be largely re- placed by vegetables, when the former are high in price, or larger amounts of dried fruits may be used. Dates, figs, dried apricots, dried peaches and prunes are ex- cellent sources of iron, which is needed for good blood. Dates and apricots may be difficult to ob- tain now but all the other dried fruits mentioned are on the mar- ket. It should be noted that the tomato, strictly speaking, is really fruit. Usually it is classified as a vegetable. Apples are our cheapest fruit for most of the year. They are extremely valuable in our diet and can be used in such a variety of ways. Dutch Apple Cake 2 cups flour 4 teaspoons baking powder \* teaspoon salt 4 tablespoons shortening \ cup water 4 or 5 apples 'ri cup brown sugar 2 teaspoons cinnamon Wash, peel and core apples and cut in slices. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together. Cut in the fat. Add water to make a soft ilough. Spread ^2 inch thick in greased cake pan. Place apple slices close together on dough and press lightly in the mixture. Sprinkle over this cinnamon and brown sugar thoroughly mixed. Serve 'with top milk or lemon sauce. MlM I hiimbvrii nrlcume* |>er>unnl irin-TK tram lolrrenlril rcnilrr* She ! i. ..-.-.I to receive UKKenilon a (oiilra ...i her column, uml U n-.i.li to llMlen i" your HIM i"-. Itniuest* for r.-.i...... or nerliil in, -mil are ID order. Atiilrr your Intern to "Minn .Madle II < ii.im ber>. 73 Wt>*l Adelaide Street, To- ..,,.., Srnd i IIIIIK-.I elf-:iil rntrlnne If rou Uh . rent* Progress of Science In Soviet Union Amazing progress in the field of scientific achievement has been made in the Soviet Union in the past twenty years, states the Winnipeg Tribune. Without fanfare research has been car- ried on nnd borne fruit. For ex- ample, Russian scientists had per- fected a means of making syn- thetic, rubber which actual pro- duction had proven sound even before the war. A recent article in The Tribune told of the high percentage of Russian soldiers recovering from wounds due to the prompt atten- tion given by their medical corps and the use of the most modern drugs; 98.5 per cent of wounded were healed. Now the Soviet Information Bulletin tells of how colored cot- ton has been grown in the coun- try. This naturally colored cot- ton ranges from reddish to green, with the latest improvement a black variety. The new cotton is said to have twice the strength of the old fibre and does not have to be dyed. Our Russian allies have come a long: way from a nation that not o long ago considered a man educated who could read or scrawl hii name. A Prophecy Machines can be constructed to drive ships more rapidly than * whole galley of rowers could do; nor would they need anything but a pilot to steer them. Carriages also might be con- tructed to move with an incredible speed without the aid of any ani- mal. Finally, it would not be Im- possible to make machines, which, by means of a suit of wings, should fly in the air in the man- ner of birds. Roger Bacon (12H-1294) - quoted by Em- erson. A. Family Happy On $400j\ Year Have Everything They Need And Friends Are Welcome "We never need more than $400 for the whole family in a yi v ;w," drawled the slight, deeply tanin.'d native of Vancouver (aland, us he hooked his rifle on si. me wooden pess above the di r. "You'll sure stay and have a bite with us," he conclmioit, waving us to a deep cushkuini che.-iti'ifieM in the corner ol a huge living-room. My friend enjoyed the kin<( t.r a home wMch mo?t men, at KCJUO time or another, drram abo'ul- - on $400 a year, wr'es W. H. Colcoiuli. Vancouver. The build- ing WHS of ranch house Aw.igti; spacious, rambling, one-st-roy, built of logs and having thrr fireplace?. Good books lined the shelves. Mnxazines were scattt:fii about. We had for dinner roast yiu- son. carrots, potatoes, er. homemade bread, hot plum pudding topped with and a very delicious rup of n>f fee in an atmosphere of cont.e>vt intelligence! "We have everything we !< > d here," admitted the man afur some questioning. "You see it costs very little ft have everything. The boys uml I built this house with timber i ul on the place. We grow our >wn vegetables and small fruit. Ti.e boys do some trapping and In Uiig way make enough to buy thir clothes. I work a spell in lie woods or mill to earn the moi.v to get a few things we cann. t make. We never buy any m^at and have more than we can urn- We raise a pig, and then at niiy time we can get a deer. We IWVH a three-month season. We huvn more canned fish in the baserm nt than we need. We r:i light ami canned it ourseves. "Pijel? Lots of that. too. A fir tree will last us a year, and when we want any coal it is quit* lifcndy. There Is a doctor and a dentist down In the village 'ami the Anglican Church is four mil. away. You see, all the cash .via require is about $400 anntiallj " "You must tome again," U;> man had invited. "\Ve haviut very much to offer, but you'll l>e welcome." Much to offer? \Ve know nun making $10.000 a year who ure very poor indeed when eomp.ii- ed to our fsland friend- who h;m many friends, is very happy, ; '-.| makes $400 a year! Nazis Lose 750,000 On Russian Front Reuters News Agency quoM a Moscow radio broadens' as say- ing that German casualties on tin Soiet Russain front in the ]' t eix weeks totaled 750.000 nu ... including J50.000 dead. WORRY OVER COAL SUPPLIES IS UNNECESSARY Owing to so many people ordwr ing all and sometime* more than they need for the se.-von, coal il.v liveries are hard to make on schedule. Don't make this situ- ation worse. -Be patien.i until Hit- present rush is over. Then sup. piles can be distributed equally aud no one will suffor. And wh. li you do order coal, maku -sure k's 'blue coal'. It gives more IKMI, more comfort ami more economy in every ton. Your nearest blue coal' dealer will gladly help you to solve your eo;tl problems. Plume him todav. HOW DO THOSE BRITISH WOMEN "CARRY ON"? British women have shown they know how to "keep going!" And a ; survey recently made throughout ' Britain shows that they voted for ' Aspirin as one of the three drug items most truly needed for main- taining their health and morale. Especially now, with so many millions in full-time war industries, Aspirin hus become almost "standard equipment." Women know, from many years of experi- ence, that Aspirin gives effective, dependable, speedy help against colds. They don't have to wait for it to work. In. less than 2seconds, Aspirin is right on the job ... starting to relieve fever and stuffiness, muscu- lar aches, and the headache from colds. Aspirin is rated as one of the safest of all analgesics ... yet it costs less than iji a tablet in the economy bottle. Be glad you have Aspirin here. Always keep some handy. Aspirin is made iu Canada, and "Aspirin" is the trademark of The Bayer Com- pany, Limited. Look for the Bayer cross on each tablet. If you don't see this cross, it isn't Aspirin.