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r f T * . 4. \JJ â- * >• > V V r^ ^ »â-  ». «. #• *. icobakc THE PICK OF TOBACCO H does ta's+e qood in a pipe Modern Etiquette By Roberta Lee 1. How and where should a wom- an pay her bill when she has been staying alone at a hotel for several days, and is ready to leave? 2. When a man is eating in a piib- diningroom, and a woman stops to speak to hm, s-hould he rise? 3. How long should a person re- main when making a social call? 4. Should tlie guests be provided with plates and napkins for their canapes at a cocktail party? 5. When a man leaves a room, and says good-by to a group of girls, should he avoid turning his back towards them? G. Should a woman show the same regard for her associates as a man, in asking permission to smoke? ANSWERS 1. Ask for the bill to be sent to your room, that the items may be checked and totaled. Then pay the bill at the desk. This will save time in going over the items at the desk. 2. Yes, always. 3. From 15 to 25 minutes is long enough. 4. No; neither plates nor napkins are necessary, as canapes are taken with the fingers and eaten in one or two bites. 5. Yes; this can be avoided very gracefully with a lit- tle practice. 6. Yes. TABLE TALKS.. Beet Jam, Beet Relish, Beet Pickles This week's recipes frcm the Consumer Section of the Domin- ion Department of Agriculture in- clude a recipe for jam and two of their most popular recipes for beet pickles'. Ear those who, any day now, will be bringing in beets from the garden to store for winter use, here arc a few rcminilcrs. Beets keep best at a temperature be- tween 33 dcg. F and 3S deg. F. To keep' them crisp in storage, evapo- ration should be prventcd. so a covering of sand is called for. Twisting, rather than cutting the tops oft reduces bleeding and tliis helps not only to preserve the col- or but also to prevent decay. Ruby Jam 4 cups peeled, finely chopped beets 8 cups peeled, finely chopped carrots 2 cups boiling water 3 cups sugar 2 lemons, grated rind and juice 3 oranges, grated rind and juice 54 teaspoon allspice J4 teaspoon cloves yi teaspoon cinnamon H teaspoon ginger Boil vegetables in water for 20 minutes- .A.dd sugar, bring to t boil and boil 10 minutes. Add grat- ed rind and juice of lemons and oranges, and spices; boil until thick, about 15 minutes. Pour into hot, sterilized jars, cool and seal. Y'ield, about 3 pints- Pickled Spiced Beets 15 large beets 3 large white onions 1 teaspoon celery seed 1 tablespoon salt 1 teaspoon mustard seed 14 teaspoon ground cinnamon J4 cup brown sugar 5 cups vinegar Boil beets until tender, peel and slice. Peel and slice onions and mi.x with beets. Pack in hot steri- lized jars- .\dd spices and sugar to vinegar, bring to boiling point and pour over beets: seal. Yield, * pints. Beet Relish 2 qts. coqked chopped beets 1 qt. finely shredded cabbage 1 cup grated horseradish (optional) 2 cups vinegar 1 teaspoon salt 14 teaspoon pepper Mi.x all ingredients, put into sterilized jars and seal. Yield about 4 pints. 100,000 New Radios Before Christmas The Canaciian radio industry will deliver 100,000 new radio sets to Canac'.l â-  â-  buyers before Christ- mas "and uld be able to meet the full I... i;nd within a year," R- M. Brophy, president of the Radio Manufacturers' .\sfOciation of Canada, said last week- He was addressing a joint meeting of the United States and Canadian asso- ciations of radio mainifacturers. Britain Reclaims Two Ocean Liners The super liners Queen Eliza- beth and Aquitania were ordered withdrawn from US- troop trans- port service last week. The order was effective imme- diately and was expected to slow the repatriation of .\mcrican troops since the liners had a ca- pacity of about -fo.OOO troops- The vessels will be used to re- patriate British troops from the Far East. CRACKER IT'S TfiATCdUNTS iSKMI Just break a Christie's Premium Soda Cracker in two . . . see for yourself how delightfully crisp it is. And how that crisp, tender texture adds to your eating enjoyment! Mnim.' ChriSklies Biscuits CB-ll'tSW Christie's PREMIUM SODft CRACKERS COUCti SYRUP ti^VENOS fll**'^ lief COUGHS - COLDS fC' ^ BRONCHITIS 'CHILDRIN lOVE ^,, VENO'S COUGHS - COLDS BRONCHITIS ASTHMA >^A BOTTLE TOD AY ALL FOR ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS V/i.h the ?100 clothing allowance after discharge, former C.W.A.C. volunteers can purchase a complete civilian wardrobe that is both practical and attractive, says Miss Eve Trill, stylist and fashion show commentator of Ottawa. .Miss Trill is pictured left, describ- ing the model budget to Capt. Dorron McKordy, Victoria, B.C., officer commanding No. 12 Admin Unit C-W.A.C, Ottawa. The budget allows for dying and altering Army greatcoat, caps and IMRK UGUTNING ^ HELEN TOPPING MILLER CH.A.PTER IV Adelaide's eyes were suddenly wide and excited. "Gary â€" we could find out, couldn't we? Could you tell if you had a map?" "Xot definitely. I know there's a fault that runs through this area â€" and you see this?" He crumbled the bit of frock in his fingers. "Sul- phur in that â€" smell it? Where tjiere's sulphur there's oil, usual- ly. . •'â-  "Oh. Gary â€" let's get a map! Let's go now. We needn't tell anjr- one about it â€" till you know more about it."- Her face was flushed and eager, her eyes burning- He tossed the crumbled clod away and was ab- ruptly sorry he had said anything about it- Probably he was wrong anyway. Every young fellow who had a couple of letters on a degree had a dream of some day finding tiie biggest oil strike of all. .\nd oil was like lightning â€" dark lightning. Where it struck, the peaceful earth was never the same again. "Yes." he said slowly. "We can probably get a map. .\nd an ex- perienced geophysicist could proba- •jly tell whether there's any de- finite promise here or not. What I've learned was how to get oil out of the ground after someone else located, but I wouldn't want to advise your father to hire geologists â€" not yet. anyway â€" not just on niv word." • • • • "Oh, but if there should be oil tinder this place. Gary, Dad would be glad to hire any number of people. If you should find some- thing â€" and it turned out to be im- portant â€" we'd be terribly rich, wouldn't we? .\nd you wouldn't have to go to Mexico. You could stay here and work for Dad." "You mean â€" you'd want me to stay?" Stumbling along, his feet feeling wooden, he could not look at her. His head was buzzing. Her light answer was like cold water thrown into his burning face. ''Oh, but of course! We have fun- I can talk sense to you and not have to listen to a lot of awful non- sense about my hair and my eyes and all that dreamy stuff." "I see. So you want to go on â€" talking sense?" • "Of course. You've no idea what a relief it is." "All right." he said, a little flat. "We'll talk sense, then." ".\nd we'll go straight off and see if we can find a map. Gary â€" if it's true â€" I want you to tell n.id." It was not easy to find a map. They tried a half-dozen places, and Gary saw the old. avid, half-suspi- cions look come into the eyes of the men from wbjm he ,'iniiuired. Like the widened flS^ils of a wolf on the scent. 1^ the- taut â- suspen- sion of niorco^ft that stiffens a crowd wlicn a^'^'^e cries "Fire!" • • • "They're all alike."- he told Ade- laide. "I can walk into any hotel in this state and just say 'oil' to .somebody in a low lone â€" and every man in the place will watch me after that, .and a lot of them would follow me." "I'd follow you, too. Ob. Gary. I'm so excited!" "Ever hear the story of the well rigger who got to heaven and the place was so crowded l;e couldn't get in?'' "No. ni bite. What did he do?" ,"He stuck his head in through the gate and yelled. 'They've struck oil in hell I' And in five seconds, flat, half the crowd had run out. and the well rigger moved into the best mansion on the golden street." "Maybe they'll have a map at the book store. Let's try there-" But the book store had no map, though the clerk looked at them with quickened interest. "Only man around here who might have a map like that is old Hughey Fothergill. He worked down yonder at Spin- dle top when ol<l man Lucas brought that "big gusher in. thirty years ago â€" and he's been prowl- ing around with a doodlebug ever since, looking for oil. If he has a map, you could maybe get a look at it. but I doubt if he'd give it up." • * • "I know old Hughey." .\delaide said dubiously when they were in the car again. "All right, we'll try Hughey." "What's a doodlebug?" "It's a kind of a contraption made out of a twig or something. They walk around with it â€" and it's supposed to dip and tremble when there's oil under the surface-" "WeM does it?" "I've heard stories from old-tim- ers who claim that oil was found that way. Probably it was luck." "This is his house â€" there, where the pig's asleep in the yard. The door of the sooty little shack stood open. Gary banged on it and shouted. "Hello â€" anybody home?" "Git out," croaked a voice. "If you're one of them reliefers. I don't want nothing. I just want to be left alone." "I'm not an investigator." Gary said. "You're Mr. Fothergill? I'm Tallman â€" a petroleum engineer. They told me uptown that you miglit have a geological map of this county." (To Be Continued) Mosity's Beret Gift Froni Soldier Field Marshal Montgomery, new colonel-commandant ot the Royal Tank Regiment, revealed the see- ret ot his famous beret in a mes- sage to the regiment. He said tt was given him hy a sergeant com- manding his tank during the Bat- tle of .Manicin. ZMMR CHRONICLES oi GINGER FARM By Gwendoline P Clarke J The return of service men to ci- vilian life is becoming more evi- dent every day. Xot only by the fact that the men themselves are back in circulation, as it were, but by the disappearance from banks, stores, offices and factories of the girls who were carrying on in their absence. How often the remark has been made â€" "Mafk my words, these girls that have been holding down war jol)s will never want to settle down and just look after their homes and families." * * * Perhaps my experience is lim- ited but from 'what I have seen I have come to the conclusion many of these girls are only too glad to settle down in homes of their own â€" if they have homes to setttlc in. Take the case of the young sales clerk I was speaking to the other day- . . "So you are leaving us and setting up house, are you. Mrs. Blank?" The girl's face was absolutely r^'diant as she answer- ed â€" "Tliat's right â€" this is my last week at the store." "I suppose you are glad, are you?" It was really a very stupid question. ".\m I ever!" came the reply without any hesitation at all. .\nd then the yjung wife who held quite an important office posi- tion and was so conscientious she felt she could hardly take a day off at all during the war. But yet, as soon as her flying officer came back from overseas, the two of thetn lost no time in starting out on their hfe togetiier. .\nd, when the girl left her job someone else was found to fill her shoes. There always is someone. Riyht now, after si.\ years oi war, one would think people ev- erywhere would be giad to live at peace with one another. Instead we have strikes and more strikes, agitators demanding less work and more pay all the titne. And into this maelstrom of discontent come the returned service men, some fresh from scenes of action, others repati'iated from prison camps. It is a good welcome home for them, isn't it? Especially when they, too, are going through a period of readjustment, the difficulties of which it is impossible for us to un- derstand. The best we can do is recognize that it is there and make allow ances for the restlessness that seemb to be a result. Wit'.i so many problcnis facing folks everywhere it doesn't seem a very propitious time for floating a new \'ictory Loan, does it? One hears so often â€" "Mr- Ilsley will never make it this time!" \nA he won't either, unless we all dig in to help put it over. We have a.;- olher war on our hands now â€" a wa ragainst inflation and, as Mr. Ilsley put it, "It is a time for ac- tion â€" not reaction." If only people would try to un- derstand! Wild spending now would be little short of a disaster. It would bring on another depres- sion qu-cker than anything. Don't make any mistake about it â€" it's the wise guy that buys bonds. Not only that but every dollar invested in Victory bonds now is one way of doing our bit towards making Can.ada a country worthy of the sacrifices our bovs made "over there" especially i;:e the boys who will back. sacrifices of never come Buy a Bond? Why not? If you haven't got enough ready cash yon have a year to pay for it. This is one occasion when it is quite all right to "buy on time." How Can 11 By Anne Ashley Q. How can I prevent the break- ing of rice kernels? A. Do not stir rice while cook- ing, because it break:, the kernels and makes them mushy. To avoid sticking to the bottom of the uten- sil, grease the pan before cooking. Q. How can I remove tar from the hands? .â- \. By rubbing with a slice of lemon or orange peel. The oils in the skin dissolve the tar so that it can be v.iped off very easily. Q- How can I make the surface of aluminum look like new? A. By pouring a few ounces of vinegar in each aluminum utensiL Heat it and then scour the sur- face. Q- Hov.- can I loosen a clogged sink pipe? A. Dissolve ^-vpound of copper as in 2 quarts of hot water and pour it down the pipe. Repeat if necessary. .\ solution of soda and vinegar poured down the pipe will dislodge grease. Q. How can I make a substitute for soap? .\. In iM emergency, oatmeal is an excellent substitute for scap. Place a sn-.a:i quantity in a cheese- cloth bag and wash just as if using a bar of soap. Hun Casualties Premier .\ttiee toid tlie Com- mons that it is estimated that Ger- man casualties in killed and per- manently disabled between Sept. 1, 19.'!9, and May 10. 1943, were 7,- â- 100.000. Men Are Working To Exhaustion Chronic fatigtie and nen-ous ex- haustion are getting men down . . . down in health and down in re.-iistcnee to cold and other jvilment.-:. It is hitth time for a build up with Dr. Chase's .\EKVE FOOD, the Vitamin Bi tonic. It will help to steady your ncrv-es and help you to sleepDciter. It will help you to digest your food and to regain ener^- and vigor. .Vsk for the new econ- omy size bottle of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food 60s.â€" eOcts. ISOsâ€" S1.50 ISSUE 44â€"1945 '^sa**"-- Srft ,i/«fi (^a^ The Stefi. ( omp.vny of Canada. Limited Ham lton MONTREiVL