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f CHRONICLES OF GINGER FARM By Gwendoline P. Clark* There is one tl.ing that town and country folk alike in England, turope and the North American continent all have in common these days and thi< is the weather. ,VVe read about it, think about it, talk about it. And do we worry •bout it I But of course, how much we worry depcndi upon the extent to which it affect! ui. When you have friends over in the Old Coun try and you know that cold •torniy weather coupled with « drastic reduction i,i the supply of coal, gas, and cicciric power, is bound to create a very serious hardship then how can anyone help but be anxious. Ai if the peo- ple in the British Isles hadn't had enough to put up with during the war. In Ontario, and right on the farmi, the greatest worry is na- turally blocked lanes and side- roads. A long lane in summer is an advantage; it keeps the house comparatively free of road dust, but in winter ... it keeps us free of tile baker, the grocery boy, the milk truck, visitor.' and even ped- dlers. Bob was d;lermined he was going to keep our lane open dur- ing the stormy weather and, by cint of repeated shovellings, he managed pretty well for a few days, alihoiigh the best he could do was drive in as (.tt as the house and then back all the way out again each time he wanted to go to town. Getting the milk cans and the egg crates to the road is quite * job. First the men tried pushing them down the lar.e on an improv- iset' sleighâ€" just a wider platform rigged up on a child's hand sleigh. But tht snow got too deco for it to be of much use. Then u e thought a toboggan would be a good idea but of course there wasn't one in town However, in a few days the harware store had tome come in. so we got one and found it exactly does the trick. Of course the car is now left at the road gate and as '.cnn as the high- way is kept open Bob can get back and forth to town, and in that way keep us supplied with the necessi- ties cif life. 1 shall be glad when it will be possible to lay in supplies in larg- er quantities like we used to. It is « good thing, in the country, to Stock up for the winter. Just think how nice i- will be to buy sugar by the 100 pound bag again! R. Print - Feb. 11 - Warmington However, tljere are some advan- tages to buying in small quantities. I realised that the other day when I opened a half-pound packet of tea for which I had paid 45 cents. I was sure glad we hadn't got ten pounds of that stuff. Really the taste and smell of that tea was awful and something floated on top of the water that looked like dust. I tried making a second lot and the result was just the same. We simply couldn't drink itâ€" and it was the first time we have ever had that happen. There didn't seem much sense in taking it back to the store â€" how could they know what the tea was like? So I looked up the address of the wholesale house and sent the tea back to them. The ac- companying letter was not one of complaint, but of inquiry. For one rea.>:on I felt sure there had been " slip-up somewhere and that the company would prefer to know about it. After all it was their re- putation at stakeâ€" all we stood to lose was half a pound of tea. 1 wish it were possible, and as easy, to send back the coal we bouKhi last fall! To call it coal is strclcliing the point. Black chunks of brirk and stone would be nearer the mark. About 50 per cent comes out of the ashpan as solid as when it went into the firebox. That is, xhen it shakes down â€" and that is our main worry. Very often it doesn't, and the fire has to be let I out m order to pry loose the chunks of stoncy coal that have wedged Ihcniselves between the grates. By the time a person has done a few acrobatic stunts by climbing halfway into the furnace and getting absolutely blackened in the process â€" tempers are in- clined to be a little short and pa- tience at the zero mark. It will he a great day when the tradespeople and manufacturers are b.'rk on a competitive basis Well. Hob is bark to dinner again •o I suppose we shall hear the latest storm news. He is doing an overhaul job to his truck down- town so we don't see very much of him, except at meal-time, when he comes bark like a homing pigeon. CanatJa's Trade Canada had a trade of more than four billion dollars last year, nearly half of which was in exports, 40 per cent going to the United King- dom. We .shall thus have a strong argument and an authoritative voice at the trade meetings. The hunuuing bird's wings, be- lieved to he the fastest moving things in Nature, vl?)rale 12.000 timet per minute. I^ S. 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Well anyway, I never expect to be a Bell, Edison or Marconi, but I will try and be goodâ€" that should help a little. • * * By the time you read this, the best part of the winter will be over except for the odd cold and blustery day. I hope you made the mosi: of the snow we had a few weeks ago and got lots of skiing in. Susie and I were out every chance we had and still remain in- tact, â€" the latter being due to luck. Some of the teeners seem to be down in the mouth because of the fact that a number of the name bands are splitting up and reorgan- izing into five and six piece outfits. Harry James, Tommy Dorsey, Charlie Spivak and Charlie Bar- nctt are among the big names that are cutting down the number of men in their orchestras. They claim it costs too much to carry fifteen men and that a small unit can dish it out just as hot and as good. Time will tell on that score. • * * Have you noticed how many pictures are appearing these days, marked, "Adult Entertainment"? As far as we are concerned the pictures of late have a very disa- greeable odour to them. The last five shows I've seen have been morbid, unpleasant things running along with a thread of a story to them. Who cares a hoot about jea- lous husbands, fickle babes and characters who are a little too heavy on one side of the bean? Where are the Minivers, the Hardy family. Tugboat Annie and the rest of the characters we used to go and see for a laugh and a sigh? While on the subject of films, there is one that is currently re- viewed as the best picture that will he out this year. It is Samuel Goldw^n's, "The Best Years of Our Lives" and deals with a family re-adjusting itself after the war. The picture carries a distinguished cast and we'll review it as soon as possible. It should hit Canada soon. • • ♦ Tr'nv's column should have a hea<;i ic on it tilled "Beef Day", be- cause t'lat is about all we've done so far. We might as well get every- thing off our chest at once and then maybe we'll feel better. We would be very pleased â€" If coffee would come back to five cents a cup. If the more popular makes of sweaters would come down to • reasonable price. If only one store had one shirt our size. If pop woujd ^stop watching the mileage of the car so closely. if I could 'Sl^ in on Sunday mornings. If Jane Russel lived next door. If popular records were five for a dollar. If I could smoke a pipe without getting sick. If cars were made in boy's sizes, at boy's prices, If Susie could sing like Dean- na Durbin. If the editor would give me a raise â€" he probably will. If a good minstrel show would play our town. If we go to the cottage this sum- mer. • * * Well, it is plain to see that it wouldn't take much to please me this week. Ol' Sour-puss Murkar they call me. Well, 1 feel much bet- ter now and so will close this lit- tle beef chat and go home and take the ashes out of the furnace. Oh yes, I could add to that list: If I didn't have to take the ashes out on Saturdays, and if the Junior member of the family would quit wearing my socks. Be back next week in a better frame of mind. Until then, remem- ber, don't wait until you've grown up to be great â€" be great while you're young. nOOIHS IIEiAl'TIPVLLt KinNISIIRD $1.50 HOTEL METROPOLE tVIAGARA FAI.I.!* Itvr. â€" r.lV.R NT*TION up . . . TABLE TALKS . . . Hot Off The Griddle With Lent appro? ching many homemakers all across Canada are wishijig for new ideas for meatless dishes. This brings up the subject of pancakes and waffles as main dishes, thus adding variety to the fish, egg, cheese, cereal or vegetable dishes usually on the menus for meatless days. Buckwheat pancakes or galettes are browned only on one side. When the top surface is dry they are lifted from the pan, lightly spread wi*h butter, rolled and serv- ed hot. Each person dips his ga- lette in either molasses, maple oi corn syrup. Many people like some brown sugar spread on the galette before it is rolled thus eliminating the dipping in syrup. The home economists of the Consumer Section of the Dominion Department of Agriculture suggest these ri-cipes for pancakes. Buckwheat Pancakes fc cups buckwhejit flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baki.ig soda 8 cups cold water Mix together buckwheat flour, salt and baking soda. Gradually add cold water and beat until smooth. Heat heavy frying pan, and drop a largfc spoonful of pancake mix- ture in pari, spreading the mixture with the spoon to make a pancake of about 4" by C". Cook until all traces of whitish jncooked batter have disappeared. Lift from p n, spread with butter, roll and dip in molasses. Six servings, allowing 3 to 4 pancakes per person. Pancakes (French Style) 2 eggs 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder Dash of salt V/i cups milk VA cups water Fat for frying Beat eggs well. Mix and sift flour, baking powder, and salt and add alternately with milk and wa- ter to the eggs. Beat until smooth. Heat he.Tvy frying pan, add a lit- tle fat and pour in about 8 table- spoonfuls of the pancake mixture. Tilt the frying pan quickly from side t<ir:Aide. to spread the mixture so th^it'lf almost covers the pan and faa^6t.the pancake very thin and lac^^'ficn under side is gold- en b^^tsh-and edges crisp, turn pancake aird brown other side. Six servings, allowing 3 to 4 packages, 6" in diameter, per person. Note: These pancakes should be very :hin, crisp and irregular in shape. Serve them flat or rolled wi'h maple syrup, molasses or corn syrup. Turnip Pancakes 1 cup pastry flour OR 1 cup less 2 tbsp. all-purpose flour %2 teaspoon salt VA teaspoon baking powder Victory Clubs 1 teaspoon ground ginger a eggs 1 cup milk I cup cooked, mashed tumlp I tablespoon molasses 8 tablespoons melted fat Sift together the dry ingredients. Beat eggs slightly, add the milk, mashed turnip, molasses and melt- ed fat. Add liquid mixture to dry ingredients and blend well. Drop by spoonfuls onto a hot greased, heavy frying pan and cook until brown on bottom, and top is pep- pered with bubbles. Turn. Yield: 10 pancakes 3 '/" ir diameter. The Better Way Bumptious little Albania is be- ing hauled before the United Na- tions Security Council, on British charges, for mining an internation- al channel and causing the death of British sailors, injury to British ships. In the bad old days a Brit- ish cruiser would have taken the matter in hand long ago, and a well-spanked Albania would have subsided. â€" Ottawa Journal. A £1,000,000 Victory Club lor ex-servicemen and women will b« opened in London's West End ia the late spring in premises presi- ously used as an American *R*i Cross Club. ENJOYED BY MORE! families than any other brand of coffee in th0 world . . . that^s Maxwell House. Because of its extra flavor it*s altoayt *'Good to the Last Drop I*" WHY SUFFER FROM HEAD.coLDs fiRIPPE, PERIODIC PAIRS When You Can Have Glorious Relief IN 7 MINUTES WITH BUCKIEY'S < A T «. "I tovght off o pack of hungry shoppers fo bag ihts package of crisp, crunch/, delicious Grape-Nufs Flaltesl" "Bravo, Sir Archibald! And I'd be- lieve you If you said you fought I through a Jungle full of lions for that malty-rlch, sweet-as-a-nut flavor of | Post's Grape-Nuts Flakes!" "And of course. Gentlemen, we must I remember that Grape-Nuts Flalces are not only marvellously deliciousâ€" they supply carbohydrates for energy; pro- teins for muscle; phosphorus for teeth | and bones; iron for the blood; and other food essentials." "Those two golden grains wheat and malted barley are combined In Grape-Nuts Flakes. They're specially blended, baked and toasted for flavor, crlspness, easy digestion." "Let us repab: to the breakfast room and shoot a giant economy package." WORD /oil^/ Have you got it.' The word is Briik . : i B-R-I-S-K ... as in Upton's Tea. Yes, Lipton's Tea is hriik tuting , . .to fresh, lively and full-bodied , . ,%a tangy and satisfying . . . you'll never again be content with less. Change now to hridt tasting Lipton's Tea. REG'LAR FELLERS â€" Showers Included By GENE BYRNES A Jk. n ' f jmL yj ' .A. ' l i iMM' ' M£3J! " gBi'f