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CHRONICLES OF GINGER FARM By Gwendoline P. Clarke ' ~= Well, farm \\ork if still practic- ally at a standstill because of wet weather. That is, field work. There is still plenty of work at the barn â€" don't ever think there isn't. Partner calls it his "nursery", and it certainly looks like it with six little calves running around at feeding time. That is the way I like to see calvesâ€" playing like so many puppies. They are not quite so happy before they visit their motlicr.«, in fact you would think all Bedlam was on the rani- pa.cjc what witli the bleating of the calves and the bawling of the rows. To make one's voice heard above the din is impossible; if we have anything to say to one an- other wc have t ouse the sign language. * * * Tuesday, Thursday and Satur- day were my extra busy dayt last week. Tuesday our W.I. catered for a luchcon at which entrance class students representing every school in the county were guests of the County Council. This is an annual event. * * « Thursday was a still bigger day. It was the day of our W'.I. District Annual, and a little special because of it being tlie SOtli .Anniversary ill Canada. Our branch was hostess to the other twenty branches in the county so you can imagine we had plenty to do. It was a lovely day â€" not too hot â€" and we had a record attendance It is nice to see rural women so interested in such a worthwhile organization, and in these county affairs, the women get together and meet old friends and acquaintances whom they have not seen since the last District Annual and might not sec again for dear knows how long if it were not for the D..n. Miss Anna P. Lewis, our new provincial superintendent, was there in person and we found her a very likable and easy to talk to sort of person. In the afternoon wc were just one happy family out for a little funâ€" and wc certainly had it. About a dozen of the women staged a W'.I. meeting of by-gone days with all the members attired in old- fashioned costumes. There was also a dress parade in costumc The audience was just about convulsed with laughter at different times. Some of the women not only dressed the part, they acted it too. 1 thought as I watched them the art of dramatization isn't dead after all, but it has certainly been dormant an awfully long time. One young woman, wearing a red silk dress and the most demure expression imagin- able, yet managed to surreptitiously lift the front of her floor length gown thereby revealing a fine pair of legs clad in knitted white silk stockings! The audience literally howled, but if it hadn't been for the girl's innocent expression it would not have been nearly so funny. She looked very like pictures of Queen \'ictoria in her younger days. * * * .\l four o'clock we had afternoon teaâ€" there were about two hundred of usâ€" and Miss Lewis and the president an! immp^iate past presi- I Movie Actor | .^iiMwer lo PrevloaN Pusslr dents of the dutii^t were m the jT-P-.-ig iliip^ greeting each guest individually. Around five o'clock the whole affair was over, scach of us going our separate way ; home to the chores at the farm ; or to a house in town ; in any case back to our men and families â€" "to each his own" but all of us, I think, were far more relaxed than when wc came and very well content that we had taken time from our daily duties to attend the W.I.D.A.â€" it is so very easy to think we haven't time for social life of this kind. But country women need it â€" countrywomen especially. * 4> * ,And now wc come lo Saturdayâ€" and this really concerns Ginger Farm. If you have followed this column lately you will know that we have been on the hunt for a really good car at a reasonable price. We had heard of and looked at several but none that we thought worth buyingâ€" not at the outrageous prices that were being asked. But on Saturday a car was sent up for ui to try out. With me, when 1 saw it, it was a case of love at first sight! It was just such a car as I had hoped for â€" good tires, nice appearance and easy to handle. Partner and I left Bob lo worry about the mechanical end of things ind I think he examined every bolt and bearing before he got through. Then we took the car out on the road and to my cars it just purred along. We were quite satisfied, and now the car is ours. It is a coach with a trunk at the back which will just take a crate of eggs nicely. At first I was scared to drive it â€" all the do-dads on llie dashboard con- fused Bie. But as soon as I learned how to handle it I found it far easier lo drive than our old jalopy. Now if only 1 had the time and lots of free gas would 1 get in that car and fo placet I HORIZONTAL 1 Pictured movie actor. 59 Simplicity 60 Rdge 62 He is a motion 1 1 Lyric poem 12 Verbal 13 Evening before 14 Alleged force 15 Transgres- sions 16 Biblical pronoun 17 Spoil 19 Him 20 Either 22 Negative word 2.") Paid notice 26 Tantalum (symbol) 27 Upon 29 Toward 30 Portals 32 Station 34 Us 35 Virginia (ab.) 36.SugaiT 39 Leases 42 Electrical engineer (ab.) 43 Therefore 44 Iridium (symt)ol) 45 Exclamation 46 Greek letter 48 Place (ab.) 50 Rough lava 51 Pedal digit 52 Sodium (symbol) 54 Frosts a cake 57 Measure of area 58 Ff cetera (ab.) VERTICAL 1 International language 2 Smell 3 Sleeping furniture 4 Flower .5 Three (comb. form) 6 Pale 7 Too 8 Lock opener 9 Smooth 10 Musical note 17 Crazy 18 Excitement 19 Possesses u 1 D T R H A R A~ (5 Q. C € ^ iâ€"j ^ 1 %mi Ami T ra A t T £.1 F e- L.. N o. A 1- A â-  J E T s AM ii R eiN c HI 9, ft G E; L-&, 1 R A ^t^-vgfel T P. O T T A â-  ^ A TIT i^ E G RO ij RF R E :3 LITHGOU A E R , r A P* R =. n> A i4nl£J 1 D O U OSBORNE O A 1 &1 D EN B fc L. eiYiT kJ 21 Measure of length 23 Indian- 24 Infant 40 Also 41 Her 47 Against 49 Place 26 Woody plants 50 On the ocean 28 At no time 31 Be indebted 33 Kitchen utensil 36 Ob.serve 37 Moist 38 Uppermost part 39 Narrow inlet 51 Group of three 53 Account (ab.) 55 Vehicle 56 Compass point 57 Skill 58 Epistle (ab.) 61 Written form of Mister TEEN-TOWN TOPICS â€" - By BARRY MURKAK === There has been a lot of advico spread arouii.l about marriage, ;ind ew note that this is the time of year thai the journals usually try to help the prospective liridal couple out with a lot o£ do's and doiit's. One thing the writers fail to mention is who handles the dough. Susie and I were arguing the other night about this when the young couple who were sitting behind us in the restaurant got up to pay the bill. She opened a wallet and handed him the money to do the honours. The clerk handed back the change to the man and then he handed it to the wife. Susie won her point. « * « It seems to me that the govern- ment or somebody was putting the pressure on prices during the war." Most things arc sKy-high yet, but last week we went in to a store to buy some sport shirts. The counter had a pile of those heavy jolis we used to sec during the winter at $10.50. After Christmas they went down to $7.50 and wc liought them at this store for $1.50. If that store could cut the price down $0.00, there was a neat profit in it for someone. And yet merchants are beefing because the prices are going up. Who is trying to fool who? » ♦ * That gal Linda they're singing about 24 hours a day on the radio is going to lose her popularity soon â€"we hope. Maybe by the time you read this she will have gone some- where. While on the subject of recordings, wc predict that a lot of you will be buying Fraid<ie lane recordings before long. CKEY's Make-Believe Ballroom Is giving him plenty of publicity. Mr. Lane is a Hollywood product, but he has something that is different. His waxing of "The Sunny Side of the Street" is worth a listen-to. * • ♦ Sunday afternoon we tried to communicate with nature â€" all be- cause it was so warm out. Susie and I went for a walk down by the old mill stream. I went too close to the edge and sank in mud over my an- Papa Kiwi Looks After the Babies In a letter written from New Zea- land to a small child in England some new details about that almost extinct oddity the kiwi, are related. Thus : "Last week I was in Hast- ings and I saw three kiwis, father, mother and son ... A kiwi mother weighs about 5 lbs., but lays >an egg I 111. in weight. A white Leghorn hen weighs 5 lbs. but lays an egg which is only 2 ounces in weight. When the egg hatches, father, kiwi looks after the chick and won't let mother have anylhiijg to do with it . . Kiwis have a long beak, as you knew, and right at the end of it arc the two nostrils. At the other end- near the eyes â€" arc whiskers like n cat's. The birds arc practically blind ill ctaylight and only come out at night. That is the slory of the kKvl, one of the strangest birds in the world." "What do you suppose .\dniiral Byrd and his crew learned on their polar expedition?'' asked the tea- cher. "They learned.'' replied the .sober little lady in the first scat of the second row, "that penguins make good linuse pets." kles and Susie put about four runs in her new stockings. But nature is nice anyway. * » * Summer must be on the way. Kites, hoops and marbles are mak- ing their appearances with the real young set and that's a snie sign. Teeners are worrying about final exams and that's another sign. The teen-twenties are making life plans and that's another. Stores are fea- turing bathing suits and brother that does it. They talk in shocked tones about the scantics that women don as beach apparel, but some of the wide neckties they arc selling to the men this year for the purpose of bathing have nothing on the women. * * « Susie and 1 saved our nickels and dimes and went dancing at Toron- to's Casa Loma last week as a special treat. I'ricnds went with us and we had a lovely time, but 1 was disappointed in one thing. We trad- ed our old sport jacket in on a new job at Mike's Used Clothing and before we had been in the castle four minutes and 20 seconds, five of the same brand marched by. Mike will have to take back his sales talk. He said it was the only one of its kind in cxitsence. * * * L'il Arthur King, the tanned young boxer from Toronto is mak- ing a name for himself â€" in fact he's already made it. We read the sport pages, './iit know little of his history. Maybe we can induce Frank Mann Harris to send us some de- tails for a spotlight, as we think this colorful litlc fighter deserves more credit than he gets. Especial- ly in comparisoH with some of those freak wrestlers that seem to find little trouble in getting them- selves draped over two columns of space every other day. 4< » « It's a funny thing about this writ- ing business. When I sat down to write this column, I had every in- tention of telling you about the troubles Susie and I had trying to hang wall paper. It's a laugh now, but at the time it was a fat pain in the neck. Well, my space is gone and 1 haven't mentioned it. Oh. well you probably are in the middle of just such a job and wouldn't ap- preciate such a yarn anyway. TUt4 fine mediciue ia vtry effective to reU«vft ptln, nervous distreM and weak, cranky, "dragged out'* foelingi. of mich days â€" when duo to female functiooal monthly diaturhancoa. Worth trying' m • \> TABLE TALKS • • • - - Milk Desserts - - Milk is a food *rrd not a l>ever- age. Ill fact it Is one of the most valuable foods, particularly for children. No other food can be sub.stituted for niilk without dis- astrous results. It gives the proi)er balance to the menu and helps to correct the deficiencies of the aver- .ago modern diet ll is tlic soundest foundation on which to build whole- some meals for the whole family. Cooking with milk is an easy way of meeting the family's daily re- (luircmcnts. This can be accomp- lished by serving milk soups, cream sauce?, casserole dishes, cus- tards, puddiifjs, ice cream or fla- voured milk beverages. The home economists of the Con- sumer .Sectiori, Dominion Depart- ment of Agriculture offer a lew of their favorite milk dessert recipes, which will prove the delight of all membeis of the family both young and old. Butterscotch Sponge 1 pkg. gelatin y^ cup cold water Yi cup brown sugar 2 tablespoons butter 1% cups hot milk 2 egg yolks y^ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 egg whites 2 tablespoons sugar Soak gelatirie in cold water ijr 5 mills. CaramcKze the sugar and butter. Add the hot milk and stir until caramel mixture is dissolved. Add a little of the hot mixture to the beaten egg yolks and return to the first mi.xture Cook until smooth, but do not boil. .\dd soaked gelatin and stir until dissolved. Add flav- ouring and chill until partially set. Beat egg whites with salt until stiff and gradually add the two table- spoons sugar continuing to beat until mixture will form peaks. Fold meringue into partially set mixture and pour into slightly greased moulds, Chill until firm and serve with plain or whipped cream. Six serviiii^s. * Banana-Rhubarb Pudding 4 cups rhubarb, cut in %" pieces '/a cup sugar 3 bananas, sliced 1 cup fine dry bread crumbs 2 cups milk 3 egges, slightly beaten ^ cup sugar % teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla Combine rhubarb with sugar and let stand 10 minutes. Add bananas and mix well. In a large greased baking dish, place a layer of fruit and sprinkle with one-half the bread crumbs. Cover with remain- ing fruit and top with remaining crumbs. Combine the milk, eggs, sugar, salt and vanilla and pour over fruit. Ovcn-poach in a mod- erate oven, .150 dcg. F , for 1 hour. Eight servings. Mint Bavarian 4 teaspoons gelatin y^ cup cold water 2 cups milk Va cup sugar y^ teaspoon salt 1-2 d-.ops oil of peppermint few drops green vegetable -col- ouring yi cUp whipping cream Soak gelatin in cold water for 5 minutes. Scald milk, add sugar and salt. Add soaked gelatin and stir until dissolved. Cool slightly, add flavouring and green vegetable colouring. Chill mixture until par- tially set, then fold in cream, which has been whipped until stiff. Line slightly greased mould with choco- late cookies or thinly sliced choco- late cake and pour pudding mixture over. Chill until firm. Six serv- ings. We always have two reasons for doing things, a good reason and the real reason. â€" Brandon Sun. A Tired Woman's Epitaph Here lies a poor woman who always was tired. For she lived in a house where help wasn't hired: Her last words on earth were: "Dear friends, I am going Where washing ain't done, nor sweeping, nor sewing And everything there will be just to my wishes, For where they don't eat, there'i no washing dishes; I'll be where loud anthems will always be ringing. But having no voice I'll get clear of the singing. Don't mourn for me now, don't mourn for me never. For I'm going to do nothing for ever and ever. 4 â- * r A. I 5 â- K It is better to have dents in yoyr automobile fender than in your reputation. â€" Guelph Mercury. 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