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'^ X > r . ^ •\ »^ . * > T •^ â- ^ »- >- ^ f A A ^aii*;^ ismM^*^'^ .. -..r<#fc^ Now They're Skiing On Air â€" Against a backdrop of clouds and cypress trees, ""Katy Turner, former national jumping champion, adds the Dixie Jumping title to her laurels witli this grace- ful flight through the air at Cypress Gardens. HRONICLES %ingerEarm ^ GvcndoUrve P. ClGurkc Were you caught napping on the change-over to fast time ? We have heard of a few who were. As for at we had our clocks advanced all right, but when it came to getting op â€" that was another story. And yet we had to â€" not as early as we should have done â€" but for the first nHHming 6:30 fast time seemed early •nough. Yet the clock makes little difference to some people. My sister is here for the week-end and the chances are I shall have to wake her for dinnerl But that's â- 11 right with me â€" she came for a r«»t, and she is getting it. After the men had gone to the barn this morning the first thing I .did was light the furnace. And that wasn't as easy as it sounds, there being no more than a few •hovels full of coal in the bin, and •he good winter wood being practi- cally done, so w'.ienever we need a little heat we rake up the wood- chips, gather up the cinders, use one or two of our precious chunks of wood â€" and presto! the house is warm again. It really takes so little to heat it this time of year, and yet â€""the little more and how much h is" One thing I like about a cool spring, the floxvering bulbs last so much longer. Maybe sometime 1 shall understand under what condi- tions different species of flowers do best. Last year we had so few daffodils so I concluded that the bulbs needed lifting and dividing â€" but it was just one of those jobs I meant to do but never got around to, so T wa'in't expectinpr very much >«ibvOi.c« Vv UeeXoyL M, , , r> ll^l'l in :i lu-w iva> make this ibc most adorable pina forel .She wears it now ovci dresses, later as a gay smulrcss! She'll !ovo it! Ivi y-to-scw Pat- tern - .Sl-1: mioroidcry t'ransfcr. rutting j^ui.'c s'z. s -i. 6, S. Send Tv.nirTV-rivE c::ntj: In coins ( stamps cannot be ac- cepted)- foi^ tliis pattern to Box 1 123 Eighteenth St., New roront' . Ont. Print i.l:MnIv P.^TTERN NUMBER, your NAME an.) AD DRESS. bloom this year. But to my sur- pr'se the daffies are bloomi?ig this spring better t)ian they have done for years. So now what do I do â€" leave them or lift them? I don't know.- At present I am satisfied just to enjoy them, just as we enjoy so much during "the uncertain glory of an April day." As, for instance, that rainbow last Satur- day. Did you see it? I think it was possibly the most nearly per- fect rainbow I ever saw. From here it appeared as a complete half- circle and the colours did not fade in the middle as they so often do. Maybe it was seeing such a rainbow that inspired Wordsworth's immor- tal lines â€" "My heart leaps up when I behold a rainbow in the sky". We are not all inspired to poetry but I imagine most of us know what it is to have a heart that does a bit of a flip-flop in sheer wonder at this age-old phenomena. By comparison think of all the marvel- lous inventions we know today â€" and all so complicated â€" a switch here and a lever there; wheels and gears all over the place. But when Nature puts on a show we are awed by its very simplicity. The rainbow is one instance, and another that perfect eclipse of the moon a short while back. But sometimes when Nature fakes a hand in things we are not ?o well pleased. At the barn, for instance. For nearly four weeks Partner has been doVtoring a young cow. She started off with indiges- tion, later she had a calf â€" and there were coniplirations. After that we eNpccted her to get bettdr. But no ... in spite of Partner follow- ing tile vet's instructions to the letter she gradually became worse- Yesterday other complications de- vtloped and !kt lieart showed signs of giving out. The vet came along and gave her a "pep" dose, hnt this morning, in spite of it, she was dead. Doctoring a cow for weeks and tlien losing her in the end is just one of tho.se hard knocks a farmer has to take in his stride oiu-e in awliile. Partner says we can't fjriimblc â€" in all our years of farm- iuR this is only the third cattle beast we have lost â€" not coiniting tlie calves, of conrse. We lost quite a few calves in our early days he- cai!se we fed tliem too well. The (lifTcstion of a calf is so easily up- set â€" and we liad to learn the hard wav. Speaking of calves â€" have you seen the latest in calf-fecding epnipment? A pail, no less, especial- ly fitted wif]i a nipple on the out- side. Partner says it would take one person one loo!< after the calves if there were m^ny to feed with that oor.trapt'on. It would also need scrnpnlous cle:;n!iness or else tliere would be trouble. My, but it's a quiet house around here. Honey is away to the dog honiilal for a little visit, so I have bee ii able to keep the steps free of old Iioncs and chicken wings. Late- ly I have been taking Honey with me in the cab of the "picli-up.' When I do that Tippy just abou' goes wild. If would take brutf strength to Ket Tippy into a car so maybe her fonr eMcnds to Money as well!. But if a do.i; is scared of rid- ing in a e;ir what m"sf it be for a horse to travel by aeroplane? In I' e paper today t'lerc was a picture n' ;â-  horse being taken off a plane at >':!!toii. I wrvder how they fa< di- ed its safety be t when the p'p"e r.ime down for a landing! Many Will Visit Famous Shrines Heavy passenger traffic to shrines in Quebec and Ontario is forecast for this summer by H. J. Nevin, Canadian National Railways gen- eral passenger agent, who said here that present surveys indicate pil- grimages will be on a larger scale that last year. Plans arc now being made to operate CNR special trains from Montreal and Quebec City to the Martyr's Shrine at Midland, Ont., where ceremonies will be held to mark the tricentenary of the martyrdom of the Jesuit mission- aries. Another anniversary, the 299th year since the founding of the Shrine of Ste. Anne de Beaupre in Quebec, will be celebrated this summer and thousands of pilgrims are expected to attend from Canada and the United States. During July more than 1500 pil- grims will travel from Sherbrooke and Coaticook to the Shrine at Cap- de-la-Madelaine, and many hun- dreds from Montreal are planning visits to the Gaspe shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel during the same month. Catty Stuff Miss Gertrude Charny loved birds and decided to do somethig about it: She organized the Friends of the Birds Inc., and launched a cam- paign against the predatory cat. Year after year, the elderly Chicago woman stalked the lial's of the State House in Springfield, lobbying for a bill which would impose a .$1 fine on cat owners who permitted their pets to run at large. Last month. Miss Charney smiled like a canary that bad swallowed a cat when her anti-feline bill, al- ready passed by the .State Senate, came up in the lower house. As each ".^ye" was cast, Miss Charny applauded loudly. The tally 87-31 for the birds. But the legislature thus handed Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson an explo- sive pile of birdseed. Wood lie sign the anticat bill, or heed the 250,000 cat ow;iers in Chicago alone and veto it? The Washington corres- pondent, Bascom Timmons, who owns 29 cats, promised to see that Stevenson was elected President if he vetoed the bill. Busy with his bud.yet message, the governor, who bimse'f keeps dogs, sheep, birds and a cat on his Libertyville farm, tem- porarily ducked the question. Even his pert, pretty wife refused to com- ment herselL Asked if Stevenson was as cat-lover or a bird-lover, she said apprehensively: "That's a delicate issue. We'd lose cither the bird vote or the cat vote." Ob- viously, Miss Cliarny's ornitholo- gical passion put the governor of Illinois in a real quandary. Too Much A good little girl was hurrying to school in a state of e.xtreme agita- tion. "Please God, don't let me be late," she murmured as the school beil began to ring in the distance. At that moment she tripped over a stone and fell flat. "Please, God," she exclaimed in an injured voice, as she got up and dusted herself, "I didn't say 'push'!" Helpful Hints For Homemnkers ' Bottles and daubers from liquid shoe po isli make good paint sets for the tiny tots. Wash bottles and daubers, fill bottles with water col- ors. The dauber is easier to use than a slender brush â€" less messy than fiii!;er painting! * • * To remove onion odor from your lianils, "soap" them well with an unpeek'd raw potato, in cold run- ning >\atcr. » * * Pack dishes in damp excelsior for moving. Excelsior expands as it dries, wedging dishes in more snugly. * ♦ To reraove a light bulb that has been broken in the socket, push a cork against the metal piece and unscrew it. * * * Protect upholstered furniture from soil, with back and arm mats of thhe upholstered material. If edges of mats are cut with pinking shears or picoted, they are almost invis- ible. * * * Slice cream cheese with a piece of white thread. Even thin slices won't crumble. * * * Favorite vase or bowl cracked? Coat the inside with a thick layer of paraffin, and let harden. Coat- ing lasts indefinitely, and vase won't leak. * * * A piece of rough carpet, tacked on a b'ock of wood, makes a good Painting: Plaster The subject of painting plaster, especially new plaster, is one which has received a lot of attention from the paint manufacturer and the painter alike. Of course, it is ex- tremely unwise to paint "green" pRster until it has been properly treated, but even plaster which has been in place for some considerable time may "burn through" a paint job unless the surface is correctly prepared. The first thing to do then is to neutralize the lime in the plaster. Apply a coat of zinc sulphate solu- tion, made by adding four pounds of ainc sulphate crystals to one gallon of water and stirring until the crys- tals are all dissolved. Before this solution is applied, however, any rough portions of the plaster should be given a good brushing with a stiff brush or broom to re- move all loose sand particles. Let the job stand for two or three days following application of the zinc sulpliate solution to give the chem- icals sufficient time to neutralize the lime- Then, after the surface has been llioroughly dusted, it will be ready to receive a prinier-sealer- coat oil paint. Two fathers were discussing the upbringing of children, â-  "Yes," said one, "a great deal depends on the formation of early habits." "It does," replied the other. "My mother employed a woman to wheel me about when I was a baby, and I've been pushed for money ever since." "brush" to paint wire screen. Dip carpeted' end of block in paint and rub across the screen â€" it won't splash! * • * ' Delicious coating for croquettes: equal parts of potato chips and corn flakes, finely crushed. Good topping for casseroles, too. * * * Equip baby's diaper bag with sheets of waxed paper. Wrap aach soiled diaper before putting in bag. * * * For Sunday-breakfast treat, coat cooked pancakes with jelly, Holl and skewer with toothpicks. * * * Pack Wool gloves (clean, and other small woolen articles in glass jars with tight â-  lids, to keep out moths. * * * An old whisk broom, cut to a point, is wonderful for hard-to-clean corners. * * * For a delicate onion flavor, use only a drop or two of onion juice. Just cut unpeelcd onion in half and squeeze on a lemon reamer. * * * A shoe bag is a good "file" for cleaning-rags. Label each pocket: "wax," "furniture polish," "brass," and so on. Getting Even An acid spinster constituted her- self censor of morals in a sleepy village. One day she dropped in on Giles, a jobbing gardiner noted for his joviality. "Giles," she said, "I'm ashamed that you should set such an exam- ple. Why, yesterday I saw your wheelbarrow outside the 'Fox and Badger' for two hours!" Giles didn't say a word. That night he left his wheelbarrow out- side the spinster's house. Answer to Crossword Puzzle F n IT ^ R y P ft R\N £ [^ L O ft ^ S 1 £ ft R £ O L 4 am £ G o 1 s T s ft i e / » M ft ti S ft r £ V 1 N em £ N £ ft B £ L S T K />[/ lA^H R O T ft R y QjQQ m R C s C A L ^\smc\ii 1 T / c T o D Y T ft L ft 1 R V u p 5 s ft L ft PM o S R /MB u L 1 M 1 ftWkN £ R £ V£ R £ O R D ft\l V T ff /) \E} £ K /? £ D U C £, After the board of .Mderinen of Milwaukee passed the usual ordin- ance to authorize payment of salaries to city employees, they discovered they had forgotten to include their own in the l)ill. They at once arranged for a special meeting. r =\ ARE "NERVES'' A SIGN YOU'RE GROWING OLD? Often as a Wfiman approaches middle life, her ner\es get bad, and she accepts this as a sign of age. But why let yourself become edgy, run-down â€" or bo nervous you cry without cause â€" at any time in life? For nearly fifty years wise women have been meeting this situation happily â€" by getting plenty of rest, fresh air, wholesome food and by taking Dr. Chase's Nerve Food to build them up. For the Vitamin Bi, iron and other needed minerals in this time-tested tonic help build up your vitality and aid in toning up the entire system â€" so you can face the future with confidence. Give Dr. Chase's Nerve Food a chance to help banish nervous fears and doubts. It helps you rest better, and feel better. The name "Dr. Chase" is your assurance. io Night and Day, you are the one ., ., ;, with that brilUant NUGGET shine. -WITH APOLOGIES TO COLE PORTER BLACK. OX-BIiOOO AND AUi SHADES OF BROWN ( M-ii DID '<• YOU . TVQGGET '♦ YOUR SHOES THIS MORNING? li's SO diifereiit todafr In olden times they i>larted the day with a juicy steak and a tankard of foaming ale ! Toda; the ace-high breakfast dish is Post's Crap«-Nnt« Flakes . . . ready-to-eat ; easy-lo-digest . . . made not from one but TWO grains â€" sun-ripened wheat and malted barley. That faniDiii, Gnipe-Nuts flnvnr in llie form <il delicious, honey-golden flnkee ie sormiiplinus. Port's Grape-Nul8 Flakes are nuiirhhini:, ino . . . provide nrefiil quantities of rarboliydralei' and proteins (or energy and mnsele; pbobplioruf for teelli, bones; iron for the blood. .So tnn' M good â€" so convenient. Aek your grocer. ;mi» LITTLE REGGIE By Margarita GOT AN ENVELOPE", POP? ^S^\ /wMAf> '^ ' "^ * C FOR ? . , >^v 7A.r