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i Last word in sleeping car accommodation, the new duplex roomette car with 24 self-contained rooms, 12 located at floor level and 12 other rooms interlocked three easy steps above the car floor, was recently put on exhibit by the Canadian National Railways. Twenty of these cars will be put into service this year and will operate on the Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver service and between Montreal and Halifax. DO FOOD DYES CAUSE CANCER? In 1895 Prof. Ludwig Rehn call- ad th« attention of German sur- geons to his important discovery that out of forty-five workers in •n aniline-dye plant three had suc- cumbed to cancer of the bladder. His observations were verified later in Germany, Switzerland and Eng- land. When the United States en- tared World War I and began to make its own dyes, cut off from Germany as it was, American (tatiatics of bladder cancer in ani- Hne-piant workers added more evi- dence. Today, antlin«, azo and other «oal-tar dyes are recognized can- ••r-inciters. All are synthetics, and most of them have no counterparts in nature. There are about 600,000 compounds of carbon which were â- nknown a century ago, and of lliese leveral hundred can generate •ancera of the liver, bladder, •tomach, lungs or other organs. Of the dyes the one that has been ttudied most thoroughly is "but- tar yellow," lo-called because of its •olor. Mix it with the food of a rat, •ad cancer of the liver invarably follows in the absence of protec- tirc agents. Inspired by the work done with organic cancer-inciters and with jpecial reference to the studies of Kchn and his successors, Prof. K. H. Bauer of Heidelberg hoisted a danger signal before the recent Congress of German Surgeons held in Frankfort on the Main and in- duced his colleagues to adopt re- solutions demanding that the use of known cancer-producing com- pounds in food be forbidden, writes Walderaar Kaempffert in The New York Times. Bauer concludes that one cause of cancer certainly lies outside of the body. That cause bears some re- lation to what he calls the "me- chanization and chemicalization of the environment." It has been shown that some cancer-inciters can be produced by the body itself, but, thinks Bauer, the increase in the use of physical and chemical poisons of the coal-tar synthetic type and the increase in cancer is not accidental. By "poisons" Bauer means coal, oil, tar, pitch, soot and many of their chemical derivatives, as well as some metals, X-rays, the radia- tions of radium and radio-active isotopes. He pictures the chemist as a Pandora who has opened the box from which scores of cancer- producing "poisons" have escaped. All this does not mean that can- cer is to be accepted fatalistically, but that the time has come to take preventive measures. Despite a]) the "TABLE TALKS An Ontario woman, Mrs. C. Jer- emy of Coldwater, Ont., won a ^ize of $100 at the Canadian Na- tional Exhibition just because she baked the best apple pie â€" or rather two of them â€" in the opinion of the jtidges. There were 17 judges â€" all male and each a master baker â€" Mid they had to select the best from 58 different entries. Probably you've heard all about this long ago; but I thought you might like to see, and cut out, the recipe for what the judges said was "the best pie they had ever tasted anywhere." So here you have it. For two pies Mrs. Jeremy always wes: S^ cups of flour yi lb. of lard and ahortening mixed yi tspa salt 1 tspn. white sugar â€"Never any soda or baking pow- der. Dampens dough with milk and yi teaspoon ginger yi teaspoon cloves 3 eggs ^ cup Crown Brand Com Syrup lyi cups cooked pumpkin lyi cups tmdiluted evaporated milk Fie crust. Method Mi.x sugar and spices in a bowl. Add eggs and beat slightly. Add remaining ingredients; blend well. Pour into 9-inch pie pan lined with pastry rolled H inch thick and having a high fluted edge. Bake in hot oven (450 deg. F.) 1 hour, or until stiver knife inserted in centre of filling comes out clean * « « Just in case you don't happen to feel 'like making pastry you can do a very nice "switch' with that same PUMPKIN PIE CUSTARDS recipe by making It's very simple. You just pour that Pumpkin Pie filling into cus- beiieves one of the sewets of mak- ing successful pastry is to chill the dough before it is put into the oven. She uses wealthy apples when pos- sible on them about V* cup of white sugar. • * ♦ "When the frost is on the punkin" â€" you jjio on frojii there yourself. For the chances are that you've eitlier recited, or heard re- cited, Jim Riley's beloved verses dozens of times. But although the frost hasn't as yet hit the "punkins" around where I live. I'm afraid it won't be lon.c; now. So without further pre- anihle. here's the recipe for a really â- 'l.'câ€" PUMPKIN PIE 6 table.'.poons brown sugar ' . 'teaspoon salt L teaspoon ciimamon lard ijups. Sci in a pan of hot water and bake in a moderate oven (.550 degrees) for about an hour, or until a knife inserted comes out clean. Makes nine custards. « * * .\nd that second last sentence tempts me to end with the very aiicieiu tale about tire woman who had a servant that was â€" well, to put it miUlly. rather sloppy. One day Biddy came iii and asked how she would know when some pud- dings, boiling on the stove, were done. She was told to stick a fork into them. If it came out clean, the cooking was finished. "By the way, Biddy," added the woman, "if the fork DOES happen to come out clean, you might trv STICKING IN ALL Ol^R OTHFR FORKS." You've heard it before' Well, who hasn't? "catch cancer early" campaigns of the United States, campaigns that arouse Bauer's approval and ad- miration, over 80 per cent of all cancer cases run their fatal course. That the prevention of cancer is not a Utopian impossibility Bauer proves by citing the decline in can- cer mortality in aniline-daye â- works where protective measures have been taken. In fact, anihne cancer is now seldom seen in German chemical plants. But what of the general popula- tion? Were, Bauer asks, do cancers occur most frequen:';? In the in- testinal tract. The connection with food and drink is obivous. Condemns Food Coloring Bauer says that cancer of the stomach and tongue is especially prevalent in high-living proprietors of German bars and in restaurant waiters. Even in the general popu- lation of Western countries cancer occurs more often in the intestimal tract than in any other part of the body. Bauer regards it as signifi- cant than in oriental rice-eating countries, where much less artifi- cally colored or chemically "doc- tored" food is consumed than in the West, cancer of the stomach is much less frequent. Bauer holds up "butter yellow" as an example of what happens. Here we have an azo dye, which in Germany is mixed with butter to give it an attractive color. He does not see why it is necessary to color butter at all, but if it must be done why not use carotene? The answer is that carotene is much too expensive. About a fornight be- fore Bauer read his paper, laws were enacted to forbid the use of synthetic butter yellow and other dyes in German butter, cheese and margarine. Bauer approves. He would go further and forbid the use of known cancer-producers in any kind of food sold over the counirer or in a restaurant. New And Useful Vor the Bedridden Bed adjuster consists of two sheets of H-inch plywood which fit ui'der lAie mattress. Bottom sheet lies flat, has notched steel brackets on each side. Top sheet is divided into movable sections that fit into tfie notched brackets. Moving sec- tions up and down on brackets adjusts mattress for seven positions for upper part of body, five for the lower part. * * ♦ Low-Priced Accordion First low-price chromatic accord- ion is being mass-produced of styrene plastic. Said suitable for be- ginner or accomplished musician, it covers entire chromatic scale of sharps and flats â€" 40 notesâ€" with 16 reeds for chord accompaniment Finger boards, grill and ends are of plastic with bellows that open to almost 19 inches in width. ♦ * ♦ Electric Stapler Portable electric stapler sta()les correspondence or business forms automatically. Paper work inserted into front of machine is fastened together at any desiced spot. Cali- brated scale guides used in select- ing desiresl stapling position. Single contact control prevents double stapling. Hand Soldering Device Hand soldering device automatic ally feeds solder to tip of iron and speeds up hand soldering by com- bining both solder and iron in one hand, leaving other ha4id free to hold the work. Fits standard elec- tric soldering iron from 57 w^tts to 250 watts and can hold more than six feet of solder from 1-16 inch to 3-16 inch in diameter, maker states. Slight pressure on trigger brings solder to iron tip in quan- tity needed for job. By Rev. R. Barclay Warrea GOD AND THE NATIONS Isaiah 1:21-28; 19:25 INItifif SCHOOL LESSON Golden Text: Look tmto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and tfaer* kt none else. Isaiah 45:22. God deals with ' idividuals but He also deals with nations. Isaiah begins his lament of Ureal by not- ing its moral decay. Justice was not executed in the courts. Those in high places receive'' bribes. But Israel was to be purified. The city which was now an harlot would become a city of ri^teousness; transgressors and sinners would be destroyed. But God was dealing with other nations, too. He would smite but He would heal. Isaiah saw that the Messiah would be the Redeemer for all nations. Thus he brought God's message, "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends •f the earth." He, Jesus Christ, is the only hope for this troubled world. Esther B. York, has said it in poetry in War Cry. "There is a Stranger in the council hall W^here strangers meet to plan the peace again. He sits unnoticed by the farther wall. His eyes upon the leaders among men. His ears attend their clearly laid designs For living in tomorrow's homes and marts, As though, beneath their spoken words and lines, He hears the inner voices of their hearts. But when the delegates of all the world Have cried their million wants â€" and lists are long â€" After the blueprints, charts and plans are hurled In varied protests at the core of wrong, He is -our Hope; He is the Peace we seek. Oh, listen world, and let the Stranger speak! Tiny Tot â€" One of the tiniest babies ever to survive, little Candice Korvel celebrated her first birthday by dipping a chubby fist into her cake. Born two months prematurely. Can- dice weighed only 23 ounces at birth. The "oxygen-tent baby" overcame an attack of double pneumonia, too, and now weighs in at a hefty 17 pounds. Policeman in witness-box. When I told him he would be arrested, he said. "What with you and the weather, it is not a very nice day." <*^etr;^^^^Jh-tJ^ hronicles %ingerE5vrm ^ G^crvdoUrve P. Clo^rkc Remeitiucr a few weeks ago i told you 1 had lost my glasses and I suspected the pup may have nui off with them ? Well, I had no proof either on^ way or the other as I never did find the glasses. Finally I got new ones and just after that all the papers were advertising a contraption by which you could keep your glasses hanging around your neck. I felt it must have been invented for me â€" anyway I didn't waste any time in buying one of the doo-dads ... so now I really know where to find my second eyes. Oh dear, there is so mucii to write about these days ... I have had exciting news about the West â€" but then there is also plenty go- ing on in the East, to say nothing of the glorious rain the last two days which is just exactly what we want- ed on top of our fresiily sown wheat. Of course, I am still up to the eyes in canning, but as for pickles, 1 haven't got so much as one jar put way yet. Even so, I went on strike one day last week and went to our W'.I. Convention at Guelph. 1 hadn't been to a con- vention for fifteen years â€" not since we left the Toronto area. It was interesting, and inspiring and friend- ly. Miss Lewis and Mrs. Futcher were there and it was my privilege to meet both of them for a few minutes. They both have such pleasing personalities, and yet each is so different from the other. Miss Lewis has such a delightful and tactful way of showing up the wrong way of running Institute affairs without making any one per- ^ son or branch conspioaous or recognizable. Not only that but she is big enough, and generous enough, to admit it if she herself happens to be slightly at fault. We had proof of that last Thursday when there was a little difference of opinioa regarding the adoption of a report. Mrs. Futcher, provincial presi- dent, is so full of enthusiasm for W. I. work that it permeates her every word and action. She carries her audience along with her makinc everyone feel that to belong to the W.I. is a privilege that no one should miss, and that every mem- ber should do her part to make this great orgaization greater even yet But yet, being an Institute member these days isn't as simple as it used . to be. Like everything else it be- comes more involved and compli- cated all the time. Gone are the days when a few women could get together for a meeting and feel they had done all that was requir- ed of them if the minutes were reed and approved; a demonstration of cookies given, and a paper written and read by one of the members, followed, of course, by a friendly cup of tea interspersed with lively chatter and good natured gossip. We have greater opportunities ia our branches now, but, hand in hand with these opportunities are greater obligations. We are able to learn so much about arts and crafts, but this knowledge must also be imparted to others and details of our parti- cipation be sent to Head Office. Thus the more we do, the greater our activity in any way, the more we have to report Each branch is morally obligated to share with other branches information iU)out the work it is doing. Only in that way are we a part of the Institute as whole. It is a case of wheels within wheels â€" a fact that is brought home to us more and more when we attend district annuals and area conventions. Maybe I am mixing metaphors a bit when I speak of wheels and branches â€" but you know, there is a lot to think about in that one word "branch.'' The dictionary defines branch as part of a bougli; and a Banish That Outdoor Toilet ! Now you can have a modern water toilet at low cost in your farm, house or cottag«. No electricity or running water required. Hygeosan Septic Toilet gives you new comfort and convenience â€" helps rid your home of disease-hreeding insertsâ€" protects vour water supply from contamination. Installation cost is very low. No upkeep expense We install any where in Ontario. Write for complete details on this modern toilet Immediate delivery HYGEOSAN DIVISION RURAL SEWAGE DISPOSAL EQUIPMENT LTD. 2067 Dundas St W. TORONTO bougii as a main braucii of a tree. So the various W.I. branches scat- tered far and wide are part of tne provincial boughs; provincial boughs that have grown from that great tree which was planted fifty years ago by Mrs. .Adelaide Hooc- less, and which took such firm root in its native soil that neither wind, storm nor adversity of any kind has had any effect upon it whatso- ever. The tree has been fertilized by the zeal and interest of thous- ands so that now its branches spread from shore to shore. Carry- ing the analogy still further we might think of W.I. members as the leaves upon the various branch- es â€" leaves without which the tree could not live. Old leaves have their day and fall but newer, younger leaves take their place â€" and the life of the tree goes on, while its roots spread und <ielve further and forther into the fertile soil. Neither should we forget that twigs from parent branches have been planted and propagated in other countries. gradually taking root; growing independently but yet recognizable as belonging to the same species that had its origin in Canada. Yes, it is good to be an Institute members-even if one is only a jag- ged leaf on the branch of a sturdy bough ! HOTEL CLIFTON NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. Reservation Request ( ) Slnsle Boom, Rnnninc Watrr ^.SS ( ) SInxU Boon. Piirst* Bath S.SS ( ) DMble Room. 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