KEEP IN TRIM

If you've been dieting for years-I reducing six pounds and promptly gaining back eight. this column Isl for you. The overweight in today's. story is typical.

"My doctor says I must lose 40 pounds more.-1-Ie gave me a 900

FATHER MAKES PAN CAKES FOR SHROVE TUESDAY

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History of Pancake Day is Unioided From The Year 1000

Pancake Day. which falls on Fcliriiziry 14. I956 is a centuriesi nld traditional holiday. Even oldcrf than Pancake Day, however. arei the pancakes for which it is fani-. nus. and the Lcnicii Season which it immediately precedes. Pancake Day is always the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. the start of Lent

Although they did not realize nliat they were doing. men and uomen in the Neolithic Age (the Stone Aget created a food which was destined to be the main dish for this world-wide celebration. They made, on their crude hot stoves. the world's first pancakes. from ground up wheat and corn.

The pancake was actually the first known form of cooked bread. Naturally, in this third interglac- ial period. nothing was known of leaving agents. The cave men dis- covered that moistened ground grain baked on stones made a very good pastry. This. of course. was the pancake-wbicli still delights the hearts of millions every day. SllIt0l'l-I TUESDAY

Pant-akc Day, as we know it luv iDcrby to

day. origiiiated in the year I000 A I) At this time. an English clt-i'gyiii;in. Ahott Aelfric set forth the proclaniatioii that "In the week iniincdiately before Lent everyone shall no to his coiilcssor and con- fess his deeds. and the cnnfessor shall so slirivc him as be may then hour by his deeds what he is in tin" This proclamation by the Ab- bott resulted in wide observance of "Shrove Tuesday" which soon bet-ante. in addition to a period of coiifessing. I day of nierry-niak- ing in many parts of the world Shrove Tuesday. of course. soon h9i"3mc popularly known as Pan- cake Day.

In old I-England it was quite an event when housewives flocked to churches on Pancake Day to be "shriven" or absolved of their sins. At the inlling of the bell in the morning. it was customary for the

'ing" carrying her griddle and pan-

colorie diet. But with all the work I have to dot I simply cannot weather a whole day on such meag- er fare and still be decent to my family.

"When I diet I lose three to four pounds a week. but about two weeks is all I can stand of it. Then I go on an-eating spree and even eat when I am not hungry. A new weeks later I start the diet again. but soon go back to overeating and gain more than I lost. Doing this 1-'ve pushed my weight from 158 to 196 pounds! I am so disgusted with myself."

How can this overweight or any overweight in the same fix break this habit pattern? To pull out of the rut, that discard all old notions about dieting and take a fresh ap- proach. To go at diet with grim determination is to stir up the can't-do-it cells which are part of the failure pattern. When you look upon diet as an ordeal you feel deprived. and this rouses resent- ment. With this negative approach. , you couldn't. stick with any diet to save your life.

Overealing Sprees Are Bad

I! Ida -Iull. Iilllt

What's more. -on H 900 calorie diet. energy may be low...and it's almost impossible to buoy up en- thusiasm for reducing when you feel dragged down. Losing weight doesn't seem worth the struggle.

Any reducer with I family to take care of will find it easier to keep up her morale on I100 to I200 calor- ies I t:IIy,..Ind to eat I small amount of fat and liberal protein. but delete all excess sugar and starches. On this fairly generous diet. she can dine well without go- ing hungry or losing her energy.

This overweight is missing the exciting rewards of reducing-tho.-so derived from slimming down a size at a time. She should aim at the next smaller dress size. which for her is size 40. Eight pounds off will let her wear this smaller size. At this point she can do one of two things: set another goal for size 88. taking off 16 more pounds or hold her weight loss for two weeks, then start dieting again. But no gaining!

A little regular stretch-bending will hqip prevent flabbiness as weight is lost. And by restoring elasticity to the figure controlling muscles. that size 40 will look so smooth our model will have more Incentive to make size 38 her next goal.

LET'S EAT

By Ida Ba

"At this time." I told the Chef. "very good values in canned fruits may be obtained. because as the year progresses. the food proc- essors endeavor to sell their past season's pack. Already advertise- ments of special sales are appear- ing. Our homcmakers should take advantage of them.

CANNED FRUITS

"Chilled canned fruits are ex- cellent as simple desserts." re- plied the Chei, "and can be used also as a major ingredient in pre- paring not only desserts such as Bettics. cobhlers and shortcakes. but cakes. pies, salads and many interesting first courses, or cur- tain raisers as you often call them. Madame."

SUNDAY DINNER FOR GUESTS Tomato Soup with Minced Chives Stuffed Breast of Lamb

Mushroom Garnish Flaky Rice Green-Peppered Corn Tossed Lettuce Cherry Crown Torte

Coffee Tea Milk

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The housewives all made their pan- cakes according to this precise for- mula. It also gave them an op- portunity of using up their supplies of surplus fats before entering the Lenten season.

One day. over 500 years ago. Is legend has it, a wife in Olney. Eng- land started baking her pancakes rather late.They weren't quite fin- ished when the church bell rang. but she hurried off to the ”shriv-

cakes with her. lt was this incid- ent. in the year 1445. that led to the start of the famous Olney Pao- cake Day Race. The villagers were mush amused at the sight of this housewife rac- ing through the sft-cet. flipping her pancake In the skillet. They decid- ed that a Pancake Day Race from the village to the church. contested over a 415 yard course. should be an annual event. PANCAKE DAY RACE Each year hince. housewives of Olney have gathered at 11.00 o'- clock for their annual Pancake Day the church steps. Five years ago the housewives of the town of Liberal. Kansas. U. S. A. challenged the women of Olney to an international Pancake Day Race and this has now become a rcgular annual event. In Gcrniaiiy Pancake Day is cal- .lcd ”Fastnacht Day" which liter- ally translatcd mcaiis "Day before Fasting" while in the ll'ietl'ttcrra- nean area and in many French and Spanish speaking c0ulII.I'iCS. Pan- cake Day is referred to as ”lVlardl Grass". which literally means "Fat 'I'uesday'. The Scottish version of Pancake Day is known as "Fast- ern's Eli-n" which. for the unin- itiated. means "The Eve before the fast". It is a day of great feasting. before the Lenten season.

MORNING SMILE

Cherry Crown Torte: This con-

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slsls of 3 parts: cherry filling. 2 '13 in.) cake layers and mile-high meringue.

Cherry Filling: Drain anti pit i (No. (it can Royal Anne cherries.

T I Canned Fruit Desserts

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Pickled Beets . til stiff.

'tnlIe high meringue” blanched almonds, cherry Gown Torte

A butcher shop in London hung

housewife to drop whatever she was doing and hurry to the can. out this sign: ”we make sausage. fession. Since this was also theiI0r Queen EII7-Bbcih 1-" i ilay for feasting and eating pan-i A rival butcher shop across ihcl rakes in snmll towns. the holldav street promptly put up this sign: rakes soon became known as "God Save the Queen!" "Shrirlntz rakes" because they wcrr g gigg

made on the day the iroiiicn were.

"shrivcn" of their sins.

FOUR IN(iItEI)IENTS To remove "bloom." the cloudy Th”? ('8lli.V liatlcakcs were made.look on wood furniture which is.

"I ""1" Wmbiliic IHEFGIIIEIIIS? elZt1S.caiiscd by dampness. wipe the sur-I

for i.i'llICII Sm-redness flour for.

the staff of life salt for whole-Ia

sonicness and milk for innocence. wax or polish furniture.

I ANNE ADAMS PATTERN3 Ottawa Women's Forum Has Program of Varied Topics i

TWO WAYS SMART

Two dresses or I dress and coat! Eitlier way she wears thcmi

Add I few drops red vegetable coloring to the juice. Return to the cherries: allow to stand I5 min. or until the fruit turns rosy red. Then heat.

Blend 3 tbsp. sugar. l'2 tbsp. cornstarcli. lit tbsp. lemon juice and I tbsp. so't huttcr. Stir into the cherry juice. Cook-stir over a low heat until thickened and boil-

uig . Add ll tsp. almond extract and

'tmI. (V-iiiplctiiig the Tortes Prepare

face with a sudsv cloth. rinse Willi. "mm. hi . .. -. - - . . . - gh mcruiizuc. Then. on it i stcr paste or -A c. mincd canned Mu" damp cwht when my' '9'. lightly buttered baking sheet. put I lobster.

iley Allen together 2 (ii in.) cake layers. either homemade or purchast-:(i.i

with half the cherry sauce. I

Reserve the remainder for the- top of the torte. i . Cover the sides of the torte and- lthe outer edge of the top layer with the meringue.

Bake 15 min. in a slow oven. 325 deg. F.. or until pale golden brown.

Fill in the center with the re- maining cherry sauce: decorate with sliced blanched whole al-

mtmds. Cool. Then. with a pan- cake turncr. slide it onto a serv- ing plaic. Serves ii to 10. Mile-High Meringue tuse whenever : meringue is needed); Separate 5 eggs. Put the whites in it qt. bowl. Add 2'-& tbsp. cold water. Beat

until frothy with a hand beater. Add it tsp. salt. I scant Vi tsp.

cream of tartar and '4 tsp. al-

mond extract. Continue to beat un-

Then add 3 tbsp. sugar and beat until it forms peaks. Apply to the sides of the cherry-

and topped with chi-riu and L makes a queen-size dessert.

'iiled cake; bake as already de- :cribed. 'I'0M()RROW'S DINNER Vegetable-Noodle Soup Broiled Fish Fillets Lobster Sauce i Mixed Vegetallzale-Tomato Salad

. owl Oraiige Ambrosia Coffee Tea Milk Fish and. Sea. Food Flavors

Illarmonlu: One of the Chef's most delectable entrees is broiled ifish fillets with lobster sauce. THE CIIEF'S LOBSTER SAUCE I Combine 1 pt. rich white sauce. ii tbsp. lemon Juice, 1 tbsp. may- onnaise. li tsp. paprika. V: tsp. Worcestershire and 3 tbsp. lob-

Iiy CAROLYN WILLETT Cniizitliun Press Staff Writer OTTAWA (CPI-Members of an

-these are the'pretliest fiisliions Ottaua iMImfn'S tZl'0!-Ill Iii 21 - -. . . I (. candles on an anniversary cake your little giil could nun. Hire. and chuckled over . mmnlne

"the firm I" C0'"”"I ”'”'"' - "W, folblc that backfired. resulting in coat-dress in rich contrasting piouel the founding of their dynamic or-

or faille. Quick to cut out, put lo- 8Bni'I-Hl""l- ' , It was women s proverbial mind-

gother. Joy to sew

Pattern 4584'. Girls' Sizes 6, 3.; I0. 12. 14. Size ill dress. 2-M yards 35-inch; coat 3'.'4 yards.

This pattern easy to use. HIIII-i pie to sew. is tested for fit. Has complete illustrated instructions.

Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS: (35 cents) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted! for this pattern. Print, plainly SIZE. NAME. ADDRESS: STYLE NUMBER.

Send order to ANNE ADAMS. core of Charlottetown Guardian, Pattern Dept. 60 Front St. W.. Tor i onto, Ont. I

HELPFUL (Ill-"fl

OSIIAWA. Ont. (CPI-Two I100 bursaries to former Oshawa hlghi. school student: how attending the: provincial teacher-s' college at Toronto were awn ded by that illome and School c uncil here.

LOOKING AHEAD

COLCIESTER. England tCPi- Mn. In-unoline Nicholas cele- brated her tom birthday by planting out-iculn seeds in her union. The plants won't bloom input

changing habit that produced the ouawa women's Forum one Jan- uary d:iy in 1935. A hlndful of housewives met to form A book club, i-hanged their minds and de- clded to do something Ibout be- coming better citizens.

They wanted reliable information on current issues; at that time the depression concerned them. They wanted to be able to make their own decision on issues.

So the small group of ill omen began by studying various vern- ment setups in the world. Park- ing their children with I baby sitter hired by the forum, they launched zin organization that grew in 60 mcmbea within the first year. Foch year since the membership has averaged 55.

HEAR FROM EXPERTS

Meeting bi-monthly at the YWCA from October until May. members at first prepared their own papers and then discussed them on I group. a

"But we were chomtinl pretty

'- heavy discussion topics." bald Mrl.

Palmer Burgestt. a charter mem- her and the forum”: second pru- tdent. They then began to invite

nests to speak on specific IiIb- PT0

9 to.

The speakers - includt poll- (trlnns and diplomats. cl I nor- unu Joni-nail:

coniiitg. There's been no dearth of subject matter in the non-partisan, i non-sectarian forum.

Topics have Included health. housing. trade. the status of women aflairs in the Far East and the Roweli-Slrois commission report ON federal-provincial relations. The current program II I study of the arts In Canada.

Mrs. J. R Beattie. president. :nys that from its beginning the forum has promoted I better citi- enshlp program and maintained IL! obiective of hearing all sides of any issue and allowing member- ship expression through questions and discussion.

USEFUL rnoir.c'rs'

Projects, as well In speaking programs. have been included in the forums activities .Mrs. A. S Whiteley. a pasi president and I charter member. said that in 1940 the forum took the initial step to- ward the lowering of milk prices In Ottawa and pressed for cash- Ind-carry milk prircl.

She said the forum also took the mo step in nclvocating quality standards for clothing. which ulti- matcly resulted in the passing of the Canada Standards Act.

Usually. she said. the forum sup- ports local or national projects judged worthwhile by its members.

Mrs. John Lcvcnnr. immediate post p res I don t. II particularly pleased with the part the forumi plays in the community.

wilt of I Netherlands embassy official. she said she in "gratefu to the forum which helped me on

W my English and taught in. so much about CanIdI.

"When you've not cottons to uk you soon lose so f-consctoum use about um I III

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CTOT5k'ST CORFIEIZF

FILIIERT COOKIES I egg whites. beaten stiff 2V2 cups icing sugar

I lb. ground filberts

Beat egg whites stiff. Stir in ic lng sugar and ground filborts. Rnllsi

minutes.

Missionaries Presented To Th Queen

g man can have in this world is I

in balls. Bake at 350 degrees. 20&

A...;i..E.JJ.;, Win: Caiveri Trophy Al

Quebec Festival

QUEBEC ((1?) - T he St. George's Players of Arrida were awarded the Calvert trophy for the best theatrical production of the eastern Quebec regional drama fes-

Dr. anti Mrs. Paul Yale. Guelph. 0nt., medical missionairics in Nigeria. were presented to the Queen during her visit to Kaduna. The couple, with their son. Peter. in this posed shot. leit Guelph in. 1953. Dr. Yates is the surgeon at a 30bcd United Church of Canada missionary hospital. Mrs. Yates is I surgery nurse. ICP Photo)

.Vilords Of The Wise

if money is your only hope for independence. you will never have it. The only real security that a

Lival. The troupe. which staged Eiiilyn Williams' drama "Night Must

Fall.” won over three other groups -the Quebec Art Theatre. the Con- servatoire Nationale de Quebec and Les Compagnons de Notre- Dame of Trois-Riviores.

It also earned the right to repre- sent eastern Quebec in a forth- coming national festival at Sher- brooke. Que.

reserve of knowledge, experience and ability. - -(Henry Ford)

.-talus. . .

iond Pioneer Dorothy Mcllonald. 27-year-old blue-eyed blonde. is carving a farm out of Northern Ontarios wilderness. 30 miles north of Coch- rane. She hasn't worn a dress since wartime. doesn't oun I lipstick Ind usually goes about in -men's clothes. She carries II rifle Ind wears lnowsltoes like it veteran. She shoes the horses. cleans the

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in it strange country.” she said.

"STIMULATING" MEETS

Pow new Canadians are forum membe .. But Mrs. H. .1. Von Buyer. who come in Ottawa from switerland-about five years ago. attends meetings regularly and has served as I councillor.

To her, meeting: are "stimulat- ing. informative-. and wonderful op-

rtunities to meet Canadian: and

am about their way of life."

Canadian members agree that they also learn a good deal about Canada.

In the current program on the arts in Canada. they haw heard experts on the theatre. films. radio Ind television. Canadian delllnl and the National Gallery.

The Iprlng ii enda includes dis- cussions of bnlet. Eskimo handl- alfts. Canadian literature and lull!

w-so-v-mvcqgnvuppywww-wv1 '.

l.fseir-iced SPICELTCAKE-.

turn. out: the hay, lows the oats 5.

The regional festival came to a close Sunday night with Les Com- pagnons de Notre-Dames' present- ation of "Sens Unique" by Cana- dian Felix Leclcrc.

Prize-winners in the competition were announced by Miss Pamela Stirling. British radio and televi- .- - sion actress and adjudicator of the Z festival.

Besides the C ai v e rt trophy. prizes were distributed as follows: Best actor. Duncan Shaddick in

ELLEN'S DIARY

A day full of sunlight. this. to 3:: us ;- sen '- dye "5 '”'”'m'e "W " -Ilmllflfiat. I WiTI:0petI'iyd(')':I'.s.;?NT)ht: tTIIeI1Iz.9 was a month of strange weather In lugging us . gm-k, "mi 3 5"'cel”55 '9'-'”I'd 10" d8I'nP "show me that you can build a E:'::led1ndla?l'5 :"S, "'9 WWSI ICE decent load of straw!" ..Winter- wm make 5"” ( I5''”'.Y- Febfulfy blue and sunnily. the sky came p or sub shortcom- down to meet the thick plantation mg” 5"" we Sim" h"V9- T05)”-of young spruces up a slope be dawns, bright above the snowy hm. yond um um. tops. and lltqmasic and mystery Chickadee: .in a drift of um ofna young Iebruaiy moon. wings settled restlessly on the brow Do you know what Id enjoy at the hm below men rm” 118111 HOW?" 3 mall "I INC Iwlilllaltimmed out of sight above About l”Vi"8 ""3 dm" i" walk WW" I-ht-us on movies siai-rows f tied i lane to their waiting car at Itiicoxnplaingduaflour inns”, ' 9;: end. one night of the last moon'u;gn- qutet W" l commented. "I'd like a sleigh-ride.i --sgm. .'. ........, ..u., M, .. "He stopped a moment then to.offered I I w' W. look out on the scene about: quietl "Yes. the -. .. .. - ' of sleeping farmlands. the bush and i it's hard to 1::-li”am(I....'r:rft.?kfn,:;.'"T silver of the hour. "Yes. I'd likclhe placed a bundle on the l 'eIi To draw lines again over that littlei”jump on ma. u, kw -H Sues: mare I used to have ..iiitched to aiYou'n have .0 "amp J) we”--er; nice cutter...robes. bells and thclnodded, "or ue'll need to iiiali I frost of slipping runners. Boy' second u.ip.-- gnaw" H". Vase there was nothing more enjoyable .from there, where the ,-,..... hrlng).

awn.

An Ailernoom Sleigh Ride

no better way of travelling! Cars? They can have them 'l'liey're only a conveyance at best But” he smiled. tucking her arm beneath

Iin tales of doings ill deep IITITI) .waters to the fresh of the spen. ilIliiiSiTCf1I. it uas dim uilli after. inoon-shaciou. the .sprui'cs big and told alonL' the baiiits

lmare" and quite short. in the ab- of the fa;-mi----'

his as they moved away, "we'll , have to make the best of iilingsipowdeycd Wm, Sm... ()(.f::.hl.'.':ji':' . ,.. .

35 they i?”- V . -tops on the slope opposite, uiiitc we CHJOYCIT B SIGIEIWIU9 till-S fields ran up and over the hilltop .afternoon.' one after "our own How pea-cgul and 5...-cm. mt, fa" sence of the rest of tiic Aldcrlea finc February daymd heaumm H” family to town. we were required "A mm. n,.. . 1.0.. ,..... 1-,, g. m lend a55i5''3"Ce '9 James iniwe had Di('IlIl'”V Iamcs s'url illldy bringing beddi"g'5”aW (mm 8'ul7 the load .FIcIsniiIe'(IJ”Y'ou um building at the rear of the barns I could do -quite a bit of ial"llE?nc around to the barnyard and stah..y,-.. Elle" But .. hp ”";..!';:19

lea. How James loves to have hisi" I . . womenkind out about. deep in the: l.IhpaT,)?ftIi:i' tlfitaiipviiiiuilln What I0-for my call!"

Night's call nnvi-each and all or their rest!

Until night.....

affairs of the farming' him are houses but nice havens after the work outdoors is done? What is a bit of dust on a mantle or under a rug? As he reminds us "We don't get our livelihood there."