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Women's realm

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THE GUARDIAN

MAY "8. I951

Mid-Morning Coffee

when you deliberately bother a busy person with questions you know they may answer because they are generous and public spirited. you are admitting. I'm afraid, that you are either brazen. or seeking

after truth.

As I'm human, and prefer to be called a trutli-seeker.

I hope Dr. Charlotte Wiiitton whom I bothered with questions about

women in politics did not think me a bee on a window.

First I

should like to thank her very much for stopping in the rush of a busy day to tell us her picture of rural women seeking political nomination.

The answers were arranged by her

secretary who managed from time

to time to get a question to her and type it down for Morning Coffee

readers. 0 O 0 Dear E.M.D.-

"I regret the delay in replying to your letter of March 27th. and questions submitted on March Tth. but Dr. Whitton has not been in the office a full day in the aggre- gate in more than a month. In addition to her municipal duties. you will understand the demands made upon her in keeping up her own work in a daily column in the Thomson Diiiii ' and three articles a week in the ttawa Citizen, one of the latter being a full page in their Saturday Magazine Section.

However. I have finally been 1ble to get the following informa- tion from Dr. Whitton. which I hope will be helpful to you.

Dr. Whitton has found. in thirty years in welfare, that the women in the agi'ici.iltural districts are much more practical in their ex- amination. find more direct in their action in community proh- iems. than urban women. She be- lieves that we tend to forget that, in a rural area. there are vcrv few women. In a city of 100.006. if a hundred women take a re- sponsible intcrcst in public af- fairs they can concentrate a great deal of attention on them. where- as if all the women in a rural area went into the situation on any particular issue in their com- munities they might not number more than ten or twelve women.

Dr. Whitton also feels tiiat in the agricultural areas women are so very busy that they just do not have the time to give, which is involved in any responsibility for participation in public office.

As for a woman offering her- self for public office. she could offer no advice. the procedure would vary so with the nature of the community and the exper- lence of the woman. What Dr. Whitton would say is essential for any candidate is to feel that his or her point of view is represent- ative of ii sufficient body of their fellow citizens to have a strong body of support behind them. Then the matter of official noni- ination is simply a procedure from there on.

Dr. Whitton finds that women are just like men, insofar as work- ing together. There are as many women of breadth and generosity of character as men. and there are as many men as women, in her experience at least. who look nt. every issue from the point. of view of their own personal prest- ige and vanity and are far more interested in "getting tliflr Oil" faces on a tomato tin" if it will keep them in circulation than they are in the issues before the public.

Fortunately, for dcniocracy. these people arc in the minority because the public learn early to identify them.

As far as Dr. Whitton's own ex- perience ls concerned. she was gratified to have. amonl U10 W9' incn working energetically with and for her. women who had dis- agreed with her on different oc- casions and on different issues. but who worked together wonder- fully because they felt that she uas a caiiciiriate who. whether she disagreed uith them or not. WOUW try to scrxc tl:cn1..".

The last few paragraplis should answer many. both men and wo- men who still have the peculiar notion ghat women can not 201 along together in an oitgfmlliiila” which doesn't incliitic in its activ- ities. sening and knitting. hot that I object in sewinfr and knit- ting. but I do dislike this strange

idea that women refuse to do any- thing but meddle and gossip, that they can not grasp ideas. tiiat they never look into the future. and ctc., etc., etc. I I O

For those of you who have baen wondering who Dr. Charlotte Wiiltton is. I will give you just a few of her aciiicremr-nts. As- sistant Secretary. Social Service Council of Canada. and Assistant Editor of ”Sorial Welfare". 1918- 22. Secretary to Minister of Trade and Commerce for Canada. 1922-25. Hon. Secretary upon establishment of Canadian Welfare Council 1920: Assessor and later Delegate of Government of Canada to what

was first the Committee on Traffic in Women and Children and later the Social Questions

Section of the League of Nations. Geneva. Has served through these years on various provincial and Dominion Government Commis- sions, and directed many com- munity and technical studies. Menihcr of the Empioynient Serv- ice Council of Canada. I930-40; Special Consultant. National Eni- ploymcnt Commission, l9.'l6-87; Special Consultant to Dominion Goveriinicnt or organization of movement of British children to Canada: to War Time Prices and Trade Board. 0 O I

That ll Why I felt she would know what she was talking about. I would suggest to women's club secretaries. especially rural ones. that they clip out Dr. Whitton's remarks and paste them in their club minute books as a reference. and reassurance.

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Shopping for dress materials is not what it used to he at all. Everytliing has a name, now, to tell you in a roundabout way it will never wrinkle, get wet, stain. or shrink. These names evident- ly mean just what thcy say too because the firm has thoughtfully added their word of honor iiphold- ing these splendid claims. Satur- day night shopping had me puz- zled for. tebilized, unidure. un- ifast, permei "plus", left me know- ing how stupid I am. The only one I got was Sag-no-mor. It means A special process for wool jersey which keeps it from sag- ging or stretching--but that was easy. Here are some of the more difficult.

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Tehillzeil. Superfine and tested crease resistance for linens. ray- ons and cottons. Air-conditioned. A durable finish which eliminates the fuzz and lint on the surface and between the yarn: of cotton. thereby creating little "uindows." The skin can breathe freely through the fabric even though it is opaque. Sanforlzed. A trade- mark identifying cottons. linens, and blends which will not hrink. Everglnze. A whole family of fab- rics. Some of tiicso have designs on plain cotton made by emboss- ing or printing a texture to look as if it were woven. They may have any degree.of sheen.

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There they are. To go shopping now you need ii notebook of def- inltions to know just what you're getting.

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Glad to hear you liked the lime pie filling which I printed some weeks ago. or used for her bridge party was quick and easy. She made indiv- idual pastry tarts for her guests filled with the lime mixture. and topped it off with whipped cream

instead of meringue.-E.M.D.

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DAY-DATE DRESS

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--and your dste dress. tool It's the feminine and flattering basque silhouette but with the added It- trnctions of shirring. sleeves that are cut-in-one with the bodice.'

No. 2334 is cut in sizes 9. ll, 13. 15 and 17. size 13, 3'4 ylrda 39- inch.

send 3.51: for each PAT'l'ER.N which includes. , to sewing guide. Print Your Name, Address and Style Number plainly. Be sure to state size you want. lnciuds

postal unit, or sons number in your address. Address Pattern Department

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A country Garden l

Mn. Gordon Macmillan DAY IN SPRING

Each year I plough the clover- scented loam. Remembering. when sweet warm the glen. That fields outlast the implements of man:

His furrow walls must soon again.

winds

crumble

Each springtime. when I haul cord wood and 1035. I think that houses do not wear like hills - Where grizzled giants stand up to the stars And wave their great arms when I passion wills!

The ferns, the clover and the Ions sweet grass

1 plough to make a bedding my seed;

They thrive eternal in warm soil

To give man courage in each hour of need.

for

the rich.

so, while I plough the fields and cart my wood. Turn in the daisies and the sweet-

fern elod.

My face leans to the furrow. but my heart

Leaps with a sudden meadow-

lark - to God! --P. J. Cleveland.

Pioughing and cultivating the good sell these Spring days in the country is a happy task to those who love the land: Henry Ward Beecher writes ”The love of coun- try life, the habit of finding an- joyment. in fiunliiiir things. that susceptibility to Nature which keeps the nerve gently thrilled in her homeliest nooks and by the commonest sounds, is worth a thousand fortunes of money, or its equivalents." This is true, but of course the countryman must have some money or he will be quite a worried man these days.

. . . A Primrose is blooming in a shady spot in the garden; this is a gift from I gardener in B. neigh- bouring Province. As you know this is I. very sunny garden andi only once before have Primroses bloomed here. They are lovely spring flowers and Primrose Day is I. new feast on the calendar. Among the little ushers of the spring, the primrose keeps its popularity in cities where indeed, the flowers peddled in the shops are one of the few signs of the advancing season. It is no rose. to be sure. any more than is the evening primrose, but is so named through a twisting of the Italian fiore de prima vers, (first flower of the spring).

wherever English people are. the primrose is especially prized. Hulme tells of one exhibited in Melbourne, Australia. to no less than three thousand people, in- eluding rough miners and bush- men, who had heard of its arrival from their old home. They would have taken it amiss had they been accused of sentiment. It has been deeply sentimental in its origin, for it was I human creature once: Paraiises, son of Flora and Prin- pus. Having died of heartbreak for loss of his sweetheart. he was changed by the gods into this rus- tic and cheerful blossom. Prim- roses are easily grown from seed and some shady spot must be found for them in this garden. English poets have written of the Primrose:

"And lanes in which the primrose

ere her time through the moss that clothes the hawthorn root." --W. Cowper.

and Wordsworth writes:

'A primrose by I river's brim A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more."

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COFFEE CREAM FILLING

The bit of whipped cream in the mixture does a lot. for this filling.- and so does the combination of coffee and nuts.

Yield-sufficient to fill 2'5 to 3 dozen tiny cream puff shell; or baked tart shells.

1'1. cups milk

3 tablespoons ground coffeo

4 tablespoons corn starch

ii cup granulated sugar

'1 teaspoon salt.

1 egg

1 tablespoon butter or margdrine 14 teaspoon vanilla

Ila cup chopped nutmegt.

U3 cup Whipping cream

Measure milk into upper pan of double boiler and Add the coffee; cover and heat to scalding point. over boiling water. strain through a sieve that has been lined with I double layer of wet. cheesecloth. Combine the corn starch. sugar and salt; gradually stir in coffee- flsvored milk. Return to clean up- per pan of double boiler and cook.

over low direct heat or boiling water. stirring constantly. until smoothly thickened: cover and

cook over boiling water. stirring .occssionIll,v. until no raw flavor of starch remains-about 3 minutes longer.

Belt the on slightly: gradually stir in part of the cooked mixture: stir back into double boiler and cook. stirring constantly. 2 min- uiss.

Remove from heat and stir in the butter or margarine. part It I time.

cool slightly. then stir in vanilla and nutineats.

0001 Jilin: ciiomushiy. but do

into I bowl and but until still;

not chill. Measure the whipping cream odd to cooled filling and told light-

ly to combine.

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The New Way to Knit a Sock

Here's good news for knitten. Now you can knit locks in interesting colours and ' bobbins to try your patience. Shown above in the now Iock in dark and light grey lattice pattern. It ll pictured here in its three stages . . . the T-shaped piece which is worked lint, the sock bsion it is sewn up, and the completed sock shown on the stand. It's a shorter length, too. so thus ounces of wool are sufficient for the pair. For a leaflet giving you instructions for knit-

, ), solfaddrosaed envelope to the

Needlework Dept. of this paper asking for Leaflet CW-20.

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Slippery Table

If the white enameled kitchen table is too slippery to attach a meat grliider. place a small wad of paper betiveen t-he grinder and the table. tightening the screws on the paper instead of the table. It will be secure and safe.

Window Washlnr A simple way to wash the win- dows is as follows: Dip a chamois nun into not water and wring quite dry: rub this over the win- dows quickly. wait several . min- utes. and then wipe the window dry with a clean. dry chamois skin.

soiled Feathers

soiled it-atliers may be cleaned by covering them with warm pipe clay and allowing to stand for sev- eral days Then beat out the pow- cler.

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1. What is Wrong with this sen- teiice? "I was kind of surprised when she vveiit home to rest; up." 2. What is the correct pronunc- iation of "fulcrum"? 3. Which one of these words is niisspellecl? Blasphemous. blame- ahle, chargeable. farcical.

4. What does the word "dis- crepant-y” mean?

5. What is a word beginning with co that means "to pardon; to forgive"? ANSWERS

1. Say, ”I was rather surprised when she went home to rest (omit up)." 2. Pronounce first u as in up. not. as in full. 3. Blamable. 4. State of being contrary or differ- ent, "There was a marked discrep- ancy het.wi3ei1 their stories." 5. Con- done.

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By Genevieve Keinbln

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For Toniorrow

BY some curious and surprising intervention a startling turn of events may switch affairs into progressive and intriguing chan- nels. Pcrhaps a queer notion. I shrewd move, an indomitable in-

tuition. inspired. or a flash of genius. Perhaps the sympathetic understanding of an 'lntuit.Ive

friend could break barriers or point the way out. Just a plain every-day "hunch" could be the lever to "move mountains."

It It Is Your Birthday

'I'hose'whose birthday it is may enjoy a year of the weird. curious. intriguing and mystifying. with episodes peculiar or inexplicable. coming into objective. tangible and workable expression. Intui- tlons. impressions and hunches could incite unique doings or make strange contacts - subtle and intangible -- but in the long run "all to the good." The "still. small voice" should be heeded, con- fidentiy.

A child born on this day may have strange inner leads or curi-

ous intuitions. guiding it into novel or inexplicable adventures in lif-.

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Use In I filling for baked tiny cream puff shell: or baked tiny tort shells

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CONS'I:ll'ATION THE comoxnsr COMPLAINT

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The body is covered with musc- les tover 500) from head to foot. and Nature meant. us to use them. Because so few of these muscles are used, owing to the advance in labor-saving devices. we suffer in various ways. I have in mind pur- ticulariy the fact that the abdom- inal muscles get very little use, which results in constipation.

Every clinic throughout the world reports that the majority

of patients are constipated. In Gastroenterology tstomach and intestine). Dr. .1. Arnold Bargen

(Mayo Clinic) states that constipa- tion is probably the commonest complaint. of mankind. In general, it is caused by nervous fatigue and tension, improper fluid intake. im- proper diet habits. failure to res- pond to call in stool. lack of exer- cise and excessive use of laxatives.

Any diet for relief of constipa- tion , that is. the constipation caused by B lazy bowel and lack of pliysicai exercise. must. provide material that will give bulk. Thus. coarse bulky foods such as fruits and vegetables should be added to the dict. Dr. Bergen suggests the use of methylceliulose. which has been found helpful in irritable bowel associated with either con- stipation or diarrhoea. because it rsweeps" the lining of the bowel withoiiit irritating it and causing spasms which actually narrow the bowel and cause constipation. Me- thylccllulose is I white. fluffy. cotton-like material which dis- solves in water to form a glue-like solution. This substance passes through the stomach and intestines unchanged. but thickens up and gets heavier as it nears the colon Or large intestine. Now the above advice from such 3. high authoritative source as the Mayo Clinic might well he follow- ed by those unable to take simple adbominal exercises. Nature en- dowed us with abdominal muscles whiciiulielp hold up all the organs in the abdomen but it has been amply proven that any movement of these abdominal muscles not only stimulates digestion of food but movement of wastes down- ward and out of the body. Thus any and all bending movements, forwards and sideways. knees kept straight. causes these musc- les to tighten the abdomen and so massage the organs that natural stools occur regularly. This mas- saging includes the liver and helps the liver manufacture more bile, which is Nature's purgative. How- ever, there will always be patients who need lexatives at times.

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Q. How can I remove old wall paper easily? .. .. .

A. An excellent method for re- inovin old wall paper ll to put I cup 0 vinegar into I bucket of hot water and wet the walls thor-

oughly wth this solution. The paper wil readily peel off.

Q. How should violet-5 ' be planted? '

A. Violets should be planted in the open ground in a rich Ioii. pro- tected from the sun's strong uyg, Too much sunlight produces an leaves and no flowers.

Q. How can I prevent baked potatoes from bursting while cook. i 7

b A. Prick the potatoes with I fork before baking them. This Il- iows the Iir to escape and pro. vents, their bursting.

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Impossible

The Freshman had to take care of his little brother and keep him quiet outdoors while Mother tried to get over her headache. sud- denly Mother was disturbed by loud roar: from Little Brother.

"Willie" Mother called from the bedrom, "what's your little bro- ther crying for? Didn't. I tell you to give him Inytliine he wanted?"

"Yes." agreed the Freshman. "But now that I've dug him the hols he wanted, he wants me to bring it into the liouu."

lg Morning Smile

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I: in island unaen wu-

May Day this. Ind cold. with In I edge in the wind so chilly that granddaughter and Gage. her companion of morning could not long remain It their interests out of doors but appeared at our: lad- en with baskets of toys to appro- priate this kitchen for a play- house. But sunny it has been with the stiff breeze drying the spring fields. Thltber the farmers will go presently to the manure- aprosdins and subsequent cultiva- tion. But not today. This has been devoted wholly to re-organization about the buildings - of market- ing odd fat hogs. of weaning pig- lets to replace them in the pens. of May Day movinu in the pig- gerles and the incidsntais: James battling a gust with a huge arm-

around.

work.

Contlnued on page 11

5 ' iii and selfish. ; Modern Etiquette ?

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Q. What. is the proper way for a girl to refuse I dance?

A. Say. "I am sorry. but I have this dance," if true. Otherwise. she may say. "Thank you, but 1 am sitting this one out". in either case. the girl should decline grac- iously and with a smile.

Q. Is it necessary for a hostess to provide new cards for use It. a bridge party?

A. It isn't' exactly necess y for her to furnish new cards, but the ones she does furnish should be spotiessiy cleam, unci-eased. and easy to handle.

Q. When one takes a friend out to eat, is the friend supposed also to leave I tip on the table for the waitress?

A. it is exceedingly improper for 3 guest to tip, as this would imply that the host's own tip is not adequate.

Am I right? ANSWER:

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cooking and scrubbing.

even say "thank you."

strong. I am anemic, thirty , When I get. home in the event ly exhausted and it takes every bit. of spare an. orgy to do the things I must. 1 laundering. keep my clothes in order. clean

bedroom. and I have no strength left to do no

Your mother is certalnl justice is one of the things that mothers They give them love, but not a square deal.

GIRLS CAN'T WIN

Nothing else in the world is so stran different attitude that a mother takes toward her sons If you two girls were boys who were supportin she would never dream of such a thing as expecting aprons as soon as you got home from business and help with

you give and thinks that isn't enou

Perhaps one reason that mothers are one daughters is because they are bound by the old it incumbent on girls to help Mother with the b all well and good and no more than she had a daughter had nothing else to do.

Mothers do not realize the terrible strain that working in an ni- fice or elerking in a shop puts upon a girl. of the wearlness of standing on one's feet all keeping on the smile that won't come off and trying to cont-iiian: unreasonable customers and cranky bosses. the situation except for the girls to go on strike, or get Mother .1 job and let her see what working downtown means.

DEAR DOROTHY Dix: Continued on page 11

This Moflior Demands Housework Of Daughters Who Support Her

DEAR -MISS DIX: My sister and I are Itonograph -. we all the expenses of our apartment. and our mother keeps house for She constantly mas and complains because we housework and tells all our relat'

Our mother in middle-aged. healthy

do my

All this time we have

payf do not help with ililse" and neighbors how she slave; and that we do nothing but dress up and

fly iind

unds under weight. ngs I am thorough.

own my use-

I have worked for five years and new.- missed a day from the office. My llster has ram-k. . ed for six years. porting our mother. It seems to me we are doing our part it is terribly unfair for her to give us the reputation of b

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EXASPERATED

y most unfair to you. but seldom show to their daugh-

ge and inexplicable as tin: and her daugh- B your mother, 3'00 to put on

ihr

But because you are girls. she takes all that gh and it never occurs to her it

n so unfair to their tradition which mad: ousework. which was right to expect uh:-ii

They have no COnCepli0I1 day, of the strain at

There is no remedy for

I am in love with a girl and no are

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SII flip wonderful display, 05 Nylon Lihgorio all this week:

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