LivingcSlLeisure

vTHE woman's REALMz.

LOOKING aacx we see

mlfiiio can look back on life and

ace ts intricate design; is strange and lovely tapestry Di’ changefui hue and line. ind. looking thus, can fail to find, E1 scenes of dull despair, ow. still. some threads of bright- ness wind lmong the shadows there?

‘Who can look back and fail to see, When paths had grown most dark. Est veiled in sombre mystery, at still there shone a spark- d spark that led him on and on, once more into the light. Who can deny God makes the (lawn _ More fair because of night?

T0 FINISH FURNITURE

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When a xiatural wood effect is desired on unpainted furniture, the first step is to rub the article satin smooth with fine sandpaper and ilesi wool. Then seal the pores with white sheila: thinned with de- natured alcohol. When dry, finish with two c:- three coats of thin pnslc wax to obtain a glossy fin- ich.

TIPIS ON DECORATING

night," a young wife explained, ‘so I'm trying in round up a tabla of bridge. I halo to have to alt home alone for a whole evening."

There's a girl who is destined to be an unhappy wife. if she doesn't change a. lot in the years to come, predicts a woman writer.

The woman who "hates to be alone" usually makes a poor wife and mother.

To begin with, she is usually re- sentful when business demands or independent outside interests take her husband away from her, even for an occasional evening. i,

And. having no resources within herself, she is completely depen- dent on other people for her hap- pmess.

Children may fill her life for a few years. But, if she finds in them the answer to her loneliness, she is in for an unhappy time when they grow up and leave her.

So the young wife who cant face an evening alone should take careful stock of her own resources. Ii’ she can't learn to be happy a- lone she will never learn how to

be happy at all. -

If the young wife will look at the unhappy middle-aged women she knows, she will see that the trouble wit‘; most of them is that they have never learned to rely on

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Ellen .’s' Diary a

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Our a menu g m. lain glamour this evening I'm aura, by the addition to it of cheese bis. cults. Made more or lws according in the basic and familiar recelpe

PIIWBR-LY from a page in a cookery book or again catches ones atten. "m1 1n =1- never or magazine. in the latter usually accompanied by apicture so beguiling that ofttimes one is drawn immediately to 1 culinary rite at the mixing bowl. Not always am I able to follow a given. recipe though I may start out with the best of intentions. U O l

It was like that this afternoon. When I was making splendid pro- gress assembling the dry ingred-. icnts as laid down in the book be- fore me, James called from the kitchen doorway: "Ellen" he asked in s. bone that was clearly troubl- ed "you didn't happen to sec the "SP lately. did you? — the big one, we can't seem to find it any- where about." “The raspTf I re- pcated concentrating on the ques- tion, "the last time I saw it was the day Jamie and you were using it on the veranda}. there. you re- member? fitting axe-handles, you were." "Ye-es" James replied “but we've had it since that. I'm blest to goodness if I can find it now.. And" with a little suspicion "you're sure it's not in the house?" "Cer- tain" I answered going back to my baking.

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for biscuits, which hails one com- ,

Dorothy j Dix

Teen-Ago

DEARMLSSDDK: WhatdOWJu

times as this one, you do not wonder

no personal/F... '8-vc— ,-

_ StrictMothers

llalsltors flail halt If Restrained llnraasuably _

think of n. 17-year-old girl going

out on dates occasionally with a nice fellow? I am already out of school. work eight hours a day. hand in my pay check to my mother every wee-k and don't get a cent of allowance. _ I can go out once a week, she goes into a fllfand says that when I am 19 she will let me gogoui once a month.

Ilt is getting borcsome sitting at home seven nighlis a week and I feel that after won-king all week I am. at least, en- titled to one evening's pleasure, especially when it is nothing more than going to-thc movies. My mother won't even let me have a girl friend. She says I have enough sisters to keep me company. Mother and Dad go out every week for theLr fling. and I only ask to go out once a week andam willing to come home at any hour they say.

And when 1 ask her if

ATROUBLEDLASS

ANSWER: When you hear of mothers who are so selfish and tyrannical and so far behind the

that there are so many girl de-

linquents. You marvel that there are not more of them. For certain- ly there is no tvay in the world in which a bmother can drive her daugh- ter away from her and away from home quicker than by denying her all the pleasures that belong to her time of life and that other girls

of her age are enjoying. GIRL CAN BE

TRU STED

Surely no girl who has finished her schooling and who is out in the world eaming her living, is such a baby or such a. fool that she doesn't know enough to conduct hcnself properly with a decent boy, or to be

trusted with the money she earns. adult enough to be entitled to many

Any girl who is self-supporting is

of the privileges of the grown-

ups and to a. large degree of personal liberty.

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Aavoinmoi .i....».....s or, _- annoy . .

When we lee men, women and children suffering from ashhrna, hay fever, "head —ooids, hivesgec- mama and other akixr rashes. we may feel a little sonrywnd“ think it'i.s just hard luck for them. ' Those who do not suffer from-al- ierly. u this condition labelled, havelno idea of the actual suffer- ing ailergic individuals undergo. However. if you find your young- ster suffering with allergy, it is smnething else, ang you’ may won- der just what can, be done gob,- tein relief. - "s ~-

In "Hygeia," the health magaz- ine, Dnlidiiliarn Gigi; Egberts states that the great Junt-irance to con- quering the disease, allergy, is the indifference pith‘ vinhioh it is treat- edby everyone, including parents.

So many shrug molly shoulders and moan. "There's nothing to be done about allergy." A5,; matter of fact, much can be done about it. Thousands of children and adults can avoid the distressing 53mp- toms of allergy which, in extreme cases. may retard growth, harm teeth and ainusa and cause fatigue which interferes with play and llhB companionship of other children.

What causes allergy in from 10 to

l Household a Scrapbook

p; Roberta Lee

Shiny Slllf-l

To rurnove shine from tailored suits. wet a tliln piece of muslin in witch-hazel and spread it over the shiny portion of the garment. Hold a hot iron over it until it steams.

" Mocler

"Tastes -r _ iscoon...

n; '1 Etiauette

l; Roberta Leo

Q- When staying at a hotel.

doesn't a person have the priviiegn of rebuklng in employee for im- pudence or some negligence?

A. A far better plan is to make

a complaint to the clerk at the desk.

Q. If a young man deliberately

themselves for their enjoyment of life.

breaks ~11 date witih a girl, without a plausible excuse, then asks her

Of course. every mother should keep a wary eye on her daughters

who are teen-agers, but she should act'in the capacity of a guide and The“ press on the wrong ‘we’

15 per cant of the population?

B t h Had _ u w en was U I mam Allergy 15 caused by prOtelns

If you have rooms which open

into each other. study each room DANGER 0p 50111111)! bled m, the ingredients “for? mt‘ a smvednver‘ she shwld km” Wham my‘ they 5° Wm‘ and when ich ref to ~ este . Pro- Vialtin an Invalid 1'01‘ Emma" d5"- Whflt 51101114 51w s U"! lnl/elfu-Pflvfl? That. HOW Wfl-v they go, but she certainly should not treat them as if they were moron u" mung!“ nd we . I do? e s are rich roge .

carefully so that your decorative h-otiis for the two rooms will not "flash." One way to try out colon is to paint large sheets of building paper and hang them on the walls i.» get a comparative effect. Then. when you are s1tisfied that the re- sult will be harmonious and pleas- ing to you, you can go ahead with the paint job on tho walls and ceiling.

WHAT IS YOUR REASON?

Some persons do a. kindness in the hope of financial reward. Oth- m; help a friend and feel cheated if they do not receive gratitude in return. A few hold out helping hands wherever they are needed and are well paid by the inner joy

.~ of easing mother's burdens. This

n their compensation.

LEARN T0 RELY ON OWN

SELVES

"Jim'a going to a meeting t0-

How Can 1111

By Anne Alhley

Q. How can I make good potato Qakes?

A. Pare and boil 1 quart of potatoes, ilhen mash and season ulih sail. pepper and paprika, and ldcl 1 tablespoon melted butter: klil\' lightly. Take a spoonful of this mirture in floured hands and roll. Dip in egg beaten with 1 table- spoon cold milk, then in flour, and fry in hot fat.

Q HOW can I polish chased lil- Yer?

A. Brush it thoroughly

tilting. finish to washing with a‘

ittle turpentine and soap. than polish with chamois.

Q. Is it better to mend the clothes before laundering?

A. Yes. The economical haule- ltvife mend; her clothes before laun- dering instead cf after. u the clothes will lest longer.

"leaf for Li;

' proved over and

1f you live alone you should be aware of the danger of personal deterioration and combat it every minute. The natural antidote to solitude is society. No matter ow hard you try to keep in physical and social form when you are alone the moment a friend agrpears you'll behave a little better.

The moral obviously is that if you wish to remain yourself, you should see or entertain as many people and as often as possible . . . If you aren't alert to the life out- side your retreat, old age will creep in through your doorway long before you expect it.

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PLUM ROLL

2 mipfula of sifted flour

4 ienapoonfui; of baking powder

$4 teaspoonful of salt

2 teaspoonfuls of shortening

About 9i cupful of milk

2 cupfuls of halved stone plums stewed and sweetened

1 teaspoonful of lemon juice

$6 cupful of brown sugar

‘V, teaspoonful of ground cinna- mon.

Measure the sifted flour and aift again with the baking powder arnd salt. Cut in the shortening and add n-iilk to make a soft dough that can be handled. ‘mm-n out onto a lightly-floured board, and roll into a rectangular shape about one-half inch thick. Spread over this the plums which have been drained. sprinkle with the lemon juice. brow-n sugar and cinnamon. and r011 it up Ilka a jelly roll. Place in a buttered baking pan and bake in g, moderately hot oven, 375 to 400 deg. Faihin, for about one-half hour. basting twice during hhe bak- ing wiilh the juice which was ‘$111111- ed from the plucns. This may be served with plain or whipped cream. wlfih hard lauce or with plum smut?!-

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“the question." Most important perhaps of all: was the baking powder in? The depths refused to answer my query. It was most puzzling. If the required amount was there in the fiour-slfter, its identity was quite lost. to me. Oh well, if it were, another spoonful would do no harm, and on the other hand it could do o. world of good. Thus it is that I may not ni- ways bake according in recipe. U O I

On occasion, of course one glori- iies the more humble biscuit mix- ture by the addition of various items: a handful of raisins -the smah ones so that the cook may share the luscious" tidbits with Jamie, or James, or the grand- daughter if she happens to be a.- bout; left over dates add flavor too and sweetness. Today it was cheese, “by wdy of increasing the protein in our diet" I told myself. knowing all the time that it was really to use up the end of cheese, which after o. succession of appeaz- ances at the table had somehow lost its appeal. About- a half cup in all when shredded on the grai- ei-shredded rather than grated finely, so that in the eating one might happen upon a. bit of its piquancy. James enjoyed them, ugh without comment and in- deed when I let a plate of them for his and Mr. 03s enjoyment at lunch time not so long ago they accepted them eagerly. O I O

Mr. C. from the house on the hill had braved the driftn to neigh- bor with us, to smoke componica- able pipes of fragrant “weed" with James and lo discuss with him the -ai'fairs of their respective days. “The high cost of living" current- h discussed everywhere came in for a share of attention. I came from a paper I had been reading in hear James say, dolefuliy, and of course notlwithout reason: “The cost of living is so high now!" and Mr. C. agreed: "Yes, that‘: it, a fellow gets a good price for what he has to aell -his pork and beef. nfld the first thing he knows its all gone in groceries and the like." "High cost of living!" I said "with rant free and-iota of vegetables and milk and cream and butter and eggs?" James eyed 1:10. meochieu. I

' And then "Humphi I suppose it costs nothing to keoptho roof over our heads? And the vegetables just get in the cellar with no ‘a- bour nor cost at all to the farmer? if that wasn't the aimploat speech!" be laid turning to Mr. G. “And bow I should like in know could you get cream or milk or butter without e. cow —-or with- out feed? Aral bOlalilufab money -. and plenty it t year." " I Mr. C. nodded ‘plenty la right. And reckoning it up i! you allow for hie labor it costs the farmer pretty near as much. now. f-hfl m!!! 0" the farm as it doe: the city folk, besides he is using up hia cosh crops." “I bow to tell you. 821w" James said rising now and atolls- ing towards the atove to empty his pipe label “the farmer feola the high cont of living u mucnu the city man and probably mom considering the hundred and one thlngaheholtobuy orkeopln repair for 'hia_farmi_n8-" '

Ivan at the dcorwoy when- lb‘-

childtren. And no mother who tries youth will ever have a daughter who

to heisp her girls have a happy lies and cheats and goes wrong

because her mother forces her into doing it by her restrictions. You

have to drive a girl with a light rein

DEAR DIX! I have

if you don't want her to bolt. a boy friend whose company I

would enjoy very much if he were nm so conceited and did not talk

all the time about himself. How can out hurting his feelings?

I bring his aittmtlon to it with- ROSE

ANSWER: It can't be done, because an egotistk vulnerable spot 1s his vanity. and when you destroy that there u. nothing 1m of 111m. He is all in. He wont take your criticism kindly and try to prom, 5y

it. He will hate you to his dying day;

or else he will pity you for being

so dumb you are not capable of appreciating what a marvel he is. Certainly there are no people who are so tiresome and boring as

those whose one topic

of conversation is themselves. But if you can

stand their blowing their own tnmicets. you do i. noble deed, for you

make them perfectly happy.

DEAR nonon-nr our: My father died this year and my mother

hi! 8cm: completely to pieces. she V91‘? bitter about losing my lathe;

never smiles any more and is

sh h hi h bl tau“ °1 it l" the Wm ind says she edoea: no: wanzogo 511w’ md

thing we children do is wrong and she thinks we should stay at home

"Id he" M Company. When visitors

come. she lust sits with a. stem

racewrgxilnshnol-hlne when tiggy try to talk to w, 5 Q 60111195 0 my use I can't turn on the radio while she is there and she doesnt want me to even clean the house. What can

I do about her?

DAUGHTER.

ANSWERI Pfwflbly nothing. unless some reputable psychiatrist could help her. Hut I doubt if even they could do her any good, for

she has lost the desire to live and will Her attitude puts added to the grief youfeel at the loss

you children in a very difficult

710i "Slit for her 1-ife and sanity. position, for of your fa-therls added the still

819M161‘ 8710f 0! 868mg your mother inauch a state, but don't let"it

make you morbid also. mind and do not let it get you down.

AO-"tnt her conduct as the vagary o1 a sick

Make your home as cheerful as

it was before this affliction. You owe that to your husband and chil-

dren. .

C. went out into a night which la lje-fliilng drifts on the verandah, James and Mr. C.'s minds were . concerned with the same mutter. “Take the price of a fig of tobacco‘ James was saying “and tea",Mr. C. simmered —.I think that w“

the word though it was blown a- WHY quickly on the gusty wind. _. . . "'I‘his" “is going to make the right storm, Ellen." .

ames now observes

Until tomorrow Diary — Good-

night.

Montreal. -

arrive attire Cdnadian Notional‘ ca’! ital»

hue-nan body needs nitrogen to build its cells or tissues, just as it needs oxygen to, oxidize or burn u-p food that is eaten. These‘ undigested pro- teins fight tn get out of the intes- tine into the blood stream. Once into the blood Jtream, they fix themselves tightly to a cell in the body. wait for a protein of the same type. and then light the new protein. ‘Ihla fight causes allergic

symptoms. , _ While three of every four case; of allergy are inherited, much relief

now is possible. How can allergic syrnptcmsbe prevented? Avoid foods. drugs.

dust and other substances known to be likely causes, and have the physician make offending substance-food. feather. fur, dust. Keeping n. food diary is If simple" method 0C finding the food or foods causing allergic syrnp

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Better‘ English

O. Wlllhll

1. What is wrong with this sen- tence? "His brother la very dark- cumplectcd."

2. What is lihe correct pronunc- iation of “supple”!

8. Which one of these words is misspelled? ' amy, monitory. 4. What does the vrord "poten- tial" mean?

S. What is n word beginning with fu that means "uselaes"?

- ANSWERS i. Say.