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IIIIELIUS SYMPHONY

There’: pow'r and glory In Sibe- lius song.

And ‘naked sorrow. like t.hcaeIrch- lug wind ,

!'hIt haunts his own wild north- ern woods, I love

To hear some fifty violins. as light

And swaying as a field of grain. so swift

Their bowing. faster than the tear-filled heart

Can beat the poignant melody. Now deep

And violent as rivers sea

The organ-tones of plucked free

And wildly: faster, higher ltill

near the

cello-strings

and highl

Ioar the magic strains, till In the soul

Crics out in rapture. now the beauty is too great,

It cannot be contained within one breast.

The music sweeps all hearts along the tide

And liiis rh;m tip, as near can be. to God.

—lVlildi'i.-cl R. Henderson.

Montreal

FORMALS ARE BALLET LENGTH

Nearly all formals shown It I recent Fashion show were ballet tength or shorter —- with SKINS ranging from pcncil slim to a burst of fullness. A white nylon ballgown with drifting skirt was the floor-length exception and had a Volentine look under Sam- uelVSilver’s brief red moleskin bolero.

Fresh flowers were used every- where throughout the show, with special emphasis on the new theme of the ‘single rose." Carna- tions. daisies and violets appear- ed as well — pinned on sleeves. tucked in waistlines. bunched on lapels. clustered at the neckline-— etc.—-to give a wonderfully fresh look to fashion.

The ‘rose’ theme was carried to its perfect conclusion in the bridal group finale. The bride and two bridesmaids, wearing ballerina growns, carried muffs of pink roses and wore one rose It the neckline. The bride‘: gown was white lace over taffeta while the bridesmaids wore white organdy with tiny roses sewn to the under- skirt.

SELF-APPRAISAL NEEDS RECORD

If you find it. difficult to make In unvarnlshed appraisal of your- Ielf by looking in a mirror — and It times most of us are more in- clined to hunt for excuses for our Ippearance rather than remedial for faults — try writing down your description.

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Cook's Corner

DATE AND NUT IDA‘F

1 cup dates. out fine

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34 cup butter

% cup boiling water

1 1-3 cups all-punpcse flotu

:1 teaspoon soda

1,5 teaspoon salt

1 egg, well beaten

‘A, cup chopped nuts

count-nine dates. honey, butter Ind boiling water; allow to cool.

Sift. and measure flour; sift Igalin wilth salt and soda. Beat: es! and add to date mixture, then add sifted dry ingredients and lastly fold in chopped nuts.

Bake in moderate oven (36ol".) tor 50 to 60 minutes.

Do Your llo_striIs Fill III! at Night?

Does your nose clog up and W0 "fig gonna sleep It night’! Have you I sinus pain over the eyes’! In your breathing difficult‘! Ycu Mn sum in clowns away their troubles II I simple way. Sprinkl- I few drops of cnenrrh-o-Iona on

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Bneoxtng Ind Catarrh corninem:I_ gg dluppalr Ifter CIt.Ii-rh-o-Ions II used. PIII over the eyes fIdc_I. A wllk throlt ts Iootheda Illm: pun t lief. Iptttlng In nun dfgcllnggoo :9 Ibuted. Get Cutarrl I-III. today. Sold In 3'’ “"3 75‘ stun It all drunk!!-

Msko your written ucord Is complete and factual I.I though you were filling I report on I mining person with the police. This means you will note exactly what you Ire wearing, your Ige, height. weight. coloring, distin- guishing characteristics and so on.

Lenten Meditations

.l'UNDAll!l:N'I'Al. nuts (The London-'rlniIs)

Both tho hlstortcslly IctuIl Ind the logically prior foundation of Obi-tstlIn doctrine life is the belief in God snlned y Intel Ind followed by belief in Jesus Is. with- in human Ipvprehonslon, it: per- fect expression. conflrmstlon. Ind consiimmnion.

PirobIbly no pasuge in the loa- throughout the

For the most accurate Ielf- P95 h“- ‘ ‘"5’ appraisal. note your description b’°“‘m °°m!°rtn‘e'l'1dh':°‘t“‘;,;"§; 3 when you are dressed to go to beueven um" °

market and not when you are really dressed u-p for a gala occa- sion The record may show thst you're wearing a coat of one color, a hat of another, that shoes Ind handbag are mis-matched. Wiped_ out in such a description are the little excuses we make in our minds: The 10 pounds you’ve gained aren't rally noticeable, that it doesn't matter if you war

broken-down shoes Ind carry your best handbag. Such a de- scription refuses to excuse the

fact that you haven't had heels repaired on your good walking shoes, nor the clasp fixed on your matching handbag.

An occasional written check-up may yield some surprising slips in the well—groomed appearance we want. But it maps the strategy for correcting minor faults before they become major.

1051 HATS STARTLING AS ATOMIC BOMB

PARIS — It looks as though we're going to have “flying sau- cers“ whether the scientists pooh- pooh them or not. Just leave it to the ladies.

In 1951 womcn‘s hats still pro- mise to be as startling as any- thing the atom boys can dream up. Come spring. for instance. wo- men the ivorid over will be of- fered the latest creation by lead- ing French Modiste Gilbert Orcel — the “flying saucer."

It's not just one fantastic hat. lt's two huge flat berets, one piled on top of the other with the lower one protruding to form I peak.

0rcel‘s show recently featured all kinds of peaked berets, mushroom hat: with pork-pie crowns and bonnets with oval brims dipping to one side. The new decree on all of them seem- ed to be that they must. all be warn absolutely straight on the head. .

“Flying saucer" Doi-med

Some of Paris' choicest manne- quins floated through the show with the new creations. Foreign buyer: Iii-cady had previewed the collection and placed orders for next spring.

The “flying saucer" lid was in black laize (artificial fine straw which can be bought by the yard). Another white satin eve- ning beret was covered with silk mesh and splattered with rhine- stqnea.

Orcel also showed I bicorn with I pineapple colored stray brim, plastered over with tremendous white daisies.

His -bonnet: have round crowns. sometimes pinched into two point with bvrims that develop from the aides like long ears slanting up one side and down the other.

One puffy beret of green straw was treated to look like moss with I big bouquet of cornflowcrs springing out of the top.

Orcel trims were fanta.sies.with masses of tiny flowers Ind chiffon rosettes. l-le stiffens flower-dotted eye veils to stand well away from the face. or adds I cobwefb of fine veils that envelop the entire face.

How Can I ! ! !

By Anne Ashley ‘ K»:

Q. Does it tire the eyes to read in a room that is brightly lighted?

A. Yes; this has I tendency to tire the eyes. Nor should one read under I very bright light. with the rest of the room in cosnipautive darkness. The room should be in seinl-darkness.

Q. How can I ruuovc BK skins without

A. After boiling beets. lat thuristcndbicold wI.1c1-for-Ifvw minutes. and the kins can be III- lly removed.

Q. HowcInIIi.mDllfy olietcdc of Ititchlng hoIvy material on the sewing mociltlne, ouch II or claims?

A. Rub the scans with I bu-d soIp Ind the needle will go tfn-ough

the material costly.

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penplexity and trouble than the words of the fourth evangelist.- "let not your heart. be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me."

It is this basic Iffirmatlon of fatt-h—ftrst:. In ethical thetsni. unit- ing the witness of conscience Ind reuson, and then "the truth as it is in Jesus," being Iccepted not only Is In idea in human minds but I: an Ictive response to I living. gracious reality, which for- bids despair of Christianity, how- ever adverse the world kiay be. But such acceptance of this bracing en- couragement must in these days curry I pa.rticulIr obligation to emphasise and defend its source.

our age is witnessing what is perhaps the most. determined at- tempt ever made to organise society without religion and. within Christ- endom. to de-christlanize human life. Its Ipporent Ind rapid suc- cess creates much dismay and doubt in thoughtful minds.

Vlrtous modes of Ch istien thought and experience have been built upon I common foundation: Ind it is useless. even if it: were desirable to expect their folloiies to purchase In Irtiftclallv organized unity by surrerdering or treating as of little account. what they deem to follow from and to be justt led by the ultimate foundation of fat h. But Is no structure can stand if its foundations are uprooted. there is I present urgent challenge to all alike to guird and st.i'engt.hen them.

It was an early Christian with ll sombre estimate of human m.t"rc. not a late Victorian optimist, who described the hvman soul as vatur- ally Christian. Beyond question it is much else; yet T;-i'tullian's claim . stands and still commands res".ect- ful attention from tht lrers who a e not purely Chris tan thinkers.‘

Those who would so plan human affairs Is to ignore or destroy re- ligion Ire not. as they imaglre, op- posing thcinselves to false ideas but. to reality itself; Ind they do violence to human nature. The in- cvitable outcome of their policy will {rust/rate their constructive fri- tention, because it must result in loss of fuith by man. Slow and difficult as it may be. exrerleme proves that there is no way of making men better without appenl to the good l:hIt'. is In them. and no nu-er way of making them worse than by trading upon their ignor- ancc. folly. and selfishness.

The one absolute principle of christian living, that the love which worketh no ill to a neighbor ful- fils the law, is idealist Ind hard to acttlaltllc; but it is certain that in so far Is man Ibandons or falls chart of it the best possibilities of life In lost Imtd faction, confusion. Ind tyrmiiy.

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1. WhIt is wrong with this sea- tence? "WI submit the above 1!g_-

2. What II the correct po'onvum- lation of "delete" (to erase) 7

3. Wlhloh one of these words is misspelled? Farenhett, fnllible. facsimile, fInclfu.l.

4. What does the word “ind.b:t- Ihle" mean? .

5. What is I won! beglnning| with bi chat memo “addicted to

th‘lI\k"? ANSWERS

1. say, “We submit the above mentioned (or. foregoing) figures.‘ 2. ‘H dc-let. both e's Is in inc, accent second syllable. 3 Fahreithelt. 4. Capuble of being indicted. or charged with In of fence. (Pronounce Iccond syllaibl (life. I II in die). "He but continuit- ted In indictable offcnac'Ixid was brought before the jury." 5. Blou- louc.

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We suppose that those wives now into the sonar: of quilt and rug-making In somewhat dismayed, when they glance It I calendar these days to find this month already nearing its close. to hasten than It the work. Al- though unlikely to take up either activity this year. we nevertheless are aware of its cIll,and those If- ternoons when the sun beams in warmly and the water drips from the icicles It I roof's edge, and the sky is softly blue with I sug- gestion of Spring in the shade, we find we are rather regretful that we may not once again set the old frames in place in the kitchen and enter into the unfailing charm of these pastimes. We hear tid- ings of such work front several di- rections. One writes: ‘‘I was sew- ing some pieces together today -— blocks they were. to make a quilt. I really fell the Winter or Spring’: been lost if I have nothing like that to show for my time!" A sec- ond was "going to dye tomorrow — just y way of having some- thing t fill up my time until the house-cleaning comes!" I I I

What favored crafts these are! We recall now the two elderly women of the long ago, concern- ed then that these handicrafts might disappear with successive generations of house-wives. Read- ing in a corner of the room near the fire-place we over-heard them discuss it while we gather-

the book. Rocking they were. one busy with a bit of mending. the other knitting socks of sheeps' gray. About this time of year or perhaps a little later. “Her quilt or hook!" one exclaimed in a low tone of her busy daughter-in-law, “humph! she has never yet add- ed one quilt to the few she fetch- ed with her! I shouldn't be say- ing the like. but words will out sometimes! And as for booking, ah me! Do you know what she does with her rags — good ones too. woolen and all?" I I I

The other one. a visitor. set- tied her cap more squarely and sig-hed with a whimsical smile "These times there's no telling!" "Burns them!"‘ the first lady answered her own query, “yes, burns them! Actually takes up the stove-cover and rams them in! It's not fashionable now to cover your floors with mats she says — lt's hardwood now. if you please with an odd mat here and there! Now what do you be thinking of the like of that?" "You'd think." the visitor sighed “that some people was born with silver spoons in their mouths. I notice it's all buy nowadays. wlth never a thought of saving or mak- ing as you and I had to do!" The first one nodded. “Indeed I'm of the opinion that in another gen- eration or so. there'll be neither quilting nor hooking!” But if these did skip an odd turn of the season along the years, grand- daughters and great-grands are into it. finding is much charm and interest and thrift tn the stitches and loops Is ever did the pioneer women of those bygone years.

“I don't mirid ‘the. women mak- inl I quilt or two.” I farmer laughed recently “that's something thIt can't last too long. A fel- low can have I pretty fair idea of when it will be over. Ind they don't seem so tied to the quilting. But that confounded hooking! It seems to put I spell on them right from the start — yes, I regular hex! There's no interrupting it for anything; it's the first thing in the morning and the last It night — or it might as well be for they're hurrying to get to it. And the meals! We do very well to survive — wouldn't only that we Ire blessed with strong constitutions!" And she. I quiet industrious little bpdy laughed to us later and confided: ‘There is a lot of truth in what John was saying — though it was mostly in fun. But I do enjoy hooking. yes more than any other hsndicr-Ift. It seems you get so interested, you forget . . . well, some of the things that are better forgotten. The world then seems to be con- fined within the four walls of home. But what woeful expres- sions the men wear if the meals Ire I little 1Ite." "Yes." we add remembering. "but I bright new rug is well worth the like of that!"

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"This would be very nice" Rob laughs of our present interests, Is he close; his book "if we didn't have to consider the morning in the offing!"

Until tomorrow — DiIry—Good-

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For the following story, the writer is indebted to Mr. Peter Inman. Cornwlll. now in his 88th you. Mr. Inman was born in I log cabin at Argyle Shore where his father was engaged in fish- ing and farming.

At the age of 15 Peter left school to help his Dad aboard their t.rl.rn little fishing craft. “The little fisherman," Is he was sometimes called, knew some- thing about sailing before then; having frequently joined the men when the fleet put out to gather the harvest of the sea. Once or twice when the ships had been caught in I had storm, young Peter had stood up and braced himself against the side of the boat. just like an old salt; and when she rode the crest of a large wave, or fell back into the trough of the foam, the boy would laugh heart- ily and exclaim “What jolly fun we are having."

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By the time Peter had turned 16. he was reckoned by all hands aboard to be I good sailor. “Some day." they added, “you'll be one of the best fishermen in the wat- era of the south shore.” The fact that he was intrusted with part of the tasks by his father. filled the boy's heart with pride. Speak- ing of those first experiences. In- man said:

'‘‘I felt myself to be quite an important person, putting out to the fishing grounds was an old story; but now. I was taking an active part in the actual work. Once we'd reached the fishing grounds. we‘ baited our lobster pots and then sunk them in the water. In those days we used woden traps, several feet long. and often rectangular in shape. some- times they were shaped like a half- moon. the flattened part being the bottom of the trap. Across one end of the pot, we stretched a net, while in the centre of the pot,-we called it the parlor — hung the bait. The lobster crawl- ed through an opening in the net. to get at the bait; he never came out again on his own."

"How were the catches in those days?" I queried. “And the price per pound?"

"Lcbstcrs then were very num- erous." continued Mr. Inman. "In- deed, they were almost unlimit- ed. Sometimes the fishing fleet took so many in a single day that] the factory was gluttcd and we'd be obliged to leave the boats at anchor until conditions became normal.

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“Now about the price, the fish- ermen received the vast sum of 50c per hundred pounds of live lobsters — that is, during those first years I was in the business: later, the price advanced as the catches grew smaller. We never kept any lobsters that were not pretty well grown. We didn't have to bother with the small fry as there were plenty of large ones to be bad. Some of the big fellows weighed Is much as 12 pounds.

"Besides catching them in traps, we used to hunt 'em under the rocks along the shore. when the tide was out. ‘Rock fishing’ as we termed it, often yielded good re- turns. We'd drag the big fellows out with a stick or a fork and then toss ‘cm into a cart to be hauled to the factory."

“Does a lobster shed its shell every year?" I ventured, "or is that just another fable?"

“Not. every year," replied the retired fisherman. “But they do shed their shells every year for several seasons, then they retain the casing premanently, or un- til they Ire forced to give them

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H I country Garden

by In. Gordon Ilsonnlllua

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I haw boon rudtng I book cI1led ClIxdcoIu'I Ttlbuta. writ- ten by Rlchudson Wright. on the anniversary of thirty-three years Is editor of House Ind Guden Mr. Wright has written many books on gurdenlng Ind rural living, Ind Is he is I practical gardener who works in his own garden, they Ire helpful Ind very interesting; this book is Ibout gardener-I of the past Ind each chIpter is dedicated to I gardener of the present.

In telling us Ibout his home and garden of seven Icres in Con- necticut he says: There is I cred- ullty in gardeners that no pass- age of the seasons dims...we plant seed with the sublime faith that it will all come up. Indeed, if it weren't for our faith, few of us would long continue gardeners.

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Nor can we long continue un- less. as the years pass, there grows on us. with increasing in- tensity. I sense of our steward- ship of the land entrusted to us. Now "it is required in stewards. that I man he found faithful." After my fashion I have been faithful to this land. It has caused me to spend many a pretty penny, it has sopped up rivers of my honest sweat. it has furnished me with the tissue of many dreams and it has sustained my spirits when all else failed. I harbor the solemn belief that. one of these days, I shall be held accountable for my stewardship.

To one whose‘ knuckles are never quite clean. there is some- thing blasphemous about those people who think gardening a habit you can pick up and lay down at will, a sport to pursue when the mood is on you. a di- version for an idle hour when the balmy winds of spring blow down the land. In short, that garden- ing is easy.