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ran ouaanrsai A win: 11, 1952

Garden Topics By GORDON LINDSAY HAITI: Eoiseffsn

liven with bugs and insects :- round, and there are few places in Canada where these enemies are not lurking. it is pontble to grow the finest of flowers and vegetables, if one is reasonably on guard. Ior every pest, fortunately. there is a control or cure. The main thing is to get this control operating at the very first sign of attack. Careful gardeners will examine any dain- ' ago like wilted or partially destroy- sd or eaten leaves, will regard with suspicion any sudden check. Care- ful gardeners will also supply them- selves with some sort of a duster or sprayer and the proper materials to go with them. There is all sorts of equipment available. and for the small garden it is not necessary to spend more than a dollar or two. There are also specific dusts and sprays ready mixed for use.

As a general rule. insects that eat the foliage are attacked with a poison such as DDT, arsenate of lead. etc.. while those that suck out the juices like aphids and other plant lice are controlled with pre- parations incorporating nicotine 01' tobacco solutions, lime, sulphur or special soap. Finely ground sulphur dust is an excellent preventive for diseases like rust. Above all it should be remembered that a heal- thy, well-cultivated, well-fertilized garden is the first and main de- fense. If plants are left untninned and surrounded with weeds. if the soil is poor and growth spindly ind weak we have an ideal spot for pests to flourish.

No Rush

There is plenty of time yet to have a good garden. For every plant or seed lost through late planting there are probably a dozen that perish through being put in too soon. There is nothing to be gain- ed by rushing. True. certain gran

- seed, peas. nursery stock, and such ' , lovers of cool weather, can hardly be put in too soon. But with the great majority of the flowers and vegetables we grow in Canada there is no hurry. The main grow- ing period, speaking generally, will be June and early July and often those things which are planted a week or two later than the first will catch up. Of course. with most vegetables experienced gardeners , advise planting not once but never- . P ai times and at about fortnight or three-week intervals. This brings them along in succession, spreading the harvesting or good-eating sea- son over weeks instead of days.

To extend that season still further

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ADOLESCENCE

At a large convention in 1980 of welfare and betterment workers a resolution was placed before the members to this effect: "Be it re- solved that the adolescents or youths of today are less obedient. less respectful to their elders, than in previous years." As the vote was being taken. the presiding officer stated that he wished to inform the members that the date of the resolution was 1830, Just one hundred years previous to the convention.

In The Journal of Pediatrics (children's diseases), Dr. T. B. Gallagher stresses the period of

Jolescenc and emphasizes that parents and teachers must consid- er the importance of this phase of development. Premature or late appearance of sexual charac- teristics must be taken into con- sideration when they occur. Men- tal disorders may appear to be more severe in adolescents than in adults. yet the prognosis (prob. able outcome) is usually very good. School failure during ado- lescence may occur and there are many causes-anemia, headaches, conflict of interests, lack of friends, defective eyesight, lack of vitamins. Athletics are an import- ant outlet foryexcess energy and here the adolescent learns the give and take of victory or loss.

Dr. Gallagher points out further that allowing a boy with heart disease or diabetes to play goal in hockey. soccer or lacrosse, instead of one of the more active post. lions (which tax the heart. heav- ily) reassures him that he can take his place among his friends and schoolmates.

There are many older folk who look upon adolescents as a species of wild animal whose behavior is beyond their understanding. Dr. Gallagher suggests that this lack of understanding of adolescents may be overcome if one learns about behavior attitudes. needs ind 919 Physiology or working processes of these still growing boys and girls. "Adolescents are people. not problems. They are changing into adults."

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it is also advisable to use at least one early and one late maturing variety of each sort.

Keeping Ahead

No matter how unfavourable l.h9'

weather may be the weeds seem to thrive. Far too many people get discouraged early. especially when they see these pests literally crowd- inif out their tiny flowers and veget- able plants. One should take hope from the fact that one thorough

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TEHNEES' SUNDRESS

MONEY-saver and time-saver, too -sew Just one outfit, have two Pretty dresses for a summer of Sun 'n' funl Tan smoothly in dress with icy white buttons and belt. I-fas dirndl skirt. Add frosty capelet when sun goes away. Sew in checked gingham with white

pique. Pattern R4715: Teenage sizes 10, 12, 14, 16. Size 12 takes 314

yards 35-inch: iii yards contrast. This pattern easy to use. simple to sew. is tested for fit. Has com- plete illustrated instructions. send-Thirty-nve cents (35c) in coin (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern. Print plainly

size. name. address, style number.

send order to ANNE ADAMS, cxo The Guardian, 60 Front Street West, Toronto, Ontario.

Morning Smile

One-Track Mind

Sailor Wife: "George, be sure f.o'get shore leave on Thursday; W8 Y0 coins to have the baby christened."

George: "Lisfenl Nobody's gal ing to hit that kid over the head with a bottle."

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'What would you rather have," little Johnny was asked. "a new baby brother or a baby sister?"

"If it's all the same to you," replied Johnny, after careful de- liberation. "I would rather have a

iApple orchards. the trees s.ll cov-

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Newfoundland dog."

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Wheat fields carpeted far and near in vital emerald green; The eternal, exhaustleas freshness

of each early morning; The yellow, golden. transparent of the warm afternoon

sun; The aspiring lilac bushes with pro- fuse purple or white flowers. :- alt Whitman.

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Apple blossoms and lilacs make the garden lovely these days, the fragrance of lilacs brings memor- ies of gardens of,the long ago and the dear old folk who loved them. Lilacs are the most desirable shrubs to plant in the garden. hardy and long-lived with little care. There are many new vari- eties extending the lilac season and it is possible to have frag- rance and beauty from these shrubs for -several weeks.

For a long time it was believed that all lilacs originated in Per- sia, but in 1915 it was discovered that even the "Persian Lilac" is ii native of China. It was found growing so lustily in its wild state on the mountain-slopes of Kansu that there could not be any doubt of its being indigenous there.

It is even possible that this pale sweet flower was carried to Persia over the ancient. trade-routes as part of the treasures of Caifiiay. a gift to some potentate, or for sale in the bazaars.

Lilucs reached Constantinople from Persia; and they were bloom- mg in many gardens of that rich capital in 1554. The Ambassador from Austria was delighted with the strange new shrub. irelghted with showy flowers. and lost no time in sending lilac bushes to the imperial gardener at Vienna, following them later with seeds.

Soon they spread over western Europe and than to Germany and before the end of the sixteenth

century they were growing in English gardens.

There is a delightful "Lilac Time" in Rochester, New York.

On the Sunday in May or early June that the lilacs are at their best, thousands of people journey to Rochester to enjoy them. Birds. it seems. are particularly fond of the lilac, feeling well sheltered among its thick foliage. in "I Eeme L A, I Remember". among the delightful things Hood could not forget were "The lilacs where the robin built...." And Lowell tells us that "The catbird croons from the lilac-bush." A happy fancy is that of Burns: ”0 were my love yon lilac fair. Wi purple blossoms to the spring; And I, a bird to shelter there When wearied on my little wing. How f wad mourn, when it was torn By Autumn wild, rude, But. I wad sing on wanton wing When youthful, May its bloom renewed." .

and Winter

This week I spent a happy

morning over at the Memorial Nursery given to this Island by a far sighted man. The Cotton Me- morial Nursery is one of the best memorials any one could wish for. It is beautifully located and is now showing the care and labour spent on it by Robert Snazelle. it than who has always loved flow- ers and plants. He seems to have especially good results growing them from seed, and there is more to this caring of a large nursery business than one can imagine. A visit to see the won- derful large collection of bulbs. the grand Gloxinias. the shrubs of many kinds, familiar and rare. the trees, and the perennials is a treat to all who love these garden hints. In the summer months to come I,shall tell you of some of the plants and shrubs from this nurs- ery that are blooming in this gar- den, but now the apple blossoms and the green grass that needs mowing is calling me out of doors and there is need of many tasks. happy tasks in the garden, and perhaps a few minutes to sit and enjoy the fragrance of the bios- soms with friendf. .

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Beneath these fruit-boughs that re Their snow-white blossoms on my

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With brightest sunshine round me spread

or spring'a unclouded weather.

In this sequestered nook how sweet

To sit upon my orchard-seat.

And birds and flowers once 'more to greet,

My last year's friends together.

- Wordsworth.

Hemstltchl

The drawing of threads in hem- stitching will be easier if they are nrst gone over with a wet brush that has been rubbed over a bar of soap.

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2 How Can I I ! I By Anne Ashley ti

Q. How can I clean matting most effectively?

A. Never attempt to clenn mat.- ting with soap. Use ammonia and cold water. It is much better be- cause of its effect on the matting and the fact that it is much eas- ier to dry the matting.

Q. How can I keep berries fresh for a longer time?

A. Donit leave the fresh berries in their wooden box, or other con- tainer. Pour them into a plate or shallow dish so that the air can circulate through them.

Q. How can I improve the flavor of fresh peas?

A. The flavor can be ilnprove-d, when boiling fresh peas, ii a sprig of mint is added to the writer.

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"On the south-west, a sea pep- pered with islets and skerries gin- iervenes between Ulva and I..ill16 Colonsay: and beyond as for RS311! in the same direction. lies re- nowned staffa. How wildly beauti- ful, how primordial is the scene everywhere around one! And how sad too, since Ulva's road threads its way through croft-lands long abandoned, through pastures rs?- idly reverting to ling and bfacken. among the derelict homesteads of a vanished people!"

"Uiva arid Gometra are two of ial and economic reasons the popu- lation has decreased to nezligibie numbers. Nevertheless, they pos- sess in their unpeopled acres a fascination and a remoteness cur- iously emphasized by this very road. one might travel it day af- ter day without meeting a soul. When, in one of the many hollow places into which it dips, one looks around to find broken moorland and grey litchened rock on every hand, one loses completely the sense of being on a comparatively small island. True, Mull's lofty peak a dozen or more miles away. appears to dominate the scene. Yet many of the ups and downs of Ulva, occur in territory so "rugged that from much of the island the sea lochs about it lie out of sight."

"Except for the modest planta- tions by the ferry at orniscraig in the vicinity of Ulvn House. and of the vacant Church and Manse, all of them at the island's eastern end and at no distance from one another, Ulvn. is treelem. Yet how pleasant these little woodlands can be" the writer continues, "on a. hot day after a trying journey across Mulll One autumn day. having cycled briskly all the way from Salen to the ferry in the hope of crossing Ulva with as much good daylight as possible still ahead of me. I was indeed glad of their soothing and cooling embrace.

"They provided. me with much- deslred opportunity to pause awhile before going on to meet, at Ulvn House, my hostess, Evlith Lady congleton. whom I was soon to find plying the hay-fork in one of the loveliest settings I ever beheld." i

''In the hayfield by the old house stood ricks but newly made. Upon the farm-lands close by, the corn was still green, contrasting well with such of the island's vegg. tatlon as had already taken on the rich tints that blazon the onset of nutumn's decay. Ever-ywheyp around me was the fragrance of hay recently harvested, and of wild flowers in which the wild been seemed more then usually audible."

"Overhead.

between the old White blown clouds filled all the heavens. Their reflections on the lsound hear at hand were as an. em pools of pearl act in a sea of indigo. their cam tinctured like the faint blush of the dog-rose."

This. we found an interesting Pen-picture of mu, lovely, lonely picturesque Isle of our forebears I5 contributed by Alasdair" Alpln hlscdruor in I March issue of London Calling. Should it be that we never come to it in the flesh. we shall doubtleu lolter along her WM 41991!!! road. in our dreams

Until tomorrow - --Diary 1 .. Good-night . . . . .

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chosen as the best actress in the Soui'ls. was named best actor in the entire Festival for her performance Drama Festival after appearing in of 'fRose" in the St. Peter's A.Y. very few amateur, productions pre- "The Lord's viously. He received his award for This talented young ac- his performance as "Timothy Shea" tress, who isthe daughter ofMr. and in the st. Mary's Dramatic Club's Mrs. H. L. Pickard, Charlottetown, presentation of "Shea's 'Weddin'." is an active member 'of the Little Mr. MacDonald is married and has Theatre Guild. and is employed by five children. and is employed by Insurance the C.N.R. as station agent and

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1. Monday: lditor Bok said 'way back in 1900, "Until a young man reaches twenty-nve he is In- eapabls of the care and support - of any girl. The least a gir can do when she marries is to marry a man. not a boyl"

About girls. he had this to say: "If girls have brothsn. they (the boys) are kept from man! temp- tations by so pure and sweet an influence. They help mothers with the poor. correspondence and

--I-'lio'.o by Meyers Mr. J, J. MacDonald, (above).

the green grass. Cover with a good thick layer of earth. Plant your flowers then, and all you will have to do from then on is watch the ponies growl cut the bags to form a round, oblong or square bed. The heavy layers of paper lrilli and rot the

housekeeping, and uplift their father when his spirits droop."- Time changes everything!

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2. Tuesday: Nothing but green. tough grass where you would love to have a flower bed? Do this and you will have flowers in abundance: Lay fertilizer bags (either opened out or as is), on

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DOROTHY DlX'S COLUMN-A

and we both went home to our respective families. not quite a year. and were unhappy for reasons which would take too long to explain. A few days ago I received a clipping from your column about a man married to a girl with a mother fixation. I have no idea who sent such a thing. and I don't think the person

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Orange Chiffon Cake

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Cook's Corner

This is a nice big cake-and so good you will be glad of its size.

Note the emphasis put on the stiffness of the egg white. This

is much different from the beat- mam or nowered and you-n lng given egg whites for any other done, ' purpose. This extraordinary stiff- a s s

ncss is vital to the success of this kind of cake.

2'. cups once-sifted cake flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1!: cups fine granulated sugar

l teaspoon salt

1!: tablespoons g r a t e d orange

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into a large mixng bowl, flour, baking powder, sugar salt.

Prepare the orange rind.

Squeeze the juice from the or- anges and strain into a measur- ing cup; add sufficient cold water to bring -the measure up to 91 cup liquid.

Make a well in the flour mix- ture and add the oil, unbeaten egg yolks. orange juice and water, and orange rind; mix the liquids a. bit, then combine with flour mixture and beat with mixing spoon until batter is blended.

Measure egg whites into a large bowl: sprinkle with the cream of tartar: beat until egg whites are very, very stiff and will stand in stiff peaks. Gradually add the egg-yolk mixture. folding gently until combined-do not stir bat-

I. Turn into an ungreased large. deep. tube pan (about 9'5 or I0 inches in diameter. top inside measure).

Bake in rather slow oven, 325 degrees, about Hi hours.

Immediately cake is baked, in- vert and allow to hang suspended until cold. Loosen cake and shake from. pan.

Cold cake may be frosted all over with a thin orange icing.

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1. What is wrong with this sent- ence? "I didn't hurry, neither running or walking very rapidly."

2. What is the correct pronun- ciation of ”oppress"7

3. which one of these words is misspelled? Indubitable, inevit- able, divisible, illegable.

4. What does the word "ineffic- acy" mean? ,

5. What is a word beginning with to that means "unreasonable contempt of danger"? '

ANSWERS

!. Say. "neither running nor walking." 2. Pronounce the o as in on. not as in no. 3. Illegible. 4. Want of power to produce the de-

sired ehect. "He realized the in- them after they are sliced, and efficacy of his efforts." 5. Temer- then drain and pour cold water my, over them.

gentle hints among your friends: sew the hankles spread-make a back for the spread out of firm cotton either

ington once got off a train in Charleston, Southl Carolina. had a pressing speaking engage- ment. He saw nothing to ride in but an old hack owned by a white man.

driven the white man t.o,the hall, paid his fee and was ready to deliver his speech on time!

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pleaser for Friday's menu:-Use fresh or canned crab or lobster meat. cream sauce. prepared mustard to taste. Fill shells or oven proof glass cups with the mixture. cover with but- tered cracker crumbs until browns;- Extra nice when served with hot biscuits.