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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 17, 1938
Page
6
A weekly women’s column offers daily maxims and guidance from November 17 to 23, with home hints on using cooking water, budgeting meals, and letters about wise thinking. The text also reports on economics, rail technology, and Canadian elk conservation highlighting national park protection and population estimates.
The writer details a busy week on Ginger Farm with thrashing, a car repair, and a trip to see Robin Hood. Captain Scott’s remarks on Europe and Hitler, Chamberlain, and England’s mood spark reflection on war and public opinion. Roof painting and neighbor notes finish a busy sequence with Ontario reactions to outsiders.
Of Interest to Women presents cheese as a warm, hearty ingredient for winter meals. Recipes named include Cheese Souffle, Cheese En Casserole, Cheese Roast, and Corn and Cheese Casserole, using eggs, milk, vegetables, and breadcrumbs with cheddar cheese.
An Irishman recounts meeting someone who claims to be Pat O'Brien but denies it, revealing a mix up of names as both parties realize they may have mistaken identities while crossing a bridge. The humorous exchange ends with both insisting their own names despite the confusion.
A wedding ceremony prompts a blunt exchange about the traditional obedience clause. The bride responds with humor while noting plans to avoid strict language in matrimony.
Dorothy Higgins highlights Canada's rich fish variety and offers two recipes. Canada Cod a la Boulangere uses cod with potatoes and crumbs baked in butter. Canadian Haddock En Creme blends haddock with kipper flavors, parsley, onion, and milk baked until browned.
A fashion brief stresses perfectly fitted foundation garments and slips to improve any outfit. It recommends multiple slips for different frocks and highlights a fitted thin eggshell satin slip with lace and satin band detailing. The description notes modern slip construction differs from older styles.
Shortly after the Battle of Waterloo, the Duke of Wellington, leading the British Army, overheard a subordinate calling him simply Wellington. He stopped the officer and advised against such familiarity. The officer replied, I beg your pardon, your grace, and defended his usage by noting no prefix exists for Hannibal, Caesar, Tamerlane, or Napoleon.
The Qu Appelle Indian Residential School at Lebret Saskatchewan begins a two mink farm project as a vocational training advance. Fr M de Bretagne plans to cage forty northern Quebec mink as foundation stock to expand fur farming under supervision. The venture could expand to other Indian schools and fur bearing animals.
Ontario may adopt electric tongs to stun animals before slaughter replacing cruel hammer methods. Trials in British Columbia and Scotland show promising results. J Macnab Wilson of the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals promotes the device to meat packers, noting faster humane stunning.
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