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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1936-12-17, Page 4ta FOUR THE WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES Thursday, Dec. 17th, 1936 (j^iatuv By BETTY BARCLAY .Sometimes we meet foods that are good for us and that at the same time we like. Gelatin, ancl especially the prepared flavored gelatin, seems, to be just this sort of food. With every member of the family, from the youngest child to the grown boy and girl and even the grand-parents, gelatin dishes are extremely popular. For all occasions, gelatin, that very adaptable and nutritious food, comes to the rescue of the house- • wife, whose ever present problem—■ and a difficult one it is, too—is to ■please and satisfy the appetites of each member of her family. Gelatin, it is pointed out by the JRoyal Institute, is a most valuable food, being a true protein. It con­ tains a most important food ele­ ment which is lacking considerably in certain common foods. For this Teason, it is an important addition to the diet of growing children. Its richness in the growth-promoting .amino-acid, lysine, supplements the deficiency of cereals in this food element. In addition, it happens to he one of the most easily digested foods known. Therefore, it is easily understood why gelatin is so ■often recommended for children as well as adults. . In the opinion of food experts, aside from the nutritional aspects ■of gelatin, its greatest value as a food is its unlimited possibilities for malting other interesting and many uninteresting foods more attractive. This is a great boon to all whose duty it is to prepare meals for appetites that require coaxing. In addition to the fruit-flavored desserts, there is now a prepared salad gelatin (aspic) on the market, •with a meat-like flavor, unsweeten­ ed. It saves the housewife a lot •of time in preparing salads or tomato aspic, and the finished dishes are a treat to the whole family. t Santa as He Appears in the Different Countries So Santa Claus wears a red suit and a long white beard, and when he isn’t busy in the toy store, drives a sleigh pulled by Donner and Blitzen? Not if you live in Hawaii. There, New 1937 Ford V-8s Announced Two of the most popular body typed in the entire Ford V-8 line are the de luxe Fordor touring sedan (above) and the Tudor sedan (below). The new 1937 edi­ tions are shown. The smart new iron! end, new headlamps, V-type /windshield and use of the "tear on a moonlit December night, you might see Santa come riding* in from •the-ocean on a surf-board. As likely as not there would be a lei, or wreath of flowers, about his neck, though he wears the same red. suit and water- ,proof boots he dons for boys and girls of the United States, since Hawaii is really American territory. In the Philippines, though it, too, is American, the white cap- turns con­ ical like a Spanish clown’s. He car­ ries a red-and-white lantern which helps him find the home of every good boy and girl, and drives buffalo, which they call carabao. The gifts are packed in baskets slung across the backs of these creatures. What would you think of Santa in a rickshaw? But, after all, if you were a Chinese child isn’t that what you would expect? And Santa never disappoints. In Japan he sits with his feet tucked under him to take his tea on a wintry afternoon, and in .the Af­ rican tropics—well, you just wouldn’t recognize the red suit! He has even taken to using the airplane in our own country. I am sure, that when he leaves the reindeer in his barn, he pats tire nose of each one and urges the ice elve. to feed them plen­ ty of reindeer moss till he come home again.—Frances Grinstead. Christmas in Shanghai Just One of Their Days When Christmas comes to Shang­ hai, a cross-section of the world makes holiday. The average China­ man fails to get the meaning of it, but such a fun-loving people can do well with one more celebration. So the Chinaman himself adds to the din with firecrackers and gift-giving, par- i ties and the making of calls. There is a distinct western touch to the observation of the season by this most cosmopolitan city. Shang­ hai’s “social registerites” start plans for dinners and dances as early as middle of November; immediately re­ servation are checked, off on the calen­ dars of ballrooms and restaurants. The exact form of observance varies with the nationality divisions of the city. In the Russian section, the day is observed as it is on the steppes or in Moscow. The French greet Santa Claus in their own way, even though the wax dolls have to be brought far from the Champs Elysees. The Japanese prefer to make merry by( drinking saki. The English must, have their plum pudding and holly. At the mission schools, where boys and girls are taught in separate class­ es, Christmas carols around the tree tive modest school girls a chance not i nly of singing hymns but of “seeing I. 'ms.” ’ drop” form wherever practicable, combine to give what those who previewed it declare to be the most beautiful Ford yet produced. The Fordor touring sedah is a family car especially suitable for touring* It boasts a roomy built-in trunk. The Tudor sedan has a new full­ In interior China, however, most of the people prefer to celebrate their omu Dragon-boat, Mid-Autumn, and New Y.ear holidays rather than this “imported” one. They do not even try to understand these queer for­ eign >rs. To them December 25th is just another day!—-Frances Grinstead. Why Christmas Day Comes on the 25th of December Christmas, which seems to have been first officially instituted a church feast day by a decree of Fope Telesphorus, between 142 A.D., and 154 A.D., was a movable feast. In­ deed, it was the most movable of all the Christian festivals. It was usual­ ly celebrated by the eastern branches of the Christian church in April or May, while in the western part of Europe days in January or other months were observed as Christmas. In A.D. 337 St. Cyril, bishop of Jerusalem, obtained from Pope Julius I. authority to appoint a commission to determine, if possible, the precise day of Christ’s nativity. From the chronological archives of the Roman censors, establishing the times of oc­ currence of certain events of the same period of the . Roman Govern-' ment of Palestine, the theologians of the eastern and western divisions of the Christian church agreed upon De­ cember 25th as the date of the birth of Jesus, and thereupon this became the officially decreed and generally accepted Christmas day. | THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON | CHRISTMAS LESSON: THE SUPREME GIFT OF LOVE. Sunday, Dec. 20.—I. John 4:7-19. , Golden Text: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good-will toward men (Luke 2:14). It is good to have another lesson on love, as a greatly needed antidote, to the ignorant and debased ideas of love that are so popular and appeal­ ing among many. There are three different attitudes or sentiments to which the word love is attached. The lowest of these makes of love mere animal passion, physical lust. The second is human, or natural love at ist best, such as parents and children, unselfishly loving frTends, or husband and wife, may have for one another.* The third is supernatural and di­ vine. God makes it possible for hu- width front seat, with divided tilt­ ing seat back. Two engine sizes are available, the famous 85 horse- Sower V-8 engine and a new 60 orsepower V-8 engine. Mechani­ cal improvement include new all- steel body, with steel top} "easy- action safety” brakes and now "finger-tip” steering. WORRIED BY PIMPLES AND ECZEMA Complexion Unblemished after Six Weeks of Kruschen. “For the past two years/’ writes a woman, “my face ^was covered with hard pimples and red* blotches, and I also had eczema on my neck and fore-arms. I tried lotions, creams and ointments, without the slightest ef­ fect. I was so worried. Fortunately I decided to. give Kruschen a trial, and without any exaggeration, within six - weeks my face was without a blemish, and I have not had a sigp of eczema since. I take Kruschen reg­ ularly every morning, and would not be without it,”—(Mrs.) J.A. Pimples and eczema are frequently due to impurities in the blood—irrit­ ant poisons which sluggish body or­ gans are failing to expel from the system. Kruschen Salts help to keep the body organs functioning normally and healthily, thus preventing the ac­ cumulation of impurities in the blood. man beings to have it, yet only by the miracle of the new birth, when God’s own life is received by faith in His Son as Saviour. Our Christmas lesson tells us much about this mir­ acle-love. The lesson opens with these chal­ lenging sentences: “Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and know- eth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; .for God is love.” This is enough to show us that the love of which the apostle John writes is something unique, supreme, divine. Yet all through this chapter we find no definition or description of love. How, then, can we know what love is? > God has not left us to guess about it, or to form our own theories and opinions. He has given us a perfect and complete description of tills love in a great and immortal chapter, the thirteenth of First Corinthians. 'We had that chapter in the lesson of Oct. 25, on “Christianity as Love,” and it would be well to turn to it and keep before us, in this lesson, the amazing and ' “impossible” characteristics of love. Because such love is quite im­ possible to the natural man, the mir­ acle of the new birth is necessary. It was the .love of God for a lqst world, filled with lost sinners, that made possible our salvation, our new birth, and our showing forth of His own divine love in our lives. After the human race fell, through the sin of Adam, mankind, was help­ less to love as God wants us to love. Men left to themselves could never have originatedlove in their hearts for one another or for God. But men were* not left to themselves; God sought them out in order to do for them what they never could do for themselves. Let us be very clear on this: the secret of salvation and et­ ernal life is not man seeking God, but God seeking man. John tells us: “In this was mani­ fested the love of God toward us, be­ cause that God sent His only begot­ ten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” Again, John, tells us: “And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.” That is why we celebrate Christ­ mas. It is the anniversary of the Bethlehem Birth, when God made the supreme expression of His love in giv­ ing His Son to be our' Saviour. It was the costliest gift that earth or heaven, time or eternity, can ever know. That first Christmas night it was announced to ‘ the shepherds, “keeping watch over their flock by night,” as the angel of the Lord pro­ claimed: “Feat not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For un­ to you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. Then came the song of the heavenly, choir: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good-will toward men.” Let us never forget that it was God’s great love that made possible this gift, this salvation, this Saviour, and all that Christmas stands for. Because God loved us so unselfish­ ly and supremely, “let us love one another,” And let us remember that this true, highest love is inseparably connected with God. Love and God cannot be separated. Not only are they con­ nected, they spre identified, For “God is love,” Only by receiving the Son of God as our Saviour, letting Him enter in­ to its and take us into Himself, cart we have His own love in our lives and hearts for others and for Hint. God^gives His Holy Spirit to every one who believes on His’Son as Sav­ iour, and the Holy Spirit brirtgs to pass the miracle of divine love Itt our hearts. For Athc love of God is shed abroad In our hearts7 by the Moly Ghost which is given unto us” (Rom. 5:5). And “the fruit of the Spirit is love” (Gal. 5:22.) At this glad Christmas season, re­ membering that "We love Him, be­ cause He first loved its,” let us keep singing in our hearts, “Thank's be un­ to God for His unspeakable gift?’ Santa Claus There is a Santa Claus. His real name is Spirit of Charity. He is the symbol of benevolence, compassion and altruism, He is the ideal of that small legion of really human humans who pave unselfishly numerous paths to happiness with kindness, sympathy and charity. He Was a Dutch Boy Christmas was celebrated Hong be­ fore Santa Claus was ever thought of. His prototype was the Dutch boy bishop St, Nicholas, who on Decem­ ber 25 used to go round punishing little children who did not say their prayers and rewarding those who did. Gradually he was changed from a boy into a jovial old man, while the sled and reindeer are modern additions. Actually, Santa Claus was unknown in England a hundred years gao, The Dutch founders of New York intro­ duced him to America, and England borrowed him from the States.—'Lon­ don Tit-Bits Magazine. Blooms at Christmas Time Edward Finds Haven in Austrian Castle According to tradition the famous thorn at Glastonbury Cathedral was brought and planted there by Joseph of Arimatliea and was part of the crown of thorns that was pressed up­ on the brow of Christ. According to tradition it blooms at Christmas time and the possession of a piece is said to insure good fortune through the year. Mistletoe, a Tree Parasite Despite its popularity as a Christ­ mas green, there is little worry about conserving the country’s supply of mistletoe. For this attractive plant, with its shiny, dark leaves and waxy white berries, grows as a parasite high on branches of trees and does considerable damage to its host trees. Science has revealed that the mistle­ toe seeds are carried from tree to tree by birds. Select Sturdy. Toys Well-built toys which- will provide happy p|ay throughout the year are better than those which make a brave showing on the Christmas tree mut which are soon broken or discarded. Vienna — The gates of an 800- year-old castle owned by Baron Eu­ gene Rothschild closed behind H.R.H. the Duke of Windsor Monday. Edward reached his temporary home, perched high on a crag, after a twenty-five hour train journey from Boulogne, France, and a twenty-five mile automobile drive from Vienna where he arrived at 10.15 o’clock on Sunday night. He said he was “per­ fectly happy.” While friends at Cannes, France, said Mrs. Wallis Simpson remained there, border officials said baggage belonging to the woman for whom Edward yielded a throne, was aboard On a plantation a certain workman loved ease and fishing. When he wasn’t fishing he was loafing. One night there was heavy rain, and the next morning all the low places on the plantation were flooded two feet deep. Passing the workman’s cabin, the owner found hjs man seated in an easy chair fishing in a puddle of muddy water. “Here, Henry, you old fool,” said The following recipes surely offer a variety of pleasing dishes for the Christ­ mas season. A hot luncheon beverage, a spaghetti and meat combination that will prove a prime favorite because of its ease of preparation, a pork tender­ loin for small families, pudding, cake, a pudding sauce, and even candies. By the way, the unusual ripe olive stuffing in the pork tenderloin, compliments all meat flavors. Any Christmas roast of fowl or meat, ripe olive stuffed, will achieve the needed special atmosphere of celebration. Mulled Pineapple Juice 1 inch of stick cinnamon ,3 whole cloves % teaspoon ground allspice 14 teaspoon grated nutmeg 1 qt. canned Hawaiian pineapple juice Pinch of salt Tie the spices in a small piece of cheesecloth, add them to the pineapple juice and bring to the boiling point. Add salt. Serve hot with crackers and cheese. 4 to 6 servings. Spaghetti with Sausage * 1 package spaghetti 1 pound pork sausage in casings 1 can tomato soup Boil spaghetti in 3 quarts of rapidly boiling salted water for about 10 min­ utes. Drain. Place sausage in a frying pan. Cover with boiling wafer and cook slowly till tender. In a buttered, covered casserole, place the boiled spaghetti with llw sausages in the center and on top. Pour over them the tomato soup and tho water in which the sausages were cooked. Bake in moderate even for about a half hour. Serve from casserole. Stuffed Pork Tenderloins 2 pork tenderloins (about 2 pounds) Salt Pcppet 2V2 to 3 cups thinly sliced tart apples % cup seedless raisins % Cup thinly sliced ripe olives 1 clip Whole ripe olives ITavC butcher cut 2 pork tenderloins almost through lengthwise, leaving a small “hinge” on one side, then have them opeifed out and Frenched or flat­ tened out with cleaver to Linen thick* ness. Sew sides and small ends of tenderloins together to form pocket, Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook apples until tender in just enough water to prevent scorching; drain. Rinse raisins and drain, combine with apples and sliced olives, and use to fill meat pocket. Sew ends or hold together with skewers and place in baking pan. Bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees F.) 1% to 2 hours or until meat is tender. Place whole ripe olives in pan around meat for last 30 minutes’ cooking. Serves 4.' Mince Meat Plum Pudding 1 (9 oz.) package dry mince meal and Va cup water boiled -almost dry 1 egg, slightly beaten Vz cup nut meats, finely-chopped Va cup orange juice 1 teaspoon grated orange rind 114 cups dry cake crumbs Break mince meat into pieces. Add cold water. Place,,, over heat’ and stir until all lumps arc thoroughly broken up. Bring to brisk boil; continue boil­ ing for three minutes or until mixture is practically dry. Allow to cool. Add slightly-beaten egg, nut meats, orange juice and grated rind to cake crumbs. Blend thoroughly. Fold in cooled mince meat. Pour into greased pudding mold, eight individual molds, or baking powder can, filling % full. Cover tightly and steam I hour, having boiling water half way up On molds. If additional water is needed during steaming, it must be boiling when ..added. Serve warm with hard sauce or whipped cream. Serves eight. Holiday Cake ( 5 egg whites) 1% cups sifted cake flour 1 teaspoon double-acting baking % teaspoon salt (powder % cup gutter or other shortening % cup sugar 5 egg. whites, unbeaten % cup finely cut candied cherries % cup finely cut citron 14 cup seedless raisins 14 cup chopped blanched almonds ,% cup shredded coconut % teaspoon altnond extract % teaspoon vanilla Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder and salt, and sift together three the special coach ahd they believed she herself might board the train— or already be aboard. Edward arrived in Vienna with a friend, Colonel Tiers Legh, a servant and a little dog. But he was smiling and the lines of care had vanished from his face as an enthusiastic crowd of Viennese greeted him at the sta­ tion. His welcome was not the sort that Britain’s King would have received. There wer no bands, no troops, no National Anthems—only the British Minister to Austria, Sir Walford Sil- by, who came to the station as a friend,' rather than a diplomat, and some Viennese officials. the owner,' “what arc you doing?” “Boss,” said Henry, “I’m fishin’.” “Well, don’t you know there are no fish there?” “Yes, 1 know that, but this ’ere place is so handy.” Bride to Butcher: “I want a nice joint that will match my blue and gold dinner service.” —Schweizer Illustrierte, Zurich. times. Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually, and cream together until light and fluffy. Add egg whites, one at a time, beating very thoroughly after each. Add fruit, nuts, coconut, and flavoring, and mix well. Add flour,, a small amount at a time, beating after each addition until smooth. Bake in loaf pan, 8x4x3 inches, which has been greased, lined with heavy paper, and again greased. Bake in slow oven (300° F.) 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until done* Brazil Nut Pudding Sauce 2 egg yolks Va cup powdered sugar 14 cup ground Brazil nuts 2 tablespoons sherry 2 egg Whites Beat egg whites until thick, add sugar and Brazil nuts and beat well. Add sherry.. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites and serve with puddings or ice cream. Magic Chocolate Caramels 3 squares unsweetened chocolate 114.cups (lean) sweetened condensed , 14 cup corn syrup (milk Few grains salt 14 cup chopped ntit meats, if desired 1 teaspoon vanilla Melt chocolate in heavy shallow pan. Add sweetened condensed milk, corn syrup, and salt. Cook slowly, over low heat, stirring constantly until firm ball forms when tested in cold water (ap­ proximately 20 minutes). Remove from fire, add chopped nut meats and vanilla. Pour at once into buttered pail (8x8 inches.) , When cold remove from pan and cut into squares. This Year’s Game A Monopoly party is the smartest way to entertain this Winter* The fashion* able cfaze for this lively teal estate trading, game now appeals even to those determined to go to bed early* New short rules cut playing time in half by doubling all printed values oil the board as well as rentals ahd penalties Of by picking the winner after the second or third bankruptcy. The continued furor for Monopoly has set a new world t *or £amc crazC9> far outstripping the backgammon and mahjongg fads' which each boomed for two years*