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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1944-12-14, Page 7'THURS., ` DEC X4th 1944 fI0USE HOLT) ECONOMVi3{1S. THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD CA I-', i)r' i'FII1,(_)khN ..wv.v..P .,.»... ..r�...�,...w,.. 11 COOKING HEALTH `f .. PIG* 1! lasessimismaill .ww.a + • A^w.+..+�a+•* .. �...>..w..�r^^^^^.''^'+' > ! Some of the modern -books of to Fi ropean countries, regions of our ooks as Frierlds day are not fit reading for anyone own hemisphere, South Africa, Aes- with a pure mind. To note them as tralia, and all parts of the Globe. r l it filthy is about all one can say and T u J is not the , s ami:as travelling any one can be judged by the react- but it gives us a wonderful know- ing of these book-: The writers say ledge of the life and work of the the people demand then. Why with people in countries, beyond our own all the good; clean, literature one + Then too rue have books on history can .get, would anyone want to fill historical+ iroveis. Whitt' a Yost ture put out by publishers to -day? amount of knowledge there is to be Have you a personal book case in livery child should be encouragedgained from these books! The re - By 'PEG' c• their mind with some of the Imtera• your home or better still in your to giaclually build .up a library of his or her own. These books should be selected under supervision. Pari ents should carefully look over the books or magazines their children are readin '.. As they grow older they should be encouraged to read what we call story hooks of the better class although their library 'should include books relating to heavier readings,.• Itis a good rule to never advise anyone to read a book which you have not read yourself. You may otherwise be suggesting a book which when you read it later you will regret having passed en before you read it. You would thus have reason to believe that you had low- ered yourself in the estimation of your friend. A lady advised a friend Mr. B. to read a certain book. Mrs. B. got it from the library. The Iibrarian look- ed rather queer when she asked for it However the •book was taken home,. partly read, and thrown down. It was a modern book with no •good. moral. When she took it back to the library sheasked the librarian if she knew what the book was like. "Yes", said the librarian and I was surprised when you asked for it", "Well" said Mrs. B., "I was advised to read it, but I assure you I diel not go far into it when I found it was not my idea of good reading, so I. certainly did not finish it. After this I would be"'glad if you • would •tell .me that any book I ask for is not the kind of reading I' am accustomed to employ my time with." own room and if you have What class of books are in it? There are ninny :'people in the world to -day who care very little for books, but there are hundreds of Others to whom their books are, each one, a personal friend. A person's books oftinies tellithe character of the individual. So often we pick` tip a book which 'We have had for years and as we look through its pages we visualize ' the time when we ?mmarked certain passages. Matt$be it was a cold winter! .night as we sat by a fireplace, lived In the realm of the book and forgot the outside world with all its preb- leans. Our liiiriery should begin with the ,books of our childhood years. Per- socially speaking `Irremember very Well the first book with the excep- tion of Bible verses and childrens Mother Goose stories I ever read. It was a little black covered book which my father had received as a prize. My reading ability was not very far ' advanced anal could only manage a few lines at a tune, then I would make an X to allow how far I had gone, The name of the book was "Hubert Lee, or'how a child may do good." It was a simple story of how et' little lad helped other people, and how he employed his time in making others happy. I still have that book, although years have passed since then and many of its lessons have 're- mained with me in spite of the fact "I` have not by any means always fol- lowed them. Many people now, keep a record of books they wish to read. One such reader had made a notation at the top of the .page "Do not read any books by--" Upon being asked why the reference 'was made the relly was given "It was. not a clean book and' I did not want to store my mind with it. There was nothing elevating about it. There are many kinds of books we would like to have in our library. A few among these are biography, history, and travel. Let its look first at biography. It is indeed a wonde•ful thing to train ourselves to read and to enjoy the life story of the 'great men and wo- men of the world. Take for instance the great preachers, the leading politicians or the mighty men who have made noted discoveries. What lessons we learn as we consldeg that the majority of them were horn in .very poor cireumstgnces. David Livingstone, the Missionary and dis- coverer of the dark continent of Africa began work ;when he was ten years' of age and he worked hours which are almost unbelievable in order that he might be educated to carry on •the Lord's work. One could' go on apd on giving in- stances of lessons which could be learned from these biographies. There is a great deal of travelling being done to -day, but a large lum- ber mf us will never leave Canada. That should not stop our study of foreign'ccunt•ies. We can never for- get some of the hooks of intense interest that we. have.. rend about When is a Dollar Not a Dollar? When it won't buy a dollar's worth of goods! For instance, compared to present-day standards,your dollar ofthe lost war was worth, nota dollar -;, , but sometimes Gess fftan Q,.. Housewives, who went marketing in 1917, had to part with 'aero 1 uriound jar of jom which you buy today for set him back »-�, then,as compared tothe Dad's winter underwear he could buy itfor to -day. 'You get diet more for your money NOWep , .. because price ceilings and Wit Y9µ •otheranfi•inflationary measures have kept the value of your dollar H l GH f 'That's why; it vvi li pay .you to see that selfish lfish spending never undermines pivlce control in Canada. Remember, you protect your d'ollar's worth when you use yourmoney wisely when you pay off debts < ... refuse to buy Ineediess'luxur`tres. give black markets a wide berth .. and don't hoard goods. ///f,�/�i/"/�.O///// / r1/ / / I promise to give ray support to keeping the cost of living down. I will buy only what I need. I ' O will observe the ceiling whether buying or sell- ibg goods; or services. I will pay off old debts, save for the future, invest is Victory Bonds and War Savings Certificates. And I will support taxes which hep lower the cost of living. Poeta Z ,a/ /7" V .//e!%Gl////� +-P"bltif,ed by THE BREWING INDIUSTRY (ONTARIO) to•'bebz' ecvdai the dangers that inflation tnptaseats tor all .the people of the Nation. cent histories contain detailed ac- counts of the last *War, and already there are .books being published re- lating' to this gigantic struggle through ,which we are .passing now. May God grant that when the final history is written' that the Allies will liaise gained the victory and if it is God's, will may that victory come soon and may we 'be spared trouble in our fair Dominion. First among our _.books may we place the "Book of Books" God's holy and inspired word. Any study which we can desire to. gain a knowledge of that information may be found in God's word. De we ever realize what a vast amount of knowledge we can obtain from- the Bible?_ We may think that we do not require the knowledge contained there in but without it our lives 'would indeed be very dark ',and gloomy. The greatest men in the world, those who have risen to the highest places have found between the covers of His Book, info.matioe, knowledge, com- fort and consolation which they never otherwise would have been able to pbtain. Give the Bible the first place on our library shelves. Do not' piaee it there and just move it to dust Rebut make it a practice to 'study it, and memorize parts of it daily. We would not think of reading any other book the way we read our Biblee. Let ns read it continuously chapter by chap- ter, as we• -•would 'read any book in our library, If Ave' would only do that, we would find it much the most Interesting Book we have. May God give ns the desire to so read His word. • LOVE'S CONSTRAINT 0 may. the Lord so win you• And His dear love constrain, That all that is within you May bless His holy Name. His service—(more than duty), For He participates; And alt unworthy motives His holiness frustrates. True service is to please Him, And all we do: should be, ,According to His saying, t "Ye did it unto Me!" l:•:;'! It is Well to serve the needy, The gospel to declare, If sent by Hint who sayeth I'ni 'with you every where." HIE MIXING BOWL 41 - By ANNE. ALLAN '41 Hydro Homo Economist Hello, Houtemakers! .Who can. resist the theught of Glvista:es! Wartime, or not, we just can't .shut Christmas out. The heart-warinin'g good will, the gay decorations, the traditional food, these are the 'cher- ished things we are striving to preserve in a world of chaos. Let us, in our kitchens,• keep the light of Cheistmas;burning. Let us bake a holiday'cake, even if settle of the ingredients are difficult to find, or sdbstitate must be used. Usually, we talked about Christ- mas cakes several weeks earlier than this,,.but the supplies this year evere so uncertain that we decided you wouldbe serving more cookies and small • cakes during this ,festive season. However, stores have ,been displaying' fresh supplies of several fruit •cake ingredients this week and there have been numerous,, requests for ' recipes, that we published two years ago. levee table comments: Dundee Cake °/s cup butter, 2-3 cup sugar, 4 eggs, % cup nuts (ichopped), lis cup peel (cut fine), :21/a cups .flour, 1/2' tsp. salt, 1 tsp baking powder, .1 cup seedless raisins, 1% eups cur-' rants, 2 the. orange juice. Topping: / sap citron peel, eut In thin slices, .and 1/2 cup; candied cherries, cut in pieces. Beat in eggs thoroughly. Stir in nuts. Sift flour with baking powder and salt; •mix with fruit, and add to first mixture. Acid orange and lemon peel mixed with orange juice. Mix thoroughly and put in two or three small pans lined with wax paper and greased. Cover tops with can- died sherries or citron. Bake in electric oven 275 deg. for lei hours. Cover with paper for the last 20 minutes of baking. Nein Gumdrop Cake . 11/2 •onps raisins;lie cup of water, 3f' eup shortening, efi cup sugar, 1 egg, tsp, soda in 2 tsps. hot water, 1 cup thick applesauce, 11/2 cups. sifted flour, 2 tsp. nutmeg, 1/ tap. cinnamon, / tsp. salt, 1 cup gumdrops (sliced, any kind but licorice), 1 eup nuts. Simmer raisins iv water about three minutes. Cool. Cream shor- tening and sugar thoroughly and beat in the egg. Dissolve baking soda in 2 tsps. hot water and add to applesauce; then fold into the creamed mixture. Sift flour, salt and spices together. Mix part of flour with gumdrops, raisins • and nuts; then add to batter and fold in flour. Line a loaf pan with two thicknesses of greased, paper and pout batter in. Bake in electric oven at 300 deg. for 11/2 hours. Victory Fruit Cake Fe cup sugar, Y2, cup molasses, l!,, eup milk, 3t eup corn syrup, 11/2 cups fine svholewheat flame m,{ cup pastry .flour, 4 tsps. baking powder, / tsp. salt, 1 tsp. cinnamon, 1/4 tsp. each of allspice, cloves, mase and grated nutmeg, 2 caps of seeded raisins (cut in pieces), bit cup thinly sliced peel, or glace cherries. Mix sugar, molasses, milk and corn syrup. Reserve 1/h cup pastry ilour. Mix and sift dry ingredients. Coinbine mixtures, then add fruits dredged with the Ye cup flour. Turn into buttered and floured loaf pan and bake 50 to 60 minutes in an electric oven 325 to 350 cleg.) English Plum Pudding % cup pastry flour, 1/,-, tsp. baking socia, ere tsp. salt, 1 tsp. cinnamon, eft tsp. niece, 14 tsp. each cloves, all- spice, ginger, 3t .cup minced suet,' 1i3 cup currants, 1/2 cup sultanas, ,1/2 cup raisins, 4 tbsp, mixed peel, 1 cup. blanched almonds, •eft tsp, grated lemon rind, 1 tsp. _ lemon juice, 1/2. cup grated carrot, 1/s. eup grated raw potato, 1/2 cup grated raw apple. Method: Sift flour, measure ;,lid re -sift with soda and spices. Add all :other ingredients. Combine thor- oughly. Steam in covered, greased pudding pan for 3 hours. Re -steam 5 for serving: Carrot Pudding 2 cups grated carrots, 1/2 cup chopped suet, • 1/2 ` eup sugar, 1/6 cup Sons syrup, 1 tsp. salt, :rind and juice of 1 lemon, 1 eup of crushed Graham, cracker crntnbs, 1/2 cup nuts, m/ tap. cinnamon, 1/2' tsp. cloves, 2 tsps. baking powder, 11 cup seedless raisins. • •Conmbine all the ingredients. Turn into a well -greased mould. Cover and steam in well -cooker 2 to 21/2 hours, wt *e TAKp A TIP Preparations for a fruit cake: 1, Pick over raisins and currants, rinse in water, lift out .and spread to, dry before using. 2. Take 'off any large pieces of sugar en peel. Warm the peel slight, ly on a pari in the electric oven and slice thin. Brown nuts and chop a little. 'Steam cherries if they are hard and cutin halves. 3. Sift flour, then measure and (sift again three - times with the spices, baking powder (if used) and Here are recipes we gave you in salt. 1942, about which we received, many ! 4. Sprinkle fruits and nuts with about one-quartsa, of the sifted flour mixture. 5. Beat . the butter until creamy; add sugar ' gvadually and beat in eggs gradually. If the mixture be- gins to curdle, add some of the flour and continue beating in the eggs, 6. Add flavouring and any syuup. gradually, then fold in the -flour mixture and stir in the floured fruits and nuts. 1 7. Pour cake batter into tins lined with two thicknesses of greased paper, filling the pans only two- thirds full. 8. Bake' in an electric oven pre- heated to only 300 deg; If you have one with two switches for the oven, l use bottom switch only for heating. A, small tin of hot water in the one provides moisture while baking. Anne Allan invites you to write to her % News -Record. Send in your suggestions on homemaking pi'ob- lems and watch this column for re- plies. V DECEMBER December comes again— The year grows old; White -crowned are field and fen, 'Neath winter's cold. December old? Alm no! Eternal 'youth, Like age with cheeks aglow, Reigns now, forsooth. Grown young for—Christmas-tide December waits Its laden arms flung wide Spill happy fates. December, month of cheer— The •children's own! Joy crowned the «losing year With kind deeds sown. . December gently calls "The least of these"— While Bethlehem's glory falls On land and seas. EIizabeth A. Vint i Meat Exports Meats and meat ,products ebportec from Canada during the year en, 'dad March 81, 1944, show an increase of 208,455,214 pounds, or about 34 per cent, ,over the total of the pre- ceeding year, the number of animals slaughtered under inspection was 2,408,515 in excess of that the yea: before. eSNAPSNOT GUILD KEEP YOUR SUBJECTS BUSY 89 A little planning and imagination will help you get better and more appealing snapshots for those in the Service. HAVE you ever noticed that the subjects are always "doing something" in the pictures that illus- trate these columns? That isn't happenstance. Every- one who likes pictumps willagree. that this charaoteristie in snapshots of people adds lively interest and obtains and holds the attention of the observer. It isn't always easy to find -some- thing for your subjects to do, and the chances are that when you try to put this idea into 'practice you'll have to give the .matter a little thought. But it will be worth the added effort, I? your subjects are occupied with some activity or pea - time you obtain naturaiuess in two ways: First, their minds are re• Bevel because_ they don't have to find a place far their hands. Second, they are doing something that is characteristic .and lifelike. The re- sult Is a more interesting picture. Almost every picture -taking oppor- tunity that includes close-ups of people affords you an outlet for your ingenuity—for example, snapshots' around the home, picnics, hikes, and vacations. The illustration above could have been made as. a straight record shot of mother and daughter standing side by side. Or the photographer might.have requested the mother to hold the little girl in her arms, with both subjects looking into the cam- era lane. Either arrangement would have led to stereotyped results, hold- ing . little interest for anyone but Dad and the doting grandparents. But instead he applied a little image inatlon. He had the mother seat herself on the lawn, .with the very junior miss standing at her back. And the finished snapshot has a universal appeal. Bearingthese few simply pointers in mind will help you to achieve. recognition as an amateur photog- replier who, puts punch: in pictures. And your friends and relatives itt the Service will be eager, to receive the products of your more,painstak- ing efforts. John van Guilder