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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1932-01-14, Page 7THLTRS., JAN'• 14, 1932 Health, Coohing Care of Children `.f'IIE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE OF Edited By Lebam .I ahaber Kralc Run1Illaflou oi �ehet�4 A Column Prepared Especially for Wolnen— But Not Forbidden to Men A LITTLE THOUGHTLESSNESS A little t1 ughtlessness, so very s?ighit—hut some 'one's sunny day was turned to night. Someatte was caus- ed unnecessary pain, and it takes ' time e'er wounds are healedagain. A little thoughtless phrase dropped .like a deaf—yet someone heard and, through it, suffered • grief. A . little ',thoughtlessness; the mere not, doing • of ,some, 'small aet we might have •'•done so well. Perhaps e'er long we shall be •sorely ruing this slight oma ' fission more than worths can ted?l. The things we do not do! Ah, this is true, they often hurt Sar more than what we do. A little khoughtlese- -nets, or little thought; 'between 'these two what differences are wrought! A little thought for others, word or act, -•a putting of ourselves where 'others • etaid, the understanding heart, the helping hand. The "I remember," -not "Oh, I forgot'=a little thought- _ftphuees lias helped a lot." —Wilhelmina Stitch. The present, or as s'omo optimist has put it, -the Tate' depression, >.seems to have -had some very strange areselts. Of some of then we are -very welt? aware. They nate not alto, 'gether pleasant. Indeed, in some 'eases are serious; in ethers really tragic, tend those of us who are nat sufferng as acutely as •others ave 'wise to consider the others and if 'and when possible reaeh •out a help- : ing hand, But one of the results sof which we *may- no .perhaps .be so well aware but which has been commented upon is that it has had the effect of mak- ing people see and respect the rights of others to a greater extent, that it has resulted in the exhibition of greater courtesy. An editorial in Le. Petrie, tiloastreal Que., notes this and comments upon 'il thusly: "There is in fact a re -birth of eourty. True enough there is still mush to do in order to stand- andize good manners as they have -been too ;erg neglected, espec- ially in cities. Affable man- ners ere generally admitted for our country points according to tourists. littiquethe may be- want- ing in villages but this small deficiency is amply compensated -by an ever -smiling welcome. Politeness has been said to be en exigency of altruism. It is stu'ely a necessary factor in re- lations between individuals. A almosavr philosopher once said 'that good manners were a moral princip,'.�e. It .seems, therefore, that we should inculcate iu children es- pecially -the elements of courtesy and the essential rules of -good breeding. 'The giving. of prizes for politeness to school •children is not an •empty function. It is an• excellent thing, Since there islin awakening of courtesy we •should leaen to propagate its general practice through example, teaching and continuous letion. Relations .be- tween peopr?e `will become more harmonious and more profitable in the long awl." W;e are inclined -to think that 'this criticism is wiring from headquar- ters for manners, as visitors to that province will almost •lnvariabiy agree that ih Quebec is round the best - mannered people in the Dominion. They take time to be courteous, down there. We in the other provinces have felt that in trying to get along in life we could not be bothered, that if we did take time to use the man- ners we were ' taught in childhood the other fellow might get away with something we wanted, se we cut the manners and "beat hint to it." But after all, Saving is really of more importance than snaking money or ,succeeding in a worldly sense. And good ,manners are only an ack- nowledgment that others have rights and that we are willing to tecognize "them and accept them. Haw much pleasanter- a world this would be to live in if everyone cultivated and practiced thoughtfulness for others. And, really, even as the abwlve writer, I believe it would pay in dol}ars and cents, for there is not a doubt that the young people who know how to depovt themselves in cultivated soc- iety .have a better chance for ad, vaneernent than the beesiste uncul- tivated ones. A. boorish man may barge his way into some positions, but the doors to reap advancement are very effectively closed to him. The parents whe really wish to send their -children tont 'into the world thor- oughly equipped, will not fail to in- eulcate in them early in life a rea- ped: for the nights of others and teach them how to get along a:mac- ably with others.' In sh et, will teach them good manners. The idea that it iv a ,sign of superiority to be rude to those we meet is absolutely false—the great ones are always courteous, and that is one quality of greatness we might all cultivate. RFIBEIIAH eslIMPROPONOMMOIMNIIIM 6atu Mart Scrvice 01? THE K'birat Aiotticiaii nt • A:ditad•hq GRANT FLEMING, M.D. n. ASSOCIATE SECRETARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS • With the apprrcaeh of old ' age, -changes in the arteries are to be ex- pected on account of their constant use over a period of years, stthe change which we know as arteries- elersosi'e or 'hardening .of the arter, its, means that the walls of the ar- teries have become thick and inelas- tic. When this change occurs in middle life,we, have what may be called premature old age, ' for it has been said with truth thata man is as old as his arteries. The change in .the Arteries is generally associated with -changes. in other parts which. may be either the cause or the result of the altered condition of the arteries. Hardening oil the arteries folnows poisoning of the body Alcohol and. lead are systemic poisons. Another torn of poisoning is by the toxins given off by germs which are present in the body. The toxins' may come from a focus of infection, such as diseased teeth, or they Islay .be the toxins given off eby the germs .of syphilis et some acute infection. Overwork of some part of the body leads to an early, wearing out of the body machine, and this may mean early hardening of "the arteries. Per- haps the moat usual, way in 'which the body is made to overwork is through •overeating. Anctluercause is Iiving at high pressere'under men- tal strain, " It is evident that if we wish to keep our arteries young, which means elastic, it is necessary for ete to live a life of moderation. Discre- tion in eating and drinking, atten- tion to the simple rules of healthy living, have their reward in more years of heath, more years in which to enjoy life, to work and to play. This is better than trying to crowd a whole lifetime into a few years, then to spend the remainder of life handicapped by a prematurely worn. out body. These individuals ie whom the conditionhas developed must face the situation; they must adjust their lives to meet new conditions. I2 -they do so, they can enjoy a life of re- stricted activtiy. Lite for such individuals most be relict, well -regulated and without-in- dulgenee to excess in food or ;drink. Excesses of any kind, whether physi- saI exertion, mental worry, anger or excitment, nsust be avoided. The prevention of hardening• of the arteries lies in a hymienic :?ife. .the avoidance of escesses, reasonable at- tention to diet, and the earl treat stent of any infectious condition. Abuse of the body results ie harm. The: body cannot suffer abuse to-day andhave it made up for by extra care to -morrow. Abuse 'leaves per- manent ,soars which lead ,to enearly wearing 'oast, cr premature old age. Questions concerning 'Health ad dressed te, the Canadian Medical As• sedation, 1.84. College Street, Teron. to, will be answered personally by The Care of the Mouth Constituting, as it does; the body's main port of entry through which: all the :food ,we eat; the fluid• we drink and much'of the air we breath must pass,, it stands to reason that the mouth sltduld he kept clean. One would not allow itis' doorstep to remain dirty, for fear that those PAGE,. 7 Household lEconomie$ • sary to a good cleansing toothpaste. The average Denson, in brushing the teeth, devotes all hes ettenttoa to the cutting and, flat surfaces, which need the -attention least, because ;they are constantly polished in the amt of chewing food. The spaces between the teeth at the base and thecrey pahssing in war?,d track the- dirt all ices at the margin of the gum, where over the house. For the same res ,it joins the teeth, are the piaees that 'son the mouth si euld be kept in :the require the most eareful attention cleanest possible Condition. Take •a toothbrush •of.1nediun 9,ti.If- Because it „os .a dark, . warm and nese, •apply -the dentifrice and. start moist cavity, and contains crevices on .the upper teeth at the loft side. and angles, such as the spaces be- Place the brush pareliel to the cut- tween the teeth, and the margins of ting surface of the teeth se, that di, the gums, the mouth is an ideal •place ' vides. in its longitudinal .direction .for the existence _and muj;tiplieation r half of the bristles are against the of germs. If the teeth are dirty, un- teeth and half against the gum. Hold cared for, or decayed, the multiplica- fleetly against the teeth and gum— tion ,of these germs progresses' so do mit scrub ,backwaed and forward rapidly that they exist iii numbers across the teeth, but with a Short to which constitute a definite menace and fro rotary motion .ref the handle to health. • I of the brush, work the bristIes in Pyorrhea, on infection -of the guru;, between the teeth -arid around the width originates where the teeth and gum margins. Do this about twenty gums sheet, is a serious condition if times, This will cleanse the teeth, neglected it tan invariably be pre- when it, is most neeessany to do so, vented and frequently cured, if cone in the deep casevices between them will devote about five minutes each and under the margin of the guest. day •t a -carefully cleansing. the inoutlr. ' It will also massage the guess, which A surprisingly large number of peo- increases the circulation and renders pie, in• spite of knowing better, do them more firm and resistant to py- notuse a toothbrush at all, or if they orrheal infection. Now shift the do they use it carelessly and incur- 'brush to a similar position covering. rect?y. ( the front teeth, and repeat this same Winter, the season during which motion. Carry out the same proced'- we need to maintain all our natural ure on those • sof the right upper resourtces intact if we arebe keep fit,' group. These same three manoeuvres is upon us. Let each one of us in-; must be carried out on the back sur - quire critically into' the 'mouth's con -1 face of the teeth and gurus. Deal in dation and resolve to carry out the exactly the same manner with the following simple routine, which will lowee teeth. keep it clean and prevent it from be -1 coming a menace to our general If minute attention is. given to the health• above directions, the teeth cannot help but be clean, and no marauding If there are decaying cavities, a germs will have a chance to breed in marked deposit of tartar, or old gold the mouth and cause trouble. If crowns, consult your dentist. These the guns bleed is bit at first, a mouth - crowns are only put upon teeth from wash .ef one quarter 'teaspoonful of which the nerves have been removed, table salt to a glass of warm water and are, therefore, dead teeth—they should be used after brushing the are often foully infected and constit- teeth, rte a real factor in the causation of disease, sometimes without even giv- In eases where there is a tender Jug rise to It toothache. throat, which erequenipy beoom'es ir- I situated Joe'toees a gargle should be If a visit tae the dentist is not ne- used night and merning, and there eessary, autd eve are only contented is no better solution for this purpose with th.e ordis ary ease and; tcleanli- than the one above mentioned, ness of the neo'uth, let us make a firm II resolution from now ore to brush our I it may take a little praetiee to be - teeth twico a day, once on rising and some proficient in this Method of once an going to bed. The dentifrice tooth brushing, but perseverance will you use is entirely a matter of taste, be rewarded• by a clean mouth and as each of the more generally known better health. --Medical Dept. 'Bell ones contain all the essentials news- Telephone Company. Have You Ever. Thought How Difficult, "Keeping Quiet" is for. Your Child (By Wilfred Wees, Camrose Normal) There may be grown folk who think, as W. II, Davies deet: "A poor life, this, if full sof care We have no time bo stand and stare; Na tinge bo stand beneath ,the boughs And stare as long as .sheep oe cows," But to a child a ruminating sheep or cow is a fuumy thing. Children want neither to stand nor stare, they are the Mad Patsies of life who want to "stretolr out in the sun, and roll upon their backs $ea• fur, and kick their legs and roar for joy;" for no'earth- ly reason that a grown person can think of.. But grown-ups have an uncanny way of picking out the things that ehildreh' like to do, and taking from these ,their play -ways, Is the fetter buys the email son a construetior set, and plays with it himself. So :lathes: says in the evening, when Jimmy is seramb4g si l over the place, ",Timmy moss sil still for a minute?" "Yes, dad," Jimmy replies though he knows, as his father docs• not, that he can't sit still for a minute; but he wants to please dad; so he says, "Yes, dad." Jimmy sits'- stall for tee seconds, and than jumps, for a math. - •"Jimmy, didn't 1 tall you to est still?" "Yes, dad." "Then sat." "All alight, dad." In ten seconds Jimmy begins to wriggle, and in fifteen be is-eivasing the cat• "James!" When father stye "James!" theta is ,something up. "Yes," dad," "Go .ts bed!" "Aw, dad;,, Ge to bed." _• s'Aiid Jimnty'sleuches off to bed.` 'The moot, exhaustingt:h cal iass we l I1- it.p " as. a child to de it to `Be str.l; letter: • yet along with, "keep quiet" it is the most common command in the home and school. Curtis found that children one to five years .old cannot be still, en the ave age longer than half a minate; children five to ten years old can Manageit for a minute and a half. Another psychologist, .experiment - Mg 'on a group •of teaehers—hs train- ing, found that these practically ad- ult students could maintain stillness for an average of two minutes and ten seaonde; two minutes and ten seconds, even whee they were con- centrating our the attempt, was the length of time they could remain without a uovement. Yet many of limas children waula likely go out to their schools, fall into the nut of the school -ma'am,• and cry with hourly regularity, "Bo 01111;' The moral, if id is necessary to draw a moral, is •obvilous, The parent and the teacher, instead of nagging at the youngster to be "still, should - rather aid him in being wctive. The child must move. If we keep hien from moving we are putting him un- der a nervous ,strain, the effects of which .earshot be. estimated. It is the parent's and the teacher's business to put the ehild's activity to -sante .per - Pose, to train, the movements of the legs, :the arms, the hassds, so that'the active, formative days of :childhood shall not • be wasted. REMANDED AT GODERICH GODER1011, Jan, 11. Charged with forging two cheques .totsliling $880 on the batik accoent of Deputy Reeve Moser of Goderieh, Norman Wilson, aged 23 was en Saturday granted a remand of one week ,on application of his counsel, Frank s)onsielly, and admitted: to bail of $2,500. Wlilsa:n protested strenu- ously that he was innocent. With- drawals on .his aceautt in another hank ,have been stopped by the au- 4horities,r; THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Gay, Sometimes Sad— and Ins ad—a'ndInS SNOW AT TWILIGHT A prisoner of pain, I lie and wait The delicate magic • you may set at Play Beyond any windows, though the sul- len day With hioluds low Banging, seeks:as if in hate To muffle up yourbeauty, and to abate Your one hetet hour of sovereignty, so grey So dark it is, you well might cast away. Your wand e'er noon be gene, and drowse to late. Now evening hovers; the ashen web :of trees Blends with a heaven of •ashes, then. fluke from sight, When, swift! the magic; in foam frail traceries, In ,skiey eurves of cold, etherial white,: The •enchanted wood its hidden beau- ty frees-- A Gothic vision flowering in the night. —Amelia Rives Troubeszkey. REFUTATION "He was a hard old man," I heard them say, Years aftee Ise had left the village scene. Within my heart a memory skill green Rose up in quick denial and dismay. 'For, nearing 'Cludatmas, there had been a :day When a child's love -gift, bought with meagre hoard Of ?mules, met with incident un- toward And en the ground . the shattered fragments lay. 0 Childish woe, distraught, uncom- forted! And then this stranger sought to understand; Put shining silver in a little hand— "Go buy your Mother something else," he said. How kind he was that Christmas Iong ago! I was that child and so I ought to know. --Alice Lawry Gould, in Christian Seienee • Monitor. THE DOOR IS CLOSED The doom is closed! Daily my .own true love, my urate. Passes beyond that door, Into the busy :thronging world, Daily beside the windowpane I wait To sea him turn and wave That precious farewell. 'Tis then my heart °ries out with all itn might, "Dear God, kind God, •"Oh, keep him safe till night!" Again that deer is closed! And now I feel his strong embrace Per my true love is helm again, Froms out the thronging world. And now there is na tiny space Far any thought but joy Within my happy heart, Oh, then my very houl ;sings with all its might, - "Thank Good, thank God, "He's safely home another night! .'Catherine O'.,everiey in The Chatelain. MARRIAGE SUPERSTITIONS Married when the year is new, Hie'll be loving, kind,. and true. When February birds do mate, tined You may wed nor ad your fate. If you wed when March winds• blow, Joy and sorrow betel you'll know. Mara in April when you can, Toy for maiden. and for man. Marry in the month of May,, And you'll surely.rue the day. }Marry when June roses 'blow, Over land anti eea you'll go. They who in July aze wed, Must always labor foo; their 'bread. Whoever wed in August be, Many a change is sure to See. - Marry in September shine, , Your living will be rich and fine. If uu October youdo matey, Love will come, but deems tarry. If yen wed in black -November, Only joy will conte, remember. When December snow :falls fast, Their Songs --Sometimes But --Always Helpful • piling - Marry, and true love will last, Monday for health. Tuesday for wealth, Wednesday the best day of all, Thursday for losses, Friday for Crosses, And Saturday no day at al;. • (Above are some of bhe old sup- erstitions regarding marriage, which nwdern folk pay little attention to. For instance, Saturday is now a Pop- ular wedding day, -Editor.) • OUT THERE SOMEWHERE As I was hiking past Ore woods, the con. and sleepy summer woods, I saw a guy a -talking to the sun shine in the air; Thinks I, he's going tis have a fit— I'11 stick around and watch a bit; But he paid no attention, •hardly knowing I was there. He must have been "•a college guy, for he was talking big and high, The trees were standing all around as silent es a church— • A :little closer I saw he was manufac- turing poetry, Just Iike a meeker sitting on a pussy -willow perch. I squatted down and rolled a smoke and listened to each word he spoke; He never stumbled, reared or broke; he never missed a word, And though he was a Do like nee, he'd been a gent once, I could see; I ain't much strong on poetry, but this is what I heard: "We'll dance a merry saraband from here to drowsy Sanuu•cand,; Along the sea, across the land, the birds are flying South, And you, rely swept Peeelope, out there somewhere you wait for me With buds of roses in your hair and kisses on your mouth. "The mountains are all hid in mist; the valeley is like amethyst; The poplar leaves they tura and twist; oh, silver, silver green! Out there somewhere along the sea a ship is waiting patiently, While up the beach the, bubbles slip with white afloat between. "'Nle tide -hounds race far up the :shore—tire hunt is on The breakers scar, (Iter spars are tipped with gold and o'er her deck the spray is flung); The buoys that rollic in the bay, they nod the way, they nod the • ways The Mint is up! I am the prey! The hunter's bow is strung!" "Out there somewhere," --says I to me. "By Gosh! I guess that's poetry! Out there somewhere --Penelope with kisses on her mouth!" Anti then, thinks 1, "0 college guy, your talk ib wet nee in the eye, The North is creeping in the air; the birds are Vying South," • And yet, the sun was shining down, a -blazing on the little town, A. mile er se 'way down the track a -dancing in the sun. But somehow ,as I waited there, there came a shiver in the air"; "The birds are flying South," he says. "The winter has begun." Says I, "Then let's be on the float; you certainly have goat my gent; You make me hungry in my throat for seeing things that's new. Out there somewhere we'll ride the range a -looking for,the new and et -wage; My feet are tired and need a change. Come mi! It's up to yeul" "There ain't no sweet Penelope somtewhene that's lcinging much for me,• - But I can smell the blundering sea and hear the rigging 'hum; And S can hear the -whispering lips that fly .before. the 'outbound ships, And I Case hear the brealceis on the sand .a -booming, 'Comes'" And then that slim, poetic guy, be turned and h'.00kesi me in the eye: .. It's overland and ,overland and overseas to—where?" "Most anywhere that isn't here," I says. His face went kind of cueer: "The palace we're in. is •always here. The other place is there." He-smihled, though,- as my eye caught his. "Then what .a lot of there there is To go and ,see and go and see and go and see some more" IIe did a fancy step er two. Says he, "I think VII go with you—" .. , Two moons, and we were balc., ing in the steaitsh out Singapore. Around the world and back again; we saw it all. The mist and rain In -England, and the dry old plain, from. Needles to Berdoo. Me kept a -rambling alt' the time. I rustled grub, he rustled: thyme-- Blind-baggage, hyme--Blindbaggage, hoof it, ride or climb--rwe always put It through. Just for a eon I'd • like to know (yes, he crossed over long ago; And he was' right, believe me, Bo!) if somewhere in the :South, Down where the eloudes lie en,the sea, he found his sweet Penelope, With buds of roses in he hair and •lqusses on her mouth. —.Herbert Henry TCnibbs. LET ME LIVE ()UT MY YEARS Let me live out say; years in heat of blood! Let me die drunken with the dream - don wine! Let me not see this soulhonse built of mud Go toppling to the dust—a vacant shrine! Let me go quickly :like a handle -light 'Snuffed •qut just at the heyday of its glow! Give me high noon—rani let it then be night! Thus would I go. And grant ane when I face the grisly Thing, One haughty cry to pierce the gray Perhaps! Let me be as a tune -swept fiddle- string That feels the Master Melody—,and snaps! ABOLISH EXAM SYSTEM FOR HURON ENTRANCE SCHOLARS ,Goderich, Jan. 8—E. C. Beacom, inspeetos• of public schools for West Huron, has announced that entrance promotions to high schools this year will be en the recommendation of school principals, the reementsndes tion to be based on the year's record of the pupil. This is an innovation in Huron county. No announcements of recommendations are to be made to the pupils by the principals until authorized' by the entrance board The scheme will apply to all schaols. in the inspectorate. The fo`lowing are the conditions to govern the above recommenda- tions; 1. That the instruction in the sub- jects of group 1. (art, hygiene, Flab. are study or agriculture) shall be satisfaetiory to the inspector, anti in addition at least twenty specimens •af the recommended pupil's work in aft shall be submitted with the princip- al's recommendation. •2. That •any candidate from a school not complying with the above ealiditions Shall be required to write an examination in the subjects of group 1 the place and date of such examination to be announced by the entrance boards in a°eoncIiance with the regulations. 8. That the principal shall have had at least two year's successful ex- perience in the inspectorate in the preparation of candidates for the en- ttisnce examination. 4• That the pr•.in;cipaf's recom- mendations as submihed on form 14 in former years shall have been satis- factory and in substantial accordance with bite results 'af the entrance ex- amination, • 5. That . not more than sixty per cent. •of the candidates be admitted an the recomanendatiens of the princi- pals, or such •a percentage as the en- trance boards may decide in the ease of each school. 6. !That at least two candidates from each echoel shall take the writ-. ten Departmental examinations. SMART SCOTSMEN'! Lcndon.—Visitors front, north of Tweed who -pass the recruiting office in Whitehall have been somewhat startled by "three new posters which read; `:Smart men wanted for the Grena. diers." "Smart men wanted fee the Welsh • Guards." "Scotehmen wanted for the Scots Guards." The visitor front the North does nut know whether this means orte doose't have to be smart to be a • member of the ;Scots . Guards or whether it is just taken for granted all Scotsmen sse smart. It is our guess that the latter will be the popular conclusion by alt Scotsmen. 'ever .. �. Ad�erti�in� H�vQ a Stiwy to Tell as Today