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Home My WebLink AboutThe Clinton News Record, 1932-03-10, Page 7mulls., MARCH 10, 1932 ,)Health, Cooking Care of Children 1 PAC TIIE CLINTON NEWS-1ECOR27‘1.126.11.10= 9•11911111KORVAMMItirtr.....1. Edited By Lebam Iiakaber Kralc A Column Prepared Especially for 'Wonieli- But Not Forbidden to Men •It' has always been a mystery to ordinary, everyday folk like myself why those ''who decree fashions for women are of content to allow us to have the figures with which God in. his wisdom endowed us, rather• --than constantly insisting upon us •changing them to something entirely -differ ent For instance, for years and years • it seemed that a woman could make no claim, to be accounted beautiful elf figure -unless she' squeezed her waist to half the sizee that a formal waist 'should be, and millions of wo- men, in an attempt to come up to the standard thus set, silly as it was, did compress their bodies. in a nest, encomfortaibie manner, until it is a wonder that more of them didn't mar- ' ter fatal injuries. This fad lasted' for years, many of the women who • • are still taking an interest in the 'fashions of the day `having been vie- ' finis of its foolishness. Many women, of oaurse, did not • carry this to the extreme, but were content with a naturally neat waist. • They didn't really "tight -lace," but were careful not to "bundle" them- selves about the middle. They kept the waist line smooth and as small as nature would allow. 1 Then (that vests since the war) came the fashion for the "straight, • boyish figure." Nicnv, it is as hard for a woman to display a straight figure as for a boy to display a eurv- •ed one. Herder, indeed, for if a boy wanted to he could add some arti- ficial curves. But women, keen to be "in the fashion," did their best, The slim, young girl was all right, She could pass muster, with her young lithesomeness, but the mature woman bad bar troubles achieving a "boyish" figure. Indeed, she found • it almost en impossibility, and if achieved at all it was at the sacrif- icer 'of her health, Mar it was tonl'y done at the cost of starving herself, Even young girls refused in many eases to 'partake of the food neces- sary for 'health in the wish to keep Claim However, this fashion, unless fol- lowed slavishly, had good points, for the natural lines of the body were net interfered eivith, the waist was allowed to develope naturally. I should think that this must have - been a great relief to some poor wo- men's hitherto unnaturallysqueezed "innards." Then, the dresses le this period were the last thing • in comfort, and were especially design- ed, or so it seemed, for the woman who had failed to grow slimmer'•as she grew older. 'Tau may say what you please but the straight-line dress is very fathering to the woman whose figure is none too slight. During those happy years I had • begun to imagine that women were actually becoming very sensible, having loosened their waist lines and shortened and cut down the width of their skirts. It looked as if woman had at last begun to realize that she bad a few important things to da in 'the world and, like the men in Bibletime, bad "girded her loins" for the ,- fray But, evidently, that fashion was too comfortable, too sensible and useful, for we were not allowed to enjoy it for long --not nearly so long -as our long-suffering sex had endue - ed the pinched-ioi.waist period. Der- ing the past couple •of years we have 'had the "defined waist" coming into favour. Each season it has been more and more defined. until now it stands out in all its beauty, or oth- erwise, as the case may be. And the trouble is that the winners who used 'to boast of a waist less than twenty. four inches probably has, during the period of the "straight-line" dress, ••devebtoped trench ae extent that she doesh't now boast of it at all but • would fain screen it, if that were possible. Bet how can she? Not a chance!' , Your waist must he belted and "defined," no matter what that May mean to your pride. ;i who, after all, is not to be • despised` as an artist, decreed that women. should be' narrow in the shoulders and broad in the hips; amen the re verse. Narrow -shouldered men are never admired by either mien lou• wo- men, and I very much doubt •if broad -shouldered women will aim - mend any mole admiration. I have, indeed, my own! epiition ;of all these feshiokt •changes, Miost fash, ion ,designers, they sayt ,are men, and it is mi opinionthat these men, who are designing ,as well as' de-. signers, are just trying toseehaw foolish they can make'woinen appear. In the long ago they rigged women out in hoops and bustles, both so add- icu]:ous that you ran hardly imagine a woman with any brains consenting to wear thein. But all our dear and revered grandmothers did. Then, in case women night learn to do a few things of their own independence they invented] long, wide • and trailing skirts, further to impede their move- ments and keep them within their own sphere. While alI the while they kept making stronger and stif- ler corsets, ate higher -heeled shoes, which served to prevent women tak- ing any very active part in sports or anything requiring freedom of ac- tion. All these itneeding things had their effect, of course. They slowed down any independent progress, and cell. them how to act with men to , what it was Iadylike, to do, and think, for generation after genera- tion women wele kept pretty much "in their place," and men were ttoub- led very little with competition from them. There were always a few, of course, who, kicked over the traces, tools the hit in their teeth, or what- ever skittish colts being broken to harness are wont to da, and made a dash for freedorn. But a few well - directed sneers from the dominant male and the =levity. M the sex were ready to veto such Ieadors in the 'van of freedom, "bold hussies" and be done with it. 1t And then cause the war, and ev- erything was turned topsy-turvy. Women not only discarded their hampering, trailing skirts hut many of them discarded skirte altogether and took ita wearing trousers. They drove transports and automobiles, and did it so well that many of the officers overseas preferred them to amen. They took over the businesses cf their husbands, brothers and sons at home and kept the "home fires burning;' and found in ail this new work an outlet for their energies of which they had never dreamed. Wlhen the war was over if anybody had suggested that they don their long skirts and resume their old life they would have Iaughed in his face. So the designers gat their heads to- gether. They knew there wasn't a chance of putting women back into a confining corset, :to they designed the straight-line dress, with very few garments underneath, and for the past few ,years women have en- joyed the first real taste of freedom aver enjoyed since human beings be- gan wearing clouting. And this freedom. in wearing ap- parel has meant freedom in action; freedom to walk, to play games, to take up lines of work which had nev- er even been dreamed of by their mothers and grandmothers, But that brief term of freedom is. 'over, Pre the designers are at it a, gain. They are designing to enthrall women again in Confining garments. They will build out their shoulders nd nip -in their waists, going by asy stages, until they have them s; cin imprisoned behind swathing olde of clinging draperies. And lat. er, no doubt,, will a second time tMust them into the "inner, prison" f wilalebeno and steel, "mailing heir feet fast in the stocks" of nar- ow high -heeled shoes. remitting ben unhappy, as before, and are from any effective part in the work which women were no doubt in - ended to play ie the carrying on of t business tof ,running this ori world, .That is, they will do it if women' are foolish enough' to allow . them - elves to be ee imposed neon. .I e'•ewith warm. all my sister women•hr BEWtA•RE THOSE, DESIGNING ZMESICrNtlitS. Put no trust in them t all. They ave pr i ably being raid ast sums of money by scarey busi- s siren, afraid to meet the compet- n of women in their business, or, lay be, bald-headed old golf fiends badminton enthtdsias'•rs, who can-] endure to be beaten by women at ten: owegames and want them d a e g f s And new, .not content with drag- ging out into the open; and exposing all the "stout" girths to the vulgar gaze of an unfeeling' world, fashion demands built -out, broad shoulders, e The questilom I should like to ask h 'those designers is: 'What, in the mane of all that is sensible and r seemly, has a' woman to do with a 'broad shoulders, unless it is to lean . v on them?' .Since bane inimemooial t nes the narrow, sloping shoulder has itie been ocrosiclered one •of the feminine , it n 'charms. It has' been painted by, art - err' its, written about by posts and ad- !not Mired of all men. Dame Nature, , bl disqua!Lied. Do not play into the hands of these chaps who want to. keep their dominent place without undue effort. A little healthy gram - petition will be good for them. ' REBEKAH. Origin of Leap -Year Privilege The following's teen the women's department of, the , London Free Press; . Our little account of the 'Irish legend of Leap Year, given in this column a few'weeks ago, so appealed to the fancy iaf one of our readers that she has cleverly turned it into rhyme. The following, entitled, :"An Irish Legend of Leap Year," should make a good reading for the 17th of ilfarch, and we are indebted to its composer, Miss Ethel Robson, of Defield, for sending it for use in our column. "Dear Patrick," said Bridget, all smiling and merry, As the saints Were out walking in late February, The soft, . brooding spring . on the pastures lay green And the birds in the thickets were mating, I ween. "There's tamest in our land that is sadly abrew, And which you would lighten, if only you ldnetv." • St. Patrick smiled gravely, "Methinks thee should tell. For without woman's :tad we 'can't do very well." "Our mails," said ..St. Bridget, "have- sworn havesworn they want wed. But into a convent they'lI all go in- stead Unless you will' say that it is`right and fair They may propose marriage, in which they must share." St. Patrick was puzzled, St, Bridget ,fust smiled. E'en saints by a woman may be so beguiled, "Well, one year in seven," St. Pat- rick caneeded, "Nay, much more, than that," said St, Bridget, "is needed!" "'Tis Leap Year, then let it be one yedtr in four. A maiden may lead her man to the church dodr," DANGER --DRIVE SLOW Why does a lady. Who wants to order groceries Wait until five minutes Before the last 'delivery Of. the day? Then she begins to inquire The price of •carrots. And are the grapefruit fresh, And do you have any more of Nice little cakes In the awfully cunning box? And some sugar—ah, 'ten pounds, She supposed --and ten bars O£' that soap you advertised Last Tuesday, Or perhaps it was Wednesday. And the grocer's clernt Keeps saying Yes, ma'am, Very politely, All the time thinking He'd like to disguise his voice And call her up at five o'clock Every paining for a week To tell her Her house was on flee. That would' fix That silly old Cuckoo. Yes,' ua'am,eit'll be right Outs—Kansas City Star. these WITICH WOULD YOII RATHER? Which svould you rather be, deaf or blind? Which is the greater afflic- tion? For' a long time this has been a stoat subject for discussion, but quite futilely so, as there seemed to be no factual basis of judgment: But new the argus eyed psychological hn- vestigatrir, to whom all mental cap- acities and processes are an .open book, ,has seemlied the required data. His name is Dr.. Milton Metfessel, head'et the psychological department at the University of Southern Cali, fornia. After a series of scientific tests he finds that 65 per cent of the knowledge et the normal human be - hog is assimilated through the eyes, 26 percent through the ears and the remaining 10 per cent through the other senses—teeth, taste and shell, If these conclusions are fairly re- liable--ancl they cea.'tainly accord in effect with normal ;people's inexpert but instinctive judgment—then the blind •alnld is vete much more htandi- capped than is the deaf one' in 53c- nuiring kn•c:wiedgeand mental d'e- veloputent, as he also is in regard to the variety' of emnloyinent in which he: can • engage and his consequent ability to; earn a living.—The 'Cana - tam Belleville PAGE 7 Honsehaid Economics A More Beautilul Canada Every unirnpz•oved. or 'uuplanted home in Canada can be made more attradtive by the judicious use of trees, 'shrubs, vines, newels and well -kept grass. The 'old saying that a home is nota home until it is planted very well emphasizes the necessity and -wisdom of planting. Some places have fagged behind in the matter of beautification. This is perhaps more noticeable in rural dis, triets. However, there is: abundant evidence to show that where intell- igent attention is given to this .mat- ter the results may be very satisfac- tore indeed. 'Canada is a Ian' of rain natural beauty from the Bras d'Or Lalres of Cape Breton Island to those famous mountains whose feet are kissed by the waves of the Pacific. Nature has endowed this country' with the most beautiful and the greatest var- fety of natural scenic grandeur to be found anywhere in the universe. Mountains,' lakes, streams, falcate, plains, waterfalls, are to be found in great abundance. The unlovely spots are man-made and it would seem that the least we can do is to make these man-made places sufficiently attrac- tive that they will, in some measure at • least, be in keeping with the great natural beauty to be found throughout this great. Dominion. The progressiveness and a,ift of •a com- munity 'ar municip. are often re- flected in its ap r`"dice and the best advertising tha 'any community can da is to present a 'pleasing ap- pearance to the world—fan appear- ance of progressiveness, thrift and industry, reflected by well -planted and well -kept ,public and private grounds. We are influenced to a greater ex- tent than we realize by our sur- eoupdings., ,Children are particularly'. sensitive in this fegard. Surely a home in and around which flowers are grown is a better place to bring rip children than a biome where no attention whateveris paid to these friends'af the plant kingdom. As the twig is bent the tree is inclined is an old saying; and very applicable in connection with the training of children. Ifchildren are taught to love flowers and to becomefamiliar with them, their hearts willbe filled with love for these things which. will leave less room in their hearts and minds for the things that hurt and destroy. We ft'equently • meet with the ob., jection that garden's and flowers cost too much or that they take too much time. The truth is that it is not eo much a matter of money or time as it is sofdesire and disposition. If we are disposed to have gardens and flowers and really desire to have at- tractive home surroundings, we will have them no matter how busy we may be. Your nearest Experimental Farms or Agricultural College will gladly give you information regard- ing suitable varieties for your dis- trict. The cost in any event need ibe only trifling and the amount spent on the nursery stock necessary to improve the average size home will be one of the finest investments that possibly can be made. It will pay great dividends in satisfaction and will increase the value .of the home, Your individual efforts in making your home attractive will improve ],tour street. If your street is improv, ed your city or toren will be improv ed, and if your city or town or town- ship is made more beautiful you have helped to make a more Ibeautifui Canada. USEFUL HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS CORK TIPS There will be less difficulty in re moving a cork if a narrow strip o tape is placed underneath it befor inserting. it into the battle. To re move the cork, pull the ends of the tape. Rub a little glycerine over corks before inserting them into bottles that contain anything sticky. This will prevent the adhesive from hard- ening round the corks. Corks that have been used for stopping bottles containing liquids with strong odors should not be used indiscriminately er, they may eontaniinate the contents of other bottles, tion to take with children's clothing 1' e Mending a Leak Sometimes in frosty weather a water -pipe or tank springs a leak. The best way to deal with it until the plumper arrives, if the hole is quite a tiny one, is to Stick a match in it. The wood will swell as it be- come damp and provide an effective stopper. When the hole is too big to lake a match make it a little larger by inserting a stick and working it rimed ;and round. Then stop the crack with a small cork, which will swell in the same way as the wood. A solution of alum water - two ounces to the gallon — will render clothing washed in it non-inflam. alble. This would be a wise precan- Mending China A splendid cement for broken china is made by nixing white of egg and quick -lime to a smooth paste for one article at e time, as it dries quickly. See the lime is ground as smooth as it can be and sifted through a cloth, then that the edges to be joined are quite clean and dry. Spread the prepared cement on them and press tightly together. The paste soon sets quite bard and makes a lasting mend. Slightly soiled suede gloves can be cleaned by rubbing them, while on the hands, with a piece .of flannel dipped in, flour. Before Storing Knives Knives,' not of the stainless var- iety, that have to be stored for some time, will not rust if they are nab- bed over wih a little olive oil before putting away. Wrapping them in baize and leaving them in a box with a tight -fitting lid are additional pre- cautions. When preparing a mustard plaster use the white of an egg instead of water, and the plaster will not blis- ter. GREEN BACKS FROM GREEN PEAS IN GASPE Although shipments to the United States began only. in 1928, the *m- ere of the Cape Cove district of the Gaspe Peninsula have already carved a valuable niche for their green peas in the American market. It has been found that due to elimatie conditions green peas of a very high quality. mature in this part 'af eastern Que- bec some time after other sources of supply have ,been exhausted, and when the market is higher than ear- lier in the season. With the help of the department mf Agriculture of the Canadian Nation- al Railways, marketing agencies and Government department's, the farm- ers of Gaspe of recent years have or. ganized .to take advantage '4,f this condibion. As .a result 1029 Taw the shipment of 13 carloads of this com- modity ornymod tv south of the bander, and by 1931 the figure had risen to 48 car- loads. It is estimated that ship- ments bhis year wi]1 tap the 100 murk. The development of this cash crop meant an Manatee ,of et least $50,000 in the Cape .Cavo •feemer's income during 1931, :Tour, years ago this ndustiry dill not exist. COUNTY NEWS LUCAN: World has been received here ,of the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Clutterham, widow of Thomas Clut- tcrham, in Edmonton, on February 29, at the age of 70. Deceased, whose maiden name was Carrie, was born and lived until some time after her marriage in. this district, where 0 number of her relatives still re- side. Surviving her are three sons, Allan, of Tofieid, Alta.; Truman and Bert, •af Edmonton, and one daugh- ter, •Mas. •G. 1besketh, of Rockford Bridge, AIta, The funeral took place from the eesideneo to Holy. Trinity Church, and burial in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Edmonton, SEAFORTH; Mrs. Jaynes Madre- tosh's five sons and their wives acid families, William and Russel u:1 To- ronto, Ernest of London, Robert of Ingersoll and Stewart of . Detroit cane here.to spend. the week -enol with their nyother and eongratulate her on her eightieth birthday which taken place on Thursday of this Seek. •SFA'1+0RTYl: Tho Public School is closed for a Eery days oe account at the prevalence of the fru. Ie the seethe of leap year. fancies This one risesto the top: Does the girl who paps the question Make it a weekly practise to read jTave to go and question pop? • e a s Basion Transcript. Do clever women make the best wives? Clever 'women do not become wives. --Answers. Motorists are asked to exercise ex, tra caution when nearing schools,. Reme beri 'always m ng that, little boys should be seen and not hurt,—Punch, BOX dog drivers stole the spotlight from their older competitors with the running of the second annual junior dog derby at Ottawa recently. More than seventy boys from Ottawa and Ottawa Valley points competed for the Chateau Laurier cup and twenty- five other prizes. All dogs were owned and driven by boys or girls under sixteen years of age. Dog fights and excitement, runaways and blanket finishes were plentiful as the dogs swept along over the half -mile track to the cheers of old and young specta- tors in the grand stand within sight of which every foot of the races were run, To nine-year-old Teddy Turgeon, of Ottawa and his almost -police dog Don, went premier honors, the final being decided in a neck and neck finish between Don and Lloyd Jenkins' black Collie. The dogs swept down the stretch nose to nose, but the police dog had the longer nose and got the judges' call and the championship of the annual half-pint derby ... Canadian National Railways photograph. OF THE 6attabtan , o, urtttfintt rotcoa•r,y GRANT FI. MING, M.D. .-. ASSOCIATE SECRETARY IRICIiETS Present in our food are certain substances tailed vitamins. The chemical composition of these sub- stances is unknown, but et has been proved that they aro essential to Iife and health. Six vitamins have been discovered. The leek of one or other of tite vitamins leads to one of the deficiency diseases, to which group rickets belongs. Rickets is a deficiency disease be. cause it is a result of a lack -of vit- amin 1) (the anti -rachitic vitamin) in the diet. The disease occurs most commonly between the second and the eighteenth months of life, the period of most rapid growth in in- fancy and early childhood. Rickets affects the whole body. The rapidly growing bones fail to harden properly, with the result that the ends of the long bones above the wrists are thickened. and there are swellings where the ribs join the breast=bone. 11 the condition contin- ues untreated, it results indeformity of the long !bones which causes bow legs and knock-knees. The change itt the ribs brings about the deform- ity known as pigeon -breast, In addition to the changes noted in the bones, the child will also shote a protruding abdomen; be will be slow in walking and his general physical condition will be poor; he will be subject to digestive distur- bances and frequent colds. Rickets in a mild form is compar- atively common, but it is usually not recognized by the child's mother un- til some of the more severe symp- toms mentioned above develop. The most desirable thing to do is to pre• vent the disease, failing which it is important to recognize its pl•esence early in order to secure proper treat- ment and thus prevent the more serious damage which occurs in un- treated cases. The early signs of rickets which should be heeded. when observed are excessive sweating of the head, the rolling of the head, from side to sidle when the child is in bed, crying of the child when handled, delay in eating teeth and in learning to sit up, stand or walk, and indigestion and constipation, Vitamin D is contained in cod-liv, er oil, egg yolk, and to some extent, in mills. Col -liver oil should he give en to all children, whether they are being naturally or artifiealiy fed beginning in the second month with ten drops twice a day, and gradually increasing the 'amount to one teas poonfui three times a slay. Certain rays of direct sunlight produce the same effects tis does cad -liver oil, and children should be exposed to the direct sunlight. in winter,, dependence must chiefly be placed on the cod-liver oil because of the eomparative lack of sunlight•. The important truth which we wish to impress upon parents is that cod-liver oil and sunshine prevent rickets, Questions concerning Floalth, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 184 College Street, Torons to, will be answered personalty by letter. elere with bread. and as a general table syrup! A nourishing and delicious food that builds healthy bodies. Particularly re- commended for growing children by expert dietitians. An economiy food. that the whole family wilt' enjoy. Send 10e for "Canada's Prize Recipes" 200 practical, home -tested recipes. The CANADA STARCH CO., Limited, MONTREAL 110 WOrKs......‘re0t..N0.4 AdtcrtiSitig,,