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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1933-02-09, Page 7TiltIRS., FEB. 9, 193i Health, Cooking Care of Children PR6 THE CLINTON 'NEWS -RECORD f I�(EBEST TO Edited By Lebam Hakeber Kralc ee u A Column Prepared Especially for Women- But Not Forbidden to Men YOU WHO ARE YOUNG You who are young, it is you, it is Who must make the dreams of the world come true. Youwho are young have a world to build,'• ' The future shall be what you have willed, • '.Learn and practise, plan and do; Hold to a vision and shape it true; And you'll find at last that a dream or two Because of you, because of you, Has, out of the mist and the dark, come true! 'Heed what you build, with hand and tongue, You who are young, you who are young! ffary Carolyn Davies, Sometimes we hear very stern •• and, it must be confessed, very un- sympathetic criticism of the young folk of the day. Of course it seems that this criticism is not peculiar to the present age, our fathers and mothers were criticised by their fathers and mothers and they tell us that amongst the ancient writ- ings recently discovered in Egypt was found a severe tirade against the frivolity and errors of the youth of that day. So perhaps it is impos- sible for people who approach the bleak plains of middle age to abstain from looking with frank disapprov- al upon the irresponsible behaviour of the young and blithesome. However, it has always seemed to me that as people grow older they might, looking back upon their owe youth and remembering the lack of wisdom and experience which handi- caps that age, grow also more ne- derstanding, more tolerant, If the • gap between youth and age is ever to be bridged those past the halfway mark must bridge it. Youth has no way of understanding age. It is simply impossible for youth to imagine age; it has nothing to go on; no experience to give it an ink- ling of what it feels like to have gained that queer state when one doesn't enjoy "doing something" just for the mere joy of doing it; when, to laugh is the most natural thing in the world, even when there's nothing to laugh at. Middleaged people often say that they "feel as young as ever" but that doesn't impress youth, as they eon see very well that the person At. talking that way doesn't 'enjoy the things they enjoy; doesn't want to do the things that they find so sat- isfying. So they conclude that the middleages do not know what they are talking about when they talk sc. And, as a matter of fact, they do not. You may feel as young as evi er in being ready for the pleasures which you have come to enjoy you may have a good appetite and your physical health may be unim- paired. I But as the years go on yoe find your pleasures in other things than the ones which occupied and satisfied your youth. But what I have always contended is that as one grows older one should try not to forget what youth really think - about; what amuses it; what inter- ests it and how it reacts to- certain experiences. It should not be hard to think back a few years and so meet youth upon its own ground it this way. As I said before, youth cannot jump ahead to me t age, age must think back to where youth not is, if there is to be mutual confi- dence and understanding. But what I started out to say was that if instead of finding so muck fault, criticising so much, we should try to inspire youth to noble ambi- tious; to help them to see what wonderful opportunities lie before them and what is expeeted of them, we sould be doing is great service. The sympathetic, understanding; par eat, teacher, friend. who stands by youth, helping, guiding, smoothing the way when it is possible, inspir- ing to courage and to the building up of strong self-reliant characters. is doing the most worthwhile work which is being done in the world to- day, for they are turning out the citizens upon whom depends the weal of the warld in the future. Be very chary of criticism, but be as sym- pathetic as possible with the youth coming under your influence. —REBEKAIH. International Uniform Sunday School Lesson February 12th JESUS TEACHING BY PARABLES GOLDEN TEXT: "Herein is my Father glorified that ye bear noir Ser4ke OF THE (ttualgttuWWirtttlwuaiut rn and Life Insurance Companies in Canada, Edited by GRANT FLEMING, M.D., Associate Secretary THE HUMAN MACHINE nand for oxygen is lots-, a portion of the red cells is -withdrawn from the circulation, and those are kept in the spleen ready " to come out, at a moment's notice, to meet any de- mand that arises for more 'oxygen. Blood is sent where it is needed The heart, by increasing the rate of its beats, increases the rapidity of flow of the blood. Blood vessels di- late when the need for blood increaser in the muscles or in the organs sup- plied by the blood vessels, The dil- ation of the blood vessels diverts the blood to the parts where it is needed. After a meal, an increased supply of bleed is given to the digos- ive system through the dilation of the abdominal blood vessels, and at such times, we become drowsy be- cause, as a result of sending addlt- ittnal blood to the abdominal iregion. the blood supply to the brain is di- minished. The blood carries not only oxygen. but food, and, in addition, the Hower- ful substances secreted by certain or- gans which have much to do in re- gulating the ;growth and functioning- cf the whole body. If roan is to keep his body working smoothly, he must do his part. Reas- onable attention given to the human machine is rewarded by the increas- ed happiness that comes 'with a heal- thy body. Abuse leads to misery re- sulting front the troubles which cone from a poorly -working machine., Questions concerning Health, ad.' dressed to the Canadian Medical As. sociation, 184 College Street, Toron- to, will be answered personally by verses. Some seed fell on good ground be illegal, • and such an orgy of stock letter. and brought forth fruit, sOme thirty gambling would not be permitted. The motor car goes, but what makes it gel The answer is not as simple as it might appear to be. Most of us have experienced the fail- ure of the motor's engine to rut] smoothly, and, on such occasions, we have realised how little we know about what makes the engine go, or what causes it to misbehave. The human body works like an en- gine. It is, however, much more dif- ficult to find out what makes it go, or why it gets out of order. We cannot take the parts out and ex- amine them, nor can we stop the human machine and start it up again. It is remarkable how well and how efficiently the body machine does its work, how capable it is of quickly meeting sudden extra demands, and how effectively the various organs of the body are designed to do the particular work which they are call- ed upon to preform. The blood carries oxygen to every one of the millions of cells which make up the tissues and organs, In the normal body, there is never a lack of oxygen, because a large reserve • is available, This is true in spite of the fact that when the body is hard at work, the, needfor oxygen is greatly inereas'ed. The demand i?r met by an increase in the rate of breathing and in the amount of .blood flowing;- through the lungs. In, this • way, the additional amount of oxygen 'required is' picked up by the, blood ' flowing through the lunge, 'The red' blood cells are the actual carriers of the oxygen: When the de - fruit; so shall ye be my diseiples."— John 15; 8. TD SSON IASu AG;, Mark 4. 1-10. 18-20. THE SOWER Behold, a sower fared him forth to _sore, Dreaming of harvest, as a sower will; Patiently toiled until the twilight's glow; Then homeward trudged across the quiet hill. Some seed fell among stones -to bake and die, ' The brambles choked some by the thoroughfare. Some fell on ground so shallow and. so dry They could not grow and so they perished there, But some fell on good ;ground, the record runs, And brought forth in due season manyfold. So wondrous is that miracle the sons Of men call growth—a wonder strange and old, And lo, that tale of Nature's pat- ient strife Was found to be a parable of life: —Clarence Edwin Flynn An Unconventional Teacher, I, 2 It was a strange pulpit that Jesus used as he taught a crowd on the lake shore. IIe entered a boat -and sat in the sea, the waves perhaps tossing the little craft up and down. The crowd lined the shore, caring for nothing but to hear the teacher. A genuine teacher can afford to be informal. Jesus was unconventional also in the manner of his teaching. He taught ninny things by parables. Aesop made trees talk and his stor- ies are called fables. Jesus occas- ionally made use of allegory as when he spoke of the vine and the bran- ches. More frequently he spoke in parables, telling simple stories which could easily happen. Only upon re- flection did their sleeper meanings appear. The Parable of the Sower, 3 Much of the teaching of Jesus has a rural setting. Sitting in the boat on the edge of the lake, Jesus may have 'been able to see a farmer sowing grain in the distance. The opening sentence of the parable gives the keynote, "Behold, there went out a sewer to soW." There is much in what follows to justify cal- ling this story the parable of the soils, but the occasion which called it forth indicates that Jesus intended it to be the parable of the sower. It had significance for Jesus as a teacher anti for his disciples whom he was training to be teachers. He was concerned to know how much of their teaching work would be wast- ed and how with of it would yield permanent results. Was Jesus Discuraged? 4-9 611911 PAGE 7 Household _ Economical fold, some sixty, and some an bun- It was the bursting of, the stock fired. It is 'true. It actually hap- market bubble that precipitated the pens. The experience of Jesus him- self is the outstanding illustration, Teaching illiterate people, insulted by scribes and Pharisees, put to death at the end because of his dar- ing words, it looked like failure, but consider the number of people who know the sayings of Jesus .in the year 1933. His teaching is yielding an increasing harvest. More people are interested in the teachings of. Jesus than at any previous period of the world's history. Granted that he spoke to many careless listeners, the fact remains that his teaching is still bearing fruit, thirty, sixty, a hundredfold. , His disciples also shared his success. ' • A Teacher's Motive The Golden Text sets forth the teacher's motive. A teacher's pur- pose is not to gain publicity; but to serve, A true teacher is willing to. decrease if only the pupils increase. A Christian teacher may well be forgetful of self if only God is hon- ored and Christ's truth is spread. The teacher's chief concern is for the truth and those to whom the truth is taught. True, teachers are honored and receive, much friendship and gratitude, but these are inciden- tal things compared to the satisfac- tion of seeing minds awakening, characters growing -strong, the pu- pils in turn becoming teachers. Edu- cation is more than the preservation of knowledge: 'it is;e sharing of life, the multiplyng of the number of those who know the truth and are, -thereby made free. Christian educa- tion has as its driving motive the greater glory of God, Questions or Discussion 1. What are the chief discourage- snonts of Day School teachers? 2. What are the chief discourage- ments of Sunday -School teachers? 3. Should teaching be judged chiefly by what is remembered? 4, Why is teaching said to be "the most satisfying mental pro- cess ?" 5. Why did Jesus lay so much emphasis :upon teaching? HURON COUNTY HOME VISITED FRIDAY EVENING About sixty people, -old and young journeyed to the County House on Friday evening last when the tea- cher, Mist Patrick, and pupils of S. S. No. 1, Stanley, with the assistance of parents and friends of the chil- dren and the London Road Club, gave the residents a little entertainment for a couple of hours. The Christmas program was re- peated by the children, consisting of choruses, drills, readings, a very pretty number being the "High- land Fling" in Scotch costume, danc- ed by five little girls to accompani- ment of harmonica music furnished by one of the small boys of the school. Both the dancing and music Much of the sower's work was was exceptionally well done. Solos; fruitless. Did Jesus actually think music and readings were also given that his work was like that? His by- some of the older members of experience would justify him in see- the party. At the close of the pro- ing the similarity. He ].new about grain several requests by the in - hard hearts, shallow hearts and mates cf the Home were kindly re - crowded hearts. He had met people sponged to by singing some of the too sophisticated to listen, 'others in- old Scotch songs. -Wrested only for a time, others who Mrs. Jacob, on behalf of her "big made a good start but had religion family," thanked the visitors for their crowded out of their lives. Jesus wits frank and honest enough to ad- mit a large degree of failure even in his own wont as a teacher. Many heard him only once. Some were so prejudiced that they were in opposi- tion front the first. The great ma- jority of, those who came under hie influence did not become out and out diseiples. The seed was good and the sower did his work well, but the soils were against him, A Teacher's Handicap, 10, 13-19 Jesus played fair with his disciples Early in the training of the twelve he let them know what a difficult task they were undertaking. They were learners with him in order that they might he teachers of other„ and not for a moment did he allow then: to expect one hunched per cent. success. He explained this parable to them and went into detail about the wayside failure, the stony ground -failure, the shallow soil failure, the thorny ground failure. Every teacher faces these difficulties, inattentive. listeners, short memories, distract= ing interests, The story is written all too often upon the faces of Pay School teachers and Sunday School teachers after a class session with wriggling, inattentive, mischievous pupils. 'A Teacher's Opportunity, 20 This parable, however, must be read through to the end or the whole' point is lost. The gist of it is to be found in the eighth. and 'twentieth evening's pleasure and all joined in singing "For They aro Jolly Good Fellows." A treat of candy and cookies was provided for the resi- dents by the visitors, WHERE THE MONEY HAS GONE One frequently hears the question asked: "Whore is the money gone?" There are billions less in sight than in 1928. Who has it? There is a widespread impression that, it has gone into the hands of the capital- ists. But statistics do not bear this out. In 1930, 150 persons in the United States reported incomes of over a million dollars. In 1931, the number was exactly half. For last year 'the number is expected to be lower still. Individual net incenses for the calendar year 1981 amountee" to $13,231,352, which is not much more than half what they were in the peak year, 1928, when they a- mounted to $25,226,326. The shrink- age in corporate incomes has been still greeter, from $11,053,866 in 1920, to $3,110,632 in 1931. Canadiar incomes show a similar shrinkage The "money" of 1.928 was largely made up of inflated values. Stocks went up in price, but not in worth. To -day they are depreciated much below normal values. To provide funds for the speculators, the United States' banks raised their ratio of credit to fifteen and , a half times their cash holdings, instead of the usual ten times. Under the pro- posed new law such a course would sewl**00.*****ragemosi0 0000.100 financial a oral crits from which the ox Id is still suffering. And the "money" represented by inflated values, hav- ing no physical existence, simply vanished into thin air. It gone, -Orillia Packet -Times. BLYTII: The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Blyth Muni- cipal Telephone Company was Held in Memorial Hall Tuesday with about 100 patrons present. Commissioner „. George Chambers gave an outline of * the year's business, which included *' the installation . of a• new switch- * * illness, " A vote Was then taken for the appointment : of three commis- sioner for the year - 1933, after s 19 3 which y , J. Tierney, G, 'Chambers and John Ellis were ,appointed to that office. WHAT ABOUT AN IDEA? There was the Aberdonian who was as mean, he wouldn't even en- tertain a doubt.—Montreal 'Star. board of the latest type at a cost of $2,135. All lines were also kept in good repair throughout the year, al- though he suggested ..some further work for the ensuing year in the way of resetting poles on some Tura' lines. Notwithstanding the heavy outlay for the new switchboard and the fact that the' rental per phone Was last year reduced from $12 to 810 per annum, he was glad to report there was still a surplus of about $10,000 in the bank for any emer- gency. Commissioners . Chambers, James Tierney and John Fingland were -complimented for the good fin- ancial condition of the company. Mr. FingIand, who has long been connect- ed with the company as a commission- er, was unable to- be present and a letter was read from hit. in which he regretted his inability to take fur- * they active interest in the handling x, of the company's business, due * * * N, * * A, * * * * * * * * * THE NEWS -RECORD * THE NEW -RECORD IS * AN ALL-AROUND FAMILY * NEWSPAPER, WITH SOME- * THING OF INTEREST FOR * EVERY MEMBER Ole THE FAMILY. * ARE YOU A REGULAR.. SUBSCRIBER. IF NOT, * WHY NOT? THE NEWS -RECORD VIS- ITS Y 0 U REGULARLY EACH WEEK OF THE FIF- TY-TWO IN THE YEAR AND COSTS LESS TITAN THREE CENTS PER WEEK. YOU CANNOT GET MORE FOR YOUR MONEY ANY- WHERE. COME IN OR SEND IN YOUR SUB'SCRIPTIO'N FOR THE CLINTON NEWS - RECORD ONLY $1.50 FOR 1933. * * * * * „ z: * * * * n: * * * * THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO. THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful and Ins pining. bWN'ONNNfM004000 00. VI PRISCILLA Thus for a while he stood, and unused by the shore of the ocean, Thinking of many things, and most of all of Priscilla; And as if thought bad the power to draw to itself, like the loadstone, Whatsover it touches, by subtile laws of its nature, Lel as he turned to depart, Priscilla was standing beside hint., "Are you so much offended, you will not speak to me?" said she. "Ann I so much to blame, that yester- day, when you were pleading Warmly the cause of another, my For I know and esteem you, and feel heart, impulsive and wayward, that your nature is noble, Pleading your own, and spake out, Lifting mine up to a higher, a more forgetful perhaps of decorumethereal level. Certainly you can forgive me Therefore I value your friendship, for speaking so frankly, for saying and feel it perhaps the more keen - What I ought not to have said; yet Iy now I can never unsay it; If you say aught that implies I am For there are moments in life, when only as one among many, the heart is so full of emotion, If you make use of those common That if by chance it be shaken, of and compimentary phrases into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it over- flows, and its secret. Split on the ground like water, can never be gathered together. Yesterday I was shocked, when I heard you speak of Miles Standish Praising his courage and strength, and even his fighting in Flanders, As if by fighting alone you could win the heart of a women, Quite overlooking yourself and the rest, in exaltng your hero. .+a Filling the land with delight, and memories sweet of the garden " "Ah, 'by these words, I can see," a- gain interrupted the maiden, "How very little you prize site, or care for what I am saying. When from the depths of nay heart, in pain and with secret misgiving, Frankly I speak to you, asking for sympathy only and kindness, Straitway you take up my words, that are plain and direct and in earnest, Turn them away from their meaning, and answer with flattering phrases. This is not right, is not just, is not true to the best that is in you; Therellora I spake as I did, by an Irresistible impulse. You will forgive -me, I hope, for the sake of the friendship between us, Which is ton true and too sacred to be so easily broken!" Thermion answered John Alden, the scholar, the friend of Miles Stand- ish: "I was not angry with you, with my- self alone I was angry, Seeing how badly I managed the mat- ter I had in my keeping." 'No!" interrupted the maiden, with answer prompt and decisive; "No; you were angry with me, for speaking so frankly and freely. It was wrong, I acknowledge; for it is the, fate of a woman Long to be patient and silent, to wait like a ghost that is speechless, Till some questioning voice dissolves the spell of its silence. Hence is the inner life of so many . suffering women Sunless and silent and deep, like sub- terranean rivers Running through caverns of darkness, unheard, unseen, and mufrtiitful, Chafing their channels of stone, with endless and profitless murmurs." Thereupon answered John Alden, the young man, the lover of women: "IIeaven forbid it, Priscilla; and truly they seem to, me always More like the beautiful rivets that watered the garden sof Eden, More like the river Euphrates. through deserts of Ilavilah flowing, 1 Most men think so fine, in dealing and :speaking with women; But which women reject as insipid, if not as insulting." Mute and amazed was Alden; and listened and looked at Priscilla, Thinking he never had seen her more fair, snore divine in her beauty. He who but yesterday pleaded so glibly the cause of another. Stood there embarrassed and silent and seeking in vain for an answer. So the maiden went on, and little di- vine d or'itnag in e d Wat in ert, tat mhatadewas him eowork awkwardhis andhaspeechh less. "Let us, then, be what we are, and speak what we think, and in all things Keep 'ourselves loyal to ,truth, and the sacred professions, of friend ship. It is no secret I tell yes, nor am I ashamed to declare it. I have liked to be with you, to see you, to speak with you always. So I was hurt at your wends, and a • little affronted to hear you Urge me to marry your • friend, though he were the Captain Miles Standish. For I must tell you in truth: much snore to me is your friendship Than all the love -lie could give, were he twice the hero you think him." Then she extended her hand, and Al- den, who eagerly grasped it, Felt all the wounds in his heart, that were aching and bleeding so sor, Healedelyby the touch of that hand, and -he said, with a voice full of feeling: "Yes, we must ever be friends; and of all who offer you friendship Let me be ever the first, the truest, the nearest and dearest!" Casting a farewell look at the glim, mering sail ,of the Mayflower Distant, but still in sight, and sinke Mg below the horizon, Homeward together they walked, with a strange, indefinite feeling, That all the rest had departed ansa left them alone in the desert. But, as they -went through the fields in the blessing and smile of the sunshine, Lighter grew their hearts, and Prise cilia said very archly: "Now that our terrible Captain hast gene in pursuit of the Indians, Where he is happier far than be would he commanding a household, You may speak boldly, and tell ma. of all that happened beween you When you returned last night, and said how ungrateful you found rue." Thereupon answered John Alden, anti. told her the whole of the story,—• Told her his civil despair, and the direful, wrath of Miles Standish. Whereat the maiden smiled, and said between laughing and earnest, 'lie is a little chimney, and heated hot in a moment!' But as he gently rebuked her, and told her how much he had suffer- ed,— How he bad even determined to sail that day in the Mayflower, And bad remained for her sake, on hearing the dangers that threaten- ed,— All her manner was changed, and she said with a faltering accent, "'truly I thank you for this: how good you have been to me alwaysl't Thus, as a pilgrm devout, who to- ward Jesusalem journeys, Taking three steps on advance, and one reluctantly backward, Urged by importunate zeal, and withheld by pangs of contrition; Slowly but steadily onward, receding yet ever advancing, Journeyed this Puritan youth to the Holy Land of his longings, Urged by the fervor of love, and withheld by remorseful misgivings, (To be continued next week.) CT fQ-pure, wholesome, and economical table Syrup. Children love its delicious flavor. TOR CANADA STARCH CO. LIMITED. 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