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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1933-04-27, Page 7HURIS., APRIL 27, 1933 Health, Cooking Care of Children THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD INTEREST Edited By Lebaln Hakeber. Kralc "Fresh front the Gardens // fluuJllatiolls oi Lebali A Column Prepared Especially for Women— But Not Forbidden to Men .HISTORY OF A BIRD ROUSE 've cut my finger— And pounded my thumb, I've said a bad word But it's done, it's done, My little nest house for the Chick- adee, Who's been courting his mate, By our garden gate, And I wasn't too early Nor yet to late For it's done BY GUM. —Eva Brown Loosli. C— 1G� I have never made a bird house, but a couple or three years ago I bought one from the Bay Scouts, a very nicely made, good looking house which anyone would have thought a bird family would have been glad to occupy, but, would you believe it, that handsome house which occupies an attractive site on a sawn-off limb of an old apple tree just under my bedroom window, has never until this spring had an occupant? The house was originally intended for wrens, at least the entrance was very small and as wrens are very desirable neighbors, I was hoping a a pair would acme and take posses - don But there that house stood, season after season. and never a family of birds brought up in it The sparrows have ,often looked it over, walked around it and tried and tried again to force their plump bodies through the small opening. It was very amusing to watch thein, one after another, poking their heads in and trying to thin -in their bodies, but all in vain. Last year I thought something was going to happen. Sev- eral mornings I had 'heard a pecking noise outside nay window but never 'saw anything to explain it and fin- ally ane morning when it was going on I arose and softly went to the window and peeked out. Here was a red-headed woodpecker diligently peeking away at the side of this bird house. Had the sparrows, dispairing of ever being able to get into this most desirable residence, employed the woodpecker to open a side en- trance? It certainly looked like it. But be that as it may, and crimes have been fastened upon people in the past on slighter evidence, be soots tired of his job and quit, having done ne more damage than to peck away some of the rustic bark on the side of the house. The sparrows had been looking a- round that little house this spring, again, and like the landlord of a pre- tentious dwelling which he cannot rent to a well-to-do family, and who finally lets it to a less desirable tenent, I had just about made up my mind that the entrance to that house might as well be enlarged to allow them to occupy it, But Sunday morn- ing as I was dressing I was delighted to see a pair of tiny birds very busily engaged carrying feathers, etc., into that bird house. They darted about, hither and thither, and glided in and out of that small entrance with the greatest ease, a -dainty pair of little song sparrows. Why they have eat used the house other summers is a mystery as they have been about all the time, at least their cheery song has been heard time and again in the early morning. Anyway, I feel very happy about my new neighbors and am hoping that before long there will be an in- teresting nteresting Tittle family growing up it that house which has been silent and empty so long. They may have it rent free as long as they choose to occupy it. —REBEKAII., SEAFORTH: The regular meet- ing of the Canadian Legion was held in the G.W.V.A, rooms, when Com- rade C. W. Kestle was presented with a pipe by C. P. Sills on behalf of the members of the Ideal branch. Comrade Kestle, who has been transferred to Exeter in oharge of the Supertest Company, 'served 'n France with the Canadian Engineers and has during his stay in Seaforth, been a valued member of the Cana- dian Legion. OF THE ebirat . rooctaf rat and Life Insurance Companies in Canada. Edited by GRANT FLEMING, M.D,, Assooiate Secretary GROWTH Is your child happy? The healthy child is a happy child. Your child is born with certain possibilities, - and, in fairness to him, you should give him a chance to develop - these • to the full. It is much more important to consider whether your child is grow- ing and developing as he should rath- er than to compare • his growth and development with the average for • other children, Growth means increase in , size. " The best growth is that which occurs when all parts of the.body grow 'in ' proper r Heiro relative importance. t p p p There is no evidence to indicate that rapid growth is desirable , • When most people speak of normal heights and weights, they refer to an • average for standard 'Any child or adult may varyeecoirsiderably front • the average and still be normal. As ' individuals. we ,vary one from the other, and so it is that' it' is'impos- sible to establish a normal far height RI. weight in the sense of a 'fixed standard which every normal person would, maintain. • .Growth is obviously desirable. It ' is. during theearliestmonths of life that the met' rapid growth occurs. By keeping an accurate record- of the ohiid's growth, ' his gain 'in - -weight and height, • we have -a moat valuable index to his general physi- cal condition. 1 It is for this reason that regular weighing of the baby is advised, and the practice 'should be continued, at longer intervals, throughout child- hood. Regular gain is much mare important than the actual weight at any one time. Failure to gain in weight, or loss of weight, suggests that something is wrong and that the cause should be found and cor- rected. The healthy child is. as we have said, a happy 'ch'ild. The healthy child gains regularly in weight. So we see that happiness and growth are related. The happy, healthy Child, has nosy cl}eelcs and red -lips. Re is active, alert and interested, so much so that he is somewhat strenuous and noisy. Ile does not have to be coaxed to eat. - Re sleeps saundly. This is the picture of a healthy child. De not think your child - is healthy. just because he is not sick. If he is not growing properly, ,cif be is quiet ancl unintoresed in play. this does not mean that he is -"a good boy"; it most likely indicates that he is not healthy. Questions concerning Health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As. sedation, 184 College Street, Toren. be. will be answered personally by, letter, Never Sharing a Deaf Handicap ;Dear Rebekah: May I . have space on your page to "share;' somewhat, my experience in regard to a deaf handicap.• , Recently, I. saw mention of a deaf- ened woman, who was heard to re- mark, that it did not interest her 'so much to read about the wonderful a- chievements of Thomas A. Edison, as to know about the woman, living on her. 'street who, though much deafer than herself, was carrying on sue- cessfully. The remark recalled to mind haw greatly I wanted to know, at the time deafness came, the way others met the situation. Mr. Edison was always an inspiration to me because of his, at least; apparent indiffer- ence to his deafness. But. like the woman referred to, my interest cen- tered, also, in finding out how deaf- ened women carried on. This eager- ness prompted e to write to Queen Alexandra, and to Mns. Alexander Graham Bell, from each received a kind 'helpful reply. These lovely women and :Mr. Edison have "passed on" but they ti forgotten. Quite by accident, th Jane Walker of New Yirk, I heard of Mr. E. B. Nitchie, and his Lip - Reading School, where was teaching at that time, Because of her influence I went to study and observe. I of events I met many votnen, deaf- ened like myself, but carrying on with success, not only deafness but because of ened sympathy for "the o Later on I went to Washington, and mingled with deafened ivomer, from many different parts of States, who, like those in New York, were tackling their handicap with courage and succeedin With then I enjoyed m30101110 Mrs. Coolidge in the White House, because of her interest in deaf p I returned to my home in Toronto, I n got hi touch with some deafened women, in my own city and, to my delight, foun as fine as I had previous These women taught r reading could be a power in my life as it was in their own, f out exception, were spec became enthused. I k -some lip-reading ability, mined to become so skilful no one would know I was deaf. sibility, of course, but iny ambition carried e a long way; for gaining more lip-reading power changed my whole outlook and broade as nothing else could ha I would that I might help others, ex- periencing the sante eage themselves, yet not know them I would say. Do not waste a moment in starting to lip-reading. Begin wit next thought you think, person with whom you Lip-reading is based upon the feeling of the sensations that are produced in th thought and language. They are re- vealed en the mouth, by their cones - en movements wh are spoken. But while sedans of sound can b mouth, all the nmovemen cannot be seen on the i mo sequently, lip-reading is mprocess, for, ental than a physical. while they are correlated dependence must be placed upon a alertness and quickness, t the synthetic faculties of m of whom I viii never be rough Miss Miss Walker to New York the course in spite of their broad- ther fellow." the United g admirably, eople, When and country, d they were ly met. ne that lip - or all, with- cli readers. I new I had but deter An impoa- an red my life ve done; and rness to hole ing holy. To learn about h the very and the next speak. of sound e mouth by en thoughts all the sen- . felt in the is of speech uth. Con - more of aconcentrated ogether with the mind, to build, the necessary harmony between the movements that are visible, and the thoughts they suggest. Let us consider for a moment how a little beild learns to talk, It be- gins with a conscious effort to mimic sounds, "Ma ma, da da, ba ba, bye bye;. bow wow, etc. Through much repetition it learns that the right feeling in its mouth of what it hears, will produce the right sound. Learning to lip-read - is like goipg back, as it were, to the conscious ef- fort of the child, so that the con- sciousness of the feeling of the sen- sations of sound, produced in : the mouth by thought and language, may be applied to the sense of sight rather than to the sense of hearing. Let us demonstrate this point. Re- lax the body nescles, close eyes and mouth and consciously think the syl- lables, ma ma, da da; ba be, bye bye. bow wow, to feelthe sensations they event() in the mouth. Then with eyes still closed, speak the syllables a- loud. It will be found the movements, made in speaking them correspond exactly to the sensations felt in thinking them. Now take a familiar verse, or an every day expression, for example "We are having beautiful weather," and using this expression in place of the:syliables, repeat the first proee- dine., The experience will be the same; -vii., the speech inavetnents will harmonize with the thought sen- siati$¢ns • OMEN PAG 7 Household Econenmics mirror, (not too close' but to see com- fortably) and once more,, for praotice concentrate upon the feeling of the sound sensations, as with eyes and mouth closed, you think' the thought, "We arehavingbeautiful weather'." Now open the eyes, and with atten4 bion Soeused upon the mouth, in the mirror, repeat the thaugtht aloud to see that the movements, as far as they, are revealed,. look just as they felt., Again repeat the thought, (this time let the reeling take care .of it- self) and see a picture of the thought on your mouth, just as if it were Beard. When convinced you feel and see the expression on your 'own mouth ask a companion to repeat it for you. In all probability, it will be surpris- ing how very easily it will be seen -on the other month. This illustrates lip-reading, and also what is meani by harmony, between the feeling on one speaking machine, and the move- ments on the other. It further shows why a lip-reader, to follow readily, requires some knowledge of the topic of conversation. For instance, tc know the text prepares a reader for the sermon. A good lip-reader how- ever will not wait to be told the sub- ject, but will find out, in some man- ner, if it be at all possible. And, moreover, while perfect harmony, allows a word for word interpreta- tion, it is not always necessary be- fore understanding- a speaker's thought; for if a reader can get the feeling right by anticipating the thought, in the other's mind, or by getting a clue to what is coming, a little movement will often suffice to reveal the conversation. On the oth- er hand, to take a very simple exam- ple, should a reader think the topic to be "door mat" when it is "door man" (bout look aliko'on the mouth) how could there be agreement be- tween the feeling on the one mouth, and the movements on the other. Un- der such oircumstanees a reader must be quick, and alert, to drop the wrong clue and find the right one. The ability to establish and main- tain this needed harmony is one of the secrets of lip-reading •skill, it is brought about in a multitude of ways that are the result - of application and experience. Where a reader is given a chance to carry on, and a chance means all the difference between success and failure, a working basis is never hard to find, but where the mind can find nothing whatever to build upon, lip- reading is impossible. Wrong habitee of inanimate er mumbled speech, and speech that is too rapid or is forced through closed teeth etc., all tend to complicate a reader's problem. A lip-reader, to interpret swiftly and accurately, is entitled to all possible help of clear concise enunciation; and this is the part associates are called upon to perform, if lip-reading is to function for practical purposes. Where life interests are shared, as in the hone; etc., it is not a difficult thing to maintain ahnost continued harmony between the different speak- ing ,machines, and a reader has an opportunity to forget deafness in the ease with which speech can bo seen and understood. When this is not the experience of those concern- ed, the blame should not be placed upon lip-reading, but upon circum• stances, which, as a general rule eau, and should, be met and adjusted. non, W. L. MacKenzie Ring has this to say about lip-reading. "Lip- reading is the half sister of hearing, Each is the handmaid of knowledge. Both are endowments. Lip-reading is in addition an alt and an accam- plishnient." If any who lead this desire further information, a self -addressed and stamped envelope enclosed with their inquire will insure 'a reply if sent to me at 20 -Charles Street East, To- ronto, Ontario. -. —r(Miss) Minnie Faircloth. WALTON; A three -act play,. "The Path Across the Hill," was presented in the"A. 0'. U. W. hall on Friday evening by the Y. P: A. of Blyth An- glican Church. tinder the auspices of St. George's church W. A. Every player took his or her part to per- fection. The cast of characters was: Samtel Crawford (Grandpa), Rev. L. V. Pocock; Robert Post (the visitor), E. M. Ross; Walter Conrad (Ruth's brother,) H. A. Gibbons; Dr. Jimmie Reed (with ambition), E. Spafford; Salamander Alexander John %fenny Jones (Zuzu's choice), -G. McNeil; Mrs. Davis (Grandma), Miss. Gladys - Fawcett; Ruth Conrad ' (nicknamed "Bobby") Miss, Marjorie Edgar; Flo Gray (Ruth's cousin), Miss Lois Rob- inson; Lutie (a neighbor), Miss Paul- ine, Robinson; Zuzu, (tile cook), Mrs. (Rev,) le V. Pocoele. Rev. L. V. Po- cock, introduced the play- with a short address. Between acts splen- did musical minibus were given. by a ntinelier of young people .from Bel- he ntxtsteiS stand be£oxe' a grave, �1u71 t, s,...m,,..•�.,....m.a mom,,,. THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad -But Always Helpful and Ins piring• SPRING BLOWS HER HORN Spring blows her tcurephet once a- gain And all her glad folk hear; The trees put on their festive green, The shy Mayflowers peer Through sheltering leave„ Along the ]sedge The homing bluebird sings. On ehrystal air the butterfly . Lifts frail, exploring wings. My soul would don new robes of hope To match earth's bright array; Would cleave the air with wings of faith, And sing its fears away. —Mabel Cornelia Matson in, The New Outlook. cwt A WISH ,. A little house for rest, for rest, Within a garden full of flowers; Hills to look up to in the' west, And glowing evening hours. A little time when I am old, A. little time to set apart For cherished things—in which to fold Them closely to my heart. And when the shadows fall and night Upon my garden softly steals, May there within be warmth and light And a sweet peace that heals. --(Ernest H. A. Home. .cirezec. AFTER These little things I love—. My rows of books, my desk, my pen— And the strange things the years have left with me. My window with the curtain blowing in, My garden with the purple lilac tree These I shall leave behind, you say, when I go hence, Nor see again. Ah, no, that can- not be; I shall come back, sit in the window seab, And steep my soul in magic memory; Lift back the curtains snowy as a cloud, Touch with fond hands the treas- ures in my room, Walk in any garden in the ga'.hering dusk, And know my heaven in its scented gloom. —IK. Blackwood, in The Australasia, EARLY SPRING Once more the heavenly Power Makes all things new, And domes the red -plowed Bills With loving blue; The blackbirds have their wills, The throstles, too Opens a door in Ileaven, From skies of glass A Jacob's ladder falls On greening grass, And o'er the mountain walls Young angels pass. The woods with living airs, Slow - softly fanned! Light airs from where the deep, All clown the sand, Is breathing in his sleep, - Heard by the land. For now the Heavenly Power Makes all things new, And thaws the cold and fills The flower with dew; . The blackbirds have their wills, The poet, too. —Tennyson. APRIL GLADNESS Who need be sad when the world is young, When the scent of spring on the breeze is flung; When buds cal sweetly through April's rain, And birds are warbling their songs again; ' - When soft south winds go car•olIing by, . And ambers sprinkle the evening .sky; When the jewelled rim of the stet - der moon, Drifts off to the West, like a twi- light tune; When rivers romp in maddening play, Nor heed the ilea of the fields to stay; -- - When woods are tense' with mystic hush, - Like an angel's whisper in dawn's first blush? Oh, Heart of the World! Be glad, be gay, For April is here, to be followed by May. ceeteee A SONG OF THANKS i thank Thee God for days of spring, When blossoms drift on fragrant wing, - And elfin winds of magic sing; When dancing to a gypsy strain, May's sandals shimmer through the rain. I thank Thee ,God for summer gold, When in their coolness roses fold, The scent of dreams exquisite, 'old; When dawns like saints at morning prayer Fly down with rose -mist in their Bair. But, oh! I thank Thee most of all For twilights when the gold mists fall, And scarlet -winged the maples call; For then the world is tender, still, And prayers and dreams the silence fill.—Mercutio, .. VISIONS OF GOD -, Visions of God, where the lilac, blow Adown the isles of the ripining years, And tho sandail'd winds, with noise- less tread, Bear to tate world a chalice of tears: Where souls are athirst for the waters of life Bitter and sweet, aye, bitter and sweet; As they flow from a mountain in whelming tide, Pilgrims of grace our hearts to greet. Visions of God where the Poor abide, And the storms oft beat their cabin door; Where Joy has posted no sentinel of Morn To cheer and gladden their hearts so sore. Out of the darkness and pall of the night, II'ennm'd in, like a shrouded cave of care, They await the Morn in its splendor of light, Visions of God, thro' a rosary of prayer. Visions of God, where Dante roamed, Far from his vine -clad Tuscan home; Beside the Arno, with dreamful tide, Ct'own'd by Bo'unelleschi's glorious deme; Exiled his steps, yet his "Vision of God„ Planned sublimely the dream of his goal; Building a Trilogy out of his life, From earth to heaven—a wayfaring soul, --Themas O'Hagan, in the Canadian Bookman. TO A CRISIS You came from nowhere, so I thought, All unprotected, undesired. Ah me! The havoc that you wrought! And oh! the awe your ways inspir- edl Yau were my latest guest at night. At dawn you stood beside my bed. You dulled, my brain, and dimmed my sight, ' Till I forget to eat my bread. And then you passed! Once more the wheat - Swayed greenly, wet with spring - tide rain. The lilac -scented air was sweet, Pear -blossom time came round again. I know you cost rhe bleed and tears, Searehings of heart, and thought of flame. Today, after a lapse of years, I scarcely can recall your name. —Fay Inehfawn. aim BLUE HOMESPUN Beyond the doorway of the tiny room The 'yellow autumn sunshine died away Into the shadows ,of the waning day; Wrapped in the twilight stood old Marie's loom, A shapless mass of timbers in the gloom; But 'one small window cast a golden ray Upon a bench where sky-blue home- spun lay, Lightening the dusklike sheaves of elticoey bloom: Above the loom the Holy Virg'n hung, 'Blue -robed and smiling down; and old -Marie, After the evening angelus had rung, Arose and touched the picture lov- ingly - With rough brown hand, then turned and looked once more Upon her sky-blue cloth, and closed the door. —Frank Oliver Call. 4–=11:==1 BULBS Safe in the earth they - lie, serenely waiting; They never speak to north wind or the snow, Perfume and -color in the dark creat- ing, Pit for the 'sunlit world that they will know. I held them in my hand, small balls of wonder, Purple and ivory and brown. I broke the soft, dark earth to fold them under, And pressed the yeilding soil to hold them down, I know that in their heart the rain- bow lingers Waiting until it hears a song it knows. 0 strange, to hold a rainbow in my fingers! It lies there waiting for the melt- ing snows. And long before I hear the bluebird singing, Truth will be stirring in my garden beds, And 0, it will be early that I'il find their Small, green -hooded heads. The little brown song -sparrow that comes daring To pour his heart out on an empty bough, Will linger in my garden to be shar- ing Seven calors that are sleeping now. Louise Deeseall, THE PERENNIAL BORDER IN MAY x (Experimental Farris Nate) The perennial border may be quite attractive in the month of May if a sufficient number of plants of a comparatively few kinds of flowers have been planted. At the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, it has been found that the most satisfac- tory method for general effect for small borders is planting a large number of small clumps of each sort. Daffodils and tulips are very effee- tive in many small clumps between the other plants. The daffodils and early tulips will be in bloom the early part of ItIay while the Darwin am' Cottage tulips will give the general effect during the latter part of the month. One of the perennials which can be grown readily in large num- bers front seed is the Iceland Poppy and this charming plant scattered throughout the border will bloom throughout the month. Other good perennials which bloom in May are the Virginia Cowslip, (Mortensia virginiea); -Globe Flower, (Trollies): Trilliums of several species, of which the most satisfactory is Tril- lium grandiflorum which has done particularly well under cultivation at the Experimental Farm, Ottawa. The Primulas, while beginning to bloom in April extend their blooming season well into May, the many var- ieties of the Polyanthus being par, ticularly showy. There are several species of Epi - medium • or Barrenwort which are very good. The most satisfactory one is that known in the trade as E. rubrum. For the front of the border such low growing plants as the Moss Pink (Phlox subulata), and its many var- ieties, and the Double White flower- ed Rock Cress or Arable will furnish abundance of bloom for most of the month and the dwarf Irises give a . oharming effect where they succeed. • ..GODERICH DRIVER SENT UP FOR TRIAL Roy Munning Charged With Man- slaughter at Kitchener. Roy as Munnintgco;itted Godetlfok i - ver, wmmr trialchtrucet Kdrit- chener by Magistrate J. A. Weir on a ehatge 'of man -slaughter arising out of the death of William Read, April 6, Munising was allowed out on .bail of $10,000. Read, a civic ;employee, was sweeping a Kitchener street with two companions April 6 when he and his cart were struck by Munning's truck. Read died in hospital next day. Following his death, the charge of criminal negligence against Mun- ning was changed to manslaughter. The advertisements are printed for your convenience. They inform and save your time,energy and• money. Areameaoseemansast • • •• ' • tisitig aye Such a Story to Tell as