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The Clinton News Record, 1933-06-22, Page 7" 'THURS., JUNE 22. 1933 .: vammommon memo THE CLINTON NEWS -REG RIJ Health, Cooking Care of Children PAGE Of INTEREST Edited By Lebam I3akeber Kralc peel in a preserving kettle with two pounds of pink -skinned rhubarb that has been washed but not peeled and cut is half 'inch pieces. Add two pounds of sugar. Simmer until the orange peel is tender and the mar- malade thick. Put in glasses or small jars and seal. Rhubarb Jam For each pound of rhubarb cut in small .pieces allow one pound of sugar and one lemon. Scrub the -len- on and peel off the yellow rind in thin slivers, remove the white part and slice the pulp ince a large bowl, taking care toreject the seeds. Cut the rhubarb into half inch pieces and put in with the lemon Add the sugar, cover the bowl and let it stand overnight. In the morn- ing put it in a preserving kettle and boil slowly fox" three-quarters of an hour, stirring frequently. Take from the fire, let it cool slightly, put into small jars or glasses and seal. Rhubarb and Fig Jain To five pounds of tender rhubarb maim oI �ebegaV A: Column Prepared Especially for Women— But Not Forbidden to Men THE DREAMERS • The gypsies passed her little gate— She stopped her wheel to see,— .A, brown -faced pair who walked the road, Free as the wind is free! And suddenly her tiny room A prison seemed to be. Her shining plates against the walls Her sunlit, sanded floor, The brass -bound wedding chest that held Her linen's snowy store, The very wheel whose humming died,— Seemed only chains she •bore. She watched the foot -free gypsies pass; She never knew or guessed The wistful dream that drew them close-. The longing in each breast Some day to know a home like hers, Wherein their hearts might rest. —Theodosia Garrison. Probably if we did not posess the longing to change and better our condition in life the world's progress would be very slow, but still, . the feeling that the lot of someone else is so much better than our own is the cause !of a great deal of unhaps piness. Someone has more wealth than we, and therefore, they cannot but be happier; another is surrounded by a loving family whioh makes life more interesting; another is free to live her 'own life without the hindering responsibility of a family 'which takes up all our time and ener- gy, that saps all our ambition. 'It doesn't seem to matter what the hindering thing is, our lot is espec- ially hard. And did you ever think as you move about among your friends and acquaintances that someone whom you rather envy may at the same 1 time be thinking that you are par- titularly blessed? It is the unknown which always lures. And (this is knowledge which does not come to the youth, but it is as true as can be), if you do not win happiness as you go along, taking your pleasure in the common things which come to hand; in the love and more or less trying duties 'of family life; in the intercourse with friend and acquaintance; in the daily duties which have to be performed each day, you are likely, to 311158 it alto- gether. It is natural for youth to look forward to some distant day when all their dreams will come true and life will be one long rosy, summer day. But that dream seldom comes true in the way it is expected. Life may grow rich and full and satisfy- ing; it may eall for the eexrcise of all the powers, but even at its fulI- est the chief satisfactions are in the simple things, common to Lich and poor, high and low, alike, life's richest joy is found in the love of one's own; in the true regard of friends; in the satisfaction of work well done and in the feeling that one is really of some use in the world. Rhubarb is still good, the compare atively cool weather we've had not having yet rendered it woody. Any- one who has not already done so should put spine away for winter use. Here aro a few recipes whjch may be useful. In each case it is an advantage to cut this up and allow it to stand for 24 hours before making up into the several mixtures, Orange and Rhubarb IVfarmalade Scrub six oranges thoroughly. Chip off the outer skin in thin slices and reject the bitter white part of the rinds. Separate the pulp into sections and cut in small pieces, making sure that all seeds are taken out, Put this pulp and 1-6 f3% tealltit Service OF THE. Gattttbiatt a irat , iunriatiun and Life Insurance Companies in Canada. Edited by GRANT FLDMING, M.D., Associate Secretary HOW TO GAIN WEIGHT . Well-nourished bodies are the foundation of good health. Over- weight is a danger to health. Slen- •-derness is fashionable, but slender- ness may reach a degree of thin- ness Which is us unhealthy as is ov- • erweight. There are tables which give the morning or mid-afternoon lunch, or by having something to eat before going to bed. An extra helping of butter at each meal and a more gen- erous use of oil dressings on salads will make a real difference; The diet must be selected so that it will be balanced. Underweight may be due to insufficient food, but it is much more likely to result from • average weights for individuals ae- a Iack of the proper foods. .Meals • cording to age, sex and vera No should be taken at regular hours and particular person is an averagee per- the food served in an attractive man - son, and so the tables are merely her. Thin people are often overfatig- ued. When the body is unduly tir- ed, digestion is interfered with. In such cases, a rest before meale is indicated. Weight will not be gained son who is definitely above or below unless sufficient rest is secured. The the average would find itworth person who is underweight requires, .. while to consider the cause. extra hours in bed and a rest at To get thin implies taking less 'food than the body uses. To gain • weight, more food should be eaten -than the body needs. This applies, particularly to the use of such en= • orgy foods as potatoes, bread and butter, cereals, fat meats, oream and •'oils. Any excess of food taken is • stored away by the body in the form of fat, and so the body is filled out. This does not mean that weight Is to be gained by stuffing the body with food. Toattempt to 'do so would only cause digestive upsets, and the purpose would be 'defeated, All the additional food required might be secured by taking -s m • guides. The best weight for each in- dividual is the weight at which he enjoys the greatest amount of health. Int most eases, this optimum weight is not far from the average. `A per - noon. Fresh air, sunshine, moderate ex- orcise xorcise and the outdoor life are es- sential in 'the process of gaining rvoight. A new routine of life must be established, and this fro- quently includes a different atti- tude which tti-tude.which will release from the tenseness and overactivity which are so commonly experienced by those who are underweight. Questions conderning Health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As - sedation, 184 College Street, Toron•', to, will be answered personally by letter. WOMEN PAGE 7isolawsrualanian' —a Household Economics that has been washed and 'r: cut in inch pieces allow one, pound of dried figs, cut fine, the grated yellow rind and. juice of one lemon . and four pounds of sugar. Let this stand in a white preserving kettle all night. Next moaning heat it slowly and let the jam simmer for an hour, Put into glasses and seal. Rhubarb' Pie Have two cups of rhubarb .cut in small pieces. Combine with half a cup ofsugar, two tablespoons of flour and one-eighth teaspoon of salt. Line a pie plate with pastry, put in this filling, cover with criss- cross strips ofpastry or a top crust with slits in its centre and bake for twenty-five minutes in a 'hot oven. Serve hot. of cold. OR Put rhubarb into a deep pie dish without under crust and you may like it better, It does away with the possibility of a soggy under crust, —REBEI{.AH, Women's Institutes and Their Activities By George A. Putnam, B.S.A. The following from the .current issue of The Sailor, is a word of commen- dation from a man who ought to lcnow of a splendid organization of women, and over which has wielded a wide influence, not onty in Canada, the country of its origin, but through out the Empire and the world: I appreciate this opportunity to tell the readers of "The Sailor" something 'of the activities of the 1,250 groups of rural women, known as Women's Institutes, in the pro- vince of Ontario. It is thirty -silt years since the first group of rural women organized at Stoney Creek, Wentworth. County, for the puigiose of acquiring greater efficiency in the housing, clothing and feeding of the family, stressing ,particularly the health and nourishment of children. The effectiveness of their undertak- ings was so marked that their ex- ample was followed throughout On- tario, then the other provinces, and in recent years, the movement has spread to practically all parts of the world. At a Conference held in Vienna, Austria, in June 1931, twen- ty-eight countries were represented by members of thirty-eight rural women's organizations, many of them modelled after Ontario's plan of co- operation between local voluntary groups of girls and women and Gov- ernment service, and the editors dick Ontario the honour of publishing her programme and report of activities as an example to the rest of the world. I shall not outline their programme for the study of nutrition, the plan- ning of wardrobes, the consideration of convenience, comfort and health in housing, nor shall I enlarge upon their community service, which in- cludes libraries, community halls, paiks and a variety of community equipment with judicious leadership. May I be allowed, however, to pay a tribute to the ability of countrywo- men to plan and carry out worth- while educational, social and coml nnunity betterment programmes. After twenty-nine years' associa- tion with the Women's Institutes of Ontario, I have no hesitation in stat- ing that this "school for grown-ups," Where women of responsibility at their regular monthly meetings give each other the benefit of their years of practical experience, and where they utilize available literature to. good advantage, has' broadened then' vision and added materially to the efficiency of the women of rnrai Ontario. Many thousands .of girls and women take advantage of Short Courses conducted by Domestic Science graduates, nurses and spec- ialists in sewing. These- eoursesl from two weeks to three months in each centre, are the only substitute which the rural girls and women have for the Domestic Science de- partments in our IIigh and Techni- cal Schools, the centres of popula- tion. 'School days never end for the rural women for the grandmother takes as -much ihterest as the grand) daughter. I wish to pay tribute tothe re- sourcefulness and industry of the country -women who are not spas- modic in their undertakings, but who continnously- practice thrift, edam, omy and industry in their homes and their community undertakings. It bas been the practice for years for groups in the Institute to put up exs tea jars of fruit and vegetables for the local hospitals, the •Children's Shelters, the Houses of Industry and other institutions 'needing assist- ance. It is customary for the 41,000 women of the Institute to make a survey of each eomnnmity with a view to giving assistance where .there is need. This may consist of food, clothing, household equipment,' the care of the sick, asslstanee in doing the housework, or meeting whatever emergency may exist. Their gener- osity is not confined to their own immediate community, for last year, about 200 branches in Old Ontario sent contributions either in cash, clothing' or bedding to the north country, and many of these groups have been linked up with groups in the north for a number of years. Even though the women and girls on the farm have for the past two years or more seen many of the farm products sold at a price which did not cover the cost 6f production, they have joyously proceeded to ut, ilize their resources to the best ad- vantage, and have courageously kepj up their community work, -their edu- cational meetings and their social gatherings, making it a paint not to mention hard times. At their edu- cational meetings, the women and girls have learned through the s'•..uly of available literature and by a+tens ding Short Courses and Coaching Classes under the direction of the In- stitute's 13raneh, that the. ch;4lren, the labouring men, and the o1dei people can be adequately sustained throughout the whole year, depend- ing entirely upon Canadian -produced foodstuffs. Well-balanced meals may be provided three times a day from Canadian preclude, the most of it grown on the home farm, This requires industry and forethought1 and early in the growing season the rural women begin to gather and preserve for winter vse, peas,beans, beets, and berries from their own gardens and later are busy with plums, peaches, tomatoes, pears and apples. While the majority of the produce is put up in the individual home, groups here and there co-op- erate in putting up considerable quantities to meet cases of need. which may arise during the winter. Their thrift is also shown in the growing practice of canning fowl, veal, pork and beef, for use during the summer months. Rural women are patriotic and realize the importance of encourag- ing home industry and have for sev- eral years been making a keen study of Canadian -made textiles and are generally able to judge between the imported and Canadian -made goods, being delighted to find that ht the majority of cases the Canadian -made article gives the best value. Their motto is "Canadian products font Canadian homes," and we trust that the same motto will be adopted by their city eoueins. In the present economic stress Fure al women are utilizing worn cloths ing and the wool produced on the farm in making many articles of use and beauty for the home. In response to a questionnaire on spinning and weaving, rug -making and utilization of home-grown wool, some interesting facts have been gathered. It is evident that in many parts of Ontario much worthwhile work is being done by rural women to supply in part at least, the home needs in the matter of clothing and household goods, either by making the articles needed or by marketing the products of the loons or school which provides funds for purchasing the necessaries of life. Many rural women are spinning carding and working up into the fin- ished articles the fleece from sheep. The manufacture of ruge, quilts, comforters, cushions, inatresses, and soft toys are ways in which the raw• wool is being utilized. Others are spinning and working the yarn up into socks, mittens, sweaters, caps and infants' garments. Stili othere carol the wool and make it into batts for sale. 'Carpets are being woven, as well as scarfs, runners and rugs. Many send the fleece to local mills to be made into blankets, either for home use or disposal at wayside A jade green bridge o'er a silver houses and gift shops.' These find ' pool, ready sale in many localities, and A laughing brooklet clear and cool, much interest is being developed" in this type of work throughout ,the province. Twenty members of one branch have been malting mugs from rags. Fifteen members of the.. same• branch use wool for comforters. Some knit sweaters, socks, mittens and gloves. Conventions were held last fall at. four centres in the north country and eight centres in Old Ontario, where the girls and women presented re- ports and discussed ` programmes covering Health; Home Economies,. Education, Agriculture, Legislation, Immigration, Relief, Community Ac- tivities, .historical Research and Canadian Industries, a very compre- hensive programme and one of vital importance to homemakers and girls who are preparing for the res- ponsiilities of Iater life, and to take their place in community and nation- al affairs. The Women's Institutes are a very important educational factor, a wholesome social incluence and an effective service organization Of seeing up the purple height throughout rural Ontario, and have re +�le processional _r added much to the efficiency, roopjoy, prosperity and stabilityyearn to mark the sh 'attermg beam • .countryside. Backward the gates of darkness In a book published this year, the threw; writer, after making a World-wide I long to hear across my dream investigation of what countrywomen The wakening trump of morning have done, through co-operative ef- blow. fort in, education, production, mar- keting, social undertakings and com- munity service, makes this very striking statement hs referring to the success attending their effort— "Sucdess was so rapid and so strik1 ing that it has surpassed anything before done by women in any part of the world or in any page ofhis- tory." Surely we have a great national asset hi the Women's Institutes of Canada." The advertisements are printed for your convenience. They inform and save your time, energy and money. THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful and Ins piling. BITTER SWEET Our lives are light and shad.vr The dear God made it so: For, were the earth all sunshine. No living thing would grow, • All sunshine makes a desert, We need the cloud and rain; And, if there were no shadow, Our lives, alas! how vain! —F. Lincoln Davis from "Rifted Clouds." CONQUEROR He who has drunk Disaster's bitter brew Or broken bread at Failure's meagre board Has held high revel, if he only knew, At the right hand of the Lord. Indomitable, he at some high hour Shall yet with Fame a deathless vigil keep; And from the potent rimful cup of power Drink deep ... drink deep. —William Harold McCreary. WHITE LILACS We think of our mothers, yours and mine So cheery and happy hearted, Past and present intertwine, 'Tis not as if we are parted. Sweetness of lilacs fills the air, Through the old church's open windows; Children the are and free from care, Our own dear ones beside us. Mothers whose burdens were bravely borne, Lives, like the lilacs, for sweetness; "The spirit of faithfulness, lighted with love," Be our inheritance, and our re- membrance. --Mary McIfay 'Scott in Montreal Gazette. MY TREASURE CHEST I have filled my treasure chest With strange and lovely things A branch of woodland -scented pine A pair of purple wings, A bit of old Venetian lace An orange shawl from Spain, A bonnet by a French modiste A golden Swedish chain. And—tucked within a secret tray No eye will ever see, A puff of joy, a pool of tears, A memory of Capri. —Anne Harley, LAUGHTER Laughter has bright, golden hair; Laughter met me on the stair, Smiled, and said, as she passed by, 'Colne and meet me by-and-by." Laughter dances on the green; Laughter has the gayest mien, She's always merry as she goes Through the; world on tripping toes. Would that I might be like thee, Always happy as can be; Laughter, take me by the hand, Teach me, dear, to understand, ---Elizabeth Whittemore Willey, in Montreal Star. c-e_iC IN A JAPENESE GARDEN Neva Did �d�e��i� Such a Story to 004 Where painted fishes sway and gleam Like flecks of sunlight in the stream. Some tall white lilies in a row That curtsey as the breezes blow, Lining the pathway to a shrine Set in a grove of stunted pine. Some cherry trees with blossoms sweet That shower down petals at the feet Of a small lady of Japan, With her Winona and her fan. Kate Colquhoun in Montreal Star. tt AGAINST THE- YEARS I find myself putting away things Against the years, Striving to mnake of the beautiful A garrison from fears. A pebble you took from the water's edge To tuck in nay hand, A frail medallion of Queen Anne's lace Flecked with gold sand— An autumn leaf, a hawberry, A brown -eyed Susan Wheel, Silk from the milkweed's brown seed -hands You gave me, saying: "Iseel!" I find myself putting away things With undefined fears -•-- Beauty and Memory yield so seen To fight unheeding years. I3ow good that neither of us knows Which may look alone At these little withered lasting things With their meaning flown. —Amy Campbell. ]Gy CAPTIVITY' I ani chained to a task that is dreary But nay soul is in the wildwood. With the birds and beasts and flow - etas And the days of carefree child- hood. But I drift in dreams celestial, Where planets and clouds swing far, And I hear the songs eternal While I'm clinging to a star. I hear the waves of ocean Come surging to the shore, And the soft wind's gentle whisper O'er the city's rising rear. Soon I'll hie me to the woodlands, Where no bonds shall me enthrall, And I'll dreneh my soul in music, By some distant waterfall. --Annie Marion Fox. VIOLETS IN THE LANE Spring has come again And all things are anew; Birds are trilling in the rain And there are violets in the lane Up anddown the springy earth The grass is growing. green. Trees are budding forth again And there are violets in, the lane. The catnip and the clover sweet Are springing up en every side. The bob -white elearly calls again, And there are violets in the lane. --}Jean Oliphant. car. -tea THE TRUMPET OF DAWN Above the erestward-climbing pines, Above the dewy slopes of lawn, Above the copse's coil of vines, I have gone tip to meet the dawn. I' have grown weary of the night That from day's gold mine eye de- bars -- ell 3 Hark! 'tis the first bird-note!-.ancil mark, Flushing the east, a crimson may! Soul, from the girdling wastes of dark Go thou, too, up to meet the day! —Clinton ,Scoliard, DAWN -TIDE Behind the veils which shroud the early tide, ,Strange shadows pass and drift far out to sea; • Soft voices call, and echo far and wide-, And all the air is filled with mys. tery. As, silently, along earth's spangled TIM, Comes dawn's first caravan, with blossoms bright, Slowly the petals fall and, drifting in, Flood the dark tide with iriddes. cent light. The mists are fading, and the shads ows flee; 'Sirens of deep set grottos must be there, For I found floating, dyed most won- drously, A sea -weed ribbon from a mers maid's bair. Kate Colquhoun, in Montreal Star, SUMMER And now the Wind runs over the grass Soundlessly. Deep in the wood Blue flowers bloom And spend their sweetness under the leaves. At night Over the hill A mocking moon makes magic in the sky. Riotously she flings her silver coins Until they splash into the sea. Must I forever wait Face to the moon, Heart taut as a thin, high cry? 0 Haat my lips might tremble into song Pouring the summer into your hands Giving you beauty as I know it now. Anal now the wind. runs over the grass Soundlessly. I can hear my heart! —Mona Gould. ems MOUNTAIN SPRING Here is the dreamt come true, and the dreamer fled Past sight and hearing, over the curving hill, Leaving the picture in its leafy frame Perfectly wrought in crystal, per+ featly still. What was lent by the growing things is sealed, From all destruction until the weight of years Touches to sepia what was red and gold, Until the outline in dark depths disappears. What was lent by the air is quite unseen; Nothing ripples the surface, not& ing stirs Save where a needle stitches the sils ver tips That droop from the lowest branch of the leaning firs. —Eleanor Allett 'Chaffee in The New York Sun. THE GARDEN A lovesome garden, of simplicity: Tali, slender lilies hung their graces ful heads, Waxen and white, above their rich dark beds; And roses breathed their sweetness, artlessly. Magnolia trees, with fragrant, tint- ed inged bloom, Sheltered bright -colored birds in cozy nests Among their branches; while the fits hiilcrests Flushed with the feath'ry purple of the broom. There, dwelt such still delight, and pure beauty, Where every clean desire might safe unfold: The sunlight played; the moonbeams lay serene; And peace fell dropping in a silver sheen. But on a rock, a cross shone, white and cold . . . It was the IGarcien of Gethsemane. -Ethel M. Hall.