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The Clinton News Record, 1933-07-13, Page 7"THUI S, JUrLi 13,11933 Health,Cooking Care of Children .03.0=10. INMI;MIN111•16•111.1 0 THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORI. Edited By Lebam Hakeber Kralc PAGE 7 Household Economics: 1 1' �.t ,r 1lia11ou of ReVetah `l Column Pi epared Especially for Women— But Not Forbidden to Men UNWRAP THY LIFE Unwrap thy life of (many wants and fine - •'.Ete who with Christ will dine shall see no table curiously spread, But fish and barley bread ' Wihere readest thou that Jesus Bade us pray ' 'Give us our sumptuous fare from day to day?" Why wilt thou take a castle on thy back When God gave but a pack? • *With gown of honest wear Why wilt thou tease for braid and fripperies? >, -Learn thou with flowers to dress, With birds to feed, And, pinch thy large want to thy small need. • ,I'rederiek Langbridge. Doesn't'it seem a pity that as we made (advance in civilization we have become metre and more dependent on things? that the higher the civiliza- tion the snore surrounded we are 'with material things, the more dif- ficult it is for us to get along 'with- out an abundance of "things?" The fundamental physical needs • of humanity are food, clothing, shel- ter, and nobody knows how many 1 • centuries the human species was in climbing up to the place where it ' knew how to plan and provide for those simple needs but since that time humanity has -made rapid strides in creating and supplying a great many other requirements, which have since become necessities, until we are actually slaves to our bodily needs. And it is to be feared that we have not paid such heed to the clamour of our spiritual life for developement as to our physical. If the spiritual life of man had developed as his mental life has, for instange, we should have a civilization of a much ihigher standard than we have to- day, If our moral nature were sensitive we should be as much a- •shanted of being selfish as of being of no financial importance in the world; we should be as loath to realize ourselves 'as unkind and thoughtless of others as we are now pf being un- able to afford the luxury of a car or an expensively furnished house. In this age of the world there are disdain material eomjorts which have really become almost necessi- ties, at least, but after all they are few, and during the past few years many have found that they were making their lives miserable trying to keep up with the Joneses and all to no purpose, and that they are really happier, now that the stress of circumstances has delivered them from the strain of the contest. Life holds more for men or women who are willing to enjoy life as they go along, rather than sepnding all their energy trying to surpass others in the possession of things or in plan- ning for a day that lies far ahead, when one can begin to enjoy Iife. For still the needs of the physical life are very few, food, clothing, shelter. But the needs of the spir- itual, and by spiritual I mean all the nature of man that is not physi. cal, are insatiable, but much can be done to feed them if the physical does not take up all our time and energy. If the depression, which is not quite gone, would only teach us to develope the side of our nature which is not physical; if it would teach us not to be so dependent up- on things for our happiness; if it would teach Os to develope our men- tal and spiritual powers it would be the luckiest thing that ever happen- ed. —REBEKAHI, CANADIAN NATIONAL RAIL- WAYS EARNINGS The gross revenues of the all-in- clusive Canadian National Railways System for the 9 -day period ending June 30th, 1933 were 54,615,379 as compared with $4,482,590 for the corresponding period of 1932, an in- crease of $132,789. Gattabiatt r�t OF TJIIi Rawl ,1:g, uriati n and Life Insurance Companies in Canada. Edited by GRANT FLEMING, M.D., Associate Secretary '113,EN AND NOW :On September 13, 1660, Samuel Pepys recorded the following terse item in his diary: --"This day, the Duke of Gloucester died of the small- pox by the great negligence of the •doctors." It is not diselosed by Pepys wherein.. he thought the Duke's medical attendants were negligent, as neither was -there then, nor is there now a specific cure for, smalI- pox. The only way to prevent • deaths from this disease 'is to pre- vent its occurrence. Those were days when protection in the form of vaccination was un- known. A crude method of preven- tion which aimed to cause a mild ' form of the •disease, existed, There was always the grave danger, how- ever, of the occurrence of the . dis- ease in its more severe form, and -of its spreading to others, • It was not until one hundred and thirty ' years otter the note of the diarist that the English physician, Jenner, estab- lished the scientific method know as 'vaccination. In the meantime, smallpox stalked 'throughout the world, numhering its victims by the .millions. Few there were who escaped. Those who suf- fered but survived, showedthe ugly. scars of the disease. The victims iof smallpoxwere 'chiefly children, and'• ninety out of every hundred were under ten years of age. It is re• lated that, in the eighteenth cen- tury, no• less than sixty millions of people died of smallpox. A conser- vative estimate placed the number of deaths in Europe at lour hundred thousand annually. In the previous century, plague was the great destroyer. It too numbered its victims by the mil- lions In the year 1665, uo fewer than -sixty-nine thousand deaths from'plague•oecurred in London. On the - continent,, the- deaths were con, siderably more numerous, and In one year, five hundred thousand peon pie in the Venetian Republic" =- climbed. Nobody living belong to the dis has lost its tern practically unkn health measures ing itself of, the controlled' by th regard to -rats and the twentieth century regrets that, these scourges Cant past. Smallpox or, and plague Is own where sound are practised. The control of smaill pox depends upon each succeeding gensration's avail - protection that vac- cination alone confers. Plague Is e rigid enforcement of well-established legislation with quarantine.ine• Questions concerning Health, ad. dressed to'the C anadian 'Medical As•• sociation,' 184 College Street, Toron- to,' will be answered personally bq [ettel. Miss Tena Reid.; Ment in the Wingham Cemetery. HURON COUNTY W. C. T. U. HOLDS . THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL CONVENTION Hears Reports ---Elects Officers The Huron -County W. O: T. IT. held its Thirty -Sixth Annual Con- vention in Wirigham United' church, July 4th, 1933 with morning and afternooh sessions. The • President Miss Jean Murray presiding. .. The Devotional Exercises were: conducted by the 13.lyth Union. • In the absencd of the Rec.-Sec'y., Miss A: E. Consitt, Hensall, Mrs. C. W. •Christie, Exeter, was appointed. pro -tem. The roll of offcers was called and the Superintendents of the depart- ments reported as follows: Evangelistic, Christian Steward- ship and Jail Work—Mrs. Richmond Blyth. Anti -Narcotics and Medical Tem- perance Mrs. B. W. F. •Beavers, of Exeter. Canadian Marine—Miss Davidson, Goderich. Citizenship & Canadianization —. Mrs. Dougall, Hensall. (Glowers, Fruit & DeIicaeies — Mrs. and Miss Davidson, Goderich. Law and Sabbath Observance and Legislation—Mrs. A. T. Cooper, of Clinton. Little White Ribboners —r Miss Lewis, "Wingham, Medal Contest—Mrs. Bender, of Blyth. Moral Education, ,Mothers' Meet- ngs, Health and Heredity—Mrs. Bea- ton, Clinton. Publicity and Social Meetings -- Mrs. Buell, Blyth. Press—Mrs. Walter Hern, Godes. ich. Peace and Arbitration—Mrs, A. E. Lloyd, Wingham. Scientific Temperance in Day Schools—Mrs. (Rev.) 14Ioorhouse of Brussels. Temperance in S. S.—Miss Jean Murray. Travellers' Aid -- Mrs. (Rev.) Down. Showing splendid work and satisfactory progress had been made The afternoon session opened with "Onward Christian Soldiers" after which Rev. Mr. Currie of convention church led in prayer and the I devo- tional exercises were continued by the Clinton Union.. Address of welcome was given 'by Mrs. (Rev.) K. McLean, of Wing - ham, who gave a stirring review of the Liquor Control Act of Canada, stating over 3170,000,000 had been received by liquor stores and that it would require all the forces that Temperance people can mobolize to combat this evil, requiring the cour- age of Joshua, wisdom of Solomon and the power of the Holy Spirit. 1vliss Murray in her response, drew attention to the fact that the Tem- peranoe situation required the co, operation of all Christian workers Mayor Vrillis brought greetings from the Council and impressed the women very favorably with his stand oa Temperance. The Treasurer's report was very encouraging reporting 3115.87 for the Budget and $28.00 for the Co. Fund. Mrs. Cooper reported as a result of Miss Duff's visit a Young People's Branch and a Y. W C. T. U. in Blyth. Mrs. Johnson deplored lack of leaders in L. T. L. work. A solo was sweetly rendered by Mrs. Wilford, "I'm sure I'll not pass again this way." A very impressive memorial ser- vice was conducted by Mrs. Moor - house while Mrs. Geo. 'Williams ren- dered a very appropriate solo. Mrs. W. WeIlwood, Mrs. Thomas Field, of Wingham; Mrs. Walter Rose, of Brussels; Mrs. J. C. Stone- man, of Toronto, formerly of Hen— sel/ and Mrs. A, T. Lucas, lof Clinton having "passed on" to higher service during the year. Miss Duff then led in prayer. Miss Duff, of -Toronto, our Field Secretary in her address stated the W. C. T. U. has been the driving force in every notable advance that has been made. It is 43 years since Frances Willard organized W.C.T.U. Margaret Bugh Lucas was, first wcirld's ' `president, Iretita Yeanian Was first .Dominion President. The first national convention was held in Mexico' in' Mexico City. Cur late president, Mrs. Cordon W`idght said: , "We need not have Govern- ment Control, if we stand for ft we support it" The speaker added I want to leave these words with you, "Never marlr your ballot for any one who stands . for liquor." As Christi sat beside the Treas. box so he watches us, what we put in the ballot box. This traffic must be watched over in this and every land. Duet by Miss Zurbrigg and Miss Address by Rev. Mr. Moorehouse of Brussels,' -on --Intemperance and the Kingdom of God movement. Temperance means total abstin- ence and when the church ;stands for it the liquor prololein grill be solved,. Prohibtion wiped' out gold :cures, emptied jails and the inebriate asyl- ums; but since Liquor Control has come into force, gold cure institutes and the inebriate asylums have been re-established and the jails have been filled. A pleasing feature of the af- ternoon was the presentation of a county :life -membership pin to Mrs. 3. Anderson, of Wingham... The election of officers resulted as follows: ,FIlon. Pres., Mrs. McGuire, Brus- sels; Advisory Pres. Mrs. A. E. Lloyd Wngham and Mrs. A. T. Cooper, of Clinton; Pres., Miss Jean Murray, sof Exeter;. 1st Vice -Pres., Mrs. R. 3. Tindall, Wingham; 2nd Vice -Pres., -Mrs. (Rev.) Moorehouse, Brussels; Cor. •Sec., Miss Ethel Murdock, of Hensall; Rec. See., Mrs. C. W. Chris- tie, -Exeter; Treas., Miss M. Bailie, Goderich; Y. Sec. and L. T. L. Sec., Mrs. G. Johnson, Goderich. The - following resolutions were hi -ought in by the resolution com- mittee and adopted by the conven- tion. 1. Be it resolved that every effort be made to frustrate the aims of the liquor interests for beer and wine by the glass and that we place on record our appreciation of the Hon- ourable G. W. Henry in offsetting the attempts of the Moderation League as the problem of dealing with the liquor traffic is now world wide we re -affirm our unalterable allegiance to the prohibition cause and our opposition to the liquor traffic. 2. Resolved that we commend the present method ,of instruction to the young through the Sunday School Temperance Course of Study and would 'also urge the signing of the pledge; also that more effective teaching be requested in the Public Continuation and High Schools of our Province, regarding the evil ef- fects of alcohol and tobacco on the human body. 3. Resolved that this convention place on record its appreciation of Miss Duff's visit to our county in the Spring and the splendid work accomplished by her ab that time, and also our appreciation of her presence in our convention to -day. 4. That we record our apprecia- tion of the inspiring address deliver- ed by Rev. Mr. Moorhouse and our gratitude to those who have con- tributed to the musical part of the program. 5. That we express our gratitude for the hospitality of the Official Beard of the Wingham United Church, and that of the Wingham W.C.T,U. Rev, Ivlr. Snaith, of Wingham closed the session wth prayer. FASHIONS OF BYGONE DAYS BRIGHT AND GAY Visitors to eint John, n, New Bruns- wick, were astonished a few -weeks ago to see in the windows of the de- partment stores and dress shops displays confined to the fashions of 150 years ago. They were replicas of 17814 and were intended for the Loyalist Ball celebrating the arrival of the United Empire Loyalists from the revolting American colonies. The colors favored in that period were bright and gay, principally yellow, rose, tan, mauve and pink. 5EAFORTH; Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Beatty announce the engagement of their only daughter, Bertha Irene, to Mr. John Arthur Brodie, son of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Brodie, Lang- staff, Ont., the marriage to take place quietly early in August. WINGIIA•M: The., death occurred suddenly on Saturday of Allen -Venal styne, in his 69th year. Born at Pic- ton, he moved with his parents at .the age of 12 to the first concession of Culross and had been a resident of this vicinity ever since. Forty-four years ago he was married to Margar- et Cruickshank, who at the presenri time is ill in, the local hospital. Mr. Vanalstyne was the; !last surviving member of,•a family of twelve. Sur- viving, besides his wife, - are four daughters, Mrs; P. Brissette, Iiapus- kasing; Mrs. Oswald Carruthers, Lon•{ don; Mrs. Wdlliam Leckridge, Galt; and Mrs. Allen Tamlie, of Detroit.. The funeral service was conducted at his late residence, .Scott street, on Tuesday afternoon - at 2 o'clock, by Rev Kenneth }MacLean, of :St, An - Mitchell, W+ingltam; piano solo by drew's Presbyterian Church Inter - ger Di TITS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS' Here They Will Sing You Their. Songs -=Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful and Ins pining- - f9IDE ROADS Broad and white and endless ' The King's High -way goes by, On either side its smooth cement The little cross-roads lie; , The wandering and wistful: roads That whirling wheels despise, The roving roads to nowhere Savewoods •woods andfields and ,. skies. The great roads always huriy, They seldom twist or wind, The little roads they amble, Their course is undefined; The little roads hold holy ways To seek with feet unshod, The great roads lead to commerce, The little roads to God. A2o11y Bevon MY• HEALTH Lord, make me grateful for things I own; This little home, the garden that I see The chubby arms that cling around my neck, His kind and tender eyes that smile at me. Make me give thanks for all the busy hours, The baking, mending, all the child- ish calls; The hundred tasks that give wings to the day—+ IIis nearness when the dusk and quiet falls. Make me believe and know I am a queen, Far richer than the fabled queens of old. My kingdom—Motherhood and all its gifts— My crown his heart of gold. -Katherine Edelman. 4:47c=6 GO TO A TREE When you are weary of the boasts of then, Go to a tree, nay friend ---one that has stood Long patient years within a silent ' wood. Beneath its branches you will find again A thing long lost, trees are content to be As God created them. No bough that turns Its golden thoughts to autumn ever yearns Beyond e hillside's immortality. Go to a tree in silence. You will find In the soft eloquence of bud and leaf Serenity beyond the voice of grief, And faith above the reach of human kind. Man spends his ttoisy days in seaith of gain, While trees find God in sunlight, soil and rain. —Anderson M. Scruggs JEWELS I know a way of catching summer sunbeams as they play; And, like a crafty alchemist of old, Of turning them to gems and molt- en gold, For winter when the skies are dull and grey. In crystal jars upon my shelf they stand, The ruby juice of currants and the bland, - Cool amber of the peach; The sapphire blue of wild grapes and of damsons, wet With dew; The coral of the quinces the pearly sheen • , Of silvery pears, the mint leaf's em- erald green. Strung on a chain of golden summer hours, Clasped with a• drone of bees and scout -of flowers, Row upon row, my captured sunbeams stand, Like jewels of Ind or gents from • Samarkand. —Emily Buzby. ~seee DDTACIHMVI, NT I would that always in my soul might be Some centre of indifference to pain, So that, - in dire misfortune, I might gain A harbor sheltered from life's stormy sea. I do notask that calm felicity Should fence me safely from(, 'the l wind and thin; I would not quit the turmoil and the strain And leave my fellows bound while I am free. But I would seek for patient seif- control - As if my body and my fortune were Like garments, curious beyond coin - pare And�be beautiful perchance, su erchance, yet not the whole Of life, so that, if comfort were del nied, They -both, like garments might be laid aside. --FI. T. J. Coleman in The Ne* Outlook. THERE'S BUT ONE WAY There's just one gift that all our dead desire, One. gift that men can give, and that's a dream, • Unless we, boo, can burn with that same fire Of 'sacrifice, die to the things that seem; Die to the old ignoble selves we Die to the little hatreds, die to greed; knew; Die to the base contempts of sect and Creed; And rise again, like these, with souls as true, Nay (since they died before their task was finished.) Attempt new ,heights, bring even their dreams to birth; Build us that better world, oh, not diminished By one true splendor that they planned on earth. And that's not clone by sword, or tongue ox pen— There's but one way. God (take us better men. —Alfred Noyes VISION There is a shining wonder where (ten strive Though gleaming days of sun and wind and soil. Forever there lies beyond the com- monplace The imperishable dignity of toil There is the splendor of the rugged land Where stalwards wrestle with the as- cient sod; The golden silence where men 'who will May labor daily hand in hand with God. There is a radience where women move About small household tasks, if they but see Beyond the polished surface of old woods The dazzling triumph of a living tree If they but see beyond the white, heaped flour— Beyond the red, glased jellies on a sill— Wide joyous wheat fields laughing in rho sun: God's face above an orchard on a hill. —.Grace Noll Crowell e "MINE EYES" (Blind . . "that the works of God might be made manifest him."—John 9.) in l :And yesterday before the sun had My sightless eyes are lamps' unlit, Or windows which no' light admit. lOor me, instead of pleasing sights, Are sunless days and starless nights, Your eyes are bright with beauty's cha They guarrms;d your steps from all that harms; , Your eyes encompass earth and sky More swiftly than the swallows fly. Maybe you scarcely sympathize With lives made dark by sightless eyes; They try to bravely onward press And wish their brothers large suc- cess. Not in my own behalf I plead, But for the love which others 'need— For lonely ones who crave bo share In that which proves that others care. The One who cares' for all mankind Fulfills His purpose in the blind; To manifest His works of . grace, Ilegivesthe blind an honored place. —T Wiatson in Toronto Globe YESTERDAY The garden calls 'good-bye to sun and bird, And evening veils the drowsy tulip Household Hints In mixing Mustard stir with a knite ting needle, then the mustard oan be made in the vessel in which it is tq be served, and there is no waste or untidiness. To boil milk :without burning, be{ fore putting the milk into the sauce- pan boil rapidly a few minutes a couple of tablespoonfuls of water, then pour out the water and put it the milk. This is a trick well worth' trying. If, however, the saucepan is a large one, add more than two tab- lespoonfuls of water. -add enough just to cover the bottom. When making a boiled pudding grease the basin in the usual way, then shake coarse brown sugar thickly over the base and sides. This makes a toffee -like crust, much be- loved by children, Before cleaning copper kettles, fill' them with boiling water and let stand a while. The copper will be found to polish more quickly and the lustre will remain longer than otherwise. If brass of any description has become dirty or badly tarnished, take , a piece of cloth, damp it slightly, and dip it into cement. Rub the brass as you would -silver, then take another sloth and rub the cement off. You ,will find that the brass is like new. If troubled by your copper boiler rusting in between washdays, rub the copper over with soap while still hot, and it will not rust. The soap that is deposited on the metal will serve to make suds for the next washing day. Cotton wool will go almost twice as far if it is slightly warmed before use. If the edge of a saucepan is well buttered, the contents will not boil over. Beeswax mixed with salt will make a rusty fiat -iron as smooth as glass. Steel articles will polish quickly if they are rubbed with vinegar and then polished with a soft duster. To diseomage flies and moths, keep fresh cloves in small vases sir In egg cups. GODERICri: Recognition of 'the ability of Mr. R. Stonehouse, prin- cipal of Victoria School, has been given by the Department of Educa- tion for Ontario, which has notified hit( that he has been appointed to teach health at the Summer School, Toronto, during the month of July, The appointment came as a surprise to Mr. Stonehouse.—The Star, WRONETER: A pleasant after. noon was spent in the school -room of the United Church, Wroxeter, when the W. M. S. held their July meeting, having as their guests members of Salem, Bluevale and Fordwich aux iliaries. The president, Mrs. T. Gib- son, was in the chair. After a short business session two vocal. duets wore beautifully rendered -by Mrs. Geo. Allan and her daughter, Miss Janet. The speaker for the afternoon was Miss McKenzie, of Ripley, who has spent many years laboring a- mong the Indians in the Canadian West, and also engaged in the stran- gers work, of the church. It was on this latter subject she spoke, emphas- ising the verse, "For I was an hun- n e tea gee d and yegave n meat; I was thirst andye •a e r y gave m drink; I was a stranger and ye took me in." bed; The lark has sung her last bright. silver word. • The last rose hung her scent- ed velvet head. gone, I drank your kisses, held you close to me, Vowed that our passion was a golden song The gods themselves bad given melody; • Vowed that our lips would cling to each , for aye. Hungry and needing always—,ester, day! Night's purple sandals walk our try' sting place. A muffled whisper idles from the stream. The small field flowers and the clover's lace Are wrapped securely in a silent dream.. And yesterday, before the birds had fled, You were a dream of love locked in my ;breast, As dear and lovely as the rose's red, As wart( and, secret as the swat, Tow's nest; Dear Lover, lest all earth be endless sorrow, Grant we begin our love anew—toe morrow! ,- lAbarie Bechtold; in the New York Times.' divertisin axe Stich a Story to TeU as T-i4ay