The Clinton News Record, 1933-07-20, Page 7THURS.,JULY 20, 1933
THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORfl
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Health, Cooking,
Care of Children
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OF INTEREST TO WOMEN
Edited By Lebam Hakeber Kralc
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A Column Prepared Especially for Women --
But Not Forbidden to Men
' `A commonplace life," we say, and
we sigh;
But why should we sigh as we
say? •
' The commonplace sun in the common-
place sky
Makes up the commonplace day.
•c -.'Ali
I have :often mentioned this before,
but a good thing has to be repeated,
perhaps many, many times before it
is really taken in by those who will
benefit most by observing it, and so
I again urge mothers of families to
• serve outdoor meals as soften as pos-
sible in the summer. Many house-
wives complain that serving a meal
outdoors is too much trouble and
that they have plenty of work with-
out adding anything to it. But a
meal served outdoors results in
benefits out of all proportion to the
'trouble it causes. Flagging appet-
ites are whetted; as a rule every-
body, including the father of the
'family, is on his good behaviour and
a sort of a holiday atmosphere pre-
vails, so that the meal, even it be a
very simple one, takes on the ehar-
atter of a feast and proves a pleas-
ant event, instead of a dull, monot-
onous thing which many meals are
when served in the house in hot
weather, with everyone a bot hot and
( inclined to be cross.
1 If you really wish to make children
happy give them a little treat very
often. Children love changes, any-
thing like a party appeals to them,
and they will remember in the years
ahead all these little things which
made up the happiness of their child-
hood. The mother who cannot take
her family away for the summer
owes it to them to give them a
little change at home and, this can
readily be proved, a little change is
welcomed by every member and the
mother will benefit herself.
Do not attempt anything elaborate
when planning for outdoor meals. If
you have an old wooden table which
can be left out somewhere, on the
corner of a side porch or under a
tree, that is fine. If not, something
can be rigged up which will serve,
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GRANT FLE'MING, M,D., Associate Secretary
a couple of horses, which are found
in many a woodshed, with a couple
of boards- for a top, make a good
table, and a board over a couple of
kegs makes a fine seat, while almost
every house has a few kitchen chairs
which can easily be moved. If these
articles can be left somewhere in
readiness and if a bit of paint can
be daubed on thein, all the better.
Then as to the meal, serve simple
things, but you'll soon find that you
will have to prepare greater quant
titles. But do not attempt anything
fussy. Salads, cold meat, relishes
pickles, brown and white bread, plain
cakes, fruit. These with the addition
of hot fried potatoes occasionally, or
even a one -dish meal may be served
if you do so from the dish in which
it is cooked, hot from the oven. Dish
es cool much more quickly out doors
so you will need a cosy for your tea
pot, if tea or coffee is required, and
a few of those fine wire covers for
plates will protect your butter.
cream or other things from the odd
fly which may happen around. But
if you are careful to remove all
crumbs and do not leave things about
to attract flies they will not bother
much.
New is the time to surprise and
please your fancily by serving a
meal 'out of doors every so often.
esseats=a
The Making of Jelly
Now is the time for making many
sorts of jelly, than which there are
few things more welcome on the
family table. One of the first things
to remember is that fruit for jelly
staking must not be too ripe.
Wash and out fruit into pieces, us-
ing all the skins and cores. Pour in-
to a granite or porcelain -lined kettle,
add a very small amount of water,
and cools slowly until juice is well -
drawn out. With very juicy fruits
like grapes and currants, mash the
fruits at the beginning and do not
add any water. Crush fruit and
strain it through double thickness, of
cheesecloth or flannel jelly bag. A
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OF THE
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and Life Insurance Companies in Canada.
THE MEDICINE CABINET
In the bathroom of most homes,
'.there is set in or hanging on the wall
a receptacle, with two or three
shelves, to which the name ` medi-
eine cabinet" is given. The name
implies that the contents consist of
drugs and other materials to be used
in connection with the treatment of
sickness er injuries.
Unless your medicine cabinet is
,very different from most others, it
contains a collection of toilet articles,
a few bottles of medicine, usually
' some iodine and an assortment of
anything from rusty razor blades to
;.h'airpins and a bottle of poison.
Every home should have a medi-
•tine .cabinet and this cabinet should
be locked. Medicines, even though
they are not poisonous, should not
be kept in any place to which chil-
dren have access, " The bottle or the
box of tablets may be tempting to
the young child, who quite naturally
acquires his knowledge of the world
by feeling and tasting.
Thereis no good reason for keep-
'ing mediine's and the like in the
j bathroom. Keep them locked in a
box which can be kept in a cupboard
and brought otit when needed. .The
bathroom. cupboard is the natural re
pository for toilet articles, and it
hsould, be reserved exclusively for
that purpose.
It is a mistake to have a lot of
drugs around the house. After any
illness for which drugs have. been
prescribed, any leftovers should be
destroyed at the end of the illness.
Many drugs lose their potency after
a time. Drugs are prescribed as
treatment for a certain condition in
a particuar individual, and they
should never be used by anyone else
upon the supposition that they are
the treatment required.
To have bottles of medicine around
suggests that they are to. be used,
and their presenoe is apt to lead to
ill-advised attempts at self medica-
tion. It suggests to children that
medicines are a normal if not a de-
sirable necessity of life, It impiies
the use of medicine rather than the
cultivation of better habits of living.
The medicine cabinet is a relic of
the days' of "spring tonics," when
every household had its favourite
remedy* for constipation and ste.
mach -aches. The few drugs which
may be kept in the home should be
locked away in a box which can be
bronght out when needed, by, those
who give reasonable attention to
their ''habits .of daily living.
Questions concerning Health, ad-
dressed to the Canadian Medical As -
sedation, 184 College Street, Torun•
to, will be answered personally by
letter.
juice may be added which, although
possessing a good flavor will not jell,
such as peach or cherry. Boil the
strained juice for twenty minutes and
add from one-half to three-fourths
its weight of sugar, which has been
heated, The advantage of using
heated sugar is that when cold sugar
is added the boiling is temporarily
stopped thus increasing the cooking
time, and the longer cooking period
gives a darker ,colored jelly. Cook
until it jellies, about five nunutes af-
ter coating to a boil is usually
sufficient. Skim and pour into
sterilized jars. When cold these
should be covered with parafin and
set in a cool, dark place.
REBEKAH,
TORONTO MISSED A SIGHT OF
THE ITALIAN ARMADA—GODE-
RICH AND KINCARDINE '
SIGHTED IT
Goderich, July 17—Goderich was
accorded a rare spectacle on Satur-
day afternoon when the history -
making Italian armada, en route
from Rome to Chicago, droned into
sight, skirting the town to the west
over the lake. Hundreds of people
were on 'the beach and piers to watch
the swim meet between Goderich and
Stratford, which was being held that
afternoon. Soon all sorts of field
glasses were •brought into play.
The remarkable fact that Gode-
rich should be in the path of the
0,100 -mile flight, aroused excited com-
ment on all sides, while Toronto and
other cities waited in vain for its
promised appearance.
At 2.80 p.tn., twelve flying boats
came in sight from the north in
groups of three. General Itala Balt'
bo's plane as the spearhead of the
first triad flying tow under the
clouds two utiles from shore. In ten
minutes, six more put in an appear-
ance coming in the same course.
Then at 3 'o'clock E.S.T, three more
passed flying higher and farther
out on the lake, looking like specks in
the sity. Twenty-one of the twenty -
f our planes were accounted for, but
it has been announced that all twerp,
ty-four had reached Chicago about 5
o'clock.
Kincardine, July 17.—Winging
their way sortit and west against a
blue background of sky and' water,
21 of the silver and black sea -planes
of the Italian air armada passed ov-
er Kincardine Saturday, nearing end
of the journey which has taken them
a quarter of the way around the
earth from Ortobello, Italy, to the
Century of Progress at Chicago.
The first triad of planes, with the
single star of General halo )3olbo
leading zoomed out of the north at
2.45 p.m. E.S.T, and passed over the
town. The planes were about 1,50e
feet in the air. Shortly lifter, a se
Gond triad of planes appeared follow-
ing the shoreline of Lake Huron.
Tree t,iads of planes passed over,
flying east of the town and the re-
maining two groups of three which
passed over the town travelled the
shoreline south.
Household
Economics
Business was at a standstill as
Kincardine and its summer residents
turned out of doors to watch the
giant seaplanes pass over the town,
Although the pilots of the planes and
their commander, General Balbo,
could not see or hear the applause,,
cheers aroseas the first triad passed
over. As each triad was sighted, the
applause was renewed and not till
the last group of planes .had passed
over did the spectators, remove ,heir;
eyes from the heavens.
Within a little less than a quarter
of an hour the air armada had passed
over.
FOX PELTS SHIPPED TO
LONDON FUR AUCTIONS
A second consignment •of silver
black fox pelts has reached the
Prince Edward Island fur pool at
Sutmnerside from Hollywood, Cali-
fornia,' to be placed on sale .at the
fur auctions held in London, Eng-
land. The pelts are reported to
compare favorably with the better
class pelts raised on Prince Edward
Island, the home 1,1 silver black fox
fur farthing. A change has been
made in the method of :packing . pelts
for overseas, stated a Canadian Na-
tional Express official. Plywood is
now largely ifsed for the purpose as
this gaurds against the danger ref
pressing, which has a tendency to
damage the fur.
GODERICH: Irvin Gauley and
Charlie Jerry, 'teen-age youths, were
good pals until they went into part-
nership on an old automobile and
then the trouble started. Seery fin-
ally sold his share in the car to
Gauley and when he went to Gaul-
ey's place to get a tire which he
alone had paid for and put on the
car which was not included in the
sale there was a fight. Gauley
"jumped" Jerry while the latter was
stooped over jacking up the ear to
take off the tire. The boys mixed it
and called for reinforcements and
soon Gauley's brother and Jerry's
;father were into it. The other morn-
ing Irvin Gauley was convicted of
common assault, given suspended
sentence and ordered to pay 811.80
court costs. The disputed tire was
in court, too. Jerry got the tire,
Gauley the rim. The car cost 810 or-
iginally, Tho court costs included a
$2 doctor's fee to repair Jerry.
EXETER: Last week finished the
major part of the pea pack at the
canning factory. The second crop
was much better than the first. The
'pea pods were well filled and of
greater length, while the quantity
was a little under average.
The store -cleaning woman, a Ne-
gress, could not write, so always re,
ceipted for her wages with the cus-
tomary cross.
One day she made a circle instead,
and the cashier remarked about it.
"Well," she explained, "ah done
gat married yesterday an' changed
malt name."
Specifications for Food Economy in an
Adequate Diet
The tendencyof the averse fam-
ily is to spend too little for fresh
vegetables and fruits and for milk
and milk products. These foods are
called the "protective" foods as lib-
eral amounts of them included in the
diet will insure against mineral and
vitamin deficiency. As it guide for
an adequate diet for the family of
average means, it has been recom.
trended that the food money be di-
vided into fifths (2):—
"one fifth, more or less, for vege-
tables, and fruits;
One fifth or more, for milk and
cheese;
One fifth, or less, for meats, fish
and eggs;
One fifth, or more, for bread and
cereals;
One fifth, or less, for fats, sugar
and other groceries."
Building bodies and keeping them
in good condition is somewhat like
building engines and keeping them
in good running order. First of all
ane must know what is required and
then one must know where these re-
quirements may be obtained.
(a) Fuel is required for the hu-
man engine. This is supplied by
food. A: pound of starch as found in
cereals, or a pound •of sugar, yields
the same amount of energy when
burned in the body as does a pound
of protei,<-such as found in abun-
dance in milk, meat, eggs and
cheese. A pound of fat yields over
twice as muchenergy as a pound of
starch or protein. The unit of meas
suso for the energy produced is the
calorie --;just as the foot is a unit of.
measure for' length. The cheapest
source of fuel is probably seine form
of cereal :which is rich in 'starch.
Sugar is cheap but too much sugar
or too much fat causes indigestion.
(b) To build the human machine
and tokeep it ingood tannin order,
g
building and repair parts are renal
sary. These are supplied by the pro-
teins in our foods, and proteins of
good quality such as found in meat,
milk, eggs and cheese, should be in-
cluded every day in the diet,
(c) Minerals --lime, phosphorus,
iron and iodine—are regulators need-
ed by the human engine. These are
obtained chiefly from fresh vege-
tables and fruits and from milk and
milk products. Milk is especially im-
portant to protect the body against
lime deficiency.
(d) Vitamins—A B C D and E
might be compared to the spark
which is necessary to ignite the gas-
oline in a car. In the human ma-
chine the vitamins govern the behav-
iour of the fuel and repair foods,
The chief source of supply of these
vitamins is' the same as for the min-
erals•—(fresh vegetables and fruits
and milk and milk products.
(e) .rust as with the engine --care
must be taken to administer these
supplies properly. Cook food pro-
perly so that it will be appetizing
and digestible and so as to preserve
as far as possible the nutritious ele-
cents in it, Choose your food wisely
including every day some foods from
eaeeh of the five groups mentioned its
the budget above. Be sure that your
food combinations are appetizing and
digestible. Include plenty of bulky
foods such as fruits, vegetables, and
whole grain cereals in the diet ,to
promote proper' elimination of waste
materials front the human machine.
THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Here They `Viii Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful
and Ins pining,
LOGIC
Not all the wealth we're earning
Can lift us very far,
Unless we start by learning
Just who and why we are.
Not all the pens we're inking
Can make us very wise,
Unless we start by thinking
Just why we've ears and eyes.
Not even thought and learning
The key to life can give,
Unless we think and learn of God
In whom we move and live.
-F, J. Earl.
*Senses
IRISH WELCOME
There's a power c' lonely people
Stravagin' everywhere,
On feet without shoe leather
An' nobody to care.
Sure I have five green acres
An' not a cause for grouse,
An' while there's room within my
heart
There's room within my house. '
--Neil Fitzgerald in Christian
Science Monitor.
WEALTH
If you should spend your time
In ceaseless grind,
My friend, there is a law
That you shall find—,
Good fortune does not smile
Or lavish truth
On him who squanders life
Blindly as youth.
A sunset scene that sings
Into the heart,
An hour of beauty lived
With one apart,
A. dream that stirs, yet one
We can't possess,
A. fine desire, yet one
We can't confess.
Twero better these—in peace
With memories sweet,
Than gold with all its strife
And—it's defeat.
--Loraine Ballantyne,
THII OLD-TIME GARDEN
There were hollyhocks and asters,
Tiger lilies, dahlias, phlox,
Geraniums and nasturtiums,
Tulips, mignonette and box,
Lilies, Wallflowers, modest violets,
Lady's slippers, marigold,
Sweet William and verbena,
In the garden plots of old.
There were lily -of -the valley,
Heliotrope and adder's tongue;
White and crimson blushing roses,
That about the trellis clung;
Candytuft, bright nodding poppies,
Sweet alyssum, rosemary,
With herbs from grandma's garden
In the land arross the sea,
There were sailors' buttons, snow-ic,
balls,
Bleeding-heart and passion flowers
Foxglove, lavender and sweet peas,
1 runner o ere
And gay scarlet b w ,
Ponies petunias,
Peonies, ri ,
With rare plants from distant
coasts
And jessamine and columbine
On the old veranda posts.
—(Katherine A. Clarke,
strong man wise,
There's no defeat, in truth, save from
within
Unless you're beaten there, you're
bound to win. —Henry Austin.
eeeeneeme
ONTARIO WILD' FLOWERS
(In a British Colombia Garden,)
Here in a garden by the Western sea,
A, kindly hand has set in memory
Of faroff woodlands and of childhood
hours,
That' now have faded, these familiar
flowers
That speak of springtime in Ontario:
The shy hepatica that laves to grow
Among the matted beech -leaves when
the sun
Whispers that April has at length
begun;
And, near at hand, lest Ioneliness
should come
In such a spot, the graceful trillium
That bravely rears its trefoil blossom
high '
And looks through naked branches at
the sky.
To one Ontario -born, theso tokens
bring
The gladness back of many a vanish-
ed spring
The heart has not forgotten, and one
hears
Voices long silent speak across the
years. —H, T. J. Coleman.
O
A FRUIT STORE WINDOW
Before the frultntan's window I
stand for long and gaze
Enchanted with the loveliness, for
these are berry days --
Berries carmine -tinted, berries deep-
ly red
Glowing with sweet rain from their
garden -bed;
Then there are melons,
"Honey Dew Melons"
The fruit elan said,
Which are most entrancing I never
surely know—
Plums, rich and Mellow, or cherries
in a row,
Or dark-skinned tangerines out of
sonny Spain,
Or the sweet nectarine from Cali-
fornian plain;
Then there are watermelons,
Great, green 'watermelons
Here again!
Perhaps I'll choose cantaloupe, luc-
ious and rich
Or juicy nets pears—I don't know
which- ,
But those woolly apricots look so
delicious,
And I shouldn't wonder -1'm a wee
bit suspicious
After all, I'll have melons,
Pink, Persian melons
To satisfy fancy capricious,
—»Marjorie A. Blade.
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POWER OF PERSIIRVBRANCE'
Genius, that power which dazzles
mortar eyes,
Is oft but perseverance in disguise.
Continuous effort, of itself, implies,
In spite of oeuntless falls, the power
to rise.
'Twixt failure and success the point's
so fine
Men sometimes know not when they
touch the line.
Just when the pearl was waiting one
more plunge,
How many a struggler has thrown up
the sponge.
As the tide goes clear out, it comes
clear in,
In business 'tis at turns the wisest
wits.
And oh! how true, when shades of
doubt dismays
"'Tis often darkest just before the
day."
A little more persistence, courage,
vita,
Success will dawn o'er fortune's gol-
den rim.
Then take this honey .for the bitter-
est cup.
"There is no failure save in giving
up"
No real fail as long as one still tries
For seeming setbacks make the
A LIST OF LOVELY TIiINGS
I would make a list against the evil
days,
y,
Of lovely things to hold in memory:
First, I set down my lady's lovely
bee,
For earth hath no such lovely thing
as she;
And next I acid to bear her com-
pany
The great -eyed virgin star that
morning brings;
Then the wild rose upon the little
tree --
So runs my catalogue of lovely
things.
The enchanted dogwood, with its
ivory trays;
The waterlily in its sanctuary
Of seeded pools, and dew -drenched
lilac sprays:
For .these, of all fah• flowers, the
fairest be.
Next write I down the great name
of the sea,
Lonely in greatness as the names of
Kings;
Then the young moon that hath us
all in fee—
So runs my catalogue of lovely
things.
Imperial sunsets that in crimson
blaze
Along the hills; and, fairer still to
MO,
The fireflies dancing in a netted
maze
Woven of twilightand tranquility;
Shakespeare and Virgil - their high
poesy; n
And a great ship splendid with j
snowy wings,
Voyaging on into Eternity.
CARE OF THE STRAWBERRY
PLANTATION AFTER FRUITING
(Experimental Farms Note.)'
What to do with a strawberry plan.,
tation after it has over fruited is a
question frequently asked.
It is not possible to answer this
question in any rule of thumb way;
a great deal depends upon the con-
dition of the plantation. If the plan-
tation is full of weeds, Iike couch
grass, or if it is very patchy it is
better' to plough it up. If, on the
other hand, it is a well vined planta-
tion, reasonably free of weeds, it
may pay to practice renovation,
Renovation : is accomplished in.
different ways but it should be re-
membered that the strawberry plant
is not really a true perennial and
must be permitted to renew itself by
the formation of new runners or the
formation of a new crown with a
new root system.' If the old plan-
tation is left without attention the
plants are liable to be so crowded
that such a renewal will be difficult.
It is generally advisable therefore to
cut; down the rows to a narrow width
and in doing this the best way is to
split the row in the centre leaving
one outside edge to form new run-
ners. The outside edges .contain the
youngest plants and these generally
form new runners very rapidly. This
renovating should be done as soon
as the crop has been removed. After
splitting the rows in two, remove the
plants that have been ploughed up
and cultivate between the rows thor.
•oughly, hand weed the narrow strip
of plants that are left and unless the
land is in excellent tilth apply a
dressing of about fifty pounds o$
nitrate of soda per acre between the
rows. If cultivation is continued'
throughout the balance of the season
a full stand of plants should be ob-
tained by autumn and a good crop of
fruit the following season.
GODERIOII: If the Town Coun-
cil and Goderich Trotting and Pac-
ing Association can come to tettns,
stabling accommodation for thirty
additional horses will be built at Ag.
ricultural Park in time for the Civic
holiday races. Just who is to build
the stables and who is to pay for
them has been discussed at seevral
private meetings of both bodies and
an agreement is being propareds
First the Association offered a grant
of 8400 to the town on the under-
standing the town undertake and be
responsible for construction, The
town has now offered a grant of 8650
toward the cost. The motion reads:
number-Craigie — "We the municipal
council of the Town of Goderich ac-
cept the proposition front the trot-
ting and pacing association to build
and complete stables for 30 stalls as
per plans and specifications and re-
commend that an agreement be
drawn up covering the whole matter,
the town paying 8650, this to be paid
ever when the job is complete, paints
ing and all.—Carried. Town Solicit
tor Nairn has prepared the agree-
ment but at the time of writing it
was not yet signed.—Star.
So runs my catalogue of lovely
things.
—Richard le Gallienne,
YOU'LL FIND A FRIEND
If you walk as a friend, you will find
a friend
Wherever you choose to fare;
If you go with mirth to a far strange
land
You will find that mirth is there.
For the. strangest part of this queer
old world
Is thatlike will join with like,
And who walks with love for his fel.
lotvmatt
An answering love will strike.
If you walk with honor, then honest
men
Will meet you along the way;
But if you be false, you will find
men false
Wherever you choose to stray.
For good breeds good, and bad breeds
bad,
We are met by the traits we show;
Love will find a friend at the strang-
er's door,
Where hate would find a foe.
For each of us builds the world he
knows,
Which only himself can spoil; •
And an hour of hate er an hour off
shame
Can ruin a life of toil.
And though to the utntrost ends bit'
the earth
Your duty may bid you fare;
If you go with truth and a friendly
heart,
You will find friends waiting ,
there. —•Anon.
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