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The Clinton News Record, 1933-07-27, Page 8THURS., " JULY 27, 1933 Health, 'Cooking, Care df Children PAGE THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 7 INTEREST T Edited By Lebam Hakeber Kralc Ra 11 i.11atiallS oI Re6etah rA: Column Prepared Especially for Woinen-- But Not Forbidden to Men SUNDAY PEACE ''O, noisy world be still, And fold your restless hands upon your breast. 'Resign your vehement, impatient will To this most blessed guest. 3'or Sunday's lips will 'kiss your fev- ered brow l And her cool hand will ease hot temper's smart. Spending and getting—,O world—for- get these now. Let Sunday Peace enwrap your weary heart. Empty your soul of trivial things that fret; All self -absorbing cares now putt away; And thoughts of power and gain, dear world, forget --- For this one blessed day. • 0., world! Shut out all sounds of en- terprise And for today Iet Beauty be your goal. Let Sunday Peace fall gently on your eyes And draw you closer to the Over - Soul. • 0, noisy world, be still for this one day And let achievement's whirring wheels now 'cease; 'Ger we, your children, have desire to pray—, A prayer of thankfulness for Sunday Peace. —Wilhelmina Stitch. esaseitgass It was a wise and kind Creator • who impressed upon his children in the early clays of the human race the necessity of having one day in seven set apart as a rest day from ordinary tasks and as a day in which to worship, to meditate and to culti- vate the things of the spirit. Sunday -Would be a day for worship, but quite aside from that its value as a day of rest, rest from the toils and worries of the week, is incalculable. That Sunday is coming to be used to a Large extent as a day of pleas- ure, of running about from one place to another, dashing hither and thith- 1 ere with no thought of either rest or worship, cannot he denied and the appalling toll which this growing habit takes of life can easily be seen by the head lines in Monday's daily papers. Nine, ten, a dozen, fifteen victims of motor accidents, drown- ing accidents, etc., each week -end in Ontario is a heavy toll to pay for a few hours' pleasure. A writer in the Atlantic Monthly says, "I have come increasingly to believe that the old-fashioned Sunday is the best device ever evolved for restoring poise and judgment to a fidgety world. The decline of the old-tfashioned Sunday is an event still so recent that it needs little recounting. When the first volfer discovered that he could play 18 holes on the sabbath and still not be struck by lightening, when the first druggist found he could sell ice cream sodas between Saturday and Monday without a frown from his leading patrons. Sunday as a day of universal rest, was judged to be obsolete. Like melting snow, its customs and rigidities disappeared in a single decade and during the next 20 high-pitched years they were scarcely missed. Sooner or later, however, the world may be brought to realize that the old-fashioned Sunday was not a mere rustic survival trona early Cal- vinism or a tribal rite of the ancient Hebrews, but was a social check - valve developed by centuries of human experience and that a nervous; high-strung society which has sud- denly abolished it will rue its loss. The old-fashioned Sunday, in short, was one of nature's regulations checking the tempo of life and read- justing it every seven days, It did for a very large part of the civilized world exactly what every physician and modern phychologist would be eager to do if he could. It forced whole communities of men, women and children to come once a week to a complete halt and, for 24 hours al- ter entirely their physical, mental and social habits. This is in no sense a "confession- al" artieal and as I have taken pains to make clear, its point of veiws is OE THE, rbirat . , oriifiure and Life Insurance Companies in Canada. .Edited by GRANT FLEMING, M.D., Associate Secretary ONE TO ANOTHER It is frequently remarked that a -visitor to a city sees more of the in- teresting things than does the citizen - who keeps putting off going to view • points of interest which his home town has to show him. In the same - way, we often learn froni a distance a'cgut what is going on in our midst. Recently, an English publication contained a very interesting account of the travelling chest diagnostic • clinic of the Province of Ontario. ' The purpose of this clinic is to assist those areas which are removed from the larger centres of population or 'from sanatoria in their fight against. ' tuberculosis. There is one item which stands out in this account, namely, that so many of those who were found to ate suffering from tuberculosis gave a definite history of having lived 'in r contact with another. case. This is nothing new. It confirms what has previously been observed • and stated, that every case of tither calosis comes from a previous case, -and that the disease is most corn-. manly spread in the home from an adult case of tuberculosis to the children who are in the home. Out of seventy-two oases diagnosed among children under ,sixteen years of age,, fifty-three gave a history of contact. 1t would appear that if we are to prevent the spread of tuberculosis, no child should be allowed to live contact with an active case of tub- erculosis. This desirable result tray be secured either through removing the case from the home, or by hav- ing the children removed to another place. The better plan is to send the patent to a sanatorium, for not only does that prevent the chance of spread, but it also offers the patient the best opportunity for recovery. The importance of this point is stressed because there is too often some carelessness or delay in secur- ing the prompt separation of children from tuberculous adults. Parents de not like to part with their children. Yet, it is In the interests of the chil- dren that this action be taken, be- cause it has so frequently bean shown that it is practically impossible for the young child to live in the home with a tuberculosis patient who has the germs of the disease in his sput- um ,without incurring grave danger of contracting the disease. ' Questions concerning ,Health, ad- dressed to'the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 184 College Street, Toren - Household Helps ;Melted sealing wax poured on ,a broken glass stopper, that is in a bottle will, when dry, serve as a handle for removing it. e=umse Undyed goods may be freed of rust stains by soaking the spot in a solu- tion of tin chloride in water. As soon as spot has vanished, rinse material in quantities of clear water. A rubber -block gives a comfort- able grip to strips of sandpaper, Wrap a piece of inner tube around d a paint or varish can to keep con- tents from running down the side where it gets on hands. A paste of soap and powdered whiting makes . an excellent tempor- ary stop for a lealc. c i A good way to cook fish is to poach it. Remove the skin, cover with salted water and when water boils, reduce heat and let simmer below boiling point for about twenty minutes. Add sauce. 'ILa 0ord turns bananas dark; so, even in hot weather bananas should be kept out of the refrigerator. eslis=;• Fresh fruit desserts make the coolest and most wholesome con- clusion to a hot -weather meal. 1 Check up on plackets, inside seams, and finishes on ready-made dresses to be sure that the advertis- ed bargains are really bargains. esentlCz. The ceiling, the walls, the floor and its eovering, are the back- grounds of a room, and as such should be 'neutral and unobstrusive in color and design. te=ezrza Putting a little girl's panties on a net waist provides a sun suit which can quickly he converted into a go - nig -to -town or meeting visitors costume by slipping on ;the matching frock. ecesterser Slightly green fruit is best for pickling. Straws are convenient at picnics for children to drink milk. ba Place tissue paper between the folds of dresses when packing, to prevent deep creases. CGzO Bias tape in bright colors makes not primarily religious. Asa church- goer my record for many years has been not better than that of the av- erage verage Protestant American. But out of the untidy welter of Sunday pap- ers and cigarette smoke that consti- tutes the usual present-day Sabbath, out of the +chatter of golf scores and the smell of locker rooms, the hur- ried tardy engagements, the rushed; undigested meals, and the long, ner vows driving on crowded highways that make up a modern week -end I find thyself, with greater and great- er longing, looking back to the peace and dignity of the old -fashion - d Sunday as it was known to at . least one small boy in a medium- sized New England city in the eighteen nineties." Very few of my readers but can remember when Sunday was really a day ofrest and worship. To me, at least, unday was never considered a day of restrictions. I have all ways Loved Sunday. I have worked hard enough all my life to appreciate the one day in seven as a day of rest, and Sunday has always been looked forward to with pleasure. ' It is no doubt looked forward to with pleas- ure now by many who make of it, not a day of rest but a day'of hectic dashing after: pleasure, and wheat Monday morning comes there is no feeling of refreshment and in many a home there is the tragedy of death or of serious injury. in . the: quiet country„ ciommunities. such as this we see few of these things, perhaps, and it willbe, well if we can keep from seeing them,t we 'can leech our Sabbaths for rest and worship. The man who just sits about' all day Sunday, doing nothing at• all, is really being good to his body. But the .Sabbath : was given a snap that ha might profit both pirituaily and physically. .—TESITYfAH, t to, will be answered personally by s tetter. er WOMEN an easily ironed and attractive Min - ming for'ehildree's summer dresses. Fine sandpaper removes soil from light felt hats by taking off the sur- face layer of fuzz, which holds the dirt. A mirror used '1 or decoration looks best when hung baek of a solid ob. ject such as a chest or heavy table rather' than behind a chair or dav- enport. 1Cherlries, ; currants,' elderberries, grapes, and bdaek raspberries give excellent fruit juice. Do not boil them, because the flavor of the juice i finer r if they are pressed from the heated fruit and processed at a tem- perature below the boiling point. Use of Sulphur in the Garden 4 ' Sulphur would seem to have but little connection with horticulture, and yet there are many uses for it in the garden, declares J. F. Clark, ilorticitltural Lecturer, Agricultural Societies Branch. It is particularly valuable in preventing mildew and black spot on roses. It is most ef- ficient when combined with arsenate of lead, nine parts of sulphur to one of the poison, making what is com- monly called the Massey dust. This preparation, or sulphur alone, is also helpful in protecting phlox and del- phiniums from attacks of mildew. If sweet peas show signs of mildew, they, too, should be dusted with sul- phur. Mixed with arsenate of lead, it is useful for dusting on cucumbers and melons to keep away striped beetles and flea beetles. It is im- portant, however, that the dust should be the very finely ground kind obtained at the seed store and not the coarse sulphur sold in drug stores. JUST WHEN THE GOOOD OLD TIMES EXISTED The talk was about the good old times, and everybody was abusing the nineteen -thirties. "What I'd like to know," said Bal- ham -Smith to somebody, "is just when were the good old Bines?" "I can tell you," said Mr. Van Win- kle, "because I happened to be living in the good old times. The sixties' of last century were the good old times,' "Ah!" said Balham -Smith. "I've often wondered. This is the first time I've over heard the actual date." "The sixties," Mr. Van Winkle re- peated. "And I'll tell you why. I can remember the sixties more clear- ly than I can remember any other ten years in my time. Wonderful days! "But all the wonderful things we've got to -day you had to do without," said Piper. "I know," said 811. Van Winkle, "But I'm telling your the sixties were the good old times." "You said you'd tell us why," Bal - ban -Smith reminded him. "I did and 1 will," said Mr. Van Winkle. "The sixties were the good old times, because then I was in my twenties. That's what it means. Ask any old duffer like rhe. If he's eigh- ty he'll tell you the seventies were the good old times. If he's sixty he'll tell you the nineties were the good old times. I'm ninety and I tell you it was the sixties. "I got married and first began to make money in the sixties. The while world was ,before me. When I look back, those are the times I look back to. "There are no old-fashioned things really. They're only old-fashioned to people who never knew them. There are no up-to-date things, either. It all depends on you." ---Exchange. SWEET English Version Mrs. Kent—"Is your tea sweet e- nough, Mr. Southern?" Mr. S.—"Well, not quite, Mrs. Kent." Mrs, K.—"Isere is a lump of sug- ar." ugar? Irish Version . Mea. O'Brien-- "An' how's yen tay, Mr's. Murphy?" Mrs. Murphy --,"Sure of cud be da'en. wi' • some more sugar,' Mrs. O'Brien, thank ye." 'Mrs. OrBrien— "here's the bowl, help perself." , Scottish Version Mrs. MaeDonaiid — "What's wrong wi ye, Mr. 1VI'P'herson, ye're no drink - in' yer tea?" Mr. M'Pheison--f'It's no sweet • 5 eneuch Mrs, MacDonald." . 'Mrs. ilfacdwnald—"Iia' ye stirred T it?"—Imperial Life Guard • il Household .Economics THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs --Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful and Ins pining. HOLIDAY LUGGAGE When jpacki+ng up to go away, .Before you start, Take with you on your holiday A cheery heart. Good -will lin plenty take as well, Because the train May be too -crowded, who can tell? Or it may rain. 1 Rose -tinted glasses do not need A lot of room; Take' them, the sun will then succeed A day of gloom, Take money, yon must pay your fare But, bear in mind: Don't take your worries and your cares Leave those 'behind. ---Women's Department 1 Orillia Packet -Times. crslea JOURNEY'S END No matter how long it takes me to find , The finch -haunted wood, the mea- dow I knew, Until they again greet my heart and mind No port is a refuge, no journey is through. Whether a year or a dozen from now, Whether my eyes are in peace or in pain, I'll handle the haft of the friendly plow That waits for the grip of n1y hands again. I'll drink of the winds I couldn't forget Rekindle the hearth to a sunset light, Stand where the dew on the clover is suet, As gay in my heart as the day is bright; Firm -looted at last—as a man should be -- Ten jumps from a stream and next door to a tree! --.Bert Cooksley. •taissosa GARDEN THOUGHTS I love a leafy walk That leads to shady nooks • Where I can sit alone and think The thoughts not found in books. For never yet a poet lived Could paint a rose -soul true, Nor summon half its frangrance sweet, Full bathed in morning dey; Nor bring to dight the secret thought By petal -doors concealed, Nor catch with fragile words the tints By sunlight bright revealed. No wonder that I see the walk That leads to shady nooks Where I can sit alone and think The thoughts not found in books. —.Reuben E. Nelson. THE LAST TRYST Give me your hand pard, T'm going away, Never again at the dawn of day, Shall we stand together, with sun on our right, Or camp in the cedars when shadows bring night. 1 Never again shall we keep forest tryst, By rapids or whirlpool, nor watch the grey mist Lift to snake room for the 'on -coming day That is all over, I'm going away. As the pine fastens a star on it's lance, You may remember that night of good chance When from the darkness I came to your 'Eire There to receive what all then most desire. Comradeship wonderful. Pard take my hand, Words are useless, but you under- stand All I would tell to you, grave things and gay, God will stay with you Pard, I go away. Lillie A. Brooks. THE DOCTOR'S WAITING -ROOM Without, gray togs have settled down And silence broods the hour we wait; o solemnly the cloak ticks on;, Within, low voices sound sedate. he ear detects the clink of glass, While liquids gurgle measured out; Advertim �r And pungent odors slowly pass, From the Dispensary about. The telephone is often heard; Patients enter, and take their place I sit and count my turn, the third, Since two o'clock. • They come a- pace. Filde's picture's on the wall "The Doctor" print in black and white. 1 There's two diplomas in the hall, In ancient script, their seals so bright. Snatches of counsel closed doors be. hind— Somebody's baby bas a rash; A. youth brings papers to be signed. (Insurance claims mean ready cash.)• That aged matron has left for home; The old man's chair is now empty; A maiden enters all alone. The clock hands point to three - twenty. No weariness is it to wait At the Doctor's for an afternoon; For whether I come early or late, There's interest in that waiting room. —Lyon. INLAND No, little town, your streets will never run • Down to the sudden glitter of the sea, Nor can her salty fogs put out your sun, Her gulls wheel over yen inquisi- tively, • Watching the river I have thought these things; Leaned over bridges, idly dipped my hand Into the clear, sweet flow sof moon tarn springs, Reaching for shells and seaweed and white sand. So, to such ones as listen for the beat Of surf on coasts incessant winds provoke, You will remain a stranger, incom- plete -4 A. chime of bells, a wreath of chim- ney smoke Under some hill, where men ease not at all For ships and tides and glamorous ports of call. t ---Leslie Nelson Jennings. HOME A home, to be a home, must be A place of love, of charity, Where teardrops flow and laughter rings And every one to mother brings Their sorrows, whether great or small, Seeking her comforting for all. Al home, to be a home, must be A heaven on this earth, where we Revel in mother's home -matte bread And see the halo round her head. Every member of the family must In God Almighty learn to trust, And never fail to say their prayers Beside their humble bed upstairs. • A home, to be a hone, must be A place where folks drop in to see How the great world is treating us, Friends over whom we love to fuss, Just like they do when visit we Their homes, to have a cup o' tea. A home, to be a home, is this --- A baby's coo, its warms, sweet kiss, Where little cheeks are smeared with jam, And sweet's the scent of baking ham, And under many a chair there'll be Somebody's gum stuck carelessly, --Tom LLoyd Finlayson. ommeese THE KING'S HIGKVt1AY I knows- road whose ribboned length, Smooth surfaced as a floor, Was once, a route of cavaliers" In stately ,coach and four. ; Here gallant beaux in powdered wig, And belles in ruffled gown, To many a party, ball and rout, Rode down to old Jamestown. How still it is along the road, How most divinely still—. The sunlit pattern of the leaves, The shadows on the hill My motor purrs in warm contents A rabbit scurries by, A drift of crows with lazy wings Climb up a drowsy sky. I pass an orchard that ,has foamed To clouds of feathery pink, The 'air is thrilled with mating call Of thrush and bob -o -link. I catch my breath! Across a field Of wind-blown silvery wheat, The wraith of Pocahontas glides On light elusive feet. Through field and wood and sleepy town, The road 'winds on its way, White drifting clouds against the blue, Frail butterflies at play. It winds with many a bend and curve To cross a singing river, Where pale green willow fringes trail, And tall marsh grasses quiver. If you are worn with city streets, Or choked with dusty fret, Ride down the road with Washington, Match wits with Lafayette! —.By Florence Wilson Roper, tri Dallas, Texas, Kaleidoscope. REGARDING ROAD' i BUILDING Editor News -Record: I see that our town council are preparing Rat- tenbury and part of William streets for what should be a permanent road- way. I am of the opinion that a six inch tile drain down the center of the streets connected to laterals run to outlets would be far superior to tile drains in the storm sewers, The formation of the soil in Clinton is clay and quick sand, tate only way to build a permanent road over a quick- sand bed is to scrape out the road 7 or 8 feet wide and 10 to 14 inches deep and fill in with cobblestone with a light coat of gravel, rolled in, or dig the sand an extra inch deep, lay a board on the sand 1 inch x 6 or 8 inches wide, with a strlp 0f tar pa- per, or light roofing on the board, to lap around the tile, less 2 or 3 inches on the top, for water on quick- sand always will rise to the top, and will force its way through a light plastic layer, as it did last spring on Shipley street, when heavy traffic like oil trucks, drove the tarvia layer into the sand, when the frost lifted the road bed there were thousands of cracks in the plastic layer. It loolced like a waste of money. I don't wish to be a critic or criticize the actions of any body of man who think they are right, but outside of civil engin- eers, there are few practical road builders. S have no axe to grind but I don't lilce to see the ratepayers' taxes wasted by experimenting, building roads on back streets, that have to be closed to heavy traffic spring and fall, when they are required. Why should our council use such material, when these are thousands of tons of good road material in close proxim- ity to our town, such as has been us, ed on our front street, which has stood heavy traffic for years? ---Yours, A. Cantel on. Clinton, July 17th, 1933. ,rm!Ic,'t PENJN D Y"' ESSES and SUITS. Master Cleaned and Tailor Pressed SPEU'\L System of Dry -Cleaning Local Agency Lcbb's General Sore CLINTON 1hikyC?''i,t.y. aye Such a St {' M ry to ell