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The Clinton News Record, 1933-08-24, Page 71'1-MRS.,'AUGUST24, 1933 Health, Cooking, Care of Children THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD INTEREST Edited By Lebam Hakeber Kral& ���itaiio�s of Rebekall A Column Prepared Especially for 'Women— But Not Forbidden to Men THE BEST OF YOUR KIND If you can't be a pine on the top of a t hill, Be a scrub in the valley but be The best little scrub by the side of the hill; 13e a bush if you can't be a tree. • If you can't be a bush, be a bit of the grass, And some highway happier make; If you can't be a muskie, then just be a bass— But the liveliest bass in the lake. We can't all be captains; we've got to be crew; There's something far all of us here, ` There's big work to do and there's lesser to do, And the task we must do is near. If you can't be a highway, then just be a trail; If you can't be the sun, be a star. It isn't by size that you win or you fail— Be the best of whatever you are. --Douglas Malloch. It is rather pathetic to think how many of us aro content to do any sort of work, anything that will pass I muster, not troubling ourselves to do the very beat we can. hfost of us would like to be able ••to do some great thing, something that would arrest the attention of the public; snake a great name for our- selves. But failing that, and it cer4 tainly fails the great majority of us, we are not careful to do the very best that is in us. But may that not be just why we cannot' do great things? A. great man. or woman is usually just one who does the little things corning to hand as well and as thoroughly as it is possible to perform them. 'Greater things then come to hand and capacity grows with per- formance and before the person is a, wave he or she is considered "Great." And these people are usually unaware of their greatness. They attained it quite without effort in that connec- tion. That is the reason really great people are so unassuming. They have been so busy performing the duties at hand they have not even thought of their effect on others, Genius is the capacity for taking pains, as someone says, and it may be that if we had all cultivated that capacity we should all have been. wonderful people by this time. Any- way, I believe we should all be hap- pier, for few things in life yield the satisfaction which the honest per- formance of seine worthwhile piece of work does. Slipshod work gives no satisfaction to anyone, whether it be in school, in the home, in the work- shop or anywhere else. Putting our best into our work is something we owe ourselves. --eREBEKAIL. Some Good Salads and Dressings • ., As summer weather Iingers salads are still often the main dish at a meal. Here area few tried ones caused by a short circuit in a wire be - which will be enjoyed: Chopped Lettuce and Egg Salad Chep leaf lettuce, finely, Marin- ate, with oil, vinegar, salt and pep- per. Arrange piles of marinated lettuce on lettuce leaves. Garnish with hard cooked eggs cutin wedge shaped pieces, Serve immediately with boiled dressing or mayonnaise. Potato and Lettuce Salad 5 boiled potatoes, 1 tblsp. finely chopped parsley, 1-2 c. finely chop- ped celery, 1 tsp. onion juice, 1 cup finely shredded and chopped lettuce, 1-4 tsp. celery seed; 1 tsp. finely chopped pinente, 1-4 cup boiled dressing, a-4 cup mayonnaise, salt and pepper. Boil potatoes, drain and cool. Cut into 1-4" cubes. Add parsley, celery, onion juice, Iettuce, celery seed and pimento, tribe light- as1 €at Swat OF TICE, Gttttabitttt tliebirat , gsnritttion and Life Insurance Companies in Canada. GRANT FL DELAY OR. NEGLECT The consequence of delay .or meg, led are seen every clay. Neglect is as frequently a sin of omission as of commission. Nobody appreciates the value of fire insurance more than the individual whose hone has just burned down and who finds that ' he has not neglected to pay the last premium. •Similarly, the loss of a breadwinner is somewhat assuag- ed when his family know that, through life insurance, they have not been left penniless and dependent . upon charity. And so it is with health. Delay in • obtaining sound advice and neglect in securing attention for what appears .to the individual to be a miner ill are all too frequently admitted by people who first go to their doctor with the late symptoms of sonic grave disorder. Gradually, !the sym- toms have become worse, until the victim, forced by the acuteness of •itis suffering or the entreaties of his • friends, goes to seek that aid which offers its greatest hope of cure' the 'early stages. bejagged just a teeth ' r -:� It may.1 as a an ill-fitting denture which has kept up a constant irirtation of the deli - tate lining of the mouth until the Edited by Pr ZING. M.D., Associate Secretary spot has become an ulcer and refus- es ;to heal, Or again, perhaps it is that constant pain in the back, tv'hieh seldom is kidney. trouble as is popu, larly thought, but niay be due to disease in some organ. The repeated pain and 'distress in the stomach, particularly after eating, i,nay have been the slight ailment complained of in the majority of cases of gas- tric ulcer. There is nobody with this disease at the present time, who would not if he could, exchange his disorder for the opportunity once afforded hie of a more carefully supervised, diet or medical attention to this "slight, ailment" earlier in life. , The same may be aid of a great. number of diseases. Instances with- out number might be noted. Not all disease •comes "like a bolt from the blue", most of them show, in various small 'ways, the beginning of what, with neglect, will give rise to a life of suffering and chronic disorders for .which there may be little. hope of permanent recovery: Questions concerning Health, ad- dressed to, the 'Canadian Medical As. sociation, 184 College Street, Toron- to, will be answered personally by letter. • Theie is iy'using two forks, so that potatoes will net pack together. Serve with mayonnaise •or boiled dressing •or• • a dressing made of equal parts of boiled . dressing and mayonnaise is good with potato. salad.. Serve on. lettuce leaves with meat or tomatoes, "German Lettuce Salad (Sometimes Called Wilted Lettuce) 1 bunch leaf lettuce; 8 slices bacon, diced and fried with a finely minced onion 4-5 minutes. Add to bacon a little salt and pepper and 1 tbsp. vinegar. Chopthe lettuce. Pour hot bacon fat and vinegar mixture over the lettuce; mix thoroughly and serve immediately. Beet and Lettuce Salad .,iBoil fresh beets. Drain, cool, and cut • in 1-4" cubes. Marinate with equal parts of salad oil, vinegar, salt and pepper. Mix equal parts of beets and lettuce. Serve on a lettuce , leaf with mayonnaise or boiled dres- sing. SALAD DRESSINGS French Dressing 1.2 tsp, salt, 1-4 tsp. pepper, 4 tbsp. vinegar, 4 tbsp. olive oil. Mix in- gredients and stir until well blended. or put into a bottle and shake well before using. Mayonnaise 1 tsp. 'mustard, 1-2 tsp. salt, cay- enne, 1 cup olive or other salad oil, 2 tbsp. vinegar or 2 tbsp. lemon jtiice, 1 egg, Mix the mustard, salt and cayenne; when well blended add the unbeaten egg and beat slightly with a Dower egg beater. Add a quarter of the oil and beat and continue beating. Repent until all the oil is added, then beat in the vinegar 'or lemon juice. If the vine- gar is very acid it should be diluted with water. Boiled Dressing 1-2 tsn. salt, 3-4 tsp, mustard, 1 tbsp. flour, 1 tbsp. sugar, 1 egg or yolk of .2 eggs 1 tablespoon of butter, 1-2 cup ' of hot water, 1-4 cup vinegar. Mix dry ingredients in the top of a double boiler. Add the beaten egg and the water and vinegar. Cook over boiling water stirring constantly until thick. Re- move from heat, add the butter. Strain if necessary, Chill. Roaring, plunging outboard motor- boats, graceful yachts and the sleek, flimsy shells of the oarsmen will be aquatic features at the Canadian National Exhibition this year. A FRIEND Who is a friend? I will tell you. Ile is a person with whom you dare to be yourself. Your soul can go naked with hint. He seems to ask of you to put on nothing, only to be what you are. He does not want you to be better or worse. When you are with him you feel as a prisoner feels who has been declared innocent. You don't have to be on your guard, You Can say what you think, so long as it is genuinely yott. He understands these contradictions in yeur natare that leads others to misjudge you. With hint you breathe freely. You can avow your little vanities and envies and ]rates, and vicious sparks. your meanness and absurdities, and in opening them up to him they are lost, dissolved on the white ocean of his loyalty. He understands, Yoe do not have to be careful. You can abuse him, neglect hint, tolerate him, Best of all, you eau keep still with him. It makes no matter, Ile likes you. He is like water that cleanses all you say. He is lire that purges all ,you do. He ie like wine that warms you to the bone. He under- stands you. You can weep with him, laugh a'vth him, pray with him. Through and underneath it all he sees, knows and loves you. A friend. I repeat, is ono with whom you dare to be ,yourself, and whom you can trust.—Selected. ROAD MATERIAL' BY THE LAREFUL A natural phenomenon which at- tracts numbers of visitors to Trini- dad in the British West, Indies is the * pitch lake, Daring the past' 50 * years, 5,000,000 tons of asphalt have * leen shipped from this lake to all PAGE 7. Household Economics NOTED WRITER'S ,1sIRST LOVE BORN IN MARITIM;ES The original of "Biumine" of Tho; mss Garlyle's " Sartar Resartus," his first love, was born. M Charlottetown P.B.I. and some years later returned. as the wife of a Governor of Prince Edward. Island, says the Tourist and Convention Bureau of the Canadian National Railways.. She was Mar- garet Gordon, a" daughter of Dr..Al- exander. Gordon, and Margaret Pat- terson, who was a daughter of Cap- tain General Walter Patterson, first English governor of the island. She was born in Charlottetown on Aug. ust 24, 1798, and moved with her family to Halifax in 1800 where her father was attached to the militia. Margaret, with her sister, went to Scotland and while there met. Car- lyle but her relatives frowned on his suit and she married 'a budding fig- -ure in .political life who afterwards became •Sir Alexander Bannerman who was, first, Governor of Prince Edward Island, then of the Bahamas, in the British West Indies, and lastly of: Newfoundland. GETS USED TO IT An editorial in a leading paper says that after 15 years in business a newspaperman becomes reconciled to the following facts: (1) He will always be regarded as some sort of a freak; (2) That the favors he does will usually be unnoticed, but his mistakes, never; (3) That when he gets in a crowd someone will say jocularly, "don't talk in front of the editor, he'll put it in the paper:" CONSIDER THE HAMMER It keeps its head. It doesn't fly off the handle. It keeps pounding away. It finds the point, then drives it house. It looks at the other side, too; and thus often clinches the matter. It makes mistakes, but when it floes, it starts all over. It is the only lcnocker in the world that does any good. If you are inclined to lose your head and fly aft the handle, consi- der the hammer, --Klamath Falls Club, NAMES ON THE FARMS Li motoring through the country- side one is often Curious to know who is the owner of a particular farm, You may puss the property occasionally for years and never know who lives there. Then one day you accidentally discover that the owner is a man you know and meet occasionally, Too bad you have not been able to link him up in your mind all this time with the fine farm he owns. One would think that pride of ownership in a well - kept property would stimulate the owner to let the world know who lives there, But too often there is no sign on the gate or the mail box to indieate the name of the occupant. The other clay we noted a conspicu- ous sign on the roof of a barn which could not miss the eye, It read: ',John Smith, lot 14, son. 1." It contained information that the passerby would be interested in. Not a bad idea,'either. —St. Marys Journal -Argus. I meneath the roof of the combined horse Palace, Coliseum and Live Stock Pavilion at the Canadian Na- tional.Exhibition, 'Toronto, there are 241-2 acres of floor space. * * * * * * THE NEWS -RECORD * w * * * * * * * t+ * 4. i. * * * • * • • THE NEW -RECORD IS AN ALL-AROUND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, WITH SOME- THING OF INTEREST FOR EVERY MEMBER OT' THE FAMILY. • ARE YOU A REGULAR.." SUBSCRIBER. IF NOT, WHY NOT? THE NEWS -RECORD VIS- ITS Y 0 U REGULARLY EACH WEEK 0E THE FIF- TY-TWO • IN THE YEAR AND COSTS LESS THAN THREE CENTS PER WEEK. YOU CANNOT GET 1VIORE FOR YOUR MONEY ANY- * • parts' of the world and there is •stiII * WHERE. COME IN OR SEND plenty for future generations. Dur., i * 101' YOUR STI;BSCRIPTION ing this time the level of tite lake * FOR THE CLINTON NEWS- has fallen 20 feet. The estimated * REGORD ONLY $1.50 POR depth is 285 feet and the lake coverd x, 1938: an area of 114 acres. Siam is another country that will show its wares at the •Canadian Na- tional; Exhibition tl0is year. The Siamese government is making a specialty of rice culture.. The dis- play will be a moat interesting and unique one * * • * Swimmers of both sexes from all parts of the world -have entered the Canadian National. Exhibition Mara- thon (Swims again thrs year. • Sprint swimmers will also be in attendance for the shorter races. THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE ' POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad— But AIways Helpful and Ins piring• ' UNDER THE PURPLE The king passed by upon the wall; The city was in siege, And famine smote upon them all, Vassal and liege. He bore upon his heart their grief; His purple robe was torn, The stricken people saw beneath Sackcloth was worn, 'Tis only he who feels the care That 'weighs his fellows down Is worthy on this earth to wear The leader's crown. —J, F. 'L.. M. eeirrarmea 'THE SWEET LADY She is so gay—+ Such easy sweetness falls away From hers • Her words. are simple as a little wind That sings all day. Such lazy kindliness she spreads a- bout, As thoughtless as her hands that twins And turn their pink palms in and out Such loving weariness has she Of giving- sweetness forth unthink-. tingly, That she is almost sad—still smiling sad, Tired with her all -unknowing minis- try. —Anne Elizabeth Wilson. PROFIT No, profit has a flower Except to grow; Yet it pays for itself, Its hour in blow. By being a flower, a thing To fasten us to spring. Each loveliness we earn By Ioveliness; Worth comes to worth, and so No more, no less, Our profit is to be each day Ourselves; by this we pay, --Lizette W'oodstvorth Reese, in "White April." FLOWERS ARE SO BEAUTIFUL Flowers are so beautiful, Why must they fade? They are the fairest things Old earth has made -- Sunsets in garden plots, Dawns of forget-me-nots. Now the azalea, clad In bright attire, Flames like a burning bash Of mystic fire. Lilies like noon -light gleam Here by the shadowed stream. Flowers are so beautiful, Why must they die? Petals Iike snowflakes Go drifting by, Fading against the blue. Lilce the .fair dreams we knew. -Kate Colquhoun, in Montreal Star. BREADWINNER She would like to sit its the orchard there And knit and dream in the . old arm chair. She is tired—so tired—of the dusty town, She is 55. But her hair is brown, And the lines on her face are hid- den away. If only her hair might show its grey, And her face its furrowsl If weary feet Might wear big shoes! They are cramped and neat. Her hat is fit for 22, But what is a middle-aged woman to do? The battle of work is a problem set; She must keep young—with her liv- in to get. --+Lillian 'Garelt FRIEND OF THE LONELY ROAD Friend of the lonely road, You met me when skies were gray, When mists had covered the moon* tain top And hidden the upward way, Friend of the lonely road, You reached out a helping hand, When the path was rough—the going hard You seemedjust to understand. Friend of the lonely road,. So sure that the clouds would break The flickering .spark of hope is •a. Iight And courage a-.flame--2or your sake! Friend of the lonely road, usiness rat mils .r04 Comrade so steadfast and true, The path is clear to the mountain peak, I shall climb to the top—with you! —,John B. White in The Scotsman, TIIE WANDERER The storm broke open my cabin door, And there, for an instant, I saw hitn stand, That terrible giant with an old command, Whose name had been ,whispered in ancient lore. His one eye swept from ceiling to floor, Then glowed on mine Iike a burn- ing brand. The lightning flashed as he waved his hand And vanished. Yes, he was gone before I had enouyd the courage toask him tvhy My home was suddenly strange and small; And tongues of Lightning out of the sky Made weird designs on the cabin wall, And I should be summoned forth to die On foreign soil in the years to fall. --Garrett Oppenheim in New York Tinges. ONE DAY One day I quite forgot that work must be: Those hours of toil that cause the soul to yearn; I only ,heard the wind's low melody, And heeded but the lure that bade me turn My footsteps down a road where roses grew, Where challices of pink held morning clew. Tho winds made silver music in the air, Rare symphonies for eager trees were played; Forgotten was the world and all its care, And Time was nothing to me as I strayed Beside a little brook, whose laughter low Was tender as the songs of long ago, I loitered where the wild blue iris dreamed Of fairies dancing through the lutppy hours; The quiet pond where water -lilies gleamed Upon its bosom and the woodland bowers Gave wealth untold to me. Across my way The Twilight flung a purple robe one day! ---Aileen Ward. EVERGREEN ERRAND We had agreed on the walk. The hill's green bevel Crept so easily up it stroked a cloud. Till the path we followed led to the purling level Of water along the ridges, stricken aloud. Wo beard the surf of the forest, moving and tossed. We stood as men lost. Quiescent, given to fate. Thy sky Ince a petal •Closing upon an emerald rose the trail Sagged like a rusty hoop. We turn- ed toward the metal Tapping of secret waters; we parted the vail, Creeping down. In hidden country. Clark, deep -messed, We moved as men lost. We were indrawn of the forest, cool- ed, cupped -under, We had no separate country; only seething Water along green alleys, small cry- stal thunder. Breath of our own unheard in the forest's breathing, Over, incessant, ageless. We stumb- led and crossed Miles as men lost. i1'laward McKinley Corning. THE CONTRAST Aman and a jackass Were talking one day, In intimate fashion And their own, native bray. Said the man: "I am wise. I do as I will; Tho the heavens collapse, I'm an autocrat still." Said the jackass: "I'm not. I've little to say; �. My part is so humble, But I'm happy an day." Said the man; "I don't care, Life means one thing to I aim to make money In millions you see." Said the jackass: "I'm free From all worry and doubt; I simply hee-haw While.nten are bawled out!" Now this is the question: Tell . me, if you can, Which one was the jackass, And which was the man? —Anon, me; THE FAIREST The fairest thing that men &mei made, My lad, it is a Ship, 0, beautiful beyond' the white, Wild bird she would outstrip! So beautiful, so beautiful,. A heart must leap to bless, And after her the wake of foam Stay white with happiness. And fairer than all things beside, ' My mind—a Violin; Nay, aught that will give out again The music hid within. Or pipe or string or hollow shell It breaks enchanted sleep, To win awhile the fairy heart, Of air that none may keep. But all of you, you may not go To sail .upon the sea— Who wait upon another's whin For hope of melody— Oh, bless your hunger and your thirst, And give your spirit wings To speed beyond a narrow door The heart that sails and sings! —Josephine Preston Peabody, in "The Singing Leaves." TAKING A GAMBLER'S CHANCE In the natter of motor accidents at railway crossings, says the Brant- ford Expositor, the statistics show that too many drivers continue to take a gambler's ehanee. Notwith- standing efforts of the railways to protect drivers, the latter still per, sist in attempting to beat the trains at the crossings. In other welds, despite warnings and pleas, drivers of automobiles and trucks continue to put locomotives and trains off the tracks at crossings. Usually the for- er vane off second best. In 1082, the statistics show that, in addition to the damage caused to property, 37 lives were lost and 170 persons in., lured in highway crossing accidents on tiro Canadian National Railways, The number of automotive vehicles striking trains was 107, and in eases where trains struck automobiles or trucks the number was 147. These figures prove conclusively that after all. the human element is the supreme factor of safety in mot- or driving. No regulations, howev- er efficient and rigorous, are ade- quate for the protection of thought- less, reckless and inefficient drivers. Careful ch'ivers are continually amaze ed at the chances taken by these classes of motorists on the highways. Very serious aecidents are prevented only because the fernier are alert and guard against dangers arising from the carelessness of the latter, These careless motorists go serenely on their way, paying no heed to the fact that the cautiousness of others saved from collisions or mishaps. Sooner or later, however, they are almost eer'tain'to bring disaster to themselves, as well as to innocent people. The observance of the sig- nal, "Stop, Look and Listen," is all that is required to insure safety at railway crossings. Such a trifling cost appears to be too much for many drivers to pay in order to avoid going to the hospital or the cemetery, WHAT SICKNESS COSTS CANADA It is estimated that the direct cost of illness to Canada is $311,000,000 per year. Almost nine -tenths of this is a direct charge on the individual In addition it is calculated that the loss of future earnings by those who die prematurely amounts to another $1,000,000,000 so that the total an - cost of sickness and premature death reaches the figure of $1,811,- 000,000 annually. Picturesque Travelling Troubadors in the costumes of their native hands willagain be a Canadian National Exhibition feature this year. They perform on outdoor stages in various parts of the park. rt