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
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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.
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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
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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.
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