HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1933-10-12, Page 7THURS., ;OCT. 12, 1933
'THE -CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
PAGE 7
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Health, Cooking,
Care of Children
PAGE Of
INTEREST
Edited By Lebam Hakeber Kralc
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iA Column Prepai ed Especially, for Women—
But Not Forbidden to Men
THE RIGHT TO CREATE
' "Never having belonged to a
trades union, but, having worked
far longer hours at top tension,
than trades unionists ever dream
of working, we always feel per-
fectly free to say our say on
labor questions. Now one of our
settled convictions is, that,
though strikers may think they
are striking for higher wages
and shorter hours, that since the
machine came in, these never
have been the real mainspring of
the insurgence. Journalists work
long hours, at exacting tasks for
small pay, but we don't strike.
Why? Not because we wouldn't
like less wines and higher pay,
but because, with all its great
difficulties we love our work.
We are not, day in and day out
snaking bolt No. 349. We
are using our creative pow-
ers, we can see our completed
work. This is not to say that
strikes for decent wages and de-
cent hours have not been neces-
sary at times. But we are sure
that they never have been, and
never will be, the sole cause of
complaint. When the machine
age came, it brought monotony,
and monotony 'doth work a mad-
' mess in the brain'"
The above is from the wise pen
mf the woman editor of The Mail and
:Empire, who can often put the point
•'on an ergument when many a man
fails. And I believe in this instance
she's nearer right than nine men out
of ten will admit. Though women
are, perhaps, wiser in these things.
'That is what makes the work of a
;housekeeper tolerable, she's never
done and she receives no pay, works
for her board and the clothes -she can
afford to buy after the family are
all supplied. But she's managing her
own business, doing creative work of
a high order. The same is true of
the farmer. He would often like
shorter hours and more pay, but, if
he likes his work and is interested hi
it, it doesn't grow monotonous. The
man or woman who works at a ma-
chine, making the same thing the
live long day, indoors and often with
artificial light, needs to have short
hours.
REBEKAH
LOOK AFTER CHILDREN AT
NIGHT,
If the ruination of any boy or girl
is desired let them roam the streets
at will. There is nothing that will
ruin a boy so much as unhatched
liberty. It is during these night car-
ousals that they learn the vulgarism
which later on will grow to some-
thing worse, and the idea of having
so little respect for themselves or
those about them. Alas, the above
is only too true, but the average
parent is much more to blame than
the child. Too much carelessness on
the part of the parent is indulged in
allowing children to roans about of
an evening when they should be at
home or employed at some occupa-
tion.
ROW DIS MAN LUBS CHICKEN
Rural life still has its fascination.
The hot chicken suppers are again
in our widst, One of them is in
our own personal midst as we write.
In spite of the so-called depression
the chickens are just as tender, the
crust is just as flaky, the pumpkin
pies are just as toothsome and the
patronage that these happy social
affairs are receiving appears to be
just as big as of yore.
—St. Marys Journal -Argus.
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THE THYMUS GLAND
At the upper part or the nest
where the chest nierges into the root
of the neck, there is a narrow space,
;largely walled -in by unyielding
bones, in which are crowded large
blood -vessels, important nerves, and
the tub*s which carry food • to the
.stomach and air to the lungs. In
this restricted area is to be found
the 'thymus gland.
' The thymus gland manufactures
white •blood cells. Whether or not
this is its only function has not been
• definitely determined. The thymus
gland of the normal child grows
with the child until about the thir-
• tenth year, when it begins' to a-
trophy and practically disappears.
Like any other part •of the .body;
the thymus 'gland may become ab-
• normal or diseased. • Ehlargement
of the thymus canoe trouble and is
responsible, each year, for a num-
' ber 'of deaths, nearly all of which
may occur during the first year of
life. The particular tragedy of these
• deaths is that they take' children, of-
ten suddenly, who have • apparently
been in perfect health.
Due to the restricted' space in
Which it is located, enlargement of
the thymus gland gives rise to cer-
• tain symptoms. The most common
ref these is difficulty in breathing,
• which difficulty may be continuous
or: recur at intervals. An attack may
• go on until the Child appears to suf•
'locate and his face becomes purpler
Convulsions may occur.
Maltrosatommaersomonam
Every child who holds his breath
does not do so because of an en-
larged thymus. Indeed, this is as
common means used by young chil-
dren to gain the attention they want.
Nevertheless, holding the breath un,
til the face turns blue may be due
to enlargment of the thymus.
Stridor, which is a high-pitched
whistling sound accompanying
breathing, is also a symptom. The
cry of children showing this symp-
tom is described as metalic. A ten-
dency to throw the head back has a1-
so been noticed.
Whether or not any or all of the
above symptoms in a given child are
due to an enlarged thymus can be
readily determined by the physician,
who examines the child. The only
way for parents to be sure in •such
eases "is to find out from their fam-
ily physician, and it is both the sev-
ere and the mildest variety of symp-
toms which should be investigated
without -delay.
Fortunately, ones: the condition is'
detected, there is available a satis-
factory, ' Simple and safe method of
treatment, whether in X-rays or rad-
ium.
An enlarged thymus gland is a
menace to life. It should therefore
be looked for if suspicious symptoms
are noted, so that it may be prompt-
ly and properly 'treated.
Questions concerning Health, ad,
dressed to the Canadian Medical As.
sociation, 184 College Street, Toron-
to,will ,be answered personally by
letter.
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Now is Time to Set
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Things in Order for
Winter
These days most housekeepers are
getting the home in order- the
autumn and winter, The wise home,
maker checks carefully over the
things that have been put away dur-
ing the warm weather and see to it
that whatever necessary, rugs, pit -
lows, blankets, drapes, cushions, if
not cleaned before being put sway
are cleaned before being placed in
use. Of course, some things aro best
sent to the professional cleaner, but
if tasks are carefully tackled, there
is no reason why, most of this work
should not be done at home. And
there's' a great satisfaction in suc-
cessfully accomplishing • jobb that
used to be entrusted to professionals.
Fabrics and colors should be tested
wherever posible. If there. is the
slightest sign of the dye running,
send the article to the dry cleaner.
A tiny bit of the fabric immersed in
warm water or the rubbing of a
small area of the rug with a cloth
dipped in warm water will soon tell
the story. But if a bit of care on
the part of the homemaker and the
application of soap and water will do
the job, so much the better. There
is really nothing like plain soap and
water for a cleaning job,.
See to it that the soap is one which
will not be injurious to colors. Al-
ways shake thoroughly and free
from dust any and all articles to be
cleaned. To wash a scatter rug, place
it on the table, if it isn't too large.
Room -size ones must of course be
left on the floor. Soap in jelly form
is excellent for cleaning rugs. Dis,
solve plenty of mild soap in a very
small amount of warm water and
leave to cool. Your judgment will
indicate tha right quantities. Apply
the soap jelly to the rug with a
small bristle brush, a small area at
a time, and rub in a circular notion.
Use a flat, blunt device to scrape off
any excess soap. Rinse very thor-
oughly by mopping all over with a
cloth wrung out of clear, warm wat-
er. See to it that all the soap is
rinsed off and that the back of the
rug has not been made wet. Then
go over the entire surface with a
thick, dry, clean cloth. Don't step
on a rug left on the floor 'until it is
perfectly dry.
Glazed chintz curtains or drapes
present a problem, yet they can be
perfectly cleaned at home. After
shaking or brushing to dislodge all
dust, rub quickly over with a cloth
wrung out of warm soapy water.
Then go over the surface again with
another cloth wrung almost dry out
of clear, warm water, so that the
fabric isn't dampened more or longer
than is abeelutely necessary. En-
deavor to keep the fabric as straight
and smooth as possible. Wrinkling
will crack the highly glazed finish.
If you want to do a perfect job.
press with a moderately warm iron
on the right side, bort be careful not
to stretch out .of shape.
Care of Skin Has Been
a Feminine Instinct
for Ages
Women today with their creams
and facials and other methods of
skin care may think that they are
the last word in beauty culture, but
over 2,000 years ago in Biblical times,
Poppaea, wife of Nero, took daily
baths in goats' milk. In fact, the
earliest records of cosmetics date
back to the Atlantions in 2300 B.C.
History records that the self-pre-
servation of beauty has been a fem,
mine instinct since life began.
Creams and lotions have always
been part of such beauty culture.
The ancient rulers even had their
court cosmetician.
Yet women today have the sante
skin problems as thousands of years
ago. The skin, as an organ of the
body, was designed to remain clear
and beautiful under normal condi-
tions. Modern living conditions, dry
artificial heat, and dust,- soot and
chemicals of traffic and near -by
factories demand the use of creams
and lotions to cleanse, stimulate, lub-
ricate and protect the skin. Modern
life together . with lack of proper
exercise and improper diet, tend to
dry the skin and create unsightly
skin blemishes.
Different skins, however, require
different treatments. One skin is
oily arid requires a certain kind of
treatment; another skin is dry and
another partly dry and partly oily.
So each woman has to find her
own particular way to beauty just
as Poppaea did, adapting `her treat-
ment to her needs, whether she be
subjected .to harsh' winds, blistering
sun or the more insidious clangers of
modern living conditions.
0 0MEN
I! Household
Economics
Their hearts are so sad and so lone-
ly
Ivor the children they tended so dear;
But they never stay home an evening
Never a kind word of cheer,
Ohl why are the young folks so
thoughtless,
Neglecting the old people so,
(Filling their poor lives with sadness,
Filling their poor hearts with woe,
—Anon,
Upward Trend' Now
Under' Way
Hon. E. N. Rhodes and Prominent
Bankers Endorse Bennett's
Figures
The Prime Minister's confident
and encouraging statement introduc-
ing the new Dominion Loan has cre-
ated a very positive and favourable
reaction throughout the Country. Its
clear-cut expression of hig conviction
that recovery is under way; together
with the evidence he cited, have
stimulated a growing sense of op-
truism in business circles which is
reflected .in the subscriptions to the
New Loan. There has also hieen
widespread endorsement of his view
that, although the road may be long
and progress slow, the events of the
past six months appear to demon-
strate with increasing clarity that
the downward trend has come to a
definite stop and that the upward
trend is in progress.
Some examples of the comment
from prominentCanadians follow.
Honourable E. N. Rhodes, Minister
of Finance: "As Canadians we must
all share in the sense of encourage-
ment that the Prime Minister has in,
spired by his statement regarding
the improvement in business ,condi-
tions throughout this country. It
has called our attention to indica-
tions of recovery • that have become
increasingly 'definite with each suc-
ceeding month, and, which have been
so sustained and consistent that one
can no longer doubt their signifi-
cance."
Spirit of Confidence
Sir Thomas White, 'Vice -Pres-
ident Canadian Bank of Commerce:
"I fully concur with the statement
of the Prime Minister as to the up-
turn which has taken place progres-
sively in Canadian business during
the past few months. In almost every
branch of the Country's economic life
there has been manifest a slow but
steady advance from the low point of
last April. Despite adverse crop con-
ditions I found, during my recent
tour of the West, not only a spirit of
confidence but quite noticeable signs
of improvement,"
Profesor Gilbert Jackson, Director
of the Course in Conmerce and Fin-
ance of the University of Toronto
and Economist of the Bank of Nova
Scotia: "The very temperate state-
ment made by the Prime 'Minister
with reference to recent improve-
ments in Canada is fully validated by
the fact. Not only have the physical
volume of business and production
increased since February by thirty-
four per cent, but an even more en-
couraging point is that the prices of
basic commodities have risen approx-
imately in the same ratio. This has
then followedby marked increase in
manufacturing activity. Even in
construction there are signs of im-
provement. Most encouraging of all
is the increased confidence of the
public in the situation evidenced by
their increased readiness to spend.
The rate of turnover of bank depos-
its has increased very rapidly since
the spring."
Improvement is Definite
M. W. Wilson, Vice -President and
General Manager of The Royal Bank
of Canada: "The Prime Minister has
quoted statistics to show that there
are definite signs of trade recovery
in Canada, but, in my opinion, these
statistics do not fully reflect the im-
provement which has oeeured. While
there are still a number of clouds
on the business horizon, notably the
low price of wheat and the partial
crop failure, business throughout
Canada has shown a definite and, in
a number of industries, a marked
improvement, and my confidence in a
continued upward trend is strength-
ened by the background of what
seems to be a definite world-wide
recovery. It would be foolish to
minimize the seriousness and extent
o£ the problems still facing us, but
the evidence of improvement will
enable us to attack these with greater
heart and spirit. We are now offer-
ed an opportunity to show our eon-
fidetice in ourselves and Canada in
supporting the Government in its es-
sential financial operations. Domin-
ion of Canada Bonds are the premier
securities aveilable to investors."
EXETER: Isaac Dunsford well-
known fanner resident in Hay Town-
ship, near Exeter, was painfully in-
jured at his hone Friday, week.
Mr. Dunsford was operating a load-
ing fork which was conveying beans
from a wagon to the hay mow. The
fork with its Load of abort half a
ton broke, striking him on the head
and throwing him 10 feet to the
floor where he steno& his head, in-
flicting painful injuries. Those as-
sisting Mr. Dunsford. .hastily sum-
moned Dr. J. Harry Browning, of
Exeter, who found that in addition to
scalp injuries the unfortunate man
had ahnost severed lis tongue, and
THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing You Their Sor gs—Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful
and Ins piring-
BON VOYAGE
As the white grills a ship pursue,
Dip and wheel in the foaming
wake.
Pause and plunge to the restless blue
Never their chosen guide forsake:
So will my thoughts, where'er you go
Surely and swiftly follow after,
Linger over the scraps you throw—
Pictmre-postcarded words and
laughter.
• --Molly Bevan.
THE RUNE OF HOSPITALITY
I saw a stranger yestereen;
I put food in the eating place,
Drink in the drinking place,
Music in the listening place,
And in the sacred name of the Triune
He blessed myself and my house,
My cattle and my dear ones,
And the lark said in her song,
Often, often, often
Goes the Christ in the stranger's
guise,
Often, often, often
Goes the Christ in the stranger's
guise.
—Old Gaelic rune recovered by Ken-
neth McCleod.
• WHEN, I HAVE GONE
When I have gone
Spend not the days in mourning,
Nor vainly long
That I should come again
To sharp life's song,
Remember me
As one you met in passing;
As busily,
Across the space dividing,
You smiled at me.
Let not your eye
Shed the sad tear of custom;
But look on high,
And when the sun is shining,
I{now I passed by.
—G. 12. Chapman.
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"AS YE SOW—"
A. sower sowed a beautiful thought
In his garden of words one day;
It blossomed and grew, though he
knew it not,
And it choked the weeds away.
It grew and flourished, a lovely flow-
er,
The thought that was sown with
care;
And the sower saw what a mighty
power
A. thought may be, with prayer.
So, planting his garden, he bowed
his head
And prayed that his thoughts be
fair;
And he reaped a harvest of love, men
said,
From the thoughts he planted
there.
—Kenneth Robinson.
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BELSSED IS NIGHT
Blessed is night, for then poor weary
mortals,
Whether of countryside or teem-
ing towns—,
Poets and pickle -makers, cooks and
•
chemists,
Bankers and broncho -.busters,
kings and clowns;
Medical -men and urbane undertakers,
Poverty-stricken scribes and mil-
lionaires;
Traffic policemen, beery bums and
bakers,
Bald-headed barbers, sellers of
plums and pears;
Shepherds and statesmen, wise and
unwise professors,
Editors, lawyers, honest men and
thieves,
Trombone players and tiresome tax
assessors,
Gaitered bishops and smiths with
rolled -up sleeves—
Seek their rooms in mansions, cots
and villas,
Go to bed like good . little boys
again;
Sleep and, sleeping, dream-cf the
golden summers
They knew ere the years had made
them foolish men.
—Ernest H. A. Home.
THE COMING OF THE TREES
"Let trees be made, for Earth is
bare,'
Spake the voice of the Lord in
that several ribs were broken. thunder.
miness T
day,
50
�tising Mast
The roots ran deep and the trees
were there,
And Earth was full of wonder,,
For the white -birch leaned, the oak
held straight,
The pines marched down the moun-
tain;
The orchards bowed with their blos-
somed weight
And the elm rose up like a foun-
tain.
The palm stood proud as Aaron's rod,
The willow billowed slowly.
So came the trees at the call of
God;
And all the trees are holy.
—Arthur Guiterman,
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HOW! ,
"How can you live in Goshen?"
Said a friend from far—
"This wretched country town
'Where folk talk little things all year,
And plant their cabbage by, the
moon!"
Said I!
I do not live in Goshen—
I eat here, sleep here, work here;
I live in Greece,
Where Plato taught,
And Phidias carved,
And Epictetus wrote.
I dwell in Rome,
Where Michelangelo wrought
In color, form and mass;
Where Cicero penned immortal lines.
And Dante sang undying songs.
Think not my life is small
Because your see a puny place:
I have my books; I have my dreams;
A thousand souls have left for me
Enchantment that transcends
Both time and place.
And so I live in Paradise,
Not here.
—Edgar Frank.
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AUTUMN
'Tis summer still, yet now and then
a leaf
Falls from some stately tree. True
type of life!
How emblematic of the pangs that
grief
Wrings from our blighted hopes,
that one by one
Drop from us in our -wrestle with
the strife
And natural passions of our stately
youth.
And thus we fall beneath life's sum-
mer sun.
Each step conducts us through an
opening door
Into new halls of being, hand in
hand
With grave Experience, until we
command
The open, wide -spread autumn fields,
and store
The full ripe grain of Wisdom and of
Truth.
As on life's tott'ring precipice we
stand,
Our sins like withered leaves are
blown about the land.
Charles Sangster.
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WHY ARE THE YOUNG FOLKS
SO THOUGHTLESS
It seems that today all the young
folks
Forget what the' Bible does say,
To "Honour thy Father and Mother,"
To love them and always obey.
The children forget that their par-
ents
Slaved for them 'till they were
grown, •
And now when they need love and
comfort
The old folks are left all alone.
There's a kindly and old fashioned
couple
Alone by the fireside tonight,
Their bodies are weary and feeble,
Their hair long ago has turned white.
OUTBOUND
The black sea parts to let us pass,
The harbor lights are gone;
A thousand nameless stars wheel up
Between the dusk and dawn.
We're outbound for England,
Our furrow flinging wide;
A thrusting wind is at our side,
And the long wave lifts us on.
My feet upon the forward deck
Have worn the very seams,
(And shall I know the Devon coast
When some red morning streams?)
All night my watches follow
The bells that break the dark
(And will the Cornish cliffs
stand stark
As they have stood in dreams )
One star burns on above the mast
While twenty million roam,
A mooreland wind will make at last
Across the bitter foam,
An old rade of headland
Come shouldering at the prow
I know they hear in Surrey
now
My heart's blood beating home!
—Nancy Byrd Turner.
OPPORTUNITY
It's easy for the strong to say
"Play well, ye weak, your part,"
It's easy for the well today
To bid the sick take heart.
It's easy for the young (ah, yes!)
To cry "Ye old, be brave."
The rich can say without distress:
"Dread not a pauper's grace."
But weak and sick and poor and old
Not quite so easy then
To face the world with courage bold
And, falling, rise again.
Not quite so easy then to smile
When time and fate betray,
And all life's journey, mile by mile,
Saps failing strength away.
Hats off to him whose breaking
heart
Has still refused to break,
Who plays the bold courageous part
Who smiles for others' sake.
But if, perchance, of mortal men
Some mortal helpless lie,
Not his alone the testing then—
Shall all amen pass him by?
--J. K. L.
OYSTERS AND LOBSTERS RICH
IN FOOD VALUE
It has Veen found that oysters are
rich in vitamin A. and B and that
their potency in this respect is only
slightly less when cooked. Vitamin
A has to do with supporting vitality
and vitamin B is of value in pre-
venting nervous derangements and
promoting growth and appetite, and
the season is on.
CANADIAN EGGS INTEREST
SPAIN
Eggs of brown shell are consider-.
ed superior in Spain and bring high-
er prices, is a statement rade by a
Spanish buyer. It was also said that
eggs offered should be 05 grammes
in weight. Spain does not possess
poultry farms in the modern sense
but the people like eggs and supplies
are obtained from South America,
Turkey, Morocco, Bulgaria and
Egypt. Canada now hopes to share.
in this market.
THE MAIN DIFFICULTY
"My advice to you, Colonel, is to
go through the movements of driving
without using the ball," said the golf
instructor.
"My dear fellow," . answered the
Colonel, "that's precisely the trouble
I'm wanting to overcome!"
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