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The Clinton News Record, 1933-12-14, Page 7°'TH•IJRS., DEC. '14,1933 THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORT7 Health,'Cooping, Care of 'Children T Edited By Lebam. Hakeber Kralc Ruinatinlls o1TRebeta.V A. Column Prepared Especially, for Women But Not Forbidden to Men thinking of the homes in which there - YOUTH i is actually no want, only a •cutting Youth is like a young bulb, hard and off of some of the luxuries enjoyed brown; • , aforetirne. I am, not thinking of the r34ving its life in *secret dark, . far homes in which there is actually , e lack of necessities. In suchhomes' "Below o hwn e'surface.'Hard, but to avert I children are being handicapped in A;;1 alien touch that 'precious life ways of which well-to-do people have might hurt. little knowledge, but they may not Give youth -but. love -warmed life of hear as much complaining as in many sympathy a better class hone. 'In which to grow; where roots (all Children ought to be brought up in frailty) an atmosphere of cheerfulness; in so -May grope and know no fear. Give far as at is possible. Their sensitive youth but this spirits are wounded by contact with :And then'leave it to bloom. There is sourness, grouchiness and self - a bliss ishness to a very marked degree. Ii 'In watching true fruition. So we see makes no real difference to the de - Youth (and the bulb) reach true maturity. `The flowers, so beautiful, needed but vision, ".Though the brown bulb might call forth base derision. —.Myrtle •Corcoran Watts. `SByngwood," Streetsville. People who have reached or pas- sed middle age are all more or less 'inceined to look back over the past and to think that the "former days -were better than these," and espec- ially during the past few years, when most people have experienced some curtailment in the many luxuries formerly enjoyed, if not indeed, in -actual necessities, But, instead of "bitterly complain• ing of the many lacks we have, do we ever stop and consider that many children have had nothing so far but these tines which we seem to think • so hard? Children of or so have lived and moved and had their being in a world full of the talk of depres- • sion, of complaining about "hard times" of looking back to some gold- en age of which they have no per sons? recollection. They have had little of cheerfulness and song, much of complaining and grouching. When speaking in this way I an, to develope the best that is in him? The old world is in, such a turmoil, has been for twenty Years. Just think •of it! That tall lad or that dainty, slim maiden, just 'entering their twenties, have never known the placid, kindly `old world as it was be- fore 1914, when war, as it concerned Canada, was unthinkable and when everyone who had ambition and ener- gy had a chance to make good. The • beginning• of the war is ancient his- tory to him or her, andyet that war' changed all their world. For four years men and women fought, worked, prayed, for the end, velopment of a child whether he is brought up in a poor; home or a rich one, provided he is sufficiently nour- ished, physically, if he is surround- ed with the atmosphere in which his mind and soul are allowed to devel- ope freely, not cramped by unsym- pathetic coldness or selfish indiffer- ence to his real inner self. We have al.. seen happy, healthy. well-developed children come our Vont a so-called poor home, children with the right outlook upon life, who grew into useful Hien and women men and women veady to benefit from any advantage which came to them, first class citizens and an hon- our to their country. On the other hand the more wealthy home may turn out selfish, discontented chil- dren, unfitted to go out and meet the world and take the hard knocks which are sure to be given, and bound to be unhappy all their lives. The home atmosphere and training is whn' makes the difference. The home that turns out chtrdren who are well-de- veloped all around and who have not had their natures soured by living in an atmosphere of selfishness ancl'dis content, is the best home, whether it be rich or poor. 1 ant making a claim for the child of today. Is he having a real chance eatitit, Sitoe oT TI1J Gattttdiatt 1' edirat Agsortation and Life Insurance Companies in Canada. Edited by GRANT FLli MING, M.D., Associate Secretary A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE tance, not only of vitamins, but of •A well-known statement of Alex- ander Pope is that "A little know- ledge is a dangerous thing." The significance of these words shooed be borne in mind by those who attemp to understand the workings of the human body. A little knowledge is not dangerous provided it is recog- nized as being only a little. ' We receive letters asking for a 'diet for acidity, the writer stating that he or she has too much acid in 'the blood, and wants to avoid foods which make acid. These persons have evidently heard something about ac- id, and alkaline foods, and have posi sibly read advertisements about the dangers of acidity. The human body is a delicately balanced machine. The blood never becomes acid. Our correspondents have formed 'the conclusion that their blood is acid, and they do not know that their bodies require a bal. .anced diet --ire which contains both acid—and, eilkali formh1g foods. People have read so much about ' the importance of vitamins that they ' •are, stampeded' into buying special preparations which are . sold to them •as being rich in 'vitamins. The truth ,is that vitamins are important, but they are found in all natural food,, 'The normal person who eats a wide variety of foods secures all the vita. mine he needs. bo, will be answered personally by ' Everyone should know the 'inipor- letter. TO VI 0 1111 E PAGE 7 Household Ecordonlics which came at last. And the long strain seemed to have been too much for a great many, they let go re- straints;conven- tions. cl<ed over conen- strai;tts; they,lcl tions. They entered upon a wild orgy of pleasure -seeking, wealth -getting. And thencame the slump, depression, gloom, dissatisfaction, disillusion- ment„ isillusion-ment The young, people are not to blame for aliyof these things, they, were toe young to be responsible. But they are having to bear the consequences. Is it fair to them? Are they getting a fair deal? . .-REI3EKAFL, WHAT OTHER NEWS PAPERS ARE SAYING ' RURAL TELEPHONES "Hello, everybody"' would appear to be the proper greeting when you take down the receiver for a rural party line call. -!Glencoe Transcript. OeMiereo BETTER BE CAREFUL In our eager haste to remedy our present condition, there is grave danger of our throwing out the baby with the bath. In almost every tra- dition there is 'something valuable. --.Exeter Times -Advocate. municipality pays only for super- ficial audit of the. books. If they want a reel audit that will cover ev- erything they will have to pay more than a merely nominal sum for the work. It might not be necessary to have such a thorough "audit every year, but it might be a good idea for, every municipality to have one every once in a while. --Hanover Post. e=1:=C0 BUYING AT HOME • The Kincardine Review -Reporter • has a battle on its hands with the THIS, MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful and Ins Airing• LITTLE WORDS Little words that run and skip Gaily, when 1 crack my. whip, Run and hide behind a tree, Slyly peeping out at me. Though my door is open wide, Never do they come inside, If I listen, I might hear One of them come stealing near., I will put my whip away, Call them in another day. Round some corner of my brain They come dancing back again! —Elspeth Honeyman Clarke, in The New York Times. Public Utilities Commission of that town over the matter of sending out YES. KEEP 'EM ALL OPEN—.. of town for printed matter. What , the commission has been doing, it HANG THE EXPENSE appears, is to take the cash of !Kin- 1 The Owen Sound Sun -Times sug- cardine ratepayers and give it to gests that all three highways between the printers in Toronto and else -i that "city and Toronto be kept open where, although the Kincardine this winter, which leads the Durham printers are obliged to pay monthly Chronicle to remark: "There's noth- bills to the local commission. Noth- ing like asking for plenty. They rug could be more non-sensical. might as well connect up with De- But Kincardine • is not alone in troit, too, and plough the road be- this respect. The County of Huron, tween Owen Sound and Southampton for instance, sends thousands of and then on down through ;Goderich" dollars to Toronto printers for rea- -Hanover Post. sons that are well known and bet- . eamsmzee ter left unsaid. It is a sort of a racket, to use an American expres- SOFT FOODS sion. A few 'years ago the ordering of printing was centralized and since We are getting to be a race of then county printers have been out small jawed people. Many a young- of luck and Toronto printers have ster has not horizintal room in their been in clover. Although the coun- jaws for all the teeth nature insists ty has been trying to economize, it on providing and is quite common to can still afford the luxury of em- see a couple of teeth projecting out bossed and lithographed stationery; of place in an unsightly manner with which one associates brokerage which spoils good Zooks, especially in houses and the like. It is to be sin- cerely hoped that the new regime at minerals, fats, carbehydrates and proteins in the diet. They should also know that well-balanced meals tite year round will take care of al;l these items in the diet. Particularly we need a wide variety of foods, making sure that milk' and milk pro- ducts, green vegetables, and fresh or dried fruits are used daily. The most dangerous of all little knowledge is that which brings any person to feel competent to treat disease. The government recog- nizes that it takes years of prepay. din - anyone is readyding - nosebefore t0 nose disease and prescribe treat= meat. That is why the laws of our country require that the student of medicine spend several years at a medical school and then pass certain mieminations to show his ability to care for the sick before ho is !licens- ed to practice medicine. The public have a right to ,be be. formed concerning health natters. Just as the wise man takes out in- surance for the protection of his family, so should he take time to in. form himself concerning his most valuable asset, his health. Use the little knowledge you possess as a guide, but recognize its limitations. Questions concerning Health, ad. dressed to the Canadian Medical As, sociation, 184 College Street, Toron. EO WAR®5liaUUiS The economical and delicious table syrup The V nourishing sweet for the whole family LIMITED. MONTREAL rill's c& a girl. We believe this !crowding out of the Bounty buildings will correct place of the teeth is because the this unfair practice and imposition. --.Goderich Star, jaws do not get enough exercise chewing raw [foods to grow large e, nough to hold side by side all the teeth—too much soft cooked food; too much food out of cans. --Kincardine News. C=I&9 ISN'T IT MARVELOUS. Metropolitan newspaper editors think it's funny to find items in rural newspapers about Bill Jones erecting a new chicken house or painting his barn. But if they want to have a real laugh they should turn to their own society pages. Re- cently ss lengthy item appeared in one of the Toronto evening papers to the effect that Mr, and Mrs. So - and -So were back to town after a trip to Europe. After a few para- graphs of the usual bright chatter about how the lady enjoyed herself, ("she loved Rome") it concluded with reference to the enthusiastic welcome home she received from her "pet chow who knew her imme- diately." ne- diately." Thrilling, eh? —.St. Mary's Journal -Argus sezmeuee TEAM WORK It's all very well to have courage and skill, And it's fine to be counted a star; But the single deed, with its touch of thrill, Doesn't tell us the man you are; For there's no lone hand in the game we play, We must work to a bigger scheme And the thing that counts in the world today Is how do you pull with the team! You may think it fine to be praised for skill, But a greater thing to do Is to set your mind and to set your will On the goal that's just in view; It's helping your fellow man to score When the chances hopeless seem; It's forgetting self tiv the game is o'er And fighting for the team. 11,0,4 "Snow --snow is 'coming—snow wilt lie here deep." Though August burns, the heat is held at bay; And•lef a cloud traverse the sum- mer light, Amid the firs dark whispers wake and say "Snow—snow is corning—snow will lie here .white." —T. Morris Longstreth, in the Chris- ' tian Science Monitor. • MAGIC BOOTS Had I a pair of magic boots, stitched in yellow thread, High boots of grass -green buck with heels poppy -red, Gut and stitched and tick -tasked by I a cobbling gnome, Rap -tapping in Isis hollow hill, I not County Council Isit at hone. But gay in grans -green leather on I heels poppy -red, (Continued from page 0) Many tossing tree -tops and points of and submit to the Minister of Pub- # hills I'd tread. lie highways, the petition of the On the wave -tips skipping I'd journey County of Huron showing the amount down to Spain; expended during the year 1933, from I'dpass the tall, fast shipping of the January 1 to November 30, on the Spanish Main. County Highways System and re- questing the statutory grant as pro. Only wizard fingers could draw the vided by the Highways Act,—Filed. I yellow thread ,Cardiff—Bowman: That this Coun- Through the boots that I would have ch refuse to pay any money in eon- t waiting by my bed, nection with the Entrance Examine- • Lest in waking I should wish down tion costs Tabled. j the night to tread. Craigic--Archibald: That By -Law Scuffling all the sandy stars 'Heath No. 15, of 1927, appointing Gordon heels poppy -red. Young as Treasurer of the County '—Gostwick Roberts. of Huron be repealed.—Carried. Wright—McNabb: That George W. Holman be paid $50.00 per month• IAM SORRY salary as Deputy -Treasurer since the thne of Mr. Young's resignation.— 'Tis such a tiny thing to say: Carried. "I am sorry." ly Bowman—.Francis: That By-law And yet a black and lonely day No. 0, of 1917, be repealed. -'Carried. May become light with Heaven's own •Meflick—Heminingway: • That fut- ray, ore wardens countersign all cheques. By just this phrase --not hard to say: —Carried, "I ant sorry." Eckert—McNabb: That By-law No. 15 of 1020, be repealed.—Carried. Elliott!--Sweitzem That this Come eelesiese THE PHILOSOPHER I saw him sitting in his door, Trembling as old men do; His house was old, his barn was olcl, And yet his eyes seemed new. His eyes had seen three times my years, And kept a twinkle still, Though they had looked at birth and death And three graves on a hill. "I will sit down with you," I said, "And you will make me wise; Tell me how you have kept the joy Still burning in your eyes." Then, like an old time orator Impressively he rose; "I snake the most of all that.comes, And the ?.east of all that goes" The singling rhythm of his words Echoed as old songs do; Yet this had kept his oyes alight Till he was ninety-two. PERIODICAL CHECK-UP NEEDED The recent trouble in Huron coun- ty where the treasurer's defalcations amounted to over ten thousand dol- lars and where this official and two auditors faced court action for their part in covering up the shortages has focused public attention on this matter. There are audits and audits, and many people seem to labor un- der a wrong impression. The duty of the ordinary municipal auditor of town, township or county accounts is simply to check up on the expen- ditures made by the -treasurer. They see that there were orders for all accounts paid by the >ereasurex; that the ;cheques issued ,in payment of wages or debentures or •paysheetr' did not exceed the actual expense incurred, and they balance the re- ceipts with the expenditures. There is a certain virtue in such a check- up. but it is far from being a com- plete and efficient audit. The lat• ter would toyer the regular work, but would go deeper into• the matter—to see if the municipality got sill the money to which itwas entitled, and they would not be •satisfied to merely see .a cheque cashed by John Smitit for,• "work' en roads" but would see that John, Snaith actually got the money and rendered full service fox .the money received. Altnost every Oh do not hesitate to state: "I am sorry." ty Tomorrow may be far too late. Kibbo�i itlteeve o$ Wingham, and B. Some one may lie in death's cold ucil have learned that W. Me - 14I. Francis, Reeve of Exeter, will not state; hear the useless words you Nor be members of this County Council prate: for 1934. We have always found them aI am sorry" genial and efficient councillors and Then say them new--edo not delay: "I am sorry." Run with swift feet. Let. nothing stay Your seed upon this errand, pray. Speak—br regret it till you're grey: "1 am sorry." —Ethel May Hall, we regret to know that they will not deck this County Council for the corning year but we will look forward to their representing their municipal- ities again. --Carried. McKibbon-Eckert: That we bone the treasurer on a Canada Surety Company bond of $25,000 if the war- den finds he can live up to ried, Wright --Scott: That the treasurer be required to furnish $5,000 person- al bonds as secm•ity,-.Carried. Reeves Francis and Cardiff spon- sored a motion expressing apprecia- tion of the serviees of Clerk Holman for the past sixteen years which was unanimously carried. The Warden. was awarded $25• hon- orarium "owingto his heavy year's work. IT DOES NOT It doesn't seem right that a .man named 'de Valera should ' be' in a position to order the arrest in Ire'' land of a •General named O'Duf fy. To the crowned heads against the sunset fires, But other plans had He. He might have placed His children. MI a height, Strong men of God, His mission to fulfill; Without the upward climb, the leaf - led flight, The halting step slow mounting to- ward the light— But such was not His will. It pleased Him that in nature, or in Grace, Seed germ, or soul, toward Him should all things grow, Reaching, aspiring, from beginnings small, Till the sweet day when Christ is all in all, ' And we His will shall know. —Emma Herrick Weed. <=103 ONLY ONE —Sara Teasdale. HIS WAY God might have set the apple on the bough, Without the rose -white coronal of May; The corn in rows, the clusters on the vine, Without the season's alchemy divine, But it was not His way. He might have stood the cedars on the hills The strong night watchman by the sounding sea, Without the tardy growth from slen- der spires, One stitch dropped, as the weaver drove - His nimble shuttle to and fro, In and out, beneath, above, Till the pattern seemed to bud and grow As if the fairies had working been--. One small stitch which coui d scarce be seen, But one stitch pulled the next one out. And a weak spot grew in the fabric stout; And the perfect plan was marred for aye By the one small stitch that was dropped that day. One small life, in God's great plan—. (How futile it seems, as the ages roll!) Do what it may, or strive how it can To alter the sweep of the infinite whole, A single stitch in the endless web -- A drop in the ocean's Vow and ebb! But the pattern is rent where the stitch is lost, Or marred where the tangled threads have crossed— And each life that fails of its true intent Mars the perfect plan that the Mas- ter meant. —Anon. TOO OFTEN TRUE "To fly through the country roads in a powerful car at night is to feel as if you had escaped into another world," says a writer. And perhaps to find, in the end, that you actually have.—Globe. emeellt EVERGREENS "The evergreens forever hold many keys. They always keep a little of the winter spell by them. Something there is that northern spruces hold Still unsurrendered in the sheen of June, . A 'gloom, a greyness prophesying cold "Snow --snow is .coming—snow will lie here soon. Within the dusk that pines and hem - leeks house The panting hare takes heart, the snowbirds sleep; . The barred • owl listens to the sighing boughs—,,, More Baking Cha pions Mrs. S. TV. CroxaJl Uxbridge Mrs. George `WVSound Parry Miss Agnes o aw bell "I never tried Five Roses Flour for cake until this contest," said Miss Agnes Campbell, who won the Parry Sound County Prize for Cake in the Five Roses Baking Contest, "though I've used Five Roses for 15 years for bread and rolls." And, judging by reports from a number of other prize- winners, she's not the only one who has made the pleasing discovery that Five Roses Flour makes excellent cakes. Mrs. George White, winner of the Parry Sound County Prize for Bread, knew beforehand of the di -purpose value of Five Roses, she says, as she has used it for 15 years for cakes, bread and all forms of home -cooking and con- siders it "the best on the market Mrs. S. W. Croxall, of Uxbridge, Ontario County prize- winner for bread, had used it in her home for the past 10 years, for bread, biscuits and cake. Other County Winners (Judged from Nov. 15th to 25th) VICTORIA -Cake: Mrs. Jarvis Stoddart, Woodville; Bread: Mrs, Orley Brintnell Woodville. ONTARIO—Cake Mrs. Art. St. John, Uxbridge. MUSKOkA—Calc: Mrs, Wm. Cockford lizazorburgh• 13;cad Mrs. \Vin Draper, G,ravenhurit. 3IMCOL—Cake: Mrs: Jcrnley,'Elawkesrone, XII. 2; Bread: Miss Mary Guthrie, Shanty Bay. DUPPERIN-Cake: Mrs, T. Reid, Waldemar, R.R. 1; Bread: Mrs. W. L. Johnston, Orangeville,R.R. 3. County Champions decided from Nov. 28111 to Dec. Gd , will be announced later. Judging ends this week to, the Christmas season. 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