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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1942-02-19, Page 7'THURS., FED. 19, 1942 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 7 EIOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS CARE OF CHILDREN COOKING HEALTH THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO T?•IHE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs --Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad—But Always Helpful and Inspiring. .-� LITTLE SALVO BLOKE Written by Editor Frank Murphy eof the Weekly Times' :;Melbourne, an Army Bloke' was `the beet -known man lin Tobruk.': ain't done too muds prayin', I am what yer calls a strayin' Iambi and eggs what's slightly doubtful, not to wholesome in the yolk; But r lifts me lid in honour, when 1 chance to come upon er Dinkum feller what all Diggers call the Little Salvo Bloke. =I have seen him in the city, where there int much surplus pity '(Where a bloke what's down can stay there, in the gutter or the drain), '•Come and lift a wreck and lead 'im to a place where he will feed 'm , And when thanked just call 'im Brother, and invite 'im back again. -When the Anzacs struggled, bleeddn', up the ridges, death unheedire Fallin' one by one, but never for a moment turnip' back, There was one among 'em, leadin', and in deeds a sermon readin?; 'There was none of gamer breedin' than the bloke called! Fighttin.' Mac. :dn that hell of shell and bomb that ac- cursed us on the Somme, When a 'elpin' 'and was needed by the best man and the worst, 'Ter could bet your bottom dollar that yer'd see a Salvo collar Coming up along the trenches, if he wasn't up there first. 'When yer'd done yer brass in Bligl}ty, and yer soon found that the Mighty Dollar still was prompt demanded for a shakedown for the broke , -.n. cove would :some and meet yer, take yer in and bed and treat yer, And he never asked for nuth4n', did that Littire Salvo Bloke. `It's the same today, God bless him, and the boys out there assess him At a value that stand 'igher than their lingo can invoke, ...And they learn his Christian teachin', which he does without the presidia And, teri 'earte cry 'Hallelujah!' for the Little Salvo Bloke. 'In the final Resurrection, the aecep- tanee and rejeetion Of the multitude, accordin' to their merits here below, ' You will. 'ear one intercedin' for the souls culled out in weedin' And the one who'll be a -pleading will be some Salvo you know. -No. I ain't a one for pxayin'; just a wayward lamb, astrayin ' But it's pretty firmly rooted in the texture of me mind '.That the Saivo's selfless givin is thei decent way of livin, Arid the only 'ope worth 'oping for Salvation of mankind. ante. O,G &gad& This is the story: When the Lights have -died, When nothing but the great stars shine out, Before the morning comes after the long night; High in the air, Above the mountains covered in snow and ice; Above the long and desolate white plains, A. bird swings overhead --a white bird, they say— High enough to catch the light, The sum's light, just about to break On the horizon, but not seen as yet. Only the bird sees it, and bears the light on its wings. Down by the doors of the igloos they • stand, Father and Mother and children. And the wife lifts The baby in her hands and calls out: "See the birds! The white and shining bird. See the bird of spring!" And they know, While it is dark, That )spring, that the sun, has already come. For spring will always come; it can- ` not be stayed. So other men in their homes --their bombed and broken homes, In the regions desolated by their brotherse— Look up through the darkness to the cold stare; Look up and see nothing but the night; When suddenly, above the soy plains.. Phe bird of hope comes. And the mothers, Holding their children to their hearts, Call softly to them: "See, there is love, There ie good. Spring is come; Wing is here!" 'Though the darkness is still there, Though freedom seems far from them, Yet, in their chains, they will rejoice In spring' --hi liberty. For liberty is of the heart. It will always Dome, it cannot be stayed. A. J. S. THE YOUNG -OLD AND THE OLD -YOUNG By Dorothy Dunn Never do gray hairs make one old, Nor lines on the icheek, nor year on year; But only a warn, thing turning cold, And burning out with a sullen tear. Never the seeing of young ones grown THE ARCTIC BIRD • Can make one old, but to lose at 1 have been told -and I do not know last haw true The wonder a full heart once has The tale is --of a bird that flies, known Is to be sur Up in the Arctic, where the Northern e that youth: has, passed. Lights Never de long years left behind Coldly wheel in the dark skies, Leave one as old as. he might have Touching the icebergs to emerald, to been; amethyst, • Only when arson of the mind . Against ebony biaeltness. Burns out the heart does age begin, • ansa a ger! Tro ble h Are you nervous and irritable --can't sleep or eat—tired out all the time? 1f you're like that,a faulty liver is poison- ing your whole system ! Lasting ill health may be the cost; • Your liver is the largest organ in your body and most important to your health. It supplies energy to muscles, tissues and, glands. It unhealthy, your body lacks this energy and becomes enfeebled—youthful vim disappears. Again your liver pours out bile to digest food, get rid of waste and allow proper nourishment to reach your blood. When your liver gets ...out of order proper digestion and nourishment stop—you're poisoned with the waste that .decomposes an your intestines. Nervous, troubles and rheumatic pains arise from this poison. You become constipated, stomach and 'kidneys can't work properly. The whole. system is affected and you feel rotten,' head- achy, backachy dizzy, tired out—a ready prey for sickness and disease. Thousands of people are never sick, and have won prompt relief from these miseries with Improved Fruit-a•tives Liver Tablets." 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THE MIXING BOWL By ANNE ALLAN Hydro Home Economist BREAKFAST. IN WINTE1L Hello Homemakers! Both children and grown-ups should have a good, wholesome breakfast —*to work, to play, and •ta enjoy life. So, let's check up on some •of our breakfast habits. That's "no breakfast habit so many of us bemoan is usually the result of doing without breakaast—or skimp- ing on it—through lack of time. RUSH is responsible for too many of our dietary and general health troub- les. Why not firmly resolve to take at least twentymninutes to eat an ad- equate breakfast. It's' really worth it. Even those who eat plenty of breakfast should guard against men- us that are monotonous . Remember, variety is said to be the "spice" of {life. Others, whose work does not in- volve a great amount of exercise, are apt to indulge in much too heavy food for breakfast. Followed by a light lunch and heavy dinner ,the percen- tage of proteins in this diet is too large. Our breakfast suggestions wilt start you on the way to better-balaa- cid meals and better health. MENUS Monday Apple Juice Cracked Wheat Scrambled Eggs Toast—Honey Coffee Tuesday Prunes Oatmeal Soft Egg Toast—Jam Coffee Ili","!'! Wednesday Baked Apple Roman. Meal Poached Egg with Toast, Cocoa Thursday Tomato Juice Cornmeal French Toast Marmalade Coffee Friday Stewed Apples Rolled. Oats Muffins Jelly Coffee Saturday Grape Juice Cracked Wheat Scones Apple Butter Milk Sunday Granberry Juice Waffles and Syrup Coffee Take A Tip: 1, If a broom gets out of shape, wet it in boiling water and place flain on the floor with a weight on it until dry. 2. To prevent mattress or sheets from ;being torn, bind the sharp edges of bedsprings with adhesive tape. 8. When making sheets have them one yard longer and wider than the bed. 4. If your window shades pull away from the rollers, put a piece of adhesive tape along • the end over the tack holes then drive in the tacks that hold the blind. QUESTION BOX Mrs. C' .0. asks: "What is Veal Forcemeat? Is it economical?" Answered Recipe for Veal Forcemeat 'r, cup finely chopped raw veal 2 tbs. chopped raw salt pork '/s' cup bread crumbs 1 tbs. butter 1 tbs. chopped onion 31 tsp. salt and tsp. pepper 1 egg beaten Cools crumbs and butter 3 minutes. Add veal and pork. When blended add other ingredients. Cook 10 mins. en ''Low'. It is very economical as the ingredients and time of cooking explains. Mrs. B. N. writes: Kindly send me CRADLES +Nw,,,reweseess resew a By "PEG" a1.47ar++.....a The study of cradles is indeed very interesting. Many attics still contain the 'cradles in which the children o' past generation§ have been rocked. Medical science now forbids the rock-. ing on babies hence the fact that they are no longer asseaiated with the new arrival in the home. Sir Henry. Jones, one of the most distinguished philosophers of his time recently, if not now, Professor of Moral Philosophy in Glasgow Univer- sity in his book "Old Memories" speaking of his early life in the Wel- sh cottage of his parents recalls. - There was no room for the cradle in the day -time on the crowded ten - foot floor, when my second, little, short -liver) sister was born. What was to be done? Well! the cradle was put upstair ,a string was let down from it through a hole in the low ceiling and whenever the baby cried. my mother bade one of us pull the string. I can hear the rick-rbck of the cradle above my head, even yet, when I sit down to listen to old mem- ories.". Many a child, since occupy- ing a notable position, has been rock- ed in one of the old cradles. The earliest cradles on record might be compared to boxes hung from four posts which were braced. In that way the tiny bed could be rocked. The cradle in which Henry V was lulled to sleep in 1388 is in the London Museum at Stafford House. This is perhaps the oldest cradle of which any trace has been found. Peregrine White, the first English child born • in the New World, was rocked in a cradle made . of wicker which was equipped with a hood to protect the Childs head from draft or from flying missiles thrown by the older children in their pranks. The cradle was brought to this country by the Pilgrim Fathers in the May Plow- er". This may be seen in Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, The mare common cradles were made of wood and in later years were. fitted with rockers, which enabled the mother or elder sister to do other work such as sewing, spinning or ev- en preparing the meals while rocking the baby to sleep. Time in those days was very precious. The more common cradles were made of wood. They now prove to be heir looms. They quite often were, heavily carved. This at tines included initials and dates probably indicating the name anddate of bir- th of its first occupant. Thesewere used from generation to generation and it is not strange that there are few of them left. "Rocking" was the means of sooth- ing the tiny bundle of humanity into the land of slumber but just how can this compare to our Christian life. There are many cradles in which non christens as well as christians may , be lulled to sleep so soundly that they will waken only when Christ domesto judge the world. What an awakening that will bel One of these cradles is that ex- cuse by people so often that they have been brought up in a christen home that they will not be considered as those who have not been taught the love of Christ; their parents have al- ways had family worship, and in view of these facts that the Lord will not keep them out of Heaven, In answer to this and the following questionslet us read the gospel of John, chapter one, verse• thirteen. After studying the first' twelve verses we find ' where John says salvation is "not of blood," which means that heredity will never save! us. There is no use of us depending on our home life. Each one will stand alone before the judgment seat of Christ. We cannot depend on any one else. There is another class consisting, of those who if theythink hlnk of those things at all believe that God is too just' and too kind to punish any one with eteihnal separation from Him, Therefore they cast their Iot in with the world. They do things which even in their minds are questionable and yet believe that God will grant them salvation. To many of these "Christ- ianity has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and not tried. "Considering some of the much talked of pleasures we a recipe for Soy Bean Bread. Answer: This has been sent direc- tly to your address, Mrs. B. Would other readersrequiring this recipe send name and address in full. Anne Allan invites you to write to her % The Clinton News -Record. Just. send in your questions on homemak- ing problems and watch this little corner, of the column for replies. might asis ourselves as we start out to go to a dance, a card party or the theatre, "could we kneel down and ask, God's blessing on our enjoyment?" If we cannot do that then we have no business to go there. That is a splen- did plendid rule to follow. Of this class John says, "which were born • not of the will of the flesh." Then there are those who live an outwardly good rife. They go about doing deeds of kindnees; no better neigbors or citizens could be found, everyone speaks highly of them. They are an asset to any comunity. Some have even confessed that they believe, in Christ. There are others in this class who go to church occasionally but who believe in worshipping God in nature. They wander off into the fields and woods on Sunday. The greater part of the time at any rate the House of God does not see them. They forget or ignore the command- ment, "Remember the sabbath day, to kep at holy." Of these we are told 'which were born', not of the will of man." Are we being rocked by the devil in one of these cradles? Before read- ing on let' us pause and ponder that question without exception we must agree that at times we become tired battling along in the Christian way, our prayers are not earnest petitions, yet we wonder why God does not give us everything we want. We wander off seeking a cozy cradle of His ad- versary ,in which we may be rocked to sleep by the deceiver to awaken, if not too late, only to find ourselves crippled by the cramped up position of earthly pleasure. The devil lulls us to sleep. until he thinks we are well in his power, and so we would be were it not that at times some of us waken to our folly in time to be redeemed by the precious blood of the Lanib. Until our final •sleep and our awake ening to be with Hint throughout the eternal ages Jesus Christ, has no cradles in which to rock us to sleep. He does not need to employ that method of bringing us' to Him. We are never wider awake than when we accept Him and the joy in His work should keep us so happy that we would have no time for any contact with the devil and ail that association with him and his cause means. This beautiful first chapter of John and verse twelve tells us how we may win Salvation. 'But as many as received him. to them gave he power to be- come the sone of of God, even them that believe .on his name' and then the ending to the verse which has answer- ed the former questions "which were born, of God." Just which of the foregoing are we intending to accept? The choice is ours and ours alone, but so is the pun- ishment, or the reward. May our up- permost thought be "In the cross. of Christ I glory, Towering o'er the wrecks of time; All the light •ef sacred story Gathers round its head sublime." "PEG" V What Will Plebiscite Cost? Parliament has not yet decided on procedure for the Prince Minister's pig -in -a -poke plebiscite. , Until that decision has been inade it is not cer- tain exactly how much it will cost. If the salve procedure as was used in the last general election is adopted, the cost would be about the sante or greater than at that time because of the problem of polling opinion among armed services overseas, The last general election cost $2,760,00. Shn- pier procedure might reduce the cost to what is being given ureoaf ficially as tit estimated cost -about 1,500,000. In either case there is a simple pardstick with which to measure this unwarranted expense. It is the num- ber of5 ictos $ 0 V y bonds which must be bought by the people of Canada this month to pay the bilis for the plebiscite. In will take at least 30,000 to pay for the -plebiscite and it may take as many as 60,000. V THE GOLI)lir'T RULE Are we patient will the people whom we meet witheveryday? Are we kindly, sympathetic, tothe folk along lifes way? Are we hasty and quick-tempered, critical, unkind' ,unjust? . Dowe lend a helping hand to lift a ' comrade frosty, the dust? We so often too, are tiresome and need friend's who will be kind, And are glad if those who love us to our faults. are Somewhat blind, We all :like. to ,have a ;helping hand from others who ;are nigh; . So /et us do to ethers aswo,w,ould be don e, by. .rM•, .H• Hk axeoc• Little Water in Almonds; Swift's His Name; Second to `Blanching'' Is a Solution Some nuts are almost half water when they are fresh, but not the almond! It is about as dry as any nut Nature makes. Only one part in 17 is water . r The small amount of water in an almond helps to explain why it is a rather hard nut to bite into. It isn't a hard nut to crack, at least not when it comes in the soft shell, or in the paper shell form. Some hard - shelled almonds are on the mar- ket, and they are not so easy to crack. Because the nut itself is rather hard, some housewives "blanch" almonds before placing them in salads or cakes. In other words, they soak them in hot water and take off a kind of skin from each nut. Then the part under the skin can be bitten without much work The walnut is another popular member of the nut family. There are several kinds, among them the black walnut, the white walnut and the English walnut. The black walnut is round and has � a very hard shell. If you crack it with a hammer, you must be skill- ful to get the nut meat out whole. Some black walnut trees grow to a height of more than 100 feet, and the trunks may become as much as five or six feet thick. The wood is valuable and in past times was widely used in making beds, ta- bles and chests. BIack walnut trees are found here and there from the Great Lakes re- gion down to the Gulf of Mexico, but they are not nearly common now as in days gone by. - New Defense Against Mildew -Laundry Soap All it takes is a good' laundry soap and a few ounces of cadmium chloride crystals to make shower curtains and similar fabrics mildew - proof. Bureau of Home Economics' sci- entists in the U. S. department of agriculture have just announced a new mildew -proofing treatment us- ing these two materials, reports the consumers' counsel of the depart- ment. The way to do it is this: First make a good suds using about two ounces of mild soap or soap flakes to a gallon of water. Then, in another container make a solution with the cadmium chlor- ide crystals, using about two ounces of the crystals to a gallon of wa- ter. The crystals can be bought in a drug store at about a dime an ounce. Heat both solutions to a boli. Put the fabric to be mildew -proofed in the soap solution first, leaving it there 10 minutes. Wring it out and then let it soak for a half-hour in the cadmium chloride solution. Hang the fabric out to dry just las you would any laundered ma- terial. The treatment should be re- peated after about five launderings. It will not damage or change the color of the fabric in any way. Controlling Moths Suggestions for controlling moths in clothes closets: Brush all clothing and clean the closet thoroughly. Seal all cracks in the plaster and about the base- boards with crack fillers. Equip door frames with rubber or felt gas- kets against which the door can be shut tight at all points. Place on the top shelf, or hang in muslin bags from hooks, one pound of flake naphthalene or paradichioroben- zene for each 100 cubic feet of cioset space, The fumes given off by the slow evaporation of the crystals quickly stop moth larvae from feed- ing and ultimately will kill them if the fumes are retained Ming enough in proper concentration, It is there- fore important that the concentra- tion of the fumes be maintained by making sure that the closet is per- fectly light with a tight -fitting door. Buying a Dollar A buyer should loots for a number of things in judging the quality of a rug. A good backing increases the serviceability of rug or carpet- ing. To test the quality of the back- ing, grasp it in your hands and feel it.Note whetherit seems fir in- stead m stead of limp. Ina pile rug examine the density of the pile -that is, the number of tufts per square inch and the length of the pile. Bend the rug over your hand and notice how thick the pile is, The length of the pile varies in different types of weaves and so can't be considered alone as an indication of quality. Obviously e long pile that is sparse (having fewer tufts per square inch), would not be as serviceable as a shorter pile that is thicker. Domestic Rugs A knowledge of the types of do- mestic rugs on the market may help you to make a good selection. Axminister is a rug with a pile fabric and cotton, linen : or 'jute backing. A peculiar characteristic of an Axminister rug is that it can be rolled :only' lengthwise because it's made stiff by the crosswise ridthe back. Broadloogesonm `is not a particular weave or quality, ;but means any seamless rug made on a, broad loom 54 inches or _More wide. Frieze ik d rug made with' espe- cially twistedyarns which gives the toprgy}'fac„e a -pebbly ,or' nubby ref 'teat: F. Where doastest the Bird chimneyThat swiftsFlies go during winter? One day in Nevem- ber you may see them gathered in Florida, southern Georgia and along the Gulf coast in enormous flocks, The next morning they depart. To, where? Ask some native and he will as likely as not tell you in all seri- ousness that his grandpa has seer' . them plunge into the mud, where they hibernate for the winter. . They don't, of course; but can any, bird student tell you better? The southward journey of the chimney swifts from this country is one of the unsolved mysteries of migra- tion. Thousands of them have been captured by members of the Bio- logical Survey for the purpose of banding. Not one band has been returned to the Biological Survey to solve the mystery. When you remember that all parts of the globe are subject to almost continuous exploration by men trained in observation, men who would like to solve the riddle of the swifts, it seems strange that not a single authentic report has been made of their winter home. The bird is easily identified.; Small, swift, erratic, batlike in: flight, sooty -olive, he appears to. have no tail at all and has been de- scribed as a "Hying cigar," He is gentle and inoffensive with other birds, so swift that even the hawk in his swoop cannot capture him. Sportive, frolicsome, living entire- ly on insects, he is highly beneficial' to man. Blackfellows Perform A Y b u h t a and silly cus- . Yet there still In the kangaroo dance, a number of men—as many as 80 or 90—form a line and crouch like kangaroos: Striking their hands on the ground. and singing loudly, they follow the leader in short bounds. Now and' then they make an extra effort to leap into the air. In their leaps they go up as much as five feet, but even so, they do not equal the 'bounds of a giant kangaroo. The dancing line goes past a fire, and the jumpers barely miss landing in the flames. Ancient Kangaroo Dance The' blackfellows of ustralia are some of the oddest people ever found on earth. The have dark brown, almost black, skins. An old custom among them was to try to cure disease y driving out. s "bad spirits," It wassupposed than the illness had been cased by some. enemy in another tribe. In certain villages the medicine b men spoke of "poison ones" which entered the bodies of e sick. They a went to the side of sick person and made believe the they took a poison bone from his rm or chest or leg. Some of the cruel toms of the blackfellows have come to an end. The white settlers have taught the natives better ways to care for themselves. are some blackfellows who live so far away that whites seldom visit them, For this reason they have kept to their old ways to a greater extent. Watchmaker in Steel Plant Watchmaker in a steel plant, his familiar eye -piece, delicate tools and tiny lathe in strange contrast to the roaring furnaces and thunder- ing rolling mills, is G. B. McGarvey, who works in a small room in one corner of the vast J & L Seamless Tube Mills. He replaces broken hair -springs, worn bearings, and makes delicate adjustments, not to watches, but to precision gauges that contain jeweled bearings, hair- springs, and other foe parts. These gauges are used by inspectors in tube mills for examining the pitch, taper and depths of threads on each end of all seamless oil country pipe and couplings produced in the J & L mills. Measurements of gauges must be accurate to one -ten thou- sandth of an inch. Pruning Ramblers An examination of rambler roses reveals the considerable amount of new growth that is being sent up from the crowns of the plants. Checking this with your earlier sea- son experience willshow that this year's flowers were produced on the new canes or wood which grew from the clumps Iast year. A close ex- amination will reveal •that few if anyblooms were bornh . onre wood which developed season before last. Taking a tip from this habit of the plants, the good gardener prunes out all of the two-year-old wood on his rambler roses and from which last year's growth has not been removed without greatly' changing the shape of the plant. Sequoiah Sequoiah, Indian genius, was born: about 1770 in Tennessee to a white man and his Cherokee Indian wife. Illiterate -he never attended school: and could not speak, read or write English—Sequoiah is nevertheless celebrated as the only man ever to, invent an entire alphabet, the Chero- kee alphabet of 86 characters. He. accomplished this feat, which en- abled his .tribesmen to "talk.on 'pa- per like the: white man," in the face of menace from superstitious SO - low Indians. Sequoiah, who ?n Later life was active in* esta'blishing ;bet- ter relations'between'tbe Xridians`and whites has ireen immorfiilfked. 'in the iant California redwood ireea tsarina'sequ pa" sifter