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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1942-04-23, Page 7`TI URS, APRIL 23, 1942 THE CLINTON, NEWS -RECORD HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS The Quality Tea. THIS MODEST CORNER LS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here Yhey Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad—But Always Ilellpful and Inspiring. DILEMMA 'Cream in a saucer for a cat, •a lump of sugar for a horse, • cheese, natnra1 y, for a mouse, crumbs for a bird, of course; for the Scotch, I know, tl;ere is • Scotch Broth, for the Irish—Irish Stew, the Danish have their Pastries— but what to give to you: there is the pressing problem, there is where, I feel, nothing somehow seems to be sufficiently genteel. For you are so, so refined,. from the mundane so removed: how can I envision you vulgarized by food— how can I do any more than proffer you the grace of lighted candle, frailest glass, silver set on lace, end trust that somehow. you will find, with all grossness thus denied, nutriment congenial in the meal implied? —Doris Peel. ANOTHER MBANING Now let us draw a curtain on the dark Beyond the window, light the birch logo laid Upon the hearth, and with that sud- den spark Brighten each corner till the fire has made A golden circle on the shadowed floor. Sitting together quietly we hear The inquiring wind tap softly at the door. Pause for moment, sigh, and disap- pear. Iiow far away the hills, hew far away The road that leads to cities and to friends. Here a new kinship gives the parting day Another meaning, as the tumult ends. And we become aware that what we say Is less than what our silence compre- hends. —Sara King Carleton. SURFACES Where seed lay down The green corm shows This way is town, A roadway knows. This way, after summer, The brook descends, Charted by boulder's And willow -root ends. Thus by surfaces • Map; the course; Two lanes ate wheels, One is horse. Wars must be wen, Men must fight;.. Women worlr Iate By lantern light, —Charles Malan-. PLANT THE SEED Plant the seed, and let it ale In the earth .till by and by The; goldengrainshall fill its •place- Nurtured by the g'ather's grace. Plant the seed and let there spring Upward, as on joyful wing, The heavenly thought from God the Good • To all the human brotherhood. Plant the seed ands let •there grow— Beautiful' as, blossoms flow -- The Truth of Love from God Divine; Oh, let men see the Sacred Sign! Plant the seed and let it be Justice for the soul to see; Aye, Justice that shall 'make �of earth A holy place of noble worth. Plant the seed and let there rise Leaf's foliage in the skies— 'The Tree of Life to men come down; A .symbol of a Christ -won crown.. CARE OF CHILDREN COOKING PAGE 7 HEALTH ,004,41~OVAANAAVANMNiAnow. V vdy. l .AMd PRIMAVERA Is it the burly April winds Reveling in the leafy Woods That makes these gales of tingling laughter? Or is it children running, bursting with merriment That fill the spring -awakened earth— These hills, these groves, these waters With a blessed, sound? Above, the burning sun Possesses all the sky, Beats clown upon this land, - Intenaifying laughter, Though it come from children or the racing winds. —Roger Challis. MOSS By Clara Maude Garrett In the full cry of Spring Deep in some wildwood lair Tenaciously you cling To all that's crude and bare With 1Vlercy's tender touch You heal the rotting wood, So death to beauty brush By your commanding mood, Velvets and plush you elile Incrisped and cored caress, And rocks once rudeand vile Bourgeon to loveliness. Along the scraped way Of some impetuous spring You trail your feathery spray And gold for silver fling. Warm in your cool retreat, Pearl -fed by mist and rain, Autumn on hurrying feet Leaves you a diamond chain. Winter with ermine pall Coffins your curl's thick mesh; But hark, at Spring's first call You clothe her naked flesh! LOOK FOR THE DAWN W. P. M. They are coning, the children of light„ As they carte in the bygone ages When men in drunkenness -blight Were busied with treacherous fight, Their brothers betraying, The innocent slaying, And sin was paying its wages. Stars in their • courses. obey That Power which brings then- to, birth; And the children of Iight, as they, Give witness obediently,, Without fear or repining; Contentec.• with shining, They are lights 'niid the dark of the earth. In confidence they are strong, These children bornof the light; Their faith is, It will not be long • Till seekers shall be as a throng, To God's peace aspiring, God's comfort desiring,— The Dawn shall abolish the night. THE DAY AND THE WORK To each man is given his. day, and his work for the day, And once and no more he is given, to travel this way, And woe if he flies from the task whatever the odds, Fol.' the task ie appointed to him on the scrolls of the gods, There is waiting a word where only his hand can avail, And so if he falters a chord in the mimic shall fail. He may laugh to the sky, he may be for an hoar in the sun, But he dare not go hence ti,l the labor appointed is ,done. To each main is given a marble to carve for the wall, A stone that is needed to heighten the. beauty bf •all: And only his soul has the magic to give it a grace, And only his hands have the cunning to put it in place. It is given to look on life owe and only to die, One testing and then at a sign we go out of this. sky. man no other can do, The errand is waiting —+ Wee waited through • ages for you. Edwin Markham. THE. MIXING BOIL By ANNE ALLAN Hydro Homo Economist THE SWING IS TO SCHEDULED MEALS Hello Homemakers! I ask you! Gan you prepare three delicious . satisfy- ing, health -giving meals in lees than two hours a day? For four people? dpi hour and a half is really time en- _ ough. But there is a big secret to make it possible. First, plan your meals and work for the d'aye-dey, better still, for the week. Plan dinner first—the biggest meal •of the clay, After deciding on your• meat, its important to ,choose vegetables to accompany it that will be cooked by the time the meat is ready. If desserts are to be served hot, they should be quick -cooking— made betweeu.the time the vegetables are put on and the serving hour—or desserts that can stanch before bak- ing. It's a good idea to consult your clock and write down the time needed to prepare and cook the various dish- es. Don't forget that limed -to -the minute cooking means full -flavoured food with conserved vitamins. At first, you may need an extra five minutes, or .even ten, but don't let that disturb you. Just follow the . schedule you have worked out. With determination, you'll soon be turning out meals on. time -table schedule. SUGGESTED MENU Breakfast—.Apple Juice , Prepared Cereal with milk, Bode, Sausages, Toast, Coffee. Dinner—Tomato Juice with Salt Wafers, Swiss Veal, Boiled Potatoes, Steamed Asparagus, Whole Wheat Bread . and Batter, Coolcie Crumb Pudding, Milk, • Supper_- Salmon Timbales with Curried Cream Sauce, Water -Gress Salad, Bread and Butter, Prune Whip, Tea. 1. SCIIEDULES FOR MEALS 7.15 a.m., Heat water for coffee 7,16 a.m., Set Table 7,10 can, Open Apple Juice and Cereal '7.22 a.m., Broil Sausages 7.25 a.nt., Make Coffee 7.27 a.nm., Make toast 7.30 a.m., Serve breakfast 2. 11.15 a.m., Prepare Swiss Veal 11.30 a.m., Prepare potatoes and cut asparagus; steam aspar- agus over potatoes 11.40 a.m., Make pudding 11.50 a.m, Open tomato juice and wafers 11.52 a.m., Set table 12.00 noon, Serve dinner.. 3. 5.35 p.m., Prepare Sauce for Tim- bales 5,88 p.m,, Make Salmon Timbales 5,45 p.nt, Prepare Salad 5.50 pen., Make Prune Whip 5.55 p.m., Set table,, 5.58 p.m., Slice Bread 5.59 p.ni., Malce tea 6.00 p.m., Serve supper RECIPES Cookie Crumb Pudding • 1 egg lira caps cookie or cake 'crumbs 1 tsp. flavouring 6 tbs. sugar 2 cups milk Beat egg and add remaining ingredi- ents. Pour into baking cups and steam over vegetables for 25 mins. (Over strong flavoured vegetables• cover casserole. with wax paper, tie with string and place in steamer.) Saluron Timbales 1 (lbs lb.) can pink salmon 3 eggs 11/2 cups soft brad crumbs 119 tsps. vinegar 14 cup baking fat 1 tsp. minced, parsley 19 tsp, salt 1 a,‘ tsp. pepper Flake salmon, and acrd the well -beaten egg yolks, bread 'crumbs, vinegar, melted fat, parsley, salt and pepper. Fold in the beaten .egg whites and pour into custom cups.' Set in a steamer or a 'pan and surround with hat water, - Steam 20 mins: or bake in an electric oven for 30 mine., at 350 degrees. Serve with white sauce which is seasoned with curry powder. And the task that is given to each• Prune Whip 1 cure heavy cream . 1 cup stoned, quartered, cooked weeeeeenewee• KEYS vw�a+rw.r,. wror..�.w By."PEG" .......r.d.. ...e. Here we have a .bunch of keys, of all sizes, and shapes'. They may be in a leather case on the -encl of a chari- er hainer just on the olcl fashioned key ring, but they all repa+eeent the one thing, the means of entrance into something which the prize. "S read within a poet's book A word that starred the page, "Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage." Yes, that is true, and something more: You'll find' where'er yeti roam, That marble' floors and gilded halls Gan never make a home. But every house where love abides And friendship is a guest, ' Is surely home, and home, sweet home; For there the heart can rest. Is that not a beautiful thought? Probably we do not realize that the hone is made by each one 'of us. If we wish to lead a life, width will be a credit to our parents in all proba- bility we will be part of a happy home, but if we choose to go out and join ourselves with companions who care nothing for the higher things of life then we may expect that we will bring trouble to not only oursel- ves, but also to our sisters and broth- ers. We cannot have happiness in our- selves and not share it with others in the same way we do not live a life of sin alone. There was a tithe when ff •one member of the family got into clifficnity all the other members had to suffer for it. They were in a way shunned. Happily that time has pas- sed, but even with that being true do we want to cause any unpleasantness to those we love? It is a real joy to share the happy things of life, but -today there is so much tragedy in homes where way - wards sons and daughters bring sor- row to those to whom they owe so much. They really carry the key of a house—not a home, In the hone or house to which we belong there are many rooms. We :will just unlock the doors of a few, the living room, the dining room, the kitchen and the bed room. The living room is where we like to congregate when the work of the day is ended, It may be the older members of the 'family have gone to seek pleasure elsewhere. The father is resting on the couch reading the news of the day; the mother is in an easy chair, knitting, mending • or amusing one of the older•children who tired with the routine of the day hae climbed up on her knee. The young- er children are studying. 'Altogether it is a happy home: We can imagine, or would, we be right in so thinking that here the family gather together while the father opens the Word of God, reads a portion thereof and then takes his family to the throne of God in pray- er, Is that being clone in your home prunes r/r tsp. vanilla honey to sweeten Beat the cream stiff. Fold in prunes and vanilla. Add enough honey to satisfy. 1. 2. 3, TAKE A TIP To dice dried apples, apricots, tec., nee buttered scissors, or slightly greased, food chopper. Measure a cupful of whipped cream after it is whipped. When sandpapering a surface to be painted, it is made easier if the sandpaper is folded over a small block of wood. QUESTION BOX . Mrs. S. T. asks: "What makes doughnuts tough?" • Answer: Overstirring the batter or cooking too slowly. A cube •of, bread must brown in the, cooking fat in one minute to be ready for the •batter, or a temperature 'of 365 degrees. Mrs. M. W. asks: "Is there a stan- dard amount of soda to add to a cup; of sour milk so that it will not taste in the baked prodder?" Answer If slightly soured, use one-quarter teaspoon soda per cup. 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 et the cohunn for replies., or are parents allowing their children for wham God has utade therm res- p'onsibie just to drift with no spirit- ual guidance? We believe that the young people of the present .day are a fine class of youth but are they failing in the one thing needful? Many of them are fine, Christian young men and women, but again there are those who lmow little about Christ and more than that they are not interested. Parents, if God were to call your son or daughter today where would he .or shespend eternity. The responsibility of the answer to that question is to a Iarge extent yours., for you have had their early training. Let the living room be a place where you and yours will daily meet Christ. Then we will uuilodk the dining room.. Here we take the food which nourishes the.body. We are very particular' slew we provide for our human frame, but are we as careful as to what we take for the upkeep of our soul's Here we quite often have our book cases. Do we read a lot of trash from which we receive no benefit? We can form the habit of reacting good literature just as eas- ily as we can spend time in persuing page after page of some novel of the day from which we receive no lasting benefit. We should make it a prac- tise to read only that which will be an uplift to us. Some writings which will give us good thoughts, and will fill our minds with ideas whuoh will not leave room for anything which is not elevating, When we have trained ourselves to that kind of read- ing no other form will have any plaee in our thoughts. Then we unlock the door of the chief work room, the kitchen. Here the mother spends the greater part of her time. So we have a work room:.. Our lives are divided into three parts; eight hours for sleep; eight hours for play; and eight hours for work. When we look over our clay we can see juust how we have spent that time. As we appear at work in the morning, whether it be at hone or shop or office it is not long before we show whether we have had: the proper ninon': of sleep or not. Does it ever occur to us that we are work- ing for ork-ingfor wages that we are not honest with our employer if we go to work half asleep? We are being paid for giving our best effort to whoever en- gages us, but if our brain• is clouded for lack of sleep, then it niay mean that, our patience being exhausted, we. will say or do something which will lose custom; in other words we are just as dishonest as if we went to the •cash register and took matey which 'belonged to our employer, We have been chosen to fill a position be- cause it was thought we were suited for. it. Therefore we are under a guarantee to do all we can to advance the business of those who employ us. "Do unto others as ye would have others do unto you" can very well be applied to this part of our day's work. Then we come to the bed -room. To the good .and to the bad this room holds more memories than any other part of the house. Those who have done things during the day of which they have just cause to be ashamed here niay spend sleepless hours try- ing to plan some way out of the•pun- ishnient resultant of their misbehav- iour. Often into this room they creep long after the rest of the household has retired to rest, and it is from this room that many a youth has Stepped throughthe window in order that he or she might �engago in some forbidden evil or pleasure. Those es- capades may seem clever at the time, but as the years pass by- one would give a good deal if the incident could be recalled. There is nothing smart in deception. There is another and much happier. side to the bed -room. To those, who have taken Jesus Christ as thein per- sonal Saviour how precious are the hours spent with Him alone there! To such the room becomes a sanetum What happier time can we have than when we kneel beside our bed with His Holy word spread in front of usl Here we read and re -read His 'corn- mands and promises; memorize prec- ious passages and take with us .on our daily journey portions which we may pass on. to others in eider to make the day ,.easier for them. We have usedour different keys to enter these rooms. We can choose whether We gothrough them, 'with hatred or love in our hearts. God grant that we may so allow Jesus Christ to have : control of ourlives that we may use always the key of love as we go about our daily work and do our utmost to spread abroad that marvellous gospel' whildh it has been our privilege to accept. "PEG" GERMANY, MURDER BOMBER, IS NOW BOMBED Heavy .bombs, some of them weighing up to 2,000 lbs, seen ebing load- ed tote racks of a British Bomber, before a raid over enemy territory. These are some of Britain's new "beautiful bombs'', whose blasting power, five times greater than that of any previous bomb, is devastating Ger- man factories and crippling' the industrial heart of the Nazi war machine. 4 CikeSN PS! -41T CUI� i NEW VIEWPOINTS A rather unusual viewpoint makes this a very successful picture, For more Interesting snapshots try some new viewpoints In your own picture -making. JUST as there are only a few ma- jor points to the compass, so there are Just a few principal angles from which we photographers can picture a subject. We can point the camera up, down, or straight ahead. We can take the picture from the front, from the side, or from the rear, In one sense we may seem re- stricted, but in a greater sense the number of possible variations is infinite --and the skill with which we make the most of what we have to work with, is directly reflected in the quality and the interest of our pictures. For instance, the picture which il- lustrates this -column -night have been taken in a number of different ways. The photographer could have looked down upon his suhjeet—and Probably would have secured a fairly pleasant effect. Or he could have made a very ordinary snapshot by approaching his subject from the 0021- v0^tional, all -too -common,.. straight oe *:ye -level viewpoint. If he had, ti. , deep; teethe fact that the young flyer is a very pleasant appearing fellow, the chances are that the pic- ture would have been of interest only to the aviator's friends or fancily. But by making the picture this' way—by pointing the camera up at the aviator and using the tail of a giant plane as background — the photographer seems to catch the spirit of youth. He has created a photograph which is more than just a mere picture—it is a symbol. And it is, in my opinion, a great photograph. We can't all make pictures like this. Most of us may never have the opportunity. But that'sno reason why we should stop trying to make all our pictures as fine as possible— and one way to do that, as this 'week's picture illustrates perfectly, 1 is to keep our eyes open for new angles of view. Don't be afraid to experiment with new viewpoints for your snap- shots. At first you may have a few failures, but just as certainly you'll create many au outstanding success. 363 John van Guilder GERMANY: BEWARE OF THESE Here are some •of Bs•itain's.powerful Infantry tanks, the "Valentine" Mark UT, photographed roaring aero ss a field with colours flying.