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THIS MODEST CORNER lig DEDICATED•
TO THE POETS
• Here They Will Sing, You Their Songs—Sometimes.
(ay. Sometimes Sad—But Always helpful
and Inspiring.
SPRINGHOUSE
Down mossy sps beyond the white.
glare of the :.
Into a dripping coolness of lichened.
immemorial stones: -
Here is the sharp chill of mint; clear
tang of pennyroyal;
And all pf childhood's forgotten scents
and tones:
.Sweet 'pats of butter, stone crocksof
golden cream
Sunk in a ,oloudcd light of green -gold
gloom; '
The dappled summer light that falls
through leaves.
-And drops gold .Coins within an old
stone .room.
.And here a howl -of glowing red rasp-
berries. the frost
Of bloom still fresh, cools in the crys-
tal spring;
And here inthis deep silence of a
century or more,
.'Even at midday, bright black cricket's
sing. I I !
—Frederick Fbright.
GREEN FINGERS
0 I cannot ever understand
Why ivy withers atmy hand,
Why lilacs squirm and fade and die
Beneath my over anxious eye,
Why tulips hide beneath the earth
..womorigmal.�
For what it takes us to begin,
It's up to you to end!
Your tanks and your artillery,
Your armoured cars and guns
Will clear the earth, as we the sky,'
Of Hitler and his Huns.
And ' every bomb we drop is just
A warning in advance
That he who's lost his shirt to us,
To you will lose his pants!
While we who bear the torch aloft
May play the opening role,
The Cause of Freedomin your hands
Will reach its final goal.
To all our pals in battle -dress
From us in air` force blue,
Here's luck and belt of hunting
To the last man jack of you!
The way thinks look to us right now,
It won't be very long
Before, in person. you'll collect
For comrades of Hong -Kong! .
For every khaki -clad Canuck
Who made the Sacrifice,
The Prince of Darkness ..and his
friends
Will pay a butter price-
A bogus and busted seer
Will finally confess.
"I might have licked the world, but
for
These men in battle-dress.
—Sqd.-Ldr. G. L. Creed,
R.C.A.F.
And roses are 'of paltry worth
When I have given them my care— KIPLING SPEAKS
I know but this—it is not fair!
My neighbour's garden plot is small
And yet her hollyhocks grow tall;
Her earth is not so rich as mine,
But, ah, her rhododendrons shine;
Her evergreens are small and brief;
Her flowers bloom beyond belief;
.Ah, I have felt the earth's rebuff—
My fingers are not green enough!
—Anne Mary Lawler.
TO HITLER
(New York Daily Mirror)
You mote Ledice, a small Czech vil-
lage, flat.
Because it dared to slay one Nazi rat!
You ordered that the world forget
its. name,
And thus you gave Ledice undying
fame.
You claim you're more than man --a
thing divine!
A "Thing" is right—a thing akin to
swine.
It's true you're not a man you'ee
a disease!
. A scourge from Hell polluting every
Your every act confesses you obscene,
.A soured pervert, chocking on his
spleen --
For men will pray, and life will
carry on
When you . and all your super rats
are gone!
".The .blackest night must always yield
to morn ---
You are the night—and Freedom is
the Dawnd
The little town -your henchmen tore
apart,
'Like Bethlehem, will livein every
heart!'
..AN AIRMAN'S' TRIBUTE TO THE
'MAN IN BATTLE 'DRESS'
Por you, our pals in battle -dress
It's timeto take a bow;
We'll tell the world,in this man's war.
You've done a job and how!
:It hasn't been an easy jab;
As we who've watched you know—
Nor have you shared our luck as yet
Your stuff in full to show.
You've hadd to work like Hell and. wait
For two long years and more
Nor has Publicity's acclaim '
Held much for you in store; -
But when your time oomes as isl must
By all the Gods of War, •
'The, Hun will find out to his cost
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What you've been waiting for!
On you. our pals in battle -ares*
"We airmen must depend-•-
Is this my road to Mandalay?
Where I have sung my song, and then
Looked up to skies one summer day,
And off to where the fishes play,
And prayed for endless peace for
men?
Tell me, can this be Mandalay?
All tense and rigid now with fear,
Scanning horizons black with death,
While Buddhists chant with bated
I .: breath
And call. on charms of yesteryear?
Ah yes this must be Mandalay!'
Where dawn rolls out of China Bay. -
Where East and West must surely
-meet,
i And treachery will taste defeat,
And leave my Burmese lotre to pray.
Then pray,my Supiyawlat, kneel
And thank whatever gods you may
Per British valour, Yankee worth,
And God's good ever -blooming earth,
For palms, and rice and Mandalay.
—T. C. Donavan, Heidimand West,
Gaspe. Co., Que.
NIGHTS OF JUNE
(From the French of Victor Hugo)
In summer when the -day has fled
And darkness, hides the land;
The plain it choicest scents outspread
By evening zephyrs fanned
Though eyelids close. on sentient ears
The faintest sounds oppress,
For sleep the soul but lightly sears
With a half -consciousness.
The stars mare pure burn. from on
To deepen velvet- shadows,'
A vague half light tints all the, sky,
With its infinite meadows,
And sweet and pale the timid 'dawn
Awaits her hour to greet, •
Seeming all night to ramble lone
At Heaven's shining feet.
1` - —Alice Kathryn Gould.
SUPPRESSED DESIRES
The writer of thisP oem will be
well-known to many of you. ` It is
taken from an unpublished collection
of verses, many of which show fine
craftsmanship and delicate' feeling.
The morning air is fresh and sweet,
'The morning flowers are gay,
I'd like to write a song about
The dawning of the day.
But Daddy wants his breakfast, .
There's: cereal to be made,
And omelet and coffee,
And toast and -marmalade.
The sun is rising hot and bright,.
In brazen skies above.
I'd like to write a poem
Of eager youthand love.
But there's stockings to- be mended
CARE OF CHILDREN
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EXCESS BAGGAGE
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A young theological student was
hitchhiking to one, of our cities. A
car stopped and h ewes inivted tojoin
the driver, who after some- conversa-
tion asked himwhat occupation he.
was engaged in. Upon being told that
the young man was a divinity stud-
ent the older man said " I want to tell
you a story."
"My father was a minister and we
lived in a poor district. In order to
make a living we had a small fanmi.,
One day father'was preparing to go
td tear with . a load of hay and, I
asked to be allowed to accompany.
him: My request was granted and,
how proud I was sitting up en top
of the high load. When we had gone
a little distance I asked to be allowed
to drive. Father said "Do you think
you could manage the horses?'r "Oh,
yes!" I replied with confidence. "Al-
right, you may try." "I got along,
not too badly fors few minutes, then
the horses began dragging the load
from one side of the road to the.
other. At lastin fear I cried"Oh,
father, take the lines." When we
had• settled down again 'father said,
"Son, there will be many times in
your life ,if God spares you. when
you will feel that you can manage
alone and you will take the reins into
your own hands,. You will think .you
are doing alright but the time will
come when things begin to go wrong.
When you see disaster ahead you will
cry Oat ill; fear to the only One who
can save you, but son, remember that
He is always ready to ,come to your
assistance."
That has' been 'one of the greatest
lessons of my life and so often I have
proved the truth of my father's
words. My boy, never forget the
promise "God is our refuge and
strength, a very present help in time
of. trouble."
Now a word about excess baggage.
It is nearly always_ in regard to it
that we have to seek the Lord and
ask forgiveness.
1 The Red Caps at our large stations
can tell many tales of carrying bag-,
gage and of the people for whom
they transport luggage. One day one
of these accommodanting lade was.
Iheavily weighed down with grips etc.;
owned by a stylish looking lady she
'treated him as if he was very much
beneath her notice. , When she was
finally seated in a taxi with all her
I belongings she handed him five
cents. To an onlooker it appeared as
if she had much excess -baggage, but
her baggage as far as generosity was
concerned was very limited.'
I- There are two kinds of excess bag-
gage, first the sort that we should be
ashamed of and, second the quality
which sets us aside as wishing to live
for higher and better things. 'Today
we will deal largely with the baggage
we carry about with us which is' a
nuisance to ' ourselves and. also to
those .with whom we come in contact.
Fretfulness is one. How -disagree-
able e
isagree-able'e fretful person may. be. There
,is really nothing the natter but they
become impatient about little things.
The weather does not suit them; their
friends go on -trips and do not invite
them; they needlessly worry about
their health; their food is not to
their liking; people make too much
noise for them-. From one thing- to
another they go on until one does not
know what to say or do to please
them. '.:. '
Should we be one of those who are
carrying about a grip of fretfulness,
let us give it to the Red Capand ask
And Jimmy had a fall.
And tore his breeches horribly
Last night when playing ball.
The banners of the evening
Are flung across the sky.
I'd like to paint a picture
But I.hear the.baby ray,
And Bobby missed his spelling
Today at school I'm told,
And May's antics, in Arithmetic
Just make one's blood run cold.
One,
Making Hose the whole day Iong ,
• —Amy Johns Street. 1319. keeping,
I'Ii never paint a pi
I'll never write a song,
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I'm so very, very busy
COOKING:
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him to 'dispose of it lest we become
a burden to ourselves and those about
us.
Jealousy is a grip which some
carry with them constantly. They
are afraid and ,suspicious of every-
one; many are tying to harm them;
perhaps they believe themselves an
angle in the ,eternal triangle without
any grounds whatever; a- friend
speaks to some one more than they
do to - them; one of their companions
plays a better game of golf than they
do; a school chum has been chosen
for a higher position than they have
and so on - and so on. Their life is
indeed very miserable. Pack it all
into a suitcase and, give it to the Red
Cap for disposal before it turns into
hatred and eventually brings a sev-
ere punishment. That sort of thing
is the cause of unhappiness to :thous-
ands of our young men and women•
today.
Frequently, we carry and also see`
o t he r s trudging •along with
the baggage of temper: What a dis-
gusting habit it is and how often we
wish our -parents had put a stop to it
when we were children, There are
times when, we have passed childhood
and youth and when we are on in
middle life when.wedemonstrate this:
habit much to our own sorrow and
the embarrassment of those who wit-
ness it;
As we time after time fall under
this temptation we feel that we can
never overcome' it. Oh. yes, we can,
but not in ' our own strength. The
tempter will persist in coming back,
but if we keep on praying God will
give us the victory. Try it. There
is a good warning for parents in this,
Your children will thank you in later
years if you break them of that habit
when they are small. To overcome
it may be hard at first but eventually
we will be able to hand that suit case
to the Red Cape and tell him there is
nothing in it we want.
Then, too, there is 'the baggage of
ill manners. Heavy in this load is ar-
gument. After all when we come
to the end of our #1k we are usually
just where we started with the excep-
tion'that we :nay have said some
things we wish we . could recall.
There are times when we contradiet-
a statement which after all does not
make a particle .of difference as to
whether it is right or wrong. It has
a tendency to make theone to whom
we are speaking feel hurt. There are
many other form of ill manners whieh
reflect an ,ourselves, but which we
may overcome. Pack it uprwith the
other things for the Red Cap,
Are we carrying about with''us the
excess baggage of pride? Because
we havea little money do we think
we are better than some one, else?
Christ, who had the highest claim to
pride of alltime had no money. Semen
of the. most beautiful characters to-
day are those who have considerable
of this world's ' goods but who are
using it for the Lord. There is a
pride which we might describe as
snobbish but we have met people who
in our opinion had great reason to be
proud, but yet how humble they were.
Let us bundle selfish pride off to
the dumping ground with the Red
Cap.
One could go on and on speaking
of baggage which is excess, but each
one of us must look into his or her
own life an'd find out just -what! we
are carrying about with; us, which will
hinder in our work for Christ.
-Now to come to our opening story.
The little lad kenw that he was in dif-
ficulty. -He was carrying excess bag-
gage of fear and worry :and incompe-
tence. , He knew by experience that
his father could handle the horses so
in despair he 'Cried out for him to
take the lines. Without any quest-
ion this was done.
The same thing is true with regard
to us and our Heavenly. Father. What
a blessed thing it is that Jesus Christ
is always ready to forgive andi;'take
us into His care. If we have not al-
ready found this, out, shallwe not ere
sleep overtakes us tonight get down
on our knees, and give Ourselves into
"Appoach, my soul, the mercy -seat,
Where Jesste answers prayer;
There humbly fall before His feet,
For none can perish there."
"PEG"
THE MIXi(G HOWL --
By ANNE ALLAN ..
Hydro Home Etonomi,t
OLD FASHIONED -PICKLES •
— FOR FLAVOUR '
Hello Homemakers! Fettles are
brewing delicious jams and jellies --
more true -flavoured with less sugar
— and now; pungent relishes are
filling the home with a mysterious,
appetizing aroma. Traditional in the
well-run home are the jars of delect-
able preserves and piquant pickles
which add interest - to and enliven
the plainer meals now ne'cessary. A
spoonful of pickles' adds flavour and
appetite -appeal even to a piece of
left -over meat.
We use two of the most oolourful:
vegetables for pickling _ beets and
cucumbers. And here's a hint that
comes immediately to mind — if you
have a few nicely shaped jars, fill
them and put them aside for the
time of year when the exchange of
gifts is also traditional. It will save
your purse and increase your fun if
your specialties' are made at home.
And here are some tested recipes
which will provide economical addi-
tions to your winter supply of pickles'
with out using much sugar.
RECIPES
Pickling_ Solution for Sour Pickles
1 qt. cider vinegar
14 cup sugar
tb. celery seed,-
tb.
eedytb. whole cloves - -
,d tb. mustard seed
% tb. peppercorn
Mix vinegar, water and sugar to-
es tied loosely in a piece of cheese-
cloth: Heat to boiling point on ele'c-
uric element turned- High and boil 5
minutes. -
Note: This solution is poured over
the vegetables that have 'been pre-
pared for pickling, weighted down in
brine for 24 hours and rinsed in clear
cold Water.
Mock Olives
3 pints black cherries
1 cup vinegar
1- cup cold water ,e/'
3 tbs. brown sugar
2 tsps whole 'cloves
2 -inch • stick cinnamon
1 tsp. salt
Mix- vinegar water and sugar to-
gether; add spices in a loose bag and
boil for 5 minutes on electric element
turned Low in a covered saucepan.
Stem and wash cherries. Put unpit-
ted cherries in sterilized jars. Pour
syrup over and seal.
- Chopped Pickles (no sugar)
4 qts chopped green tomatoes.
-% cup salt.
2 tsps. pepper
3 tsps. mustard
3 tsps. cinnamon
3 tsp. allspice
3 tsps. cloves
14 •cup mustard seed
4 green peppers
2 chopped onions
2 qts. vinegar
Add salt to tomatoes, cover, let
stand 24 hours. Drain. Add spices
to vinegar; heat to boiling point, add
tomatoes, peppers, and: onions. Bring
to boiling point, then turn the elec-
tric element to Low after boiling
point is reached. Store in stone or
glass jars in a cool place. -
Take A Tip -
1. Covering the top of a erock of
cucumbers with grape or horse-
radish leaves will keep them
green.
2 If plum stones are stubborn to
remove, just leave them in fruit
when cooking jam. - They will
come to the surface and are easy
to skim off.
3.' A sprig of mint cooked with peas
gives a pleasant-- and unhsual
flavour. - - -
4. White cabbage...cauliflower and
white onions keep their colour if
cooked in water that has - had i/a
tsp. cream of tartar added. This
softens the water. THE ,QUESTION BOX
Mrs.. W. C. asks: "Can the glaze
Make
Jams and Jellies
the 'Modern,
Easy Way
HEA
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Boole of 72 Tested
Recipes under the
Label of Every
CERTO bottle.
CERTO k 'Pectin
Extracted from Fruit
• When pectin is used in making
jam and jelly, the Wartime
Prices and Trade Board Order
No. 150 allows you to use sugar
not in excess of one and one-
quarter pounds of sugar for
each pound of fruit. On the
basis that ",fruit" means "unpre-
pared" fruit, this allows you to
make your jams and jellies the
Certo way which gives you
approximately two-thirds more
jam or jelly from the same
amount of fruit. -
on curtains be 'renewed?"
Answer: Try putting the fabric in
thin. clear, hot starch to which a tsp.
of wax has been added.
Mrs. J. M. says: '•'Radishes• that
are cut in shapes do not crisp, when '
they are put in salt and void water."
Answer: Do not add salt. It draws
out the vegetable juices. Piave them
in a small amount of water. Cover
tightly and, chill on the lower shelf of
the electric refrigerator to save elec-
tric current.. -
Mrs. C. C. asks: "Recipe for Haney
Blueberry Pie?"
Blueberry pie
2 tbs.'fiour
214 cups blueberries
r/4 tsp. lemon juice
• cup 'honey
r/e tsp. salt
Line a pie plate with pie paste
fill with berries dredged with flour.
Sprinkle salt on, pour ,honey over and
cover with pie -paste. Bake in electric
oven at 425 degrees for 10 minutes
and reset. at 350 degrees for 30 minu-
tes.
Note: Raspberries, apples - and
cherries *say be substituted for blue-
berries.'
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Ann Allan invites you to write to
her % Clinton News -Record. Send
in your questions on homemaking
problems and watch this column for
replies.
CikeSNAPSNOT GUILD
PICTURING HOBBIES
Boys' and girls' hobbles make good pictures—and almost any hobby
offers fine material for a "story" sequence. Let each shot explain some
step—that method makes sense to your young model.
VOUNGSTERS' hobbies make ex-
t cellent snapshot material—and
almost any boy or girl will take to
the idea of hobby pictures, IF you
offer a good -story idea.
That Story idea is important, be-
cause kids have. realistic minds—
they insist that a picture mean
something: A snapshot just for the
sake of snapping doesn't - interest
them—they want the picture to
have a good, clear point.
However, that's actually simpler
than it may sound—for the hobby
itself offers an outline for your pic-
ture sequence. Consider stamp—
col-lecting, for example. You'll want it
shot of the boy at the mailbox, or
meeting the postman, to receive a
packet of new stamps. You'll want
to . show him as, he spreads out
the treasures and examines them.
Then, too, a shot ss he makes a
watermark test on one, And, of
course, other shote,' as they're
hinged into the stamp album, each
et the eorrect spot.
If you can get two young collet,
tors together, sell them the idea of
a "swapping session.' You'll get
good action, and good expressions.
Let one make an offer; the other
reject it contempuously with "Aw,
I got a mill-yun of those!" Picture
another offer, the acceptance, the
removal of the stamp from the al-
bum—and, finally, the rueful young-
ster as he surveys the empty spot
on the page., • .
This is a method that will work
for practically all children, and
practically all hobbies. And, the pic-
tures are successful because each:
tells a story. Whatever your boy or
girl does—model-making, drawing,
dolhdresses, toy railway operations,
collections of bugs; butterflies,
stones, arrowheads, stamps, or
what -have -you --there's a gold, mine
for good snapshots:
Try it—and see that your young
model receives a complete set of
good prints forhis own. Then you'll
always receive a welcome when you
come back to take more pictures.
313 John van Guilder