HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1942-11-12, Page 7'THURS., NOV.12, 1942
THE CLINTON N'
S -RECORD,
PAGE;7
HIE
HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS
CARE OF CHILDREN
Department of Labour
National War Labour -Board
GENERAL ORDER
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics has found that
the cost of living index number for October 1,
1942, is 117.8 (adjusted index 116.9) as compared
with the cost of living index number for July 2,
1942, of 117.9 (adjusted index 117).
The Wartime Wages Control Order, P. C. 5963,
provides in Section 48 (iv):
"the amount of the bonus shall not be
dmn unless the cost of living index
number has changed one whole point or
more since the last general order of the
Board regtdring an increase or decrease in
the amount thereof"
The index number not having changed by one
whole point or more since July 2, 1942, pursuant
to the provisions of P. C. 5963 as stated, the
National War Labour Board orders that the terms
of its General Order dated August 4, 1942, shall
continue to apply for the period November 15,
1942, to February 15, 1943, subject to the right of
employers or employees to apply to a War. Labour
Board for authorization of payment of such an
amount of cost of living bonus as a Board may
.determine to be "fair and reasonable," under the
provisions of the Order.
HUMPHREY MITCHELL
Chsinnan, National War Labour Board
Ottawa, Canada
November 4, 1942
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THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes Sad—But Always Helpful
and Inspiring
RESTING
"You think I aim dead; the apple tree
said,
"Because I have never a leaf to show
.I'm alive in trunk and shoot;
:Hut I pity the withered grass at my
root,n
"You think I am dead," the quick
green grass said,
"Because I have parted with stem
and blade;
Under the ground 1 am safe and
sound,
But I pity the flower without branch
and root.
"You think I am dead," a soft voice
said,
-"Because not a branch or root I own;
I never died, but close I hid in a
plumy
`Seed that the wind has sown."
"Patient I wait through the long
winter hours;
You will see me again—
I shall laugh at you, then,
'Out of the eyes of a hundred flowers."
Edith Thomas,
V
FALL
By Audrey Alexandra Brown
All night, as sadly as a childthat
grieves
So softly, softly going,
Softly blowing!
I heard 'the .wind lament among the
leaves,
Its thousand bright and bold
Dancers in gold.
`They listened' as will dreamy children
hark
In their untutored morning
To the warning
-,-Of one who whispers of the cold and
dark—
Hearing each ominous word,
But still unstirred, •
;So young they are, so little are they
wise!
They think to dance with laughter
Ever after—
:Not knowing they must die as sum-
mer dies,
• Attaining at a breath
Glory and death. ,
:Deal gently with them, Autumn! Let
them run,
Each with its leaping shadow,
Through the meadow,
•.Down the glade rejoicing in the sun!
This day that shines and sings,
Let them have wings.
IPRAYER for OUR FIGHTING- MEN
O Loi d,, we lift our heart to Thee,
For boys Who seine on land and sea,
And in the air, and ev'rywhere;
For our defenders, one and all,
Who came up at their Country's call,
To steel themselves to do and dare.
We pray for Army lads, though
strong,
They need Thee in their fight with
wrong,
Uphold them as they onward go
Through troubled days that lie ahead,
And they shall be with courage led,
Against a ruthless, foolish foe.
Remember, Lord, our boys on wings,
Who make courageous offerings,
To keep our homes and nation, free;
By day and night they chart the skies
In quest of ev'ry foe that flies,
Or carries death on land and sea.
God guard our sailors on the deep,
Who mid• great perils, vigil keep
On all the oceans, far and wide;
Remember them that so they may
Sail through to new supremacy
For Freedom's sake, whate'er betide,
Then peace on earth shall once again
Be heard and make our glad refrain,
And ev'rywhere with one accord
Thy people shall their tribute pay. .
To Thee for granting victory,
And give Thee grateful thanks, 0
Lord!
-Rev, Dr. Mark,
THE MIXING BOWL
0y ANNE ALLAN
Hydro Home Economia
CONVOY OF APPLES
FOR HEALTH
Hello Homemakers! Canada is
famous for apples and the apple is
king of fruits whether, fresh, dried,
evaporated or canned—a wholesome
food, easily prepared, and jolly good
eating at all times.
An apple convoy of several • mil-
lions has just arrived from the or-
chards of the country, safely deliver-
ed at local market ports. bull of
healthy, fighting spirit, these rosy-
cheeked'soldiers are here to•bring us
health and help' us to balance our
food budget.
The, spare. army will be a big
'factor on the food front this winter.
Here's its duty roster. Sweet .apple
cider at breakfast . . . a' golden
crusted apple pie for dinner , ..a
steaming platter of apple dumplings
to top off the;vegetable supper .. '. a
satisfies during the ten minute lmorn-
ing rest, a juicy and appetizing des-
sert forthe lunch box, and a crunchy
bite at bedtime. - Quite a list, isn't
it?
RECIPES
Apple Cake
1 cup sifted cake flour, l / tsps.
baking powder, Vs tsp. salt, 6 tbs.
sugar, 2 tbs. shortening, 2 egg yolks,
1-2 cup milk, 4 apples pared and slic-
ed thin, 1-2 tsp. cinnamon, 1 tsp.
grated lemon rind, butter.
Sift flour, baking powder, salt and
2 tablespoons sugar together. Cut in
shortening and mix well. Beat egg
yolks, combine with milk and stir in-
to first mixture. Beat well. Pour into
greased shallow pan and cover with
apple slices. Sprinkle with remaining
sugar, cinnamon and lemon rind and
dot with butter. Bake in electric oven
(400 F.) about 35 •minutes. Serve with
Lemon Sauce, for 8. •
Apple Fritters
1 egg, 1-2 cup flour, 1 tsp. sugar,
1-4 cup water, 1 tb. melted fat, speck
of salt.
• :Beat egg. Add salt,. sugar and wa-
ter. Add flour, a little at a time, beat-
ing well. Then add melted baking fat
Pare, quarter and core apples. Dip
quarters in batter and fry in deep
fat.
Apple Tapioca
1-3 cup fine tapioca (or sago sub-
stitute) or 1-2 cup pearl tapioca, 1-4
tsp. salt, 3 cups milk, 6'small apples,
honey.
Cook tapioca with salt' and milk in
top of double boiler until tapioca i5
transparent.
Gore and pare apples. Stick three
or four cloves in each, Arrange ap-
ples in greased baking dish. Fill cav-
ities with honey and pour cooked ta-
pioca over apples. Bake in a moder-
ate electric oven until apples are
tender. Serve 6. If using pearl tap-
ioca or sago, soak in some of the
milk for several hours before cooking.
Take a Tip:.
1. For Turnip Apple Whip, simply
add thick apple sauce to whipped
mashed turnips, adding a dash of
sugar, salt and pepper.
2. Sweet-sour. Cabbage! Mix 1 table-
spoon vinegar, 2 tablespoons boil-
ing water, 2 teaspoons sugar and 1
tablespoon butter. Pour over boil-
ed cabbage. Makes a difference.
3. Make smaller sized pancakes, folks
Why? Easier to flip and more
quickly cooked.
4. Nance the beets — serve large
whole beets by first boiling, scoop
out centre( and save to serve cold:
on the next day's salad plate); fill
with the following mixture; -chop
2 hard cooked eggs• and season 1
with Salt, pepper, dash of curry 1
powder and chutney sauce.
The Question Box
Mrs. N. C. Asks: "Recipe for cook-
ies using mincemeat",
Answer:
Mincemeat Drop Cookies
1-4 cup butter, 1-4 cup sugar, 1-4
cup corn syrup, 1 egg, 1 cop mince-
meat, 1 1-4 cups flour, 2 taps. bak-
ing powder.
Cream butter, add sugar and syrup.
Blend well together. Beat in eggs.
Mix in measured dry ingredients and
mincemeat. I Drop by spoonfuls, on
greased baking sheet. Bake in elec-
tric oven at 400 for? 10 minutes.
Mrs. R. C,, asks: "We still kave
some cucumbers that have kept well
Can we use saccharine for pickling?"
Answer: Yes, but precautions. must
be taken. Pure saccharine (1 grain)
tablets are very strong. The 1-4 grain
tablet is the equivalent of about 1
teaspoon sugar. There are 48 tea-
spoons to a cup, therefore you would
use twelve 1.4 grain saccharine tab-
lets when 1 cup of sugar is called for.
Anne Allan invites you. to write to
her % Clinton News -Record. Send in
your questions on homemaking pro-
blems and -Watch this column for re-
plies.
COOKING
The Crowded -out Christ
Ik..•...:,W.. By "PEG"
Have any words ever been spoken] house Which is in charge of a luke
which have had such a depth of mean `warn minister and leaders who are
ing as those two adjectives and a I afraid to stand up for what is right.
noun — The Crowded Out Christ?
The completion of the sentence is
left to each, one of us. -
There were two important in-
cidents in the life of our Saviour.
when He was crowded out. There is
that beautiful and patheric scene
when Joseph and Mary left their
home in Nazareth and joined with
others on their way to' Bethlehem in
order to obey the decree of Augustas
Caesar that all the world should be.
taxed. Mary was about to become the
mother of the promised Messiah and
we can imagine the anxiety with
which these two trudged along the
and at last came to Bethlehem, only
to find that there was no room for
them in the Inn. Nor was there any
place else except in a stable. Jesus
Christ, the Saviour of the World,
was crowded out.
After thirty years of private life
and three years of struggle before
the public we find the saviour taken
outside the walls of Jerusalem to a
mount called Calvary. It is true He
had had a trial, one which was a
mockery. Nails were driven through
His bands and His feet, and the cross
which was His lot Of life was jolted
into the ground. There He died for
your sins and mine,
He was crowded out of the lives
of those who did; not want Him.
To -day, after nineteen hundred years
He is still crowded out, not only
from the lives of those who have not
accepted Him but also from the lives
of those who, at some time, have
taken Him in, acknowledged Him as
their Lord and Master and accepted
Him as their Companion and guide.
The tragedy of Calvary is being re-
enacted every day. We who are
Christians are crying out "Crucify
Him, Crucify Him" John 3-16. For
God so loved the world that Be gave
His begotten son that whosoever
belleveth in Him should not perish,
but have everlasting life meant a
great deal to us but gradually we
have allowed earthly things to drift
in and Christ has been crowded out.
We need to ask ourselves the ques-
tion. Did I really accept Christ, if so
how is it that I have wandered• so far
away now? At, that time we had
high ideals, spiritual fevor and a
zeal to do what was right, Where
has that side of our life gone?
• A prominent book which came out
recently paints out that prior to the
time of John Wesley, England' •had
sunk to a very low level; the country
was run by those whose ambitions
were to get on in life themselves no
matter wlo suffered by their actions;
dishonesty was paramount, good was
surpassed by evil. The people were
far away from the teachings of
Christ or even the ideals of the pro-
minent writers of the day. He then
asks the question. "What saved: Eng-
land? The answer to that may be
found in the conVersion of John
Wesley and his wonderful Christian
work throughout England and his in-
fluence '
n -fluence' throughout 'the English
speakineg world.
"Surely thisis the world's greatest
need to -day a revival of pure and, un-
defiled religion which will bring us
back to the Christ we have lost."
What a tragedy it is to see the
church which has been dedicated to
the Lord turned' into a play house.
Whose fault is it? Each one of us is
ready to blame soiae one else.
The question of keeping God's
House pure is really a difficult one.
Those in authority from the minister
down are responsible and they will
at some times; have to answer to
their Lord and Master for their
agreement in allowing things to
creep into the churches which are
against the will of God:,
There are many children and young
people to -day who have little know-
ledge of what Christ has done for
them, In many instances they have
no home training along this line con-
sequently the church must assume
the responsibility. God pity His
A young girl who had; been brought
up in a house where Christ was hon-
ored, went to one of our cities to se-
cure bmployment. One day she we:go
to see a friend and intimated that
she was going to a dance. The
friend who knew that the girl had
net been brought up that way said,
where? The girl replied that it
was in a house or hall connected with
the church which she was attending.
Another church house was used as
a building in which to play cards of
different kinds. Some one says there
is no harm in a game of cards. Per-
haps not for you, but there are many
in our penitentiaries to -day who are
there because they have learned' to
dance or play cards in some church
building and these meetings have
been supervised and taken part in
by representatives of Christ.
Then there is the question of smok-
ing. There is a great deal of dis-
cussion about this. habit. It used
to be a terrible thing to see a woman
smoke, but now one might say the
exception is those who do not smoke
among women. The fact that there
is a question about that leads us to
believe that it is wrong. Apart from
the medical point of view an im-
mense amount of money is used in
tobacco of any kind. People will
spend very much more on this luxury
than they will give to the Lord.
Then there is the question of the
shows. We will go to see a picture
or a play. Do we realize that many
of these are put on by men and wo-
men whom we would not care to as-
soeiate`with and whom we would not
invite to be a guest in our home?
After we have seen one of these plays
do we come away with a feeling- of
uplift? That should be the standard
of our pleasure along this line. There
are enough beautiful things to be
seen without spending our time in
questionable amusement.
Christ drove the money changers
out of the temple because they were
not using it for the purpose for
which' it was intended. Can we im-
agine what He would do if He came
into some of our churches to -day.
We feel that those responsible for
these things would call on the wall
to fall on them.
Where are the meetings which
were held in the early days of our
prisoners. In many churches there
are no prayer meetings. In other in-
stances they are held but under some
other name. Instead of being a meet-
ing for prayer they have been turn-
ed into what might be called, a church
service, People do not want prayer
any more. It, is too dry to attend a
meeting where God is being talked
to in prayer.
In olden days when anyone -was
in spiritual difficulty they could, talk
things over with their parents or
with some member of their church.
To whom do they go now? Would
they choose some one whom they had
seen drinking,' dancing, smoking,
playing cards, or going to the show?
Put yourself in the place of the en-
quiring one and answer the question
for yourself. ,As parents and church
leaders to -day we will have a great
deal to account for. Children have
been given into our trust and we are
responsible for them,
Many to -day contend that this is
all fogie talk. The world has 'advan-
ced. That is so but the world of God
is the same as it always was and that
has been given'to us as our guide in
life. ,We should not hide behind the
advancement in the world. If we
have been brought up in the fear and
love of the Lord we will have no time
to .spend one these amusements.
time tp spend on these amusements
Our time is the. Lord's and we must
use it as He; would want us to.
We have the same, God caring for
usand we have the sameGodto face
at the final day. Ours is the choice
of the judgment which will be meted
out to us. Which will we, choose?
Can we honestly say.
HEAbTH
"I've found a friend; G such a friend!
He loved me Ere I knew him;
He drew ane with the cords of love,
And thus He bound me to Him;
And round my heart still closely
twine
Those ties which nought can sever,
For I am His, and He is mine,
For ever and for ever.
eisEiG"
CHRISTMAS CARDS IN ENGLAND
Impressive testimony on the. value
of the greeting card in war -time
comes from Great Britain where
Christmas cards came in vogue a
hundred years ago.
Paper in the British Isles is strict-
ly rationed;. Nevertheless _: -the Mini-
stry of Supply has allowed stocks of
paper in publishers' hands to be used
for the manufacture of cards for 1942
and in addition, has allocated 350 tons
of new paper for the making of greet
ing cards.
Sir Andrew Duncan, head of the
Ministry of Supply, in making the
announcement stated: "Greeting cards
are essential to the war effort. Peo-
ple are living under a great strain,
and many of them are unable to col-
lect their thoughts and express their
feelings in a letter, but in a tray of
greeting cards, with sentiments al-
ready printed' on them they find
words which exactly express what
they feel in their hearts."
V
A LEAF BELONGS TO ANYONE
Walking down the street,
Should; I chance •to find a purse,
I'd hunt and hunt
Until I found the owner;
And should I come upon a book
Dropped carelessly,
I'd see the loser had it back again—
For neither one is mine.
But should I find a maple leaf,
A brightly colored Ieaf,
All red and green and gold,
Fresh -fallen from a wind-blown
branch,
I'd pick it up
And carry it straight home with me
And claim it as my own.
Ai leaf, a lovely Autumn' leaf,
Belongs to anyone.
NIGHT BEFORE FROST
On such an intangible night,
Just before frost,
There's neither depth nor height
To this world lost;
To a -world lost in space,
Too far to reach
By roads one seeks to trace
with human speech.
V
"AUSTERITY" BUSES
Now Being Built for Public Service
in Britain
The first of a fleet of "austerity"
buses has just been completed in Bri-
tain and will soon be operating in
Midlands area. , .
The bus,,.a single-decker, has bee=
specially built to save petrol by carry,
ing more passengers. It can seat more
than 40 and it has room for many,
more standing passengers than the
usual single-decker rigid chassis type.
Fittings are kept to essentials and
anything approaching luxury 'has
been severely cut out.
The width of the bus exceeds the
regulation limit of 7 ft. 6 ins. by an;
extra six inches and the overall len-
gth is 33 ft. 6 ins.
It is the first time that buses of
this type have been permitted for pas
sengers transport on British roads,
and now a number of them are on
the way.
'ClieSNAPSNOT GUILD
INDOORS AT NiGHT
it's easy to make pictures like this indoors at night with "open flash"
photography.
CAN snapshots indoors at night be
made with any camera? That
question is one of those most fre-
quently asked by people who are
nota to photography. And the an-
swer, I am happy to say, 15, "Yes."
Of course, the camera alone 'won't
do the trick. Generally, you've got
to use brighter lighting than is
found In even the best illuminated
homes. And you should use an extra -
fast 111m,
xtra-fast'fllm,
But it can be done—that's a fact
—and probably the easiest and most
satisfactory way is to start with
Bash photography. You can use flood-
lighting if you -wish, and get good
results too, but we'll discuss that
spine other day.
Making a flash picture by what is
called "open flash" technique re•
quires just three simple steps.
First, set your camera on a tri-
pod or other firm support, Cocas It
correctly, and set the shutter on.
"time" or "bulb," and open the shut-
ter.
Second, flash the bulb in a flash -
holder or in a bridge lamp.
And third, close the shutter 1m -
mediately.
That's not hard to remember, and
you'll be surprised at the line pic-
tures you get. In fact, you'll be
amazed at how quickly you can
make a picture that way if you just
practice a little at first.
As for exposure in such pictures,
you don't have to worry too much
about that. Your camera dealer can
give you an exposure guide, or an
instruction sheet, when you get your
flashbulbs. So get some today and
start making flash pictures tonight.
You'll find that it's easy to get in-
door nighttime snapshots compar-
able to our Illustration.
406 John van Guilder