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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1942-11-26, Page 7YHURS., NOV. 26, 1942 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 7 THE HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED• T() THE POETS :dere They -Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad, But Always Helpful and Inspiring LISTEN HITLER! "High above the Cliffs of *over, The mightyi airmen flew %Their bomb -laden planes of destruc- tion i 1 , To teach the Nazis something new; Hitler, he had boasted That such a thing could never be, 'That grim retaliation would be •Stopped by such as he. :That the pepple of the Fatherland. Were safe under his protecting care, AAnd that he and, Brother Goering Were the Lords of Land and Air. But .the British said, "We'll teach Mm„ Shouted the Yanks, "we're with you, too," .And Canadians by the hundred Took up the cry anew; 'We're ready, Hitler, we would have you understand, And we shall smash the .factories !In all your puppet lands. :Listen Hitler! There will always be an England And the land of Uncle Sam, From away down under They are stalwart to a pian; -And in all the conquered countries There was never weapon made, That could conquer- souls of men Or their love for freedom, take, lice Hitler! we'Il buy bonds or stamps Till in fear you trembling stand. Before the bar of justice Then -perhaps you'll understand, -That the world could, not be con- quered By a "little horned man." -Mrs. B. D'Arey, Silverwood, Mich. NOVEMBER Freed of its russet weight, and cold ' bough bends Still with remembered grate as aut- umn ends; But over the hills -and• through the hollows The lonely leaves fly and wild wind follows, .J the gold -eyed great, horned owl will brood watchfully on the naked bough Shy -hearted creatures, slumber now, curled and deep and safe from harm. Sleep, mole and badger, hid. and warm. This is a.winter song for those who dream beneath the drifted snows. FIANCES FROST WORSHIP IN. ST. ANDREW'S e A doctor,lawyer, soldier and a preach- er of the worth Assembled in the temple to rejoice and praise the Lord; They were joined by many others in desire as they stood Their voices risingclearly for the . triumph of the good. j , They were thinking of their comrades in the service of their king, They were paying them a tribute in the song they had to sing , They were doing humble duty each arising to extol The name of every soldier on the temple's honor roll. The doctor said we should be one, united we should stand, In every effort to secure the freedom of our land: The lawyer spoke of sacrifice, of idles - folk touch'd by strife Who gave, perhaps, with innate pride, the best they had in life, I The soldier had a lot to say of men who served before. Who were unkindly treated when they - came back from the war; And he express'd sincerely the hone that every boy', Returning from the fields of war would find unstinted joy. The preacher's little word was this, he said he hoped that we Would work with all the strength we had .to bring us victory. —W. J. Mark, D. D. • FOR THE FALLEN With proud thanksgiving, a niother GIVE Some years ago a committee was appointed to go to thestation to meet Lord Sh'aetsbury. The reply to the question as to how they would know him was. "When you see a tall, well builtman helping some one else you will know that is Lord Shaftsbury". True enough, when this noted man stepped off the train he was carrying his own bag in one hand and in the other he had the old rope bound bag of an elderly working woman. His station in life did not keep him from extending a helping hand. - With what is our name associated Is it money? Not many have more that will keep us comfortable from day to day. If we do happen to have a little it would be a be a'disgrace to us if we wgre not putting every "PEG" not for shames sake many would let. the . collection plate go by without putting anything on it, There are those who had a Mission- cry subscriptionlist because they wish to lappear big. In the eyes of man it may be they are, but in the sight of God their offering, is just as small as the amount they' really would like to give. There are the comparative few who give the "widows' mite".' This in- eludes the large of heart who present their offering as if Christ stood and received it Himself. They realize that Jesus Christ died for them. They have given him their greatest gift, that is themselves and now they want to spread abroad His love to those who know Him not. How are we cent pgssible.into some enterprise to help win the war. The war news has been more cheering in the last few days, but we must not feel that we are safe. In all probability it will be some time before that feeling of se- curity will be truly and safely ours. Are we using our money for world- ly pleasure or are we employing it as a means to spread abroad the gospel • of Jesus Christ. If we had only used the money which we have been hoarding in trying to send the gospel to the Japanese we would not now be bidding farewell to our young men and women as they are leaving our shores to go out to fight, many of them never to return.. People say that God has not any- thing to do with this awful war bu clear thinking peeple are more : and more realizing that it is in order to save the world for Himself that He is allowing this catastrophe to con- front us day by day. Men and women were drifting further and further away from him, in fact there is a very small ' majority of people who are belonging in Him at all, God is a God of Love but He also is .God of Justice. A young student who had spent the summer on a mission field told of visiting his scattered congre- gation. There was one young mah in the district who did not attend the church services. When he went to visit him the student was very very much surprised to learn that the man did not even know that Christ had been :crucified. He had your Christmas baking. Raisins and currants are expected to be available. Here's a tip—steep them in a little water ,sieve and then use them as part of the sweetening. Como= spices are on hand and citron peel, too. Cashew nuts from India may arrive in time, but if not there are our flavourful; rosy Canadian apples. Cheese is pier- tiful—hi spite of tremendous ship, - merits to Great Britain —and crack= ers, too; =since many of them do not require sugar. And so there:' will be Christmas fare for Christmas doings --enough holiday good things to please both young and old:: going to pass it on? Business firms tell us that in order to do well they must advertize, so we must speak far Jesus. Are we ashamed to own our Lord or to defend His cause. In many many instances we are not doing our best and what a tragedy it isl If such is the case the time will come when Christ will not own us and we will have no one to plead'for us. No mat- ter how closely we follow Christ we will require an advocate to speak for us. There is nothing in the world so well worth passing on as the love of Christ. We live next door to some one. It costs us -nothing to speak to that one about Christ. So often we will give money to send the gospel abroad, t and we will not speak to those with whom we come lit contact day by day. Do we live such 5. life that those we. know do not want our religion. Those who -are far away do not know us in the same way that our neighbor does. That is a tragic state of affairs., nevertheless it is true. We should be real missionaries in the proper, sense of the word. Before we can spread abroad His gospel we must give ourselves to Him. Will we not do that to -day? ,, for her children heard of the Saviour but there his Sending the long, blue smoke curls , England mourns for her dead knowledge ended. Was that in far mountainhigh, across the sea, v' o d mares' tails dowel off India, China or -Japan. No Flesh of her flesh they of her spirit, account of the war our missionaries .Dumgthecluy the sky. ' November comes back with its tarn- iahed silver weather, Holding the heart by a frail and frosty tether. Now in the dark of the moon most doubly dear:' as a warm, fire lighted Window shin- ing clear, And deep pools of silence sweetly broken By sharing of glances or a low word spoken. n i Now for this best of all the year's gay brood Let me give rhythmic voice to grat- titude. 1 01i, let me give thanks for thisample giver Whose ;goose arrows rest in a stare strewn quiver- """r'sF Eray,nionth that is born when ruddy autumn. ends— 'Giving us back our fires, our stars, our friends,. . Dorothy. Hope McC'roden. WINTER LULLABY This is a lullaby for those who go to sleep in furry clothes., Silver mouse and baggy bear-- • the smell of snow is in the air! Rusty woodpecker; tumble down your hillside paseageyvay- Striped' brown Time makes the Little service great, Two thousand years ago and more The Master saw a widow pause And gave her little to the eauso And still men tell the story e'er. The measure of the kindly deed iIs not its present worth or size The world of cheer one stops to speak May lift unto the mountain peak The youth the desert terrifies. Lives have been changed in moments rare Along the pathways mortals: plod; Unseen and little understood Are many ways of doing good And many ways of serving God.P "EG" were, spirit it was in our own fah Canada on I 'Fallen in the cause of the free. are having to come' hone. There is l certainly much work for them to do Solemn the drums thrill: Dead right here but they have to be sup august and royal ported. Sings sorrow up into immortal War commentators are . claiming spheres. , that Germany will break and that the There is music in the midst of deso- war will be over in 1943. We won - ration der whetherthis prediction is true! And a glory that shines upon our Will God allow it to cease before we tears, are sufficiently Christianized' to heed They shall not grow old, as we who His weed, are left grow old:. Ago shall not weary them, - nor When the call comes for money the years condemn, for the different Victory Loans, in At the going down of.the sin and in every instance the amount was over the morning subscribed, Why will we never give We will remember them. to Christ what rightfully belongs to Laurence Binyon Him? What is our reaction to an an - nouncenient that a missionary. is FLOWER PIECE going to speak in a church in our district. Someone will say,"I am not How bright going to spend my time going to hear the yellow flower blooms some one tell of doin3•s in some coun- h gray - try so. far away, Those people have of silver dayl lived in darkness all their lives. Let 1 then stay the way they are. They How white "' might be a great deal worse off even the light if they had religion. Look at, a lot of blossom,dight here who profess that they belong to• in twilight's soft array! Christ. I would rather deal with 1 people who make no such profession. Some petals open 1. certainly - have - n0 money for a to the sun cause like that. and deep . There we have the class of people its colors held. whowill go to church • on Missionary. Sunday. They have little interest, Night -blooming cereus, but it helps to pass the time, When folding ,hers ' the :collet' ' collection plate ie passed they is not half look through then change until they so bold; find a, five cent piece.. They .examine '• small chipmunk, pewter -colored But . stores each ray throughout the it for fear they might by. any chance squirrel, day put on a twenty £ive get piece. Our soon the feathery tars will,whorl And. shines, her lig g ht .in dark of. night. Saviour gavea gHis • 11 for us, and we over the yellow -littered 'woad, Margaret Lloyd give the veryleast we can. a n. Were it V THE MIXING HOWL By ANNE ALLAN Hydra Nom. Economia TIME TO BASLE. CHRISTMAS GO011TES Hello Homemakers! Four weeks before Christmas—.high time to start your festive baking. Be i sure to plan for this important occasion and have your wartime recipes on hand. While pre-war frills are out, we still have an abundance of good things' for our baking — and don't fo>ggt that Christmas goodies make such accep- table gifts, when gaily, wrapped•, and cost so little. - According to.market ferecests,'tur- key and other fowl Will be plentiful. Our own Canadian • vegetables are abundant and, we have plenty of flour. vitamin -rich flour. However, need for fat conservation is our eignal to substitute quick breads made with the new shortening or laid for the richer' cookies: We suggest that you try to save a little sugar every week for RECIPES Dundee Cake 7-8 cup butter, 2-3" cup sugar, 4 eggs, 1-3 cup nuts, chopped, 1-3 cup peel cut fine, 2 1-2 cups flour, 1-2 tsp. salt, 1 'tap baking powder, 1 cup seedless raisins, 1 1-3 cups currants 2 tbs. orange juice. Topping -1-3 cup citron peel, cut in thin slices, and 1-3 cup candied cher- ries, cut in pieces, • Cream butter, add sugar slowly, Beat in eggs thoroughly. Stir in nuts Sift, flour with, baking powder and salt, mix with fruit, and add to first mixture. Add orange and lemon pee mixed with orange juice. Mix thor- oughly .and put in two or three smal pans lined with wax paper and grecs ed'. Cover top with candied cherries or citron. Bake in electric oven 275 degrees for 1 1-4 hours. Cover with paper for the last twen tyminutes of baking, • Glazed Cranberry Muffins 2 cup's flour, 3 tsps, baking powder 1-2 tsp. salt, 3 tbs, sugar, -1 egg, 1 cup milk, 1-4 cup melted fat, stewed cranberries.' Mix and sift the flour, baking pow der, salt and sugar; Beat the egg and to it add the milk. Stir lightly and quickly into the flour mixture and add melted fat. k'i1l well greased muf- fin tins about half full of the mix- ture and in each place a teaspoon of stewed cranberries; cover with more of the hatter. Bake in electric oven at 400 degrees for 25 minutes. Dark Fruit Cake • 1-2 cup butter, 3-4 cup brown su- gar, 3-4 cup seeded raisins cut, 3-4 cup currants, 1-2 eup citron sliced thin, 1-2 cup molasses, 2 eggs, 1-2 cup milk, 2 cups flour, 1-2 tsp. bak- ing soda, 1 tsp. cinnamon, 1-2 tsp. all- spice, 1-2 tsp. mace, 1-4 tsp. cloves 1-2 tsp lemon extract. Directions same as for Dundee Cake. Garret : Pudding 2 cups grated carorts, 1-2 cup chop- ped suet, 1-4 cup sugar, 1-4 cup corn syrup,, 1 tsp, salt, rind and juice of 1 lemon, 1 eup crushed Graham Cra- cker . Crumbs, 1-2 cup nuts, 1-2 tsp. cinnamon, 1-2 tsp. cloves, 2 tsps. bak- ing.powder, 1 cup seedless raisins. Combine all ingredients. Turn into a well greased mould. Cover and steam in well cooker 2-2 1-2 hours. ' • Lemon Marshmallow Sauce. 1 egg, 2 1-2 tbs flour, 1-2 cup corn syrup,'1 1-2 cups hot water, juice of 1 lemon, 1 tb, butter, 8 to 10 marsh- mallows, rind of 1 lemon. Beat egg, add sugar and flour. Add hot water gradually. Cook on "Low" until thick. Adel lemon rind, juice and butter. Remove from heat add out marshmallows and allow to stand un- til dissolved. THE QUES11ON BOX Mrs.-J.B.A., suggests: That you be prepared for hilarity and anything that may happen to your precious rugs or furniture during the holi- days.. Answer: We agree, and suggest.' L Blot up any fruit juices immed- iately. Apply cold water, blot and re- peat. 2. Saturate chewing gum spots with carbon tetrachloride; sponge with hot water. Rub dry. 3. Grease . decays fabrics. Remove butter or other` types of grease with carbon tetrachloride.'' 4. Stain from water in flower vase, or dog stains: :Use hot water. No WAR -TIME TRAVEL TIP NO. 1 Awe • a miters gar eigsdaasfece. Avoid frayed nerves and help relieve wartime pressure on the railways by making reservations early and purchasing tickets well in advance a train time: CANADIAN NATIONAL luck? Try 1-4 cup salt in 2 cups water. Then sponge with weak am- monia water. Rinse off and rub dry, IOther quesitionc have been ana- 1 wered directly by mail due to limited space this week. 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. 1 NOW HAS FOUR SONS IN THE ARMY, OVERSEAS Mrs. Robert Ritchie received t4 cable on Saturday from her son, Sig - Emmerson Ritchie, telling of hies* safe arrival in England, Four of Mrs', Ritchie's five sons are now overseas', Pte. Leslie Ritchie has been oversea* since July of last year; Gm'. Match- er Ritchie has been overseas silica September, 1941; Gnr, Clayton Rif: ehie has been overseas two months.-- Seaforth News. Rk=SNAPSHOT GUILD MAKING BETTER USE OF LIGHT A combination of back and top lighting is principally responsible for the fine pictorial effect of this snapshot. Keep an eye on the direction of the light, and you'll be able to produce equally effective results. A MONG the fundamental tools of " all photographers, light holds an unequaled position. But most of us take the sun, and flash or flood lamps, almost for ,granted. We db not stop to realize how much the direction of light means to a pic- ture. - It you watch carefully you'll' see that in: most inetances light strikes your subjects from one of three major directions—front, side, or back. Outdoors those forms of Il- lumination are normally tempered by a touch of top lighting, buteach of those types produces a definite effect. Remember that, and, you'll find Abet you can use light to con- trol the quality .and mood of your snapshots. Front, or flat lighting, which is the kind you get when the sun is behind the camera, is, for instance, rather' routine and ordinary in ef- fect. It does not result in too attrac- tive black-and'white prints, but it will give you perfectlyacceptable record pictures, Pictorially the light is too iow in contrast to give the most pleasing effect. - - Side lighting Is probably' much better suited to general purpose photography, It almost invariably, provides a pleasant balance of highlights and shadows; - it helps to achieve a third dimensional effect is your pictures; it emphasizes tex- tures; and it provides the basics contrast necessary to brilliant pic- tures. Use it often. The third division .is back light- ing—the kind that exists when that alba is, shining directly at the cam- era. With. bank lighting you'll get the 'type of effect found in our illus- tration, but in this case a reflector was also used to brighten the side of the subject nearest the camera. It's just the thing too for making outdoor silhouette, or semi -s11. honette, pictures. It's good for land- scapes studies. And, if you use a re- flector to brighten the shadow side ofyour subjects, it's a highly of festive lighting for portraiture. There's just one thing to watch out for: don't let the sun shine direct- ly into the camera lens. Use a lens Hood" or shade your camera with your hand, , Watch the light, and you'd be able to see your picture quality; move steadily upwards. 392 John van Guilder -