HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1942-12-03, Page 7' TRU.RS,,:-DEC,:•'3, 1942
HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS
THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED
'TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing You Their Songs --Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes Sad—But Always Helpful
and Inspiring
""THEY .RANG THE BELLS
•`OF•.BRITAIN ... "
The church bells of Britain, silenced
when invasion threatened, rang again
on Sunday, November 22nd to cele_
:brat° the success --in North Africa
and as a call to thanksgiving and re-
mewed prayer . , Some 1,200 British
churches, wrecked or damaged by
bombs were unable •to participate in
the service.
They rang, the bells of Britain,
With joyful tongues again,
From Land's End clearto 'John
O'Groats.
A glorious flood of golden notes
Poured from their humming brazen
throats.
To Iift the hearts of men.
They carolled, "Come ye people.
In thankfulness to pray
For strength to end each task begun,
For humble hearts, whate'er. be won,
For fortitude till war be. done
And peace return to stay!"
'"'hey rang;'the bells of Britain
They clamored sweet and strong,
.And those that deep in rubbled stone.
Lie cracked and broken, sent their
own.
`Faint echo through men's blood and
bone
To swell the happy song.
13e patient, bells of Britain,
Though silenced, you are'free•
Your metal serves no ruthless foe
'or guna to Iay your country low;
One day mankind again will know
Your peal of victory!
—Helen. Sangster
THU DESPOILER
_She came to lunch and stayed on hour
or two—
And when the time was past,
felt the day was darkenedandless
good
That hope was din,iuer andmy fear in-
creased;
Had learned to trust less in -the powers
that be;
That those who had the cares of State
were poor,
'Or drunk, or mean, or - overpaid and
fed.
And I for once. felt bitter, almost
z.ishc f
That, I were dead,
And yet she truly felt our cause was
right,
A patriot •she --
Who spread, so vast a discontent
around •
:She almost made a- coward out of Inc
Who had my loved on earth in sky and
sea,,
Montreal West —W. M. Crossley,
CYCLE OF FROSTED ORCHARD
Pear petals drip through trees.
And frosted buds drop in the short—Euphemia J;. Morrison street car we have been among those
newfrosted
si Ste. Anna de Bellevue, ;eve, who have pushed our way on if it
it had been at all possible for us to
get a seat we have dropped into i
and keep our faith alive.
T. D. A. C'oekerell
MIGRATION
Their wings are whitely shining'
Cu autumn's mellow light,
upon the wide sky dwindled
by fleetness and by height,
A man with look extended
in sudden clutch of sight
must grasp the wedge of pattern
to follow them in flight,
must gather into vision
,,the edge of day and night
and orient the symbols
in which the years unite,
Keith Thomas
IN DUE .SEASON
T
E CLINTON
NEWS -RECORD
CARE OF CHILDREN
GLASSES
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The style of glasses, like every-
thing else has changed in the
last number of years. Our earliest
recollection of them is the little
round ones with straight ear pieces;
also what was called nose glasses
with black rims supplied with 'a
spring attachment. We see the funny
side of these when they are brought
out for a masquerade or some other
social function now. We at that time
wondered how people were fitted
with them:
The solution to. this problem
arrived at as, we visualized a fa m
scene. The housewife had spared
little time from her day of hard to
to take' her basket of mending and
go out in the cool air.
She is . sitting in a chair on th
lawn talking to her Iittle daught
who is playing with her dog and dol
A horse. drawing a buggy drives u
the lane and the driver steps out
I'm thankful for the sunshine that carrying two or three,- sma11 cases.
dips our world in gold; He is met by the husband who ties
the horse to the hitching post, and
the two walk over to where the wife
y "PEG"
back to the thought that a great
cleat we do is purely selfish on our
part, and.that we have no regard for
any one `else and their feelings.
Now how can we be long sighted?
All inventions in the world have been
made by long sighted people. Alex-
ander Graham Bell looked into the
future when he invented the teleph-
one in 1874: the same is true of Mar-
coni when he sent the first wireless
message across the Atlantic in 1901:
was the first vessel to cross the Atlantic
under steam in 1833, the Royal
r a William was the result of watching
steam froma tea kettle and subse-
quence experiment.
These men all loakeir into the fut-
ure; they were long sighted; they
e thought of someone besides them-
e,r selves; they had the comfort of others
ly at heart.
But oh, the dear, dumb solace that
hours of darkness hold
I'm grateful for the vistas of blue, and little daughter are waiting for
unbillowed sky; them. This is the travelling "eye
But oh, the sullen splendor of storm specialist". Many a problem he has
clouds rolling by! solved for those who have neither
Pm glad I know the wonder of the time, nor the money to travel to
blossom -bended trees; ;the nearby cities to have their eyes
And yet—their twisted outline is tested,
beautiful as these. '
i In days 'past, glasses as far as
children -and young people were eon -
I'm thankful for life's friendship
encountered as I go; • icerned were a fad and many a man
But, better still—the conflict, the or woman has gone through life
vital thrill of foe handicappedasfar as eye sight is
I'm grateful for the triumphs, that concerned because they "could see
meet me en m way;if they wanted to" . in the days of
y their childhood ' and consequently
Yet, looking back the failures have
heI•ped me more than they, they were not allowed such a neces-
I'in glad to join the laughter that sits as glasses. Times have changed
lilts slang the years; and how it is quite a common thing
But oh, the untold treasure that's to see even very young children
come to me through tears— equipped with these helpfull articles.
To go back to our picture the wife
AUTUMN THOUGHTStries on a pair after pair each time
looking at• a card supplied by the
"Kiss the season and shun regrets". salesman, At last the right pair
—George Meredith is purchased at that time bifocal lens
were unknown and the usual grasses
Think not of Winter. Winter is not were those for reading, The hus-
here.
hand is also very much interested in
For now old Time, by Nature's A"them. Many a time the wife will
rythmic Laws, look for her glasses and at last find
them on the nose of her husband as
he scans the weekly or daily paper.
There are twe main classes of eye
trouble—short sightedness and long
sightedness.
How can we compare these to. our
daily lives. We would be quite safe
in calling near sightedness—a form
of selfishness. People who are mor-
ally near sighted seldom see any
further than themselves. After we.
have retired at night and as we look
back over the day's work we can
So we, whose; Spring is but a memory plainly see how, in many instances
And Summer's to for we have certainly not thought of
good or ill, others and in that way we have mtg.-
May
isrMay kiss the. season .of maturity W.
If we have had to take a bus or a
Is poised between the growing and
the sere.
And feigns eternity in Autumn's
pause. 3•� A<
Dear Earth had doffed her green
for gold attire:
Her harvest on her breast, she lies
content.
Now is the end of striving, and
desire
Is quenched in satisfied accomplish-
ment.
is done,
sed a great deal of joy and blessing.
And rest our souls in glow of setting
sun.
e have rushed out from home,
'Surnrner comes through open -window -
On boughs curved upward in their
tveightlese leaves..
No fat fruit hangs bell -heavy in the
trees,
Rut empty bilis are whistling on 'the
Iinrbs,
There is a stir,
half leaf. half bird,
limning the keyboard of the orchard
rows. -
And pear leaves'swing their lanterns
In the many suns
Until the lights go yellow in Oct-
ober winds
And flicker along the ground.
M. A. Trays
THE HOPE OF THE WORLD 1
And !s it just an idle: dream that
war may cease to b'e? I
:'''Must power of evil always seem to
prey upon tho°flee?
Oh Let, us stand together now, and
all united strive
fo hold. the torch of freedom high,
FALL RAIN
a little tune, the rain
plays upon the strings of grass and
leaves
and is answered quickly
by the growing crescendo of the
brook.
CONSUMERS ASKED
TO CONSERVE BUTTER
Conservation of butter is urged by
the Wartime Prices and Trade Board ,
who have asked Canadians to cut
thein' consumption by our ounce per
person per week. %serving this
"1c self -rationing will, in the oin-'
ion of officials, tide the country over
the period of "deficiency production"
-November to April.
Sinr.:r two nerves is equal to two's
ts.;blespoourful, Western Ontario res:- b
dents aro, heeding recent suggestions e
to spiel,( ; '1, better a little thin-
ner ,to use shortening for cooking, to a
never looking to see whether there
is someone older or more feeble per-
son standing. A gentleman some
ninety-two years of, age who travels
quite a lot by street car was saying
recently that he seldom gets. 'a seat.
Where have we lost our courtesy? Is
our home training becoming lax? We
know full well that many children
re Lacking in respect to their par-
ents, To whom does that fault be-
long? Parents look into this matter.
We learn from people who have
been shut in how much 'they apprec-
ate their visitors particularly those
who come at inconvenience to them-
selves.
Winter is on the way. Are we
going to be long sighted enough to
ielp those who will need our aid in
ringing in wood, shovelling snow
tc?
Are we selfish in regard to radios
ndnoise makers ? Do wi
soften butter before making sand- 0
wiehes and to substitute gravy, .where_ i s
ever possible, for butter en potatoes
and vegetables: i
theta miserable because we will per-
is+. in being noisy. ti
We could go on and on •emttnerat-
ng these things, but it, all comes
Just how is that effecting us to-
day? We are in 'the midst of tragic
war. It is too late now to discuss
whether we were short sighted in al-
lowing the enemy to get so far ahead
of us in the first place, What we
need to do now is to look into the
future. Plans must be made so that
we will not be in the same state we
were following the last war. What
are we doing about it? Are we co-
operating or are we finding fault
with everyone about us? It is much
easier to stand to one side and to
criticise those who are doing their
best to work out problems, than it is
to try to work them out ourselves,
Then there is the greatest problem
of all times. In that we cannot afford
to be short sighted. "God's will is not
that we should do our own will" and
yet we are left free will agents. We
can accept Him as ••our' Lord and
Master, our Friend, our Comforter or
we can join the forces of his adver-
sary and at last when it it too late to
repent we will hear the scornful
laugh of him who has led us on down
the steep hill to perdition.
Which will we do? No one can
decide for us. Christ died to give us
Eternal Life and joy. The devil
while he is very plausible in enticing
us into sin has nothing for ,us but
Everlasting death and torture. Which
will we take? The question must not
be put off, for time is getting• shorter
everyday and our tall :nay come very
much sooner'than we expect. "Choose
ye this day whom you will serve."
"Midst 'all the things which
Change and pass and perish,
The blessings which so off
Seem growing dim--
How
im-.How good it is to calmly
truly cherish,
The treasure which is ours
in having Hint.
His love unchanged through
out the years abideth,
When other loves have .changed
or passed away;
No aching, breaking heart
in Hint confideth
But finds its night of
sorrow turned to ,day."
..PEG"
THE. MIXING BOWL
Si, ANNE, ALLAN
Hydro Hemi Economist
PREVENTING THE LAG
PERIOD ,OP THE DAY
Hello . Friends! Talking` to Mise
Ruth Ransom of the Department of
Pension and National Health, we,
asked how nutrition is being applied
to industry. Her encouraging reply
was that "Management and labour
are keeping up and increasing vital
war production due to a newer know-
ledge of nutrition." The increasing
war tempo makes demands an all --
necessitating better health Care,
Miss Ransom is one of the Gov-
,
ov
,f ernment nutritionists who have been
visiting war plants and collecting
data about the foods of workers. As
a result, they know what workers
eat and from questionnaires as well
they have found the reason' for the
lap period between the :hours 'of' 10
and 12 in, the morning and 3 and 5
in the afternoon. It's lack of proper
nutrition!
If 50,000 Canadian workers were
not producing at their best for even
one day, it would mean a loss in
production equivalent to two bomb-
ing planes. Think of 'its Inquiries
made of thinking men in many of
these organizations showed that the
remedy was an official short rest
periods at which time those who eat
inadequate breakfasts — and they
are many may be helped by en-
joying a sandwich, some fruit, or a
bottle of milk.
With these faets in mind, we sug-
gest that the busy homemaker pre-
vent her lag period by a short rest'
and a glass of milk. Secondly, that
she be more than ever on her toes.
to provide adequate ° daily table -
meals and carried lunches, for her
family.
NUTRI-THRIFT LUNCHES
COOiG
Balance these lunches with break-
fasts consisting of stewed fruit,
cold baked fruit or fruit juice, whole
-cereal with milk, dry toast with but-
ter and jam, and. a cup of hot bever-
age --occasionally sausages, cod fish
balls, etc.
Tomato Juice
Scrambled Egg and Onion Sandwich
Gingerbread Custard
Graham Wafers
Cocoa in Thermos
Raw Cranberry Sandwich
Boiled Tongue Sandwich
Turnip Sticks;
Scones Canned Pears
Milk
HEALTH
PAGE; 7
WAR -TIME TRAVEL TIP NO. '2
IIll/fRY--Orris of &III
If AIM,nY d iefeET
40'
Wise Man! He patronized
the City Ticket Office well in
advance and will avoid last
minute rush and uncertainty at train time.
P.S. He's also travelling light in wartime
to conserve available railway space.
CANADIAN NATIONAL
FISH TALES
Back in the days of good Quee
Bess, people in England were requir
ed by law to eat fish 155 days o
the year. Perhaps this edict was
passed by Her Majesty on the prem-
ise that sea food was particularly con-
ducive to the development of grea
mental powers. We can only wonder
Four hundred years later we too, des-
cendants of many of those fish -eat-
ing Britons; are being prevailed upon
to increase our annual consumption of
1041 the marketed value of this catch,
n I fish closely resembling the clam. In
f
from Canadian waters totalled in the
neighborhood of $15,000. Winkles,
skates and flounders bear no relit.
tion whatsoever to the old anecdote
of Dickens. Winkles we found to be
t a variety of shell fish particularly de-
structive to oysters, and skates and
flounders species of flat fish. Alto.
egther their value in 1941 when mark-
eted .amounted to about $22,000
The name alewives is particnIarIyi
misleading, conjuring up pictures o$
old time taverns and barmaids. M
tually alewives are relatives of here
ring and abound in Lake Ontario. Cata
fish, known variously as horned pouts
mud cats, stone cats and mad toms,
are as repulsive as their many alia.
res. Usually found in fresh water,
they were credited with a marketed
value of almost $18,O0O in 1941.
Witches, however, gave us a little dif-
ficulty. Several books of knowledge
failed to give any mention of a fishy
by that name and we were beginning
to wonder if the Fisheries and Ani-
mad Products Branch hadn't somehow
gotten Hallowe'en mixed in with their
1 report, The chief of the branch ex-
plained that it is a comparatively
new clasifieation, having before been
lnchuded with flounders, brill and
!plaice, of which they are apparently
a relative. At any rate there were
700 caught last year, most of them
off the Atlantic coast, realizing a
value of $10,080.The total marketed
value of those used fresh and, filleted
amounted to over $37,500.
So much for tales of fish tails.
Old maid: "What kind of a hus-
band have you got?"
Newlywed: "Oh, he will wash up
when requested and dry up when or.
tiered:'
marine delicacies. •We're more than
Minced .Weiner Sandwich
Coleslaw Sandwich
Devilled Egg Cherry Ta
Hot Coffee Substitute
Tomato Spaghetti Mold
Tea Biscuits
Cheese Wedge and Celery Sticks:
Bologna Sandwich
Pumpkin Custard Hot Chocolat
willing to oblige in an emergency like
the 'present, but we do like to know
rt what it is we're eating.
For instance: The other day we
were thumbing through the pages of
a preliminary report on the fisheries
of our Dominion, released by the
Bureau of Statistics. We found that
the leading catches, in terms of pro-
duction and marketed value were
e salmon, cod, herring', Lobsters and
sardines, all familiar household names
Then quite suddenly we came upon
a list of commercial fishes that had
us guessing. Perhaps the fact that
we were born and brought up on the
prairies had something to do with our
complete ignorance as to the gener-
al appearance of a quahaug, and the
identifieation of winkles, skates and
flounders. And don't tell us alewives
and catfish are actually edible?
By this time our imagination was
at work and doing very well by itself
too. Perhaps that unidentified dish we
had eaten in a downtown cafeteria
the day before lihd been a fresh wat-
er drum, or worse yet, a witch, sliced
and fried in butter! It was high time
we got but the encyclopedia and set-
tled both our mind and our stomach.
This, to our relief, is what we die -
covered. First •ef all, a quahaug, isn't
a pig with dorsal fins, but a shell
Vegetable Soup in, Thermos
Meat Loaf Sandwich
Cauliflower Flowerets
Apple Sauce Milk Bran Muffins
Fisk Salad Sandwich
Potato and Celery Salad
Fruit Cup
Hot Tomato Juice in Thermos
Cream Pea Soup
Carrot Sticks Crackers
Chopped Liver Sandwich
Trifle Milk Apple
Cream Celery Soup '
Brown Bread and Butter
Sardine Sandwich Potato Chips
Barley Raisin Pudding
Fruit Juice
And dinners consisting of meat,
fish or cheese; potatoes, another
vegetable and a milk dessert if the
vegetables are not creamed.
THE QUESTION BOX
Mrs. A. C. asks: "How to prepare
sweetbreads for frying.
Answer: Sweetbreads should be
plunged into cold water as soon as,
they are received, soaked for one
hour, then simmered on electric
element for 20 minutes in spited
water to •which vinegar is added
(1 tsp.' salt, 1 tb. vinegar to 1 qt.
water). Drain and plunge into cold'
water again to make firm. Remove
strings and membranes (easily re-
moved at this time). Heat by frying
and season with salt, pepper and
vinegar.
Mrs. C. D. says: "No need to
stew prunes. Place a cupful in a
jar, fill up with boiling water, cover
and let stand for a day. at least,
Serve without sugar."
Mise M. M. says: "Dry • pumpkin
seeds, clip one side, remove 'meat
and serve on top of chocolate blanc
mange, soups, 'etc. '
Anne Allan invites • you to write to
her % Clinton News -Record. Send.
in your questions on homemaking
problems and watch this column • for
replies. ' ' , '
sitar ISH SAILORS IN STREET
FIGHTING PRATICE Even ih
peacetime British sailors are all able
to turn their hand, to anything re.
quired of them, be it resclte of Chin-
ese flood victims, assisting earth.
quake victims in New Zealand; or eva-
cuating civil populations from coun-
tries torn by revolution. In wartime
many sailors are .hared on shore--,
but be he ashore or afloat's Jack's
one aim is the defeat of the enemy,
Picture Shows: Sailors Iearning
street fighting to. enable them to lend
the military a stand in carrying the
attack to " the enemy, sniping
bombed houses