HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1943-08-05, Page 7'THURS., '•AUG. 5, 1943
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HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS
CARE OF CHILDREN
COOKING
.tilEc F 7,
HEALTH
Long Long Ago"
By "PEG"
Who can say what the memory of i faithful about his task and I do re-
tthe days of our childhood means to member that if I did not start for
us? There are few of the older people home as soon as the.lamp was lighted
Who do not like to be alone and let! that is was not long before .1 • would
'their minds travel back over the years see my father standing a little piece
and recall the days 'when as small
children we toddled around held by
the band of one or both of our par'
•ents. We 'think of those days when
!some childish ailment overtook us, we
„fell, or some tragedy befell us and
Moving arms embraced.us as we were
'carried back and forth across the
'room.
Can 'we go back to those days?
'Only as memory allows us to.
A group of people on in years were
recalling instances of their childhood
'one said:
"I was always very fond of little
'dolls. At one time I had about twenty
•of them. Some we used to buy at a
-cent a piece, but these were of all
sizes. They were from one inch to
'three inches. Some had hair glued on
and others were painted. I used to
'have a big time digging holes in the
ground, so 1 could send the dolls on a
-trip to China. Well, one day I was
playing alone in the back yard and,I
'decided I would have a hospital as
all the dolls were sick. Much to my
off waitingfor me. Those were the
good old days."
Some one else continued:
"I can still hear my dear Mother
say 'Mary, please bring the milk
pitcher' I would hurry to the cup-
board and get the big brown pitcher.
We do not use large pitchers like
that now, as the milk is left in bot-
tles and them transferred to a small
pitcher. When I got to the door
Mother .would be passing the time of
day with the milkman. He had a milk
can about five feet high and fastened
on it was a tin quart measure also, a
pint measure. In this way you were
served with whatever amount you
wished. As we look back over those
times we wonder how . people ever
lived to grow into old age but they
seemed to be sturdier than we are.
There was of course not the strain
and excitement under which we are
now living. Strokes at that time be-
long to old age, but now it is not un-
common to find • it among fairly
young people. The same might be
surprise each one died. Then of said in connection with a number of
course I had to prepare for the fuller- diseases,"
•al. Finally a- common grave was dug Mrs. James went on:
-and after due ceremonies the dolls "Talking about painted legs, re-
in all their finery were interred in a minds me of the times when we went
'shoe box or something similar. I bare footed the greater part of the
'eau remember thinking I would have time. We seem to be going back a
to leave them thete a little while so to the old days in this. A pair of
'mourning I sat on a swing which my shoes and stockings lasted us a long
lather had hung on the beam of the time. On Sunday we started out in,
woodshed, (I must have been then our bare feet and when we got near
'three or four years of age). and be the church we stopped and put on
gan swinging and twisting around. our' shoes and stockings. The same
% ha result of all
this mourning and
happened on the way home. Going to.
'swinging was that I was taken into church meant something to us then.
the house sick and bad to stay in bed We looked forward to it all week and
for several days. My poor dollies when we reached home how we did
'were forgotten. When able to be, up go over tine passage read and try to
again I went to what I believed was recall all the points brought out by
their burying ground but alas I had the minister, Now we think if a ser -
'forgotten where I had laid the poor mon is over twenty or twenty-five
dears. We moved from there short- minutes that it too long,' but then
'ly afterwards and from that day to the minister preached for an hour
this 1' have never found my 41ol1s." and a half and how we did enjoy the
One of the other guests continued tants!
think we can do things now which
we could not do years ago and they
will be considered right now. That
can never be for the rules which were
laid ,down by the Christ so long ago
areapplicable to to -day, and no talk-
ing or. preaching can change them.
Let us beware lest we in our con-
versation with anyone; in teaching
His word or in preaching His Gospel
of Love say anything which will give
them excuse for doing things which
they should not do. What a responsi-
bility our influence carries! We give
little thought to the fact that what
we say or do may mean much in the
life of some one else. We may some
day be faced at the judgment with
life which we have been, at least
partly responsible for aiding on the
downward path.
He liveth longest who can tell
All other life is short and vain;
"Ile liveth long who liveth well,
Of living most for heavenly gain.
Of living most for heavenly gain.
He liveth long who liveth well:
All else is being flung away;
He liveth longest who can tell.
Of true things truly done each day.
Be what thou seemest; live thy creed
Hold up to earth the torch divine:
Be what thou paayest to be made;
Let the great Master's steps be
thine,
"PEG"
With: Will those good old days of the
"After tea Mother allowed us to church ever come back to us? Some
go out and play, but with the warn- say that they will before this war is
Ing 'Now come in just as soon as the over. May God bring us back to the
light is lit at the coiner: true sense of the love of Christ. We
It was not a case of the power being 'will then know what it means to live
'turned on and the whole town being at peace with one another."
lighted at once. I can still see the i We have now been talking of the
lamp lighter coming up the street I days of "long, long ago." There
carrying a short ladder. There was a'nt'e indeed many things which have
'Imp at the corner and we used to !changed but there is one thing which
• hurry down -and see him light it, I • has never changed and which never
'cannot recall what was used for !will change. That is the Bible. The
illumination, but I think it must have Christ who was the Christ '• of centum-
been coal oil as the lamp lighter used les ago is the Christ of to -day and
to go about during the day cleaning will be the Christ throughout eternity
the,latnps. Then it was time for us Nothing that happens in the world
to hurry home, What I would give can ever change that
to go back to those tines and watch' We may say things were differ -
'for the lamp lighter as he went about ent then front what they are now,
Ibis work He always seemed to .be 'Yes, the world has changed, we may
THE MIXING BOWL
Ey ANNE ALLAN
'Hydro Home Economist
MEALS EOR TWO ACTIVE
PEOPLE ,
Hello Homemakers! It's been grand
to
hear from so many
brides. To-
day's brides, many of them busy war
workers, have not had time to assist
in meal planning or to learn the deft
are of speedily concocting a meal—
which means "quick turn" for
you are a wonderful little cook or has
always thought you could master the
gocd, directions whethere "he" knows
art easily he expects (or hopes for)
marvellous meals once yoit are in
your own home.
A word of advice on the matter of
breakfasts — keep then simple so
you can carry them off with speed
and finesse. The most delectable
muffin is not worth keeping friend
husband late. Plan them in the light
of the other meals of the day and the
equipment and time available. You'll
both need a good breakfast — there's
no quicker and surer way to pull down
vitality and rouse the wrath of your
• mother-in-law than to neglect the
first meal of the day.
Suggested Breakfast
Fruit or fruit juice — orange juice,
tomato juice, sectioned half -grape-
ft nit, chilled apple=sauce or fruits in
season; cereal—hot or prepared; eggs
or fisli—eggs are more easily diges-
ted if poaches], scrambled or soft
cooked (reserve fried ,eggs chiefly
for those who do heavier work), fish
may bo cut in pieces and poached in
milk; toast =• crisp with soft butter;
coffee — snake a spark on percolator
or glass coffee maker , to show
amount of water to be used and al-
ways measure coffee.
We'll suppose that you both lunch
at an industrial cafeteria and give
you cheap, quick dinner suggestions.
Hamburg Roast
Chop fine 1 pound of steak, cut
from the top of the round, and 2 or
3 ounces of suet. A small sliee of
green or red pepper and fi slice
onion may be chopped with the meat
or a teaspoon of onion juice may be
added after the meat is chopped. Add
a scant half -teaspoon of salt, the
beaten yolks, sifted bread crumbs
that have been soaked in cold water
and wrung dry hi a bit of cheesecloth.
With the hand, mix all the ingredi-
ents together very thoroughly. Oare
must be taken to mix the fat and
bread evenly through the meat. Press
the whole into a compact roll of equal
thickness thoroughout. Roast in a
moderately hot oven 375 deg. about
50-60 minutes. . Serve with brown
gravy.
To snake Gravy: Pour off fat,
leaving 2 tbs. flour and stir and cook
until frothy; then add 1 cup of toma-
to puree, beef broth or cold water, or
a mixture of these, and stir and cook
until boiling.
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6 beets, 1F, tsp. salt, 16 cup sugar,
1-2 tb. cornstarch, 1-2 cup vinegar 2
tbs, meat dripping.
Peal and slice beets; cook 20 min-
utes in small amount of water. Mix
salt, sugar and cornstarch, add to
vinegar and boli constantly, Add 2
tbs. meat dripping. Pour over beets.
Crumb Pastry
1* cups graham -cracker crumbs
(about 16 crackers), rolled very fine;
1 tb, sugar, 1/4 cup, butter, browned
but not burned or use softened but-
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Mix crumbs and sugar, add brown-
ed butter and mix well. Press firm
ly over bottom and sides of pie plate.
Bake hi electric oven 325 deg, about
1.0 minutes. Use 'with cooked fillings.
Makes 1 pastry shell.
Crumbled ginger snaps,, vanilla
cookies, chocolate cookies or mel—
back may be substituted for graham
crackers, if desired.
THE QUESTION BOX
Mrs. B. T. says: Have noticed tie
hot water bottle is hardening.
Answer: Wash in water to which
a little baking soda is added. Dip
in and dry off about every month.
Mrs. C. M. asks: How to remove
dark scorch on good linen?
Answer: Boil the following to-
gether: 2 onions, minced, 1 tb. chop-
ped soap, 2 ea. Fuller's earth (drug
store' and 1 cup vinegar.
Apply paste and let dry for 3 hours.
J. C. says: Soda crackers always
soften in bread box.
Answer: Soda biscuits should be
left in paper package in a dry place,
not ill airtight container or with
moist food. Crisp by putting in warm
oven.
Anne Allan invites you to write to
her % Clinton News -Record. Send in
your suggestions on homemaking
problems and watch this column for
replies,
COUPON PROBLEMS AS ANSWERED BY
LONDON RATION BOARD OFFICE
Price Board Facts
of Wartime Interest
The Women's Regional Advisory
Committee, Consumer Branch, West-
ern Ontario, Wartime Prides and
Trade Board, answers questions put
to this paper regarding price control
and ration regulations.
Q. The bundle loader I have been
using for my corn harvester is worn
out. I would like to buy a new one.
May I do this without a permit from
the Wartime Prices and Trade Board? 1
A, Yes. A bundle loader is consid:-
ered. an attachment and, as such, may
be bought without a permit.:
Q. I want to buy a milking ma-
chine. A merchant in our town who
has one in stock says I don't need a
permit to buy. He is mistaken, isn't
lie?
A. Yes. You need an application to
buy and the merchant needs a permit
to sell the milking machine. Would
you please get in touch with the War-
time Prices and Trade Board before
making the deal.
Q. I am a coal merchant and want
to deliver some fuel to my brother
who lives 65 miles from my home.
May I do this?
A. No. To conserve trucking equip-
ment, tires and gasoline the WPTB
has issued a ruling that the vehicle
in this particular case and many oth-
er cases may not be operated at a
greater distance from its registered
address than 35 road miles without a
written permit.
Q. Why did the Prices Board put
through a ruling to keep certain stocks
of canned good in the hands of the
canners and wholesalers.
A. The flow of canned goods to
the market is being checked to make
sure that there will be supplies of
canned fruits vegetables for civ-
ilian
s
and
ellen and military requi •menments for
next winter.
Q. Are all canned goods frozen in
this way?
A. No, there are few . exceptions.
Baby Foods, canned soups, jams, jel-
lies and marmalade are exempt from
the ruling. Frozen and dehydrated pro
ducts are also not affected.
V
Due Dates for
V
fIOW THINGS BEGAN
The very first house
In the long ago,
When houses began,
Was a cave, you know.
The very first spoon,
In the days of old,
Was a sea -shell, pink
We have been told.
The very first forks _
Were fingers and thumbs
Used for big pieces
And also for crumbs
The very first table
That ever was known
In all the wide world
Was a big flat stone,
The very first chair
That early man knew
Was also a stone
Stone lamps he had, too.
I think it is so nice to know
How things began long, long ago•.
•Alice Crowell Hoffman.
Ration Coupons
Here are the dates on which ration
coupons become due:
Butter coupons 20, 21, 22 and 23
are good. They expire August 31. Cou-
pons 24 and 25 are don August 19,
Sugar tea and coi'fes coupons 1 to
12 are valid. They are good until de-
clared invalid by the Ration Admin-
istration.
Canning sugar coupons marked Stine
July, August and S i,)tenther are va-
lM now, They expire September 30.
Meat (brown spare "A") coupons
narked 8, 9, 10 and 11 are valid. Cou-
pons 12 are due August 12, They will
expire August 31.
Set Ceiling Prices
For Eggs in Canada
Ceiling prices for eggs are set for
'25 cities and a number of rural areas
covering most of the inhabited parts
of Canada, the Wartime Prices and
Trade Board announces. The order
also fixes' the maximum mark-up al-
lowed retailers at six cents a dozen.
In Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, Sask-
atchewan and Alberta certain areas
are defined and a varying maximum
wholesale price is set for each; 50c
in Central Ontario, 60 1-2c and 52c' in
Nothern Ontario.
Every sale of eggs by a primary
producers is now under the price
ceiling, whether the sale is made to
manufacturers, processors, wholesal-
ers, retailers or other dealers. When a
primary producer sells direct to a con-
sumer, whether on a public market
or: otherwise, he is governed by the
wholesale ceiling price for his area
and the mark-up allowed to retailers.
V
May Cash Coupons for
i Canning Sugar.
August and September canning sug-
ar coupons are good for use now, the
Ration Administration of the War-
time Prices and Trade Board announ-
ces. Merchants are authorized to hon-
or the Septembercoupons this month
although they are markedas net va-
lid until next month. "The move is
made for the convenience of women
who want to can the fruit that is av-
ailable now. This does not mean that
more sugar for canning will be made
available later. There is no prospect
of the allowance being increased," a
Prices Board spokesman said,
Third Ration Book Ready
Week of August 23rd.
Ration book No. 3 will be ready for
distribution the week of August 23,
the Ration Administration of the 'War
time Priees and Trade Board has
stated. The announcement recalls the
worms of D. Gordon- WPTB chair-
man, who. said "rationing needs gab -
lie support for its sueaess and such
support should be assured as a natural
response from all decent, and respec-
table citizens."
That the majority of Canadians re-
cognize this fact is shown in the sup-
port they are giving to their Local
Ration Boards. These Boards have
been iii operation only a few months
and yet already Canadians are rally-
ing to their support. The Boards are
composed of voluntary members who
give freely and generously of their
time and energy. They recognize the.
importance of :rationing tl, the war ef-
fort and to their communities.
More voluntteer workers" are going
to be needed when the new ration
books are ready for distribution. The
Local Ration Board will need help. 11'e
urge local citizens to offer that help
how, It is a practical way of showing
patriotism.
See No Increases
in, Coffee Rations
Although the United States has un -
rationed. coffee, the Wartime Prices
and Trade Board announces that there
is not sufficient tea and coffee in
Canada to make any increases in the
present rations possible here.
v
"Freeze" Tinned Goods to
Conserve Supplies
So that both civilians and the arm-
ed forces will have supplies of canned
fruits and vegetables next winter, the
Wartime Prices and Trade Board has
issued an order withholding from the
retail market certain canned goods.
The current pack of canned vege-
tables and fruit and the remainder of
the 1942 pack now in the hands of
canners and wholesalers are frozen
These canned goods are not being re-
leased for purchase at the present
time. The new order does not affect
canned soups, baby foods, jams; jel-
lies, marmalade or frozen and dehy-
drated products.
Under the plan the public is beings
asked to refrain from using canned
fruits and vegetables during the sea-
son when fresh supplies are on the
market.
Former Premier Hepburn said
something at his nomination meeting
the other night which political .spiel-
ers would do well to heed. This:
"While the aggressive action of the
Axis power has been 'halted, the
victory is not yet won, and while Can-
adian sailors go to their cold, watery
graves in the Atlantic, while Canadian
airmen are being shot out of the
skies, and Canadian blood is being
shed in initial stages of the European
invasion, there can be heart or
interest in a P•rovincial general elec-
tion; yet our democratic systems
must be preserved."
GUI LD.
j'CfheSNAI5SIITDT
PICTURING CHILDREN
`-'teras i.
Snapshots of children which suggest diet they are unaware of the
camera are always more appealing than those which seem deliberately
posed, as this shot definitely proves.
BABY pictures rank.high in popu-
larity because they are usually
cute and appealing, but not every
baby picture comes up to expecta-
tions, And usually the photographer
wonders why.
There are, I think you will dis-
cover, three maid reasons why some
amateurs fail to get good pictures
of children. First, there is the mat-
ter of technical mistakes. Second,
the picture may not be satisfactory
because the subject looks posed and'
uncomfortable. And finally, failure
may be attributed' to the fact that
the photographer failed to make his
picture a close-up.
Technical mistakes are often made
by the most experienced photogra-
phers, ,and there's nothing to do
about it except be mote careful.
You .must focus properly, expose
properly, and make your picture
without jarring the camera, or you
can't hope for first-rate results.'
'But'th'ere is a good deal you can
do about posing the child and mak-
ing your picture a close-up. And the
best advice I can give you is let the
child be himself. When a youngster
is relaxed and at ease before the,
camera, he is a perfect picture sub-
ject, but when yon have him stiffly
stand against the side of °a house
or garage while you take his picture,
he immediately begins to look posed
and uncomfortable.
As a matter of fact, there's no
reason at all why a child should
even Iook at the camera when his
picture is being taken. If he is busy,
at play or work a profile or back
viewmay often be more satisfac-
tory than a full face shot. It may
have a great deal of charm and ap-
peal simply because it suggests that
when the picture was taken the sub-
ject was unaware of the camera.
Taking pictures that way requires
more patience than ordering the
child to stand still, but it yields
ever so much more pleasing results.
Try it and you'll see.
John van Guilder