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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1940-02-01, Page 7° THURS., FEB. I, 1940 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD) ,,,,,,�,,� NJ.Pd4��.M. �MPN`HM.N'.`N'N IV NMIJ.NIO.I.�.Y�I•I.MO!,�IVMN�MNM.N.I HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS MI MO Ammommomime PAGE Z' .V.MMIMNW�•m4e. •.••• �+NNwa.ON M .rv-Tw.w.I.� P+As.AB..o10Wvc3.,'ePM?POtl./ HEALTH COOKING CARE OF CHILDREN WIIi'PNVWVV.:HBVVVWJVI.MMvewwMMh,iwVwew'CV4N ,o,..yq^,'e~4,,,,,Nowsswo)j Ui'y That S ti sfies THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad -But Always Helpful and Inspiring. • JUST DOG Re does not have a pedigree, Nor soft and silky hair, But love for 'me shines in his eyes, And loyalty is there. Nor does he move with dignity, Nor have a fancy name; Though but a cur with coarse, brown fur, I love him just the same. Ile offers mach; his wants are few— A. bone, a drink, a bed Beside a freckled little boy When evening prayers are said! Inez Clark Thorson. TWILIGHT Launch out into the deep, The awful depth of the world's .despair; Hearts that are breaking and eyes that weep, •Sorrow and ruin and death are there, And the sea is wide, and the pitiless tide Beats on its bosom away, away, Beauty and youth in relentless ruth, To its dark abyss for aye: for aye. tut the Master's voice conies over the sea, "Let down your' nets for a draught for Me." He stands in our midst on our wreck strewn strand, And sweet•and royal is His command, His pleading -call, is to each, to all, And wherever the royal call is heard, There hang the nets of the royal word, • Trust to the nets, and not to yosyr skill, Trust to the Royal Master's wit,. Let down your nets each day, each For the word of a King, is a word/ hour, of power; .And the King's own voice comes over the sea: +I '"Let down your nets for a draught for Me." A HAPPY DAY A little work to keep us strong; A little joy to keep us gay; A little love to sweeten life— All this can make a perfect day. A little kindness on the road, To keep us warm when days are sad; A smiling glance, an outstretched hand, To comfort` us and make us glad. It takes so little, all in all, To make us happy, day by day; To give the world our little best, And see the world our best repay. IS IT WORTH WHILE? Is it worth white that we jostle a brother, 'Bearing his load on the rough road of life? Is it worth while that we jeer ail each other, In blacliiess of heart—that we war to the knife? God. pity us all we we jostle each other; God pardon us all for the triumphs we feel When a fellow goes dawn; poor heart- broken brother, Pierced to the heart. Words are keen- er than -steel, And mightier far for woe or for weal. Look at the roses saluting each other, Look at the herds all at peace on the plain; Man and man only makes war on his brother, And dotes in his heart on his peril and pain, Shamed by the brutes that go dawn on the plain. Is it worth while that we battle to humble • Some poor fellow traveller down into the dust? 'God pity us all! Time soon will us tumble All men together, like leayes in a gust; All of us humbled down into the dust. —joanquin Miller. INA PET SHOP WINDOW I saw you first through a windowpane In a stare•on,a little back street; You were white and fluffy and full of life And you danced' on your four little feet. You wagged your tail and you blinked your eyes, And you wiggled from end to end; You rolled about like a rubber ball, So eager you were to be my friend. I had saved my money to buy a new hat— A bonnet with flowers of blue— But I couldn't resist the pleading eyes o -r a dear little puppy like you. I paid for you and I took you up, An armful of ecstasy. You were soft and woolly and all my own— And what was a hat to mei THE SEVEN SEAS "Keep then the Seas for England!" We keep them as of yore, Our prowling watchdogs hold them from Hull to Singapore. The gale shrieks through the rigging, the green seas sweep the deck: But driving through the furrows they neither pause nor check, Inwind,i in rain, in darkness,in fog , or binding spray, Thy dare the scattered minefields and seek their lawful pree. * * * The raider flees their presence, the II boat in their path Dives steeply to the bottom and shuns them in their wrath, While from a scattered Empire across the wide sea roads The merchantman in convoy bring safely home their loads. * * * Not yet the cost is counted by street - bred folk at home, Sinee.safely to our harbours the mer- chantman still come; But wheat and fish and butter which fortis a nation's food, Are bought with more than money'--. with service and with blood. "Keep then the Seas for England!" We keepthem as of old. The seven seas for England are ours to have and hold! —I. Shipton. BUILDER OR WRECKER I watched them tearing a building down, A of men in ab • With a ho, heave ho, and a lusty yell, They swung a beam, and the side wall fell. I asked the foreman: "Are these men skilled, And the kind you would hire, if you. would build?" He Iaughed and said, "Why, no indeed, Just common laborers are all I need. "They can easily wreck in a day or two, That which has taken years to do." So I said to myself as I went on my way, "What part in the game of life do I play? "Am I shaping my deeds to a well- inade plan Patiently doing the best that I can? Or am I a 'ivreclter who walks the town, !Content with the labor of tearing down?" —Author Unknown. Apple juice is, the natural juice of !fresh, ripe apples — liquid fruit -- containing containing all the benefice) elements of' the apples when picked from, the trees. In' addition to the nourish- ment it contains, apple juice is an ex- cellent thirst. quencher. Itis an unfer- mented fine fruit product. .....r.,.Pv'.o.-.,:,w..,.d.��d.�..�.,..a,.,.�,........'.ed�.,....oeo� �P..d.....,...,P.<..�. The Ca Perhaps the Bible contains no more beautiful story for childroii than that of the Captive Maid found in the' fifth chapter of second Kings. This he1g u1 portion of S'crip'ture points out. to us how this little girl was' instrumental in the curing of her Master Naamen. All that is known about this child is found in this chap-' ter. The second verse tells us that the maid was a captivie from Israel, hay- ing been taken there when the Syrians invaded that country. She was there- fore a stranger in a strange land with no means of escape. Have we ever been captives? Yes, we have betas and still are captives in the land of sin. In this respect' what is the difference between us and' the little maid?' We have a way of i escape. She had not, we have a Saviour who died for us, a Saviour vttho 'so loved us, that He Ieft His Home in Heaven, lived a life like I anyone of us, but without sin, and! finally rather than leave us to die int sin, He suffered a shameful death oil the cross. Just what does that means for us? It implies that rather than go down to .everlasting pumishmenteve may by accepting Christ live our lives on Earth with Him and when death severs the bond with our loved ones here we nmy be gathered to our Heavenly Home to spend the endless. ages, of Eternity with Him. The little maid would no doubt have many a heartache longing for the members of her family and her home life. When we accept Christ and are rescued from the land of sin do we long for the way of the old life? There is something radically wrong if we do. The grace of God is suf- ficient to make up for all our old longings if we just take Him truly to • our hearts and let our livres be guided by Him. "Come into my heart, Lord Jesus, Conte into my life to -day." Verse two also tells us that the maid was little, that is in the sense of being young. There are many children who are doing a great work for Christ to -day. They can learn a very profitable lesson from this story. Although young, the maid saw her duty and did it. We do not need to be grown up. to work for Jesus. Some years ago while a revival was in progress in an Ontario church, the Evangelist asked a little girl, if she had found Jesus. She seethed sur- prised and replied "I have never lost Ilim." Jesus increased in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man, and there is no reason why very' young children should not follow the example of the child Jesus. e � w e I 1 By "PEG" heheeeheeeesheehehheeh—ei us aright, if we keep it in tune with God. We may deceive the world but Jesus knows whether we are trying to follow Him or not, In the third ..vlerae we have the maid grasping her opportunity to speak. How many times do we let these chances pass by and we spend our time running around afterthings1 which will be :no help in they future. Verse -Tour tells us' that the maid diill.net tarry the word to hey Master' herself,. but "one 'Alit in, and told his Lord". Here wehave a splendid missionary lesson. We may not be permitted to go to the foreign or • It is said that when excavations were being made in Babylon, some' years ago a great building which had been both a library and a school was' unearthed and it was found that the' books written on clay had been, pre -1 served after four thousand years, be -1 cause the impressions had been made While the clay was Soft and plastic, So it is fwiiIth young lutes. 71b is very hard to overcome habits which have been formed when young and' it is only by prayer to ..God that we' will be able to pat undesirable habits! behind us. The word young might also be, applied to those who are little in Christian growth, far at t h e best none of us are very far along the Christian pathway as compared with' As we grow older we realize morel the way Jesus went, the importance of prayer and daily' Bible reading in our lives. By living closer and closer to our Saviour we will gradually realize that we cannot live without the comfort which we receive from His 'word and the prom- ises for every emergency' in life. In the second vierce too we read that the little maid waited on Natunan's wife. She was busy attend- ing to her daily duties. How often we think that we really have not time to obey, the commands of Christ. Jesus did not take extra time off from His carpenter work to serve His' Heavenly Father and He worked much harder than we ever work. It is true He preached but He spoke continually while He was about His daily tasks. Some of the most last- ing lessons we have learned were froms people who were first going abouts their daily business. Our work has a great influence an our character and our character will show what we are. We may wart, very hard at our re- ligion on Sunday and go out through the week and so conduct ourselves that people will notonly have no use for us, but they will judge our Sav- iour and our Church by us' and will say they want none of that kind of religion. Let us not take the name of. Christ upon us if we are not go- ing to make Him a part of our every day work. Our conscience will guide we can send our money and offer up our prayers. As that message was the means of the healing of Naaman so our contribution of whatever eort will be the means of helping others. Working in: en-operatioo with God, this little maid, was used as a bless- ing. Can we not do the same? "Pour things a man must learn to do, If he would make his record true; To think without confusion clearly, Ta love his fellow -men sincerely, To act from honest motions plrrely, To trust in God and Heaven securely." „PEG„ THE BRITISH NATIONAL ANTHEM AND TUNE In a recent article on national anthems this portion regarding the British national anthem is of in- terest: -- Though it was part of a political campaign to popularize the House of Hanover in England, it would nevhr have survived if it had not touched English hearts and supplied them with something they felt necessary. The story of pod Save the King is as iutesesting as any other, especially when it is realized that it is the father of all national anthems. Be- fore its time, no official recognition had made any song the representative sentiment of a nation. The song, as it is known to -day, first leaped into popularity at a pub- lic performance at the Royal Theatre, Drury Lane, in 1?46, during the sec- ond Jacobite rebellion. Bonny Prince Charlie, in an effort to regain the throne of England, had defeated the English forces sent to stop him at Prestmpans. A Jacobite inviasion of England seemed inevitable and some- thing was needed to steady English confidence in George II, the Hanover- ian King of England. God Save the King was immediately popular. Bub the peculiar point in its history is that the tune was not new, only the words. The tune had been composed to be sung in, the chapel of James II when the Prince of Orange landed, So the tune which glorified the Georges had been orig- inally intended to support the Stuart- cause. tuartcause. Its later history has been notable. Many other countries have borrowed the score. It is the official anthem tune of Switzerland. Americans sing it with the words .beginning, "My Country 'tie of thee." Before the war it was the Prussian national anthem, sung to the words Hal Dir in Seiger- krantz, But the music itself is es- sentially British in feeling, expressing as it does that calm steadiness of nervi: which characterizes the British in peace or war. SHE FOUGHT FOR . There Were Three Men A POEM BY BURNS„ WORLD! PEACE They were all about the same age. chauffeuring, a little cattle feeding, a little carpentering and at a dozen or so odd jobs, provided theywere sup- erintended. If it came to a pinch they could play a little at baseball or hoc- key or even gamble a little. But they were master of no job, and had prec- ious little in the bank. The third was a first-class mechanic and as the other;' two 'sat crouched beside the stove, with palms outstretched to the heat he plied his trade as biisy as a bee in clover time. He owns his premises and was eagerly •sought during the campaign for the last Dominion war Loan. Why •this difference? Forty, years ago the unemployed two did as .they, pleased. They were not bossed about! anything. Since then they refuse to One of the leading women of the year is a determined little grand- mother who made the .most impres- sive "fight" for world -peace of any woman- during 1939. • Her name is Wilhemina, Queen of the Netherlands, and she played sec - end fiddle to no one, man or woman, in her efforts to help the world find a just peace. Twice with King Leopold of Bel- gium she signed her name tomes- sages to the heads of warring nations offering to take the initiative in peace negotiations "bade the war breaks out in itsfull terror," Both offers were rejected. But the reasonableness behind them was an !inspiration and a hope to all those in the world who are sick of the sense- .lessness of war. (' Her peace efforts are not all that Queen Wilhelmina has clone in the last year to prove her real stature. IThough her small country stands 'in the road of battle, she has shown i her determination that it shall stay neutral—even at the cost of opening 1 the dykes and letting in the sea for• protection against invasion. She has kept her people calm — talking to them by radio and assuring them that "friendly relations continue with all powers . The economie life of the Netherlands has been hit, mainly on account of the marine war- fare, but our finances are unshaken The food stocks are sufficient for a long time to come." Something Different In a ,Shndwich If you are catching up with your entertaining this month or are sched- uled to act as hostess for your Club or the Ladies' Aid, this new version of that old stand-by, the salmon sand- wich, may end your search for some- thing different. Flake a can of good red salmon, add chopped nine -day pickles and celery from your cellar stores. Moist- en with your best salad dressing and spread on buttered slices of white bread. When using the butter spt•ead- er pay special attention to the crusts and your guests will bless you. (Of course you can remove the crusts but some people think they are the hest part` of the sandwich when well but- tered,) The ever hungry school boy or girl who devours peanut butter sandwiches by the dozen will appreciate the extra treat if you will occasionally spread one slice of bread with peanut but- ter and the other with jam-blaek currant, strawberry or raspberry — before putting them together. Apple jelly will do very well in a pinch too. You might try this out on the mem- bei of your family who always passes, up peanut butter eandwiehesdeclar- ing that, they have no kick. It might work a miracle. Events Dictate Role To emphasise the need of conserv- ing gasoline, she was not too regal to use a bicycle as her own means of transportation. Above all, else has shown a rug- ged staunch faith in the ability of the world to pull itself out of the mudhole in which it has bogged down. Though her peace efforts this last year have put her name on the front page of the newspapers of every land, Queen Wilhelmina would prefer to. escape the world's notice. If the times permitted, she would be supremely isappy in het role of proud and doting grandmother. If the times permitted, she would sPend hours painting in water colours. But the times forced Europe's only reigning queen into the world spot- light—where she stood out as one of 1989's most important women, and one of the most sensible rulers in the world. A Vegetable Chowder Virtually the entire lunch or supper for a winter's day may be combined into one dish, if it is a hearty and nourishing vegetable chowder. 2 slices of salt pork or bacon or 2 tablespoons of butter 1 medium-sized onion, diced 2 medium-sized potatoes, diced 1 medium-sized carrot, diced °h, cup of celery, diced 2 cups milk Salt , Pepper Method: Cut the bacon or pork in small pieces and brews them; saute the vegetables in the fat for five minutes or until they are light brown. Cover them with boiling' water, and cook until tender. Add the hot milk, the salt, and the pepper. With this chowder, the New York State College of Home Economies suggests serving hot biscuits or muffins with tomato censer*, raw carrot strips, and cust- ard and cookies for dessert. TAKING THINGS- IN THEIR OWN HANDS Housewives in the little mining town of Nuremberg in Pennsylvania took the law into their own hands the other day. The new road through the town had been left unfinished. It was strewn with ashes and was so dusty that the housewives could not keep their houses clean; so they decided to close the road, They placed tables. and chairs at each end and mounted guards to see that motorists used a detour instead of the main road. Other women, arm- ed with btdosns, began :sweeping the ashes away. The police were called, but were powerless in the face of such determination, and for five hours the women blockaded the reed, finally going home triumphant after having been assured by the Road Department that work on the road would be re- sumed at once. PERMANENT NOW "Did your friend completelyrecov- er from his broken leg?" "No. Complications set in." • "How so?" "He married his nurse," We came across another poem last week, attributed to Burns, which was new to ns. He had apparently been; invited to a home of a nobleman, but found . that he was expected . to dine in the servant's hall, rather than with the guests. Angered, he addressed the following to his host: My lord, I would not fill your chair, Though you be proudest noble's heir, I came this night to join your feast As equal to the best at least, 'Tis true that cash with me is scant, And titles, trifles that I want. The King hath never made me kneel To stamp, my manhood with his seal, But what of that! the Ding en high, Who took less pains with you and I,, Has Tilled my bosom acid my mind With something better in'its kind Than your broad acres, something which, I cannot well translate in speech, !But by its impulse I can know, 'Tis deeds, not birth, that makes anew; low. Your rank, my lord, is but a loan, But mine, thank heaven, is all my own. A peasant 'tis my pride to be, Look round and round your,hall, and see Who boasts a higher pedigree? I was not fit it seemsto dine, With these fox hunting heroes fine, But only came to bandy jests, Among your lordship's hopeful guests. There must be here some sad mistake, I would not play for such a stake,. Be a buffoon for drink and meat, And a poor earl's tax -paid seat, Na, die my heart, ere such a shame, Descends on Robert Burns' name. cats any man master, coney stand telling to this day. They're on the way to government relief, at the expense of the worker whose heat they soaked in, and whose busy fing- ers they idly watched that fine winter day. They have neither cash nor self respect, thanks to the neglect of those In charge of them when they were youngsters.—Exeter Advocate. MAKE SALMON PALATABLE WITIH THE AID OF WOODS Hemlock sawdust and juniper leaves are helping canners find new markets for an unpopular speeies of British Columbia fish. The chum salmon, one of the prin- cipal food supplies of Pacific Coast Indians, becomes pale white or straw colored when canned and has very little consumer appeal. Research conducted at the Pacific Fisheries Experimental Station has developed a new method of preparing canned smoked chum salmon which "compares favorably with canned smoked steelltead." The steelhead is one of the most popular species. A report on the process says hem- lock sawdust was used for smoking. "It was found that the addition of a small amount of juniper intprov)ed the flavor considerably," it adds. "The juniper was added by spreading green twigs under the sawdust instead of other wood shavings when laying the fire." From the 1939 Canadian apple crop about 1„000,000 gallons of apple juice are being made, compared with about 60,000 gallons from the 1938 crop. Canadians are learning that it is an incomparable beverage. It can be bought in tins in grocery stores. Apple juice in addition to being a delightful beverage, has all the food and health giving qualities of the apple. Apple juice made in Canada ,is the juice of the fruit only with Ino additions or adulterants. leNAPSI-OT HOW TO TAKE BABY PCTURS GUILD It's easy to take good baby shots If you have a camera with fast snaps can be indoors with any camera—and easier lens. With photo bulbs, box -camera taken at night. GOOD baby pictures are easy to take Indoors, with photo lights, —provided you follow a few simple rules. Probably the chief diiliculty, in indoor shots, is that your subject likes to crawl about—aud thus gets away frons the spot illuminated by your photo lights, There are two simple solutions for this. Either give the baby a toy to.amuse him and help hili "stay put," or else place him where his movements are restricted. For example, in the crib or play pen. Here is a simple routine which will help yon get better baby pic- tures indoors. First, load the cam- era with high speed film. Pick a suitable spot for the pictures, and arrange your photo lights for a soft, diffused lighting, with no harsh shadows. A No. 1 and a No. 2 "flood" beth in cardboard reflectors, four feet from the subject, are cor- rect for box -camera snapshots on high speed elm. Turn on the lights before you place the baby. Put him in posi- tion—give him a bright -colored toy or one that snakes a noise—and' start shooting. Wind the film im- mediately after each shot, so as to beready for the next pond or change of expression. A whole series of good pictures •can be taken in a few minutes, and the best expressions will usually come within that time. Five minutes is long enough for the average ses- sion of baby pictures. A fast camera is an advantage in taking these pictures. Use a shutter speed of 1/50 second, with 2/8 lens opening, or 1/100 second at f/6.3—and you are more sure of a sharp picture, even if the baby moves slightly at the moment of exposure. With a fast lens, you can also take indoor pictures by daylight or sunlight coming through a window. The baby picture above was taken in that manner. An f/6.3 or f/4.5 lens is fast enough, if you use high speed tiltu and a 1/25 second shut- ter hutter speed. In the picture above, the bedspread acts as a reflector, throwing light into the Shadows. This is desirable, as there should. be no harsh, black shadows in a baby picture. Every parent should have a full album of baby pictures, tracing the child's growth. The more of these pictures you take, the easier it is to. take then, because you gain a bit of experience with each shot. And' a complete record of the baby's early life -especially that first year —is a precious thing ... one that you will always treasure. 265 John van Guilder