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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1940-04-04, Page 7'THURS.,. APRIL 4, 1940. THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS CARE OF CHILDREN They oke Delicious Tea TEA ..p.AOS THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad—But Always Helpful and Inspiring. THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY (James M. Petersen) What's the thrill you best remember 'Bound the fire, late at night, Was it netting that big rainbow After you had won the fight? Is that story you are telling The important thing today? Sad—I'll bet what you'll remember Is the one that got away! In the evening, after sundown, When the daily hunt is o'er, 'When you're cleaning up your shot- gun And adding up the score, When your limit, quail or ringneck You so proudly display— Is it "limits" you'll remember Or the one that got away? Honest, what's your favourite story? Not the grandpa of them all, Not the shooting of that partridge Nor the head there on the wall, Not some tale of your own prowess In. your memory there to stay, But a battle won against you By the one that got away! There's a glow of admiration For the foe who tests your steel, You appreciate raw courage, Even though defeat you feel, Deep down under you're not sorry That you lost the fight today, Why, it's ten -to -ane you'll brag About—the one that got away! —Hunting & Fishing. AWAKENED The stormy wind blew A bright flash of rain Like a silver lightning 'Gainst the window pane. Why did my heart wake From a dull sleep? Remembering fiercely To weep, and to weep. A dead dream wakened? Ahi that should not be; That dream from the past Is bitter to hie. I had forgotten Through the long years, How swift remembering Could stir one to tears. Hush wind, and neve Let me see again. Rain on a dark night Light the window pane. THE LABORER Locked in its narrow ell, the seed Is me its April business bent, Flere is a laboree, indeed, Painstaking and most diligent; Employing with a patient thrift, Materials of sun and shower, 'That in due reason it may lift The brief extraordinary flower! —Sara Henderson Hay. THE LURE OF THE KILTS No one but the Scot loves the thistle, 'The haggis, the par.rich, the dirk, And many deride his devotion To ciheftain, to kinsmen, to kirk, But whether we go to the trenches Or just to- St. Andrew's- grand ball, We find that his pride in his tar'ta'n Is something he shares with us all. For, go• to our Highland battalions And check up their nominal rolls, And there you find names of Nor- wegians, Of Irishmen, Slovaks and Poles, Of rookiesfrom all over Europe, Who follow the piper's gay lilt And shout to the world, "Though nu Scotsmen 'We glory in wearing the kilt!" —Alan McLachlin. Banks may fail, people may starve, earth may run red with wars, but the song of the robin. — most cheerful sound in nature — goes on forever. So long as the robins return to us in the 'spring time, the world is not ' wholly lost. ' -The Opera Road. AO. 1 SPRING CLEANING On April days the housewives rise to set their houses in order, And spring 'puts on, while thrushes call, her daisy -patterned overall, With buttercups about the neck, and scillas at the border. While other people rub and scrub and polish up their brasses, And clean their cans and taps and knobs, she gilds the marigolds (or blobs), The buttercups and celandine that shimmer in the glasses. She hangs on every hawthorn hedge her curtain's petalled laces; With curded cloud, when morns are new, she scours her ceiling bright and blue, And lays her mass of blossom down in secret woody places. While other people sweep and wash and fuss and fret and fluster, If she should want to clean a comb, she takes her scented golden broom, And snatches from a hazel spray her catkin -tasselled duster. Barbara Euphan Todd. ALL IN THE APRIL EVENING All in the April ev'ning, April airs were abroad; The sheep with their little lambs Pass'd me by on the road, The sheep with their little lambs Pass'd me by on the road, All in the April ev'ning I thought on the Lamb of God. The lambs were weary and crying With a weak human cry I thought on the Lamb of God Going meekly to die, Up in the blue, blue mountains. Dewy pastures are sweet, Rest for the little bodies, Rest for the little feet. But for the Lamb of God, Up on the hill top green, Only a cross of shame, Two stark creme between. All in the April ev'ning, April airs were abroad; I saw the. sleep with their lambs, And thought on the Lamb of God. —Katharine Tynan, A SONG P011 APRIL It isn't raining rain for me It's raining daffodils; In every dimpled drop I see Wild flowers on the hills, The clouds of gray engulf tho day, And overwhelm the town; It isn't raining rain to me, It's raining roses down. It isn't raining rain to me, But fields of clover bloom, Where every buccaneering bee May finch a bad and room; A health unto the happy! A fig for him who frets!— It isn't raining rain for me, It's raining violets. —Robert Loveman. OUR GUEST Signs are out, Spring's on the way, Her annual visit now to pay. While she is, oust honored guest Let's hope her manners are the beet. Of course she'll flirt and flit about Until Old Winter's put to rout. For this are due most hearty thanks, Just please remember, no more pranks. Her choristers will come along And fill each morn with lilting song, In, the sunshine of her smile Flowers will bud and bloom the white. Showers., soft as a fleeting caress Bring forth lush, green tenderness. A hearty welcome — we hope your stay May be playful, joyful, happy and gay. When Queen Summer arrives her love to renew, A light kiss we'll waft and bid you adieu. —S. E. Kiser. MJ1 COOKING Talking With God By "PEG" We - ]rave all experienced tithes when we have been in sorrow; when perplexity', elnnopt tothe point of despair ihas cone into our lives and we have been at a complete loss to know what to do. By chance, or maybe by appointment, a real true friend (this of course means one who would respect our confidence) has, come to see us and wehave unburd- ened our souls to them. They have just let us talk and tell our- troubles and have proved themselves good listeners. Then to the best of their ability they have given us their ads- vice on the »natter. How grateful we have been and how earnestly we have thanked them. Does it ever occur to us that prayer to God is exactly the same thing, only God !mows what we want before we ask Him? If we would only realise that how much easier it would be for us to present our petitions, We seem to' have the idea that God is some far off Being and that it is necessary for us to have our language couched in just a certain form before we feel free to talk to Hine. If we had a particular place in our home or our room and considered that our meeting place with God; if we made it a custom to begin our day with even a few words with Flint there, we would soon feel that we were unfit to commence our daily duties without committing ourselves to His care and those moments would become exceedingly precious to us. If you and I are strangers to prayer then the same applies to each one of us . and our Saviour. Prayer is not a duty. It is a privilege and a responsibility, We pray, God hears us, but we have our part in the working out of it to do. The story is told of a min- ister whose congregation had got be- hind in his salary. Sickness entered his home bringing with it very hard times. It was announced that the members of the church would hold a prayer meeting on his behalf. While the meeting was going on a timid knock came to the door. A young lad was found standing there who said: "I came with pop's prayers." After some conversation he led the man who had answered the door out to the wagon and said, "Here are pop's prayers. Ile heard you were praying for the minister who• with sickness and ane thing and another was having hard times. If someone will help me move them we will get them stn." Pop's prayers consisted of a load of potatoes, meat, vegetables, and household needs. It is an easy thing sometimes to ask God to help someone, but when it means putting our hands into our 01111 pockets and giving of our substance then we are quite willing to let God speak through someone else. Thus we lose the bless- ing, which was meant for us. Gipsy Smith made a very true statement When he said, "If you want the Lord to hear you say 'Our Father' on your knees, live 'Our Father' on. your Fest." How many time have we come to God and earnestly asked that He would relieve us of some anxiety. We have prayed that this might be done if it was His will, The burden has not been lifted and we have had to bear it. A great deal of comfort has cattle to us in spite of t'he seemingly unanswered prayer when we have felt that for tone reason it was His wish that we should endure it. We know that He will be with us all the way and that our trial will not be more than we can bear with His help. True prayer must be marked with revarcnce. We do. not need to speak loudly. God is not deaf and He will understand our innermost thoughts. A little girl went to a prayer meeting with her mother. One of the then prayed so lustily that his voice echoed throughout the building, The child said to her mother, "Mother, don't. you think if he lived nearer God he would not have to. talk so loud?" There are times when we all feel that our prayers are ascending no higher than our heade; that our words are just beating against a stone wall and are rebounding to us. Did it ever occur to us that we are asking God. to do 'something for us and we are net willing to do our part? We want Him to take us into the shelt- er of His power and we are hanging on to the things of the world. We know there are tines when we ask God to give us true lives and yet we spend hours doing things which are not Christian. "Keep on the safe side of uncertainty" is a motto well worth following. The truly great men and women of today and of past ages are those who have spent much time with God in prayer. They Isere felt the need of His presence and have actual] been afraid' to face any enrergency without His help. Are we able to face the problem of the day without His aid? Very emphatically,; No! God is much mor to us than any . earthly father could be. When we pray believe that God is real and that He is capable of do- ing what we ask Him to do. It is absolutely remarkable how God answers prayer. We "have al experienced instances of that. It may be it is ina way which is entirely different from what we would want but as time goes on we can plainly see that it is much the better way We should train ourselves to think and say, "Not any will, but Thine be done." A Many -Sided Story With A Happy Ending By: KATHARINE BAKER The platitude that there, are two sides to every story . may ^ be true for most stories but here is one with six sides. It's the 'story of a perfect s cake whether it is a simple one -egg cake, a fluffy white cake, a rich e''chocolate cake or a ' delicate angel food, and it's a wise cake maker who masters them all for all time because each is important; This is the six - sided stay oI a perfect calve: 1. A reliable tested recipe; 42. Good ingred- ients; 3. Accurate measuring; 4. Careful mixing; 5. Baking at the right temperature; 6. Proper care of the cake after baking. This Orange Layer Cake isa simple and economic- al medium to put the above rules to the test. "In the early morning hours, 'Twixt the night and day, While from earth the darkness passes Silently away! Then 'tis sweet to talk with Jesus In thy chamber still— Por the conning day and duties Askto know His will. Then He'll Iead the way before you, Mountains laying low; Making desert places blossom, Sweet'ning March's flow,. Would you know this life of triumph, Victory all the way? Then put God in the beginning Of each coming day." "PEG" REDUCE THE COLD CROP These are days when many homes harbour one or more victims of colds.or Some persons are me susceptible to colds than others, but at some time or other almost everyone catches cold. The average cold clears up without complication, but there's no telling when a cold may develop into. some- thing much more serious. Flu, in- fluenza, measles, al start out with much the some symptoms as a cold. Of all the theories advanced to account for cold -catching, the most plausible one seems to be the germ theory. When one sniffles and sneezes and feels altogether miser- able, the cause is probably a batch of invisible microbes. According to most medical authorities, 'these mic- robes, Ince the microbes of other com- municable dseases, are transferred from person, to person. The methods of transmission range from indirect contact, as for example, when we touch a germ -infested object, to direct contact, when we swallow or a -spray of microbes from an- other person's• cough or sneeze. Dur- ing ordinary conversation spray from the nose or throat may be wafted eight or ten. feet. Soiled handleerehiefs, dishes, towels and wash clothes are often means of spreading cold infection. Considerable sickness might be prevented if cold sufferers used only clean handker- chiefs and individual towels and other toilet accessories. The annual cold crop could be further reduced if dishes were always washed with pleny of hot soapsuds, then scalded and left to drain, or dried -with im- maculate towels. Unclean hands may also come un- der the heading of cold- distributors. When handstouch microbe -infested objects, as they frequently do in: ordinary everyday contacts, it is only a short step from hand to mouth, or to the hands of other persons, or to objects they touch. And so the cold germ may travel from person to per- son in a practically unbroken chain until it reaches• epidemic proportions throughout a school or community. If universally practised, the simple act of always scrubbing . hands thor- oughly with soap and water ,before eating would go. a long way toward cutting down colds. Clean towels should always be used. Ordinarily persons in good health are less sus- ceptible to• colds than those in run- down condition. But good health is no .assurance against cold catching. The healthiest individuals may come down with one cold after another at Certain Canes. It stands to reason however, that wisdom demands aiding the body in every possible way toprevent the entrance of cold germs, - as well as to overcome the damage they ,may have caused. Both pre- caution and cure call for wholesome diet, fresh air, rest, and thorough cleanliness. - ORANGE LAYER CAKE ,11%t cups, sifted cake flour 1% teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt . 1 teaspoon grated orange rind 1/z e. butter or other shortening 1 cup sugar 2 eggs, unbeaten 3A cup orange juice Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder and salt, and sift together three times. Add orange rind to but- ter and cream thoroughly, add sugar gradually, creaming until ight and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each. Add flour, alternately with orange juice, a small amount at a time, beating after each addition until smooth. Bake in two greased 8 -inch layer pans in moderate oven (375 degrees F.) 25 minutes. Spread generously with Orange Butter Frosting, ORANGE BUTTER FROSTING 1 tablespoon grated orange rind 1,r teaspoon grated lemon rind 4 tablespoons orange juice 2 teaspoons lemon juice 3 tablespoons butter 1 egg yolk, unbeaten Ye teaspoon salt 8 c. sifted confectioners' sugar Add orange and lemon to fruit juice and let stand 10 minutes; strain part of the sugar gradually, blending after each addition. Add remaining sugar, alternately with fruit juice, until of right consistency to spread, Beat after each addition until smooth. Makes enough frosting to cover tops and sides of two. 3 -inch layers, or top and sides of 8x8x2-inch cake (generously). SPONGE ARES And How They Are Made The distinguishing features of true sponge and angel food cakes aro that they 'contain no- shortening and no baking powder. They are leavened solely by air beaten into the eggs. Mock sponge cake can be made how- ever, with baking powder and fewer eggs but now that the price of eggs is lower, we suggest that the home- maker try her hand at the real thing. The points to remember in making a sponge cake are to use the finest and -lightest flour on the market and to sift it several times to incorporate as muoh air as possible, to beat egg whites until they are stiff enough to hold up in peaks but• not dry, use fine sugar only and in combining the ingredients, employ only the folding motion and fold only enough to mix ingredients. Now you know — and here is a sponge cake recipe guaranteed to produce a perfect cake if tine rules are followed. SPONGE CAKE 1 Cup sifted cake flour % teaspoon salt cit teaspoon grated lemon rind 11/ . tablespoons lemon juice 5 egg yolks, beaten until thick and lemon -coloured 5 egg whites A 1 cup sifted sugar , Sift flour once, mveasure, add salt, and sift four times. Add lemon rind and juice to beaten egg yolks and beaten egg yolks, and beat with rot- ary egg beater until thick and; light Beat egg whites with flat wire whisk until stiff enough to hold up, in peaks, but not dry. .Fold in.sugar, a small amount at a time; then egg yolks. Fold in flour, a small ,amount at a time. Turn into ungreased: tube pan and bake in slow' oven (825 de. F.) 1 hour, or until done. Remove from oven and invert pan 1 hour, or until cold. . . The largest turkey farm in, Eng- land produces 6,000 birds yearly. The largest turkey undertaking in the United States is worked an a to operative basis and maintains a breeding stock of 118,000 birds on 13 farms looked after by 19 young mar- ried couples. In 1939 more than 640,000 turkeys were produced. HEALTH CANADIAN GIRLS .. NEGLECT GLAMOR U.S. Cosmetician On Visit Here Says They Don't Play Up Their Assets Canadians have bettor facial con- tours than their American '.sisters, but they do net take full advantage of this ,asset, says Mane. Helena Rubenstein on. a brief visit to this country. She thinks if we had a few "glamor girls" as they have in the United States, we might be more beauty conscious. Skiing, skating and tobogganing are hard on the skin. during the winter and golf, tennis and swimming take their toll unede the hot summer sun, but the sports girl who takes care of her skin can still retain its beauty. A few min-' utes with her jar of cream at night,. and a foundation makeup during the day will help to counteract the ef- fects of extreme cold or heat, both equally devastating to the girl who, wants to keep that youthful, "dewy" look. For the olden' woman, the beauty expert suggests that she should select two or three lovely colors. that ale definitely becoming to her and build hex, wardrobe around that color scheme. She also says that in the Hectic pace of the 20th century anode of life, accentuated by our war ef- forts, the muscles of the face do not yet enough help from the majority of us to keep them uplifted and youthful. Emotion, tension, fatigue all tend to produce a drooping con- tour, a double chin, lined skin and sagging throat. Dressing Up Your Windows Your curtains are a definite gauge of you0 taste, and of how much at- tention you pay to the principles of decorating. Many windows are likely to be overdressed, and so it is im- portant to study* your h.eme very carefully before yon select new fab- rics for any of then. Simple, informal roams suit most persons best. Heavy draperies are out of place in them, and have the added serious disadvantage oe being expensive. Use interesting but un- pretentious fabrics if draperies are called for. Or do not hesitate to eliminate them. In ;many cases win- dows can bo fully as attractive with just glass curtains of fine net, sheer ninon, beautiful marquisette, voile, organdy or casement cloth. PREMIER KING NOW RANKS WITH MACDONALD, LATJRIER Prune Minister Mackenzie King, with his election last week, joined Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir Wil- fred Laurier as a long-time prime minister of Canada. At 05, ilir. Mackenzie King has been prime minister almost 14 years. His victories in five general elections equal Sir John's record. Canada's first prime minister held office for 20 years and died during his final term. Sir Wilfred Laurier was prima minister for 15 years. Cr,e OTGUftD PICTURES BY HOME LIGHTING A one -second time •exposure was ample for this, with a box camera, high- speed film, and 100 -watt bulb in lamp. PHOTO bulbs—either the flood or flash type—are used for most in- door pictures at night. However, such pictures can also be taken by ordinary home lighting... even with cameras that don't have fast lenses. The only difference is in the time of exposure, With the photo bulbs, you can make snapshot exposures. But with ordinary service bulbs, short time exposures are needed, unless the camera has a' fast lens. Now that we have modern high speed films, the exposures required are quite short ...especially if the subject is near the light source. For example, note the picture above. The child's face is about one foot from the light, which is an ordinary 100 -watt bulb. Therefore, an expo- sure of 1 second was ample, using a box camera loaded with highspeed film. Slightly less, exposure would have sufficed. Time exposures are about as easy to take as snapshots—but yon must remember to have .the camera on a firm, solid support. That's to insure against accidental movement .dur- ing .exposure., It either the subject or the camera moves, the Picture will be blurred., ,. , The farther the subject is front the light, the monger you must ex- pose. Suppose, in the picture above, the child was flue or six feet from the light. Then, with'a box camera and high .speed film, the exposure would have been 10 to 20 seconds. Excellent exposure guides are now available for pictures by regu- lar home lighting. These are helpful in taking pictures of people, still-life shots, table -top scenes, and so forth. They also provide a 'guide for gio- turing the rooms of the home; and, of course, rooms look more natural when photographed with the normal lighting. Some evening soon, load up your camera with high speed film and try a series of pictures by regular home lighting, Watch for "off guard" pic- ture chances—members of the fami- ly armly sitting quietly sunder a lamp, read- ing -or sewing. A, quick time expo- sure of a second or so will get them. Shoot a few "interiors," showing dif- ferent rooms of, the house --and maybe a .table -top; picture or two. It's easy—and you'II find more sub... Pacts than you think. 271 John van Guilder