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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1940-05-02, Page 7THUI S., MAY a 1940 HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS TILE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE CARE OF CHILDREN COOKING *They're So Convenient THIS MODEST CORNER ISS DEDICATED, TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad—But Always Helpful and Inspiring. PARADISE A Mlndoo Legend A Hinder: died; a happy thing to do, When fifty years united to a shrew. Beleaae+d, he hopefully for endaanee cries Before the gates of Brahma's par- adise, "Bast been through purgatory?" Brahma said. "1 T-wave been married!" and he hung his head. "Come in! Comet and welcome, too, any son! !Marriage and pugatory are as one." In bliss extreme he entered heaven's door. And knew the peace he ne'er had known before. lie scarce had entered in the gardens fair. Another Hindoo asked admission there. The self -same question Brahma asked again: •ailast been through purgatory," "no; what then?" "Thou const not enter!" did the god reply. "He who went in there was no more than L" "A11 that is true, but he has married been. And so on earth has suffered for all his sin." "Married? 'Tis well, for late been married twice." "Begone! We'll have no fools in par- adise!" —George Birdseye. OUR TOWN I bet God smiles when He looks down Upon a gentle, little town, With narrow streets and winding Lanes And bumpy roads in rolling plains. There' nothin' fancy, nothin' great. Just lots of love and not much hate. Why, if you'd walk along the street There's just no tellin? who you'd meet. There's Pedro in the market place .And Homer in the corner store (Most always leanin' on the door) Then Reverend Smythe, with head held high Would doff his hat as he passed by And hurry on to save some souls From !andel' in the burnin' coals. And then, o' course, there's little ones,, The townsfolks' daughters and their sone; The most of them live in the park A-ptayin' there from dawn till dark. I guess you couldn't miss old Peg, The soldier with the wooden leg. Who plays the fiddle and sometimes sings To help his trade o' peddlin' things. We call him Peg and he don't mind There's something grand about the kind Who go on livin' in the past As long as previous memories last. Well, then, there's Doctor Martin's place, 01' Doe has never lost a race With any stork that's come his way And one flies down most any day, Then over there, on Sunday morn, We thank our God for bein' born And pray that we can do some good For other folk as all men should, Then sing a bit and hear the text About the world that's corrin' next. Most every day is just the same, I guess our town don't have much fame; We tend aur homes and till our fields And hope that with the autumn yields We'll have enough that we.can stare, And with the spring, still plant once more. We live together, toil and sweat, We quarrel, then forgive, forget; We've seen some born and others die And us that's left don't question way. We go on livin' as before- But still I wanta say.ance more, [ bet God "wales when He looks down, Upon a gentle, .little town. --Jane ,Evelyn Stepehns. KINDNESS So many things will be in vain— The fame, the wealth we've tried to gain; Such things will be of little worth When we at last must leaves this earth. But one thing we shall not regret, Nor grieve about, with eyelids wet, When we behold life's sinking sun— When our life's work at last is done. We'll not regret the kindness shown To others here whom we have known; For many things we may feel sad, But not for making others glad! Nor for the times when on life's road We've helped to carry someone's load. Not for the words of love and cheer Passed on to those in doubt and fear. Not for the food or help in storm, Nor for the good deeds in any form— Ah no, if happy we would be The needs of others we must see! THE MAN IN THE MOON The moon shone bright within my room, His smile, so bright and cheery, Dispelled all thoughts of sorrow, And made me forget I was weary. The Man in the Moon -winked down at me, And as much se said, with a grin, "Why aren't you out here a lovin'; Don't you know it's. too nice to stay is?" The temptation is ]rresis'bsble„ Yet I won't come out to -night; But perhaps some time in the future, By his soft and mellow light. Ill be out there, once again lovin', Away from this little room, And you know that three is never a crowd, When the third is the Alan is the Moon! IT IS A PLEASURE TO MEET PEOPLE do not boast. f acknowledge their mistakes. practice what they preach. never belittle others are habitually cheerful. give praise where it is due. are quick to right a wrong. know what they are talking Who Who Who Who Who Who Who Who about. Who do no gossip. Who are prompt. Who have a keen sense of humor. Who fulfill their obligatiana. —Grenville Keiser, GRANTON YOUTH RECEIVES LETTER FROM CHAMBERLAIN Arthur Gibson, son of Mr, and Mrs. W. Gibson, of Granton, and a second year -student of Trinity College, Tor- onto, recently received a letter from Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. Arthur had written Mr. Chamber- lain telling him how much he had admired him and wishing him the best of luck. He recently received a reply say- ing: Dear Arthur—May I thank you very much for being so kind as to write me at this time. Such an ex- pression of confidence from one in the overseas dominions is a source of great encouragement to me in these difficult days. Whatever may lie ahead, if we all strive to do our best, we shall surely succeed. That is what I intend al- ways to do. Also may I wish you the best success in your studies. Sincerely, Neville Chamberlain. Six representatives each of the Canadian Red •Cross, the Salvation Army, the Knights of Columbus and the Y.M.C.A. are carried on active strength with Canadian troops over- seas. They are charged with carry- ing on welfare activities of their or- ganizations in eo-operation with rep- resentatives of the Directorate of Auxiliary Services. ENCP 13y "PEG" In these. trying days of noise, con- fusion, onfusion, rush andanxiety we are in.- deed ndeed glad when night settles down over: our land, If we live in the city and happen to have our abode in an apartment house, how thankful we are when the last bang of a piano has been sounded and when a radio which has come to life with "Jim Hunter" in the morning and which has gone pretty much all day no mat- ter what the programme, has cried quits. Upon being asked how he was get- ting an at school, a little lad replied., "Those awful twins, they interfere so terribly with my arithmetic." Pur- ther reply elicited the information that a new family had moved into an apartment next this little lad who was about eight years of age. Part of the family consisted of these twins who apparently "raised the roof" till well on to midnight. This undue noise evidently 'had a disastrous effect on the next day's arithmetic of the little boy. Coming back to our first thought, Is it not a glorious feeling when night closes in and we sink into bed, drop- ping as far as possible the cares of the day. It is then we find so many things to be thankful for. In the busy rush and tear of the day we never seem to get a quiet moment to ourselves. It is only as we have questions that we can make a comparison between ourselves and our Standard. Have you ever had the opportunity of watching a busy man work. His brain seems to act so muck faster than his hands. Before one thing is completed he has started in at some- thing else. Then Hour by hour goes by until at the end of the day he is so tired that he cannot even enjoy his own fireside. To such a one the silent times are most acceptable. Such a mind has a very hard time to coax sleep to come. Times of silence are being generally observed in institutions. Usually some time during the day radios are re- quired to be closed off, and every- thing done to make buldings as quiet as possible, in order that people may rest and think. Quietness is essential to one's health. More and more room is re- quired for our mental institutions. People young and old, are going at such a pace that the word rest is almost unknown, as. they go on from clay to day in this hectic state their minds begin to show the result of it. Fortunately, forced rest will quite of- ten bring this condition back to nor- mal. At the present time the world seems to be rushing all night as well as all day. Much of the heavy part of trucking from manufacturing places is done at night. These great trucks may be heard tearing along the highway at almost any hour of the night. Lt does seem that before long the world will have forgotten what the word silence or quietness means. Many of us remember times when we have left the city and have gone to the country for vacation. With the din of the noise of the city in cur ears we have been unable to sleep the first night or two due to the quietness of the country. How happy are the recollections we have of walk- ing along country roads on bright starry nights when everything is so quiet, and how close we have come to God in times which are almost silent. After all, it is necessary for Christ- ians to have silent times with God, else we would never be able to hear the still small voice of conscience talking to us. Is our conscience just as troublesome as it was two or three years ago? Is it a pitiful state for us if it isnot? This is no age for us to be trying to get on without a conscience. We sorely need prayers on our behalf and others need our prayers for them. There are many people today who dread to be. alone. Why? Because they have not trained themselves to occupy their minds in a way which is pleasant for them. They are not cultivating their thoughts so that they will enjoy reading. If they do read they want same light frivilous literature. When the days work is finished they eeem to need company apart from their home folk. They need the pictures, they need the dance hall or the card table. Many Can look back over their lives and recall evenings which they have spent quietly at home with their parents and others of their own family. One member would read perhaps one, of the classics and the other would sit ] around and do fancy work, wood- carving or something similar, but the family was together. The parentsknew where their children were. Now, the tragedy of it all. The children are out till all hours of the morning and the parents often have no defin its knowledge as to where they are. Parents, encourage your children to have a hobby. It may costa little but not nearly so much as a life on the streets would cost. Keep them in the comparative silence of the home, away from the noise and rush of the world. We seem •ta have drifted away from the silent -times, but God will give them back to us. How can we speak for Christ if we have not first gone to Him, read a portion of His scrip- ture and then knelt down to talk to Him in prayer. There is no excuse for us not having silent times, with Christ. Then and only then will we be fitted to carry on His work. Ins silence comes all loveliness, The dawn • is ever still. No noise accompanies the dew That glistens on the hill, The .sunrise quietly slips up, The moon is. never heard, And love that animates the eyes Surpasses any word, And prayer is best in solitude, It seems so very odd, That long ago I did not know In silence I'd find God. <p ,EG, FRUIT JUICES Fruit juices. have become so popular that some remarks upon the method of preparing them may be worth while. The extraction of the juice from such important citrus fruits as orange, lemon and grapefruit, is car- ried out on the same principal as we do it at home with the common glass extractor. The usual method is that after the whole fruithas been wash- ed it is cut in half at right angles to the axis of growth and the juice extracted by pressing the halved fruit against a revolving conical -ribbed or grooved extractor or burrer. By ad- justing the speed of the burner it can be so arranged that the inclusion in the juice of any considerable amount of pith and essential oil from the peel can be avoided. The juices are usually diluted two • three ree times in snaking ups bev- erages, and some preservative such as sulphur dioxide is added. In the case of orange juiee a certain amount is prepared in the concentrated form in order to save bulk in shipment, and the juice is roughly filtered be- fore concentration. It is interesting to observe that the demand in the United Kingdom is for cloudy citrus fruit juices. The remov- al of suspended matter, though in some cases improving appearance, often detracts considerably tram the colour, flavour and nutritive value of the expressed juices. The colour and flavour of orange juice depends to a large extent on the suspended par- ticulars which it contains, and the removal of these gives a straw -yellow product lacking aroma and flavour. Orange juice is therefore naw sel- dom prepared M the clear form. The efforts in the United States to market citrus juices in a form clos- ely resembling the natural juice has involved additional stages in their preparation. The modern method of manufacturing citrus juices which is carried out extensively in the United States 'proceeds along the following general lines, After the screening of the juice to eliminate the seeds and coarse pulp, it is subjected to a pro- cess of de -aeration, that is, the re- moval of the occluded air in the juice by means of vacuum treatment. Re- aeration is accomplished by passing the juice in the form of a fine spray nto an evacuated tank. This removes any air which has been occluded in the juice and in the fruit particles. After the tank is partly filled the uice is heldunder a vacuum of at east 27 inches for about 10 minutes. The vacuum may then be relieved, preferably with an inert gas such as nitrogen. If a clear juice is required•, the method most generally applicable de- pends on the fact that by heating tha juice the colloidal matter is eagulated and, will then settle readily nd can be removed by filtration. It should be remarked that grapefruit uice has better keeping qualities tharn either orange or lemon. We impar considerably over a mil-• ion gallons of fruit juice* in a year, most of which come from the United Stotes. Manufacturing Silk Stockings The manufacture of silk •stockings has become big business in Canada. There is no, roam for doubt about that. Even in winter cold the silk stacking is very much in evidence on every street of every city, village and town. It is generally accepted, by the feminine '.population, and the fashion, which was set by. Queen Elizabeth in the long ago days be- fore the crowns of England and Scot- land were united, is now. part and parcel of our cost of living in Can- ada. The manufacture of silk stoek- ings in the Dominion, both pure silk and mixed with other materials such as wool, as well as artificial silk, runs to over 42 million pairs in a year, with a 'factory value' of close to 17 million dollars. Accordingly, same of the, highlights of the manufacture ofhosiery are of more than passing interest. These were given at a meeting of Patent Examiner in Ottawa recently. Raw silk arrives at the mill in skeins which are covered with gum left there by the silk worm. The skeins must first go through a soak- ing process to render the strands pliable. The single strands of silk are then wound from the skeins and seveial of them twisted together to form a thread. This thread is wound on to cones which are set on the lmitting machines. These machines knit in a flat piece the main part of the stocking without the foot. This piece is then transferred, manually, stitch by stitch, to another machine, where the foot is knit. A third ma- chine is used to sew upthe heel and tie, and another machine to sew the seam up, the back. It is interesting to note that the Germans have developed a machine that knits both the leg and the foot on the same machine. A few of these machines are now installed in Can- ada. Throughout the knitting process the control of temperature and hum- idity is an important factor. The most complex and interesting part of the process occurs in the dyeing, where colours must be match- ed to a standard„ where the cotton parts of the stocking must be dyed to the same shade as the silk parts, and where each different size of stocking must be kept track of. Ice Box Flowers Manufactured In Canada Toronto Has Largest Plant A new industry has sprung into being, or rather an astonishing de- velopment of a very old industry. It is the making of Ice Box Flowers. Years ago there was no difficulty in telling whether the flowers in a lady's corsage, or the little decoration 5 the lapel of a gentleman's evening coat, were artificial or not. Even at a distance there was a difference, for the real thing wilted asthe nigh wore Oh but the artificial variety remained *sightly. There is an ice box flower factory in Toronto which, so far as the Bureau of Statistics knows, is the only one of its kind in Canada. It is said .to be the largest in the British Empire. The industry is only about Mx years old. It began in a private ?home, with a family of three the working staff. Today the business is housed in a factory and there are about one hundred workers. These new artificial flowers are as close an imitation of the real thing as can be made. The blossoms are perfumed. A very wonderful thing about them is that, when the flowers are crushed, as flowers will be at a dance, they can be restored to their pristine elegance by eonfining them in the refrigerator for a little while. Thus there is another use for that modern complement of the kitchen. This ability to come back to life under cool and moist conditions is what has given the same "ice box" to those artificial flowers. What has made this industry pos- sible was the discovery that the pitch of the tushia tree could be used for making petals. The tushia tree grows on the Island of Formosa off the coast of China, familiar to anally Canadians as a centre of missionary activity. The pitch has a soft, velvety texture and when dyed resembles both in touch ,and appearance petals of natural flowers. There being only one firm; manu- facturing these Ice Box Flowers, the Bureau : does not make public the production figures,hitt an indication of its'extent may `be ; gathered. from the fd,ct that some 1;500. Canadian brides Met, year anire then- at''their, weddings. ; ; I i HEALTH H'UR,ON PRESBYTERIAL ANNUAL MEETING (continued from page 3) year. She briefly traced the growth of the idea of Stewardship. Its chief object now is the development of Christian character. Not only do we give a portion of our woaldiy goods but also a portion of everything we have, such as our time and ability, as an act of worship. The greatest thing we can give is ourselves. Rev. H. V. Workman installed' the following 'officers: Past President—Mrs. A. W. Gard- iner, Seaforth. President --Mrs, R. E. MacKenzie, Seaforth. 1st Vice Pres.—Mrs, H, V. Work- man, Seaforth. 2nd Vice Pres.—Mrs. Herman Powe of Centralia, R.R. 2. 3rd Vice Pres.—Mrs. Robt, Nay, of Gorrie, R.R. 3. 4th Vies Pres. --Mrs. Jas. McGill, of Blyth, R,R. 3. 5th Vice Pres.—Mrs. W. J, Greer, of Wingham. Rec. Sec.—Mrs. W. P. Lane, God- erich. ' Cor. Sec.—Mrs. M. J. Thomson, of Centralia. Treasurer—Miss Mary Milne, of Blyth. Christian Stewardship and Finance Sec.—Miss L. Young, Londesboro. Mission Circle Sec. — Miss Clare McGowan; Blyth. Affiliated C.G.I.T. Groups? Sec,— Miss Caroline Wellwood, Wingham. Mission Band Sec.—Mrs. W. Pick- ard, Clinton. Baby Band Sec. --Mrs. J. M. South. cot?, Exeter. Supply Sec,—Mrs. A. Colclough, 'olj Blyth. Community Friendship Sec. - Ma's, R. M. Peck, Zurich., R.R. 1. Missiohmry Monthly and Worllp Friends Sec.—Mrs. W. Welhvood, o� Wingham. Temperance and Christian Citizen. ship Sec.—Miss Maude Sterling, Bay. field. Literature Sec.—Miss' Winnie Say. age, Seaforth. Press Sec.—Mrs, W. L, Wightman, Wingham, R.R. 5. Associate Helpers' Sec. — Mrs. Ed., McQueen, Hensall. Mrs. P. Manning breught in the report of the resolutions and court- esy committee. The following committees were ap. pointed: Nominating --Mrs. C. Lloyd, Wing - ham; Mrs. McVittie, Wesfield; Mrs. Robt. Allen„ BrueefieId; Mrs. Mc. Falls, Centralia; Mrs, Carey, Exeter. Finance—Mrs. L. Young; Miss. M. Milne; Mrs. Stonehouse, Goderich; Mrs. Chas. Shiell, Wingham; Mrs, Russell, Exeter. Delegates to Conference Branch meeting, May 14 to 15—Mrs. J. B. Townsend, Belgrave; Mrs. W. Crozier, Crewe; Mrs. J. P, Manning, Londes-. bora; Mrs. C. Christie, Exeter. The annual meeting next year wilt be held at Thames Road. A very sucessful meeting was closed with prayer led by Mrs. Wiltse of Clinton, PATTERN PICTURE The pattern effect adds interest to this puppy shot. Keep your eyes open for natural or "accidental" patterns. Or, arrange some patterns yourself —they make novel pictures. PATTERNS make interesting pie - tures --and there are aubjects for. pattern pictures all about you. I don't mean formal, ready-made pat- terns, such as you fend M cloth or wallpaper; but rather the pattern effects which occur through a grouping of objects, or through the action of light and shade. For example, do you have an ornamental iron gate, or know where there is one? Then study the shadow it casts on a sunny day. This shadow will "repeat" the out- . line of the gate—and if you include both gate and shadow in a picture, you can get an interesting pattern effect, ,• The same holds true of a stair- way railing, a window grille, or a child's tricycle. Shoot a scene through the window grille—using a small lens opening—and you'll have a novel pattern' picture. Shoot the tricycle with its shadow on the, sidewalk—not at noon, but a, few hours earlier or later—and there's another effect. . Place a vacs of flowers ora potted plant in the shaft of sunlight that slants through your window. Note the shadow it casts. Picture the two —and you'll find the shadow adds "pattern interest" to the subject. This is especially true if shadows extend toward the camera. Pointing away, they're not so effective. Nat- urally, when shooting toward the light, you must take care that bright direct rays do not strike the camera lens. Often objects can be grouped for a pattern effect. Sometimes they ar- range themselves—as, for example, in the picture of the puppies above. Hero, you have an informal "wheel- spoke" arrangement, a very effective type of pattern. Note that the shad- ows extend toward the camera. Since the camera was pointed downward, the Iens was protected from direct light. Try some pattern arrangements— using flowers, dishes, books, eggs, or other handy objects. They make In- teresting pictures, with nice decora- tive quality—and they'll add variety- to arietyto your picture collection. 276 John vats Guilder