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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1940-05-09, Page 8.HUR'S., MAY 9, 1940 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 7' EOUSEIIOLD ECONOMICS ' ualty guaranteed YEA 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 PEDLAR I am a pedlar of dreams; What will you buy? Here's a butterfly's wing— The prettiest thing, With a black and •silver eye; Who'll buy? Here, if you will, is a peacock's. feather, Emerald and Amethyst bleat to- gether; Here's the song of a bird— Sweeter and clearer you never heard; Rapturous thrill and throbbing note, Fresh from a wild canary's throat That sang in nesting weather. Here is a ring of baby hair, Silken -soft, Flaxen -fair; Delicate—strong as a fetter's hold; Tiny, but not to be bought with gold. Dreams for old and for young have I; Who'll buy? Who'll buy? Do you ask for a torch of the rain- bow's fire? Is a red, red rose— (No sweeter grows) Your heart's desire? Is a. silken gown or a crystal dish Or a tiny gold and silver fish Or a new inoon crescent your earnest wish? Would you pluck a glow worm—gath- er a star— No matter how near, No matter how far? Dreams for foolish and wise have I; Who'll buy? Who'll buy? —Audrey Alexandra Brown. BETTER THAN WISHING Do you wish the world were better? Let me tell you what to do: Set a watch upon your actions, keep thein always straight and true; Rid your mind of selfish motives, let your thoughts be clean and high; You can make a little Eden of the sphere you occupy. Do you wish the world were wiser? Well suppose you remake a start By accumulating wisdom inthe scrap- book of your heart. Do not waste one page for folly; live to learn, and learn to live; If you want to give men knowledge you must get it ere you give. Do ;you wish the world were happy? Then remember day by day Jtist to scatter seeds of kindness as you pass along the way; For the pleasure of the many may be oft -times traced to one, As the hand that plants the acorn shelters armies from the sun. —Anonymous. clkeS PS-1OT BUILD CHOOSIiNG THE BEST VIEW Here, the back view is most effective. Study your subject, and select the best view for each shot. !f, ,OST pictures—especially those 1VA of people—show a straight front view. But this is not always best. Often a diagonal or "quarter- Ing" view, a ,side view, or even in some cases a back view, will yield a more effective picture. In a picture of a building, for ex- ample, a front view is rarely best.. Stand to one aide—shoot "on the diagonal" ---and you will generally obtain a more satisfactory picture. Many landscape pictures include a road or path, to lead the eye into the !picture. Some snapshootera stand right in the middle of the road to take such a picture—and this is the worst possible spot. Move to one side and shoot. Then the road will lead in from the corner of the Scene—and the picture will be lin- proved. Take a picture of a person facing toward the camera, and he is likely to appear somewhat self-conscious or "camera conscious." Pose him in profile, or at a 46 -degree angle to the camera, and the effect of self- consciousness is reduced. - The picture of the small boy with his golf bag is a fine example of a wisely -chosen back view. The story is !perfectly told—but if he had been walking toward the camera, it might not have been. Chances are he would have grinned at the pho- tographer; and certainly that air of determination would have been lost. Keep this in mind. Study your subject—and choose the best view for each shot. When 1n doubt, take more . than one shot. That's sate practice, and: it insures more good !pictures. 271 john van Guilder CARE OF CHItDREN e, By "PEG" The noblest thoughts my tonguecan claim, The holiest' words any tongue can frame, Unworthy are to praise the name, More sacred than all other. An infant when her love first came— A man I find it just the same; Reverently I breathe her name, The blessed name of Mother. My Mother! The word Mother con- veys to us a tenderness and love which is not given to us by any other expression. An old proverb says: "God could not be everywhere, there- fore He made Mothers." What a wonderful thing it is to be included in a comparison like that. One of the oldest classics whidh has found a place in almost every scrapbook of olden times and was in our school reader is that old poem "My Mother." Unfortunately it is not so well known in recent years, "Who fed me from her gentle breast And hushed me in her arms to rest, And on my cheek sweet kisses prest? My Mother. When sleep forsook my open eye, Who was it sang sweet lullaby And rocked be that I should not cry? My Mother. when Mothers and Fathers and those whom God has given' into their keep- ing will hear the dreadful 'sentence, "Depart from Me, I never knew you." God has given' Mothers a chance to teach His word to her dhildren. Will you not take Him as your Saviour and teach your children so? "And can I ever cease to be Affectionate and kind to thee Who wast/ so very kind to me? My Mother. Oh no, the thought.I cannot bear; And if God please my life to spare, I hope I shall reward thy care. My Mother." As each Mother's Day comes and passes there is impressed upon us the great debt which we owe to our Mothers. A friend said to a young man and his new wife, "You have a wonderful Mother and Dad." "Yes," lie replied, ."but I have never apprec- iated them. as I do now." We all feel that we do not value our par- ents until we are older. We have for many years just been accepting their kindness, as if it were our due and have not tried to make any re- stitution. We wonder do we realize just how much they have missed any little kindness we might have done 6.for them. We have failed sadly in our duty towards them, let alone any- thing beyondour duty. Who sat and watched my infant head When sleeping in my cradle bed, And tears of sweet affection shed? My Mother. These verses cover the period of our lives which memory, no matter how hard we tax it, will not recall. If we have younger sisters or broth- ers we can see in our Mother's ac- tions towards them just what must have happened in our very young days. If there is no one younger then we never had the pleasure of seeing some other little child put to bed at night. Many a Mother has sacrificed houra of pleasure in the evening thinking it was the wiser plan -to lie down beside her little one till he or she went to sleep. Baby specialists tell 'us that this is not a good plan at all, that a baby should be quietly put to bed and left to go to sleep. Maybe so, but such things would not be thought of in days gone by. Many Mothers of the present time have so many social engage- ments that the children are left with someone else to put them to bed. At "When thou art feeble, old and gray, My healthy arm shall be thy stay And I will Booth thy pains away. My Mother. And when I see thee hang thy head, 'Twill be my tarn to watch thy bed, And tears of sweet affection shed. My Mother," Will we? Are these, words true as far as we individually are concerned? Will our "healthy arm" be thy stay? Will we •sooth their pains away? or has the world such a hold on us that we have no time to care for thein, and we hand then over to the care of someone else. The shame and dis- grace of it all! As we look around us we see many instances of where if it were not for funds supplied by the Government our Mothers who have given their all for their children would go under fed and in tattered clothes. Did they leave us tinted and poorly clothed? No, many tines they went hungry and shabbily dressed in any rate we realize that no matter order that we might be well fed and who put us to bed we required a that we might put on a good appear - great deal of attention and care. ante before the public. "When pain and sickness made me cry, Who gazed upon my heavy eye And wept for fear that I should die? My Mother," If we were blessed by still having our Mother with us in our older years we can remember that no matter how well trained, no one else could take the place of Mother as our nurse. Even her very presence seemed to help us. "Who ran to help me when I fell And would some pretty story tell Or kiss the spot to make it well? My Mother." In these days of car accidents when Mothers have been rushed to a hos- pital to see a child who has been perhaps critically injured, the agony has been depicted on that dear face and it took some time even force to keep that Mother from rushing past doctors and nurses to see their loved ones. Many a Mother will carry to her grave scars which she has re- ceived in trying to save a child. "Who taught any infant lips to pray: To love God's Iloly Word and Pray, And walk in wisdom's pleasant way? My Mother." Oh, the beauty and the tragedy of those lines! No more thought pro- voking picture can be seen than that of a Mother with her little child at her knees and to hear the little one saying: "Now I lay me down to .sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake I pray the Lord my soul to take." Will it be tears of sweet affection we will shed or nvil1 our sorrow be a mockery? Let us think well over these things while we still have our Mothers with us and let us determine that from now on we will, if at all passible bear the responsibility for her and make her last days cheerful and happy. Those first lisped prayers are words which, will never be forgotten as long as memory lasts. The tragedy of it all is that so many Mothers. today do not take the time to teach their children to pray, and to walk in God's way. The time may' come "PEG" WHAT A LANGUAGE COOKING HEALTH Casserole Dishes By: Katharine' Baker The trick of preparing tasty cas- serole dishes is one which every cook hopes to acquire. These recipes will prove useful in learning the art. The. secret of successful casserole comae - tions is the use of quick -cooking tapioca. It binds the ingredients to give them body but does not flavour the dish.' Casserole of Fish, Italian Style 34, pound (1 cup) mushrooms, sliced r/s cup diced celery 1 medium onion, finely chopped 4 tablespoons butter 8 tablespoons quick -cooking tapioca 1% teaspoons salt 34 teaspoon pepper 2 cups flaked cooked haddock or cod 3 cups canned tomatoes Saute mushrooms, celery and onion in butter until tender. Combine with quick -cooking tapioca and remaining ingredients in order given. Turn in- to greased casserole and bake in hot oven (425 degreesF.) 25 minutes, stirring twice during first 10 minutes of baking. Place unbaked biscuits on top of fish mixture after it has bak- ed 10 minutes; return to oven, and bake 12 to 15 minutes longer, or un- til biscuits are browned. Serves 8. Casserdle of Ham and Cabbage 4 cups coarsely shredded cabbage 3 tablespoons quick -cooking tapioca '/s teaspoon salt 34 teaspoon pepper i/s teaspoon paprika 2 cups milk 2 tablespoons butter 34 pound boiled ham, chopped. • M2 cup fine bread crumbs, buttered Cook cabbage in boiling, salted water 2 minutes; drain. Combine quick - cooking tapioca, salt, pepper, pap- rika, and milk in top of double boiler. Place over rapidly boiling water and cook 8 to 10 minutes after water boils again, stirring frequently. Add but- ter. Place layer of tapioca in greased baking dish, then layer of cabbage and ham; repeat, finishing with tap- ioca. Sprinkle with crumbs. Bake in, moderate oven (360 degrees F.) 20 minutes. Serves 4 to 0. SHEPHERD'S PIE Shepherd's Pie is a good dish in which can be used those leftovers which sometimes become a problem. The ingredients are: 3 lb. cold meat, 1 onion (chopped), V/ table- spoon parsley (chopped), seasoning to taste, 1 lb. uncooked potatoes (sliced), and a little milk. Method: Mince the meat, add the onion and parsley, season well. But- ter a pie -dish, put at the bottom a layer of mince, then a layer of po- tatoes, and so on till the dish is full. Cover thickly with potatoes. Fill with milk, and bake for at least 2 hours in moderate oven. Fill up with milk' while baking, if necessary. The onion and parsley may be omitted if pre- ferred. A fleet of sheep is called a flock. A flock of ships is called a fleet. .A. flock of girls is called a bevy. A bevy of wolves is called a pack. A pack of wolves is called' a gang. A gang of angels is called a host. A host of porpoise is called a shoal. A shoal of fish is called a school. A school of buffalo is called a herd. A herd of seals is called a pod. A pod of whales is called a gam. A gam of lions is called a pride. A pride of children is called a troop. A troop of partridge is called a covey. A covey of beauties is called a galaxy. A galaxy of ruffians is called a horde. A horde of rubbish is called a heap. A 'heap of oxen is called a drove. A drove of blackguards is called a mob. A mob of worshippers is called a congregation. A congregation of theatregoers is called an audience. An audience of peacocks is called a muster. A muster of doves is called a flight. A flight of larks is 'called an exal- tation. And if they are starlings it's mur- muration. A murmuration of bees is called a swarm. A swarm of foxes is called a skulk. A skulk of pigs is called a stye. A stye of dogs is called a kennel. A kennel of cats is called a nuisance. —Baltimore Sun. CUPBOARD ARRANGEMENT The longing for more cupboard space may often be answered by a little figuring and some elementary work with a hammer and saw. For instance:, if extra table space is need- ed, a card table hinged either to a wall, the end of a cupboard, • or against a door, niay serve as a drop- leaf table. The only necessary car- pentry is to remove the legs on the side that is hinged to the wall; the other two legs should fold up when the table is not in use. The table top may be covered with oilcloth or waxed linoleum. If your main kitchen trouble is a stack of odd -sized plates and plat- ters which have to be unstacked every time you want others behind them, a vertical file, or partitions set an inch or so apart, is a help. In such a file, each platter stands on edge in its special niche. The parti- tions may be of heavy cardboard, wood, or sheet metal Perhaps reaching over stacks of cups is another difficulty. One of the best arrangements for storing cups is a narrow shelf in the back of the cupboard, just wide 'enough to hold the cups. This is much safer than cup hooks which may chip the handles or cause the cups, to fall. If you have kitchen drawers a foot or so deep, you are fortunate; with a few partitions the right distance apart, drawers may become handy files to keep pie plates, cake tins, muffin pans, and kettle covers. May -the fifth month of the year, named for the goddess of Mance; con- taining 31 days. "Wind -flowers sway Against the throbbing heart of May." A National Hospital Day Message Mr. and Mrs. Citizen! boys and girls, will you join on this Hospital Day, Sunday, May 12th in paying tribute to hospital service in your community—be- come better acquainted with its needs and its deeds., Has it ever occurred to you that the doors of the hospital are never closed — the service and supply! never cease—every unit working uninterruptedly sc as to give unbroken care and treatment to those who are within its walls? The admitting service, the telephone service, Xray, diet, surgical, medical --t not to say of the understanding and humanitarian attention given by the entire staff at all times. I114 ness and accident do not choose daylight hours in which to strike. Hence the hospital stands ready to have emerg- ency service available to meet every need. Is it any wonder this Great Heart, Your Hospital, should have the understanding and complete loyalty of every citizen, when so great and needful a service! is given. We cannot count our hospitals in terms of material expenditures, but in health preservations and the saving of human lives. The business of the Hospital is to alleviate pain, discover treatments, for successfully curing hither-) to hopeless diseases, striving at all times to find perfect means of eliminating illnesses. Hark back a very few years—and compare hospitalization then) and now. Hospital service must keep a -pace with scientific research and this entails added respon. sibility and costs -in the School of Nursing—as welt as in providing equipment and highly efficient ad. ministration, all of which has but one object in view —the Welfare of the Patient—Florence Nightingale inspired—Better Hospitalization—Better Nursing Better Nurses—making hospitalization for all of us an inestimable boon, insuring health, prolonging life and allaying suffering. How devoutly we should be thankful for preventive medicine, the wonders of science and all the blessings afforded the present generation by the modernly equipped, efficiently and kindly conducted—House of Healing—"Your Hospital." The foregoing is merely touching the hem of this sacred avenue of His great gift to mankind for hast not every field of science laid manifold gifts upon; its altar. There is an invincible hospital army ever spend. ing itself to serve humanity day and night. We, asl lay people, strive to do our part as volunteer work. ers to make it easier for hospital administrator and hospital board to run hospitals. It is the desire of every hospital auxiliary member to place a step- ping -stone instead of a stumbling block to advance hospitalization in the community. Is it any wonder that we upon this day desire to re -light the white candle of remembrance to honor "The Lady of the Lamp," Florence Nightingale— who in 1854 worked veritable miracles in the hos- pital wards of the Crimea and by so doing placed for all time upon the face of the world a monument to humanitarian hospital care—down through the years a great white army of nurses has been exemp. lifying the spirt of Florence Nightingale through-, out the length and breadth of the word. Sunday, May 12th is visiting day when the hos. pital will be open to the public from 2 to 4 p.m. for, inspection and it is to be hoped many from the town and community will avail themselves of this op. - portunity. PLAN YOUR WORK Someone has said that a plan of work is like a road map; it puts. down on paper the route you daily aim to take. This applies to all phases of homemaking. Do you know for inrtanee, that five minutes saved each time you wash the dishes is seven hours saved in a month's time? There aro undoubtedly minutes you can lop off certain household chores. Use them in reading that article, even. write one yourself, prepare •a talk fort your rural women's organization. , y, or just have fun with the childreai