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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1940-06-27, Page 7THUR,S., JUNE 27, 1940 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 7 HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS CARE OF CHILDREN aaa,,•aaaasnsvaw slaw+sw0....G sweaswcr ONMI^0,6.^ .~4.~,.0,.s.wa•rrnrw 04,0• wa•co,enev..Iw roaro� COOKING. wwaaa�a+aw.nrxsri nno+wc.+a�rosinwa it Makes a Nicer Cool Drink 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 INDESTRUCTIBLE SEED The seed is in the clod, my friend, The sun is in the sky; The world may rock with ruthless.. nese, But God is standing by. The fog has settled dawn, 0 world, The traveler's trail is dim; The night is starless as the tomb Along the world's wide rim. But faith is still alive, .alert, And love is everywhere; In every broken heart that lifts, Amid its gloom, a prayer! World -brotherhood is still alive, Though stricken to the sod; It waits amid the mire and mud To heat the shout of God! Thee rose shall blossom from, the muck in His good time and day; The seed is in. the clod, 0 world, And God shall have His wayl —William L. Stidger, in the War Cry, ON THE SQUARE You may be a doctor, lawyer or poet, A. merchant, tailor, or priest, A baker, milkman, a teacher or sage, .You may be the great or the least We all have our duties in life to de Whether easy or hard, they're there. .But when they are done you like to feel a "That you are on the Square." •1t is good to know we have done our best Helped someone along Life's rough way Have shared our goods, and have given advice With never a thought about pay We have done our best, have done the good deed Because we saw the need was there And oh the joy you felt within "By acting on the Square." Whatever in life we .would like to be Or whatever we think we are It's usually what our friends will say That either will, help us, or mar And life becomes a more beautiful thing The flowers and birds seem more fair When people say as we pass by "That fellow's on the Square." —Charles Fotherhigham. JUNE INVENTORY To see what things I own. Now once again I find that I am wealthy. There's the sky, Bright blue with •snowy lambkins rac- ing by, Bumping their heads in foolish child- like ways. There's sunshine, and the drowsy summer haze That gives excuse for laziness, There's rain That break the heat as suddenly as pain Is dulled by gentle hands. Then there are nights Of quivering softness pierced by little lights From glow-worms and stars. _ And there are trees That seem to laugh with every little breeze That ruffles thein, And there are fields of wheat. And water in a calm and limpid sheet. No matter what my fortunes, these will be Possssions I may keep eternally. —Eleanor Graham. THE HOSPITAL NURSE Woman in white — how softly you tread. Easing the pain and soothing the head Of those who lie sickened in body and soul, Forgetting yourself, that these might be made whole; Binding up hearts that are weary and sore, Serving the rich just the same as the poor, Thinking of others—halt souls mount to flight As you toil so faithfully—woman in white. Woman in white — how softly you tread Down through the corridors, up to the bed Of those who are lying so sore -racked with pain, Some of whom never may rise up again. Still, onward you go, though the path may seem dreary— Your hands may be tired, your feet may be weary— Working earyWorking so valiantly life's lamp to light We venerate you—woman in white. —Ethel Proctor Davis, Windsor. 3 out of 4 Jam and Jelly Champions use CERTO Writes Mrs. G. H. McLachlan of Magnetawan, Ont., Prizewinner at Magnetawan Fair: "I have been using Certo for a number of years and would not tbizzk of using any other method Lfor making my prize-winning jams and jellies." CERTO is concentrated FRUIT PECTIN ... the natural jellifying substance extracted from fruit. Saves Time—Energy— With Certo you give only a one to two -minute full, rolling boil for jam ...for jelly only a half.minuteto a minute. Aore Jam or Jelly— ' So little juice has time to boil away that you get up to half again more jam or jelly from an equal atneunt of fruit. Better Taste and Colour—Because of the short boilthe fresh natural taste and colour remain un- spoiled in the fruit, whereas long - boiling affects both taste and colour. Sure Results—Follow therecipes given free -.4- with awith Certo and you can - be sure of lovely jams and jelly. 41'40 cele PUT CORTQ; .044;,w -.:1..H1 a•PPIN.fr, 4k5 T. TODAY UST By "PEG" "Build a little fence of trust, Around to -day, Fill the space with loving deeds And therein, stay. Look not through the shattering bars Upon to -morrow. God will help thee bear what comes Of joy or :sorrow." At times on the occasion of a very difficult crisis, we have heard some- one say " God allows such and such a thing to happen I will rose all faith in Him." All the more pity for us if We do! " The days which have passed, those through which we are ,passing and the days ahead are dark. Our faith has been strained almost to the breaking point. It is indeed a prob- lem to knew how those who have no faith, no trust in God have got on at all. For Christians there has been an upholding influence which has made them feel that God is still in His Heaven. As long as He is there that premise in II Chronicles 20:15 will remain true, "Thus saith the Lord unto you, Be ye not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's." As long as we live we will never forget these dark days, but we must remember that the same God is with us who performed miracles in the last war and who even in this present war has done wonderful things, We are not building our fence of trust around to -clay as we have been told to do. We are trying to build it around the days which are to come. We know that, we believe that God can bring everything to pass and still we show to the world by our at- titude, that we do not believe that victory can be ours- With God all things are possible. We are not to build our fence of flimsy material. We are to build it of solid stone through which we can- not look into the days which are to come. Jesus Christ wants us to be con- cerned just about the present for that is all He has given us any assurance of in this world. We have a sure Promise of Eternity with Him. These are not the only desperate days we have had in our lives. There are many times when we individually could see no further than we can now, We have re-inforced our fence of trust, have prayed earnestly that God would come to our aid. If the cause has been right He has conte and He will conte to us now. It is unbelievable to think that the God whom we have worshipper) and many times forsaken would leave us in the hands of the enemy now. No, He will be our stronghold and will pro- tect us, but we trust co-operate with Him in every way. The trouble with us is that we lose our faith and trust. . There are many instances in Bible times when days were dark; times when men went to battle when their enemies mightily outnumbered them. God brought them through victors then, He can and we believe will do the sante for us now. There are so many instances in the Bible of relief from actual distress. Look at the Hebrews in the fiery furnace, The impossible seemed par- amount there. The keepers put three men in but when they came back and looked in there was the fourth figure. Gocl was there and He was able to deliver them: The Hebrew children had faith in God and were not afraid to take a stand for Him. So God is with those who trust in Him. Let us allow no place in our thoughts for the idea that we are on the side of Christ and yet may not come out victors in this titanic struggler. That is as much as saying that the enemy is greater than God. As Hon. Winston Churchill said in: his radio address recently, "there were many times in the last war when the Allies asked themselves the question "How eau we ever win?" It seemed the impossible. We were then in a worse state than we are now. At that time God inter- vened and gave us the victory." Would to God' we had appreciated that and not gone our owneway and Mlle -wed far afield from Him. May God forgive us for our neglect of Him and give us another chance to show that we do recognize Him es our God. We may be tried till we are down on our knees acknowledging Him as our Saviour, but His cause Must conquer even against big odds. 'These dark days through which we are passing will prove as stepping stones to something higher. Christ came to His glory not through an easy life but through trial and hard- ship, the like of which we have not known. We can trace the dark' stages in His life. We might say it began with the poverty of His childhood, and ended with His cry "Illy God, nt God, why hast thou forsaken me?" Be thankful that we have never conte to the time when: we have had to utter that' cry from the bottomof our hearts. God has never forsaken us and He never will if we cling to Him. Let us keep constantly in com- munication with Him in prayer and He will give us the comfort which we require at all- times. ! God knows why all these trials are being sent to us and He has His own reason for it. S'o to speak a cloud seems to have settled down over us, but God is in that cloud. While we are still looking for Him He will lift that cloud and will reveal Himself to us. When we seem the most for- aaken God is nearest to us. We should not look forward to to -morrow. God has cared for us today and will call for us to -morrow and everyday until He calls us Home. . "We must keep faith, we must keep hope, we must keep courage, we must keep Christ." "0 Thou of little faith, God hath not failed thee yet! When all looks dark and gloomy, Thou dost so soon forget Forget that He has led thee, And gently cleared thy way; On clouds has poured his sunshine, And turned thy night to day. And if He's helped thee hitherto, He will not fail thee now; How it must wound His loving heart To see thy anxious brow! Oh! doubt not any longer, To Him commit thy way, Whom in the past thou trustee, And is "just the sante to -clay"." "PEG" THE GOOD THINGS OF LIFE These are the things I prize, And hold of deepest worth; Light of the sapphire skies, Peace of the silent hills,— Shelter of forest — comfort of the grass; Shadow of clouds that swiftly pass— And, after showers, The smell of flowers And of the good brown earth;— And best of all, along the way, Friendship and mirth. VanDyke. TARTANS GO BACK TO 15TH CENTURY First Appeared in Scotland et That Time — "Tartan" and "Plaid" Not Same Thing If you look in the dictionary you will find -that a tartan is a "cloth. woven in colored stripes crossing at right angles." This however, doesn't take us very` far, and we have to go elsewhere to find out the history of tartans. The name itself is derived from the French "tiretaine", the name of a special kind of cloth, which shows that tartans are not, as many people seem to think, peculiar to any par- ticular country or nation, the design being found in many European coun- tries, although Scotland can boast of a large number of different ones. The earliest record of tartans being worn in Scotland goes back to the middle of the 15th century. As time went on the various Scottish clans adopted a different arrangement of colors and lines, some of them hav- ing from one to five quite distinct tartans, such as the common elan tartan of the chief which is worn only by himself and his heir; the dress tartan, which is need on special occasions; the hunting tartan and the mourning tartans. Finally let me say that the term "tartan" must never be mistaken for the terns "plaid" since a plaid need not necessarily be of tartan pattern, but is merely a garment made of woollen cloth. • STRAWBERRY HONEY CAKE For this unusual summer recipe, use two cups cake flour, 2tA tea- spoons baking powder, t/ teaspoon salt, 3i cup butter, % cup sugar, 3 eggs, separated, est teaspoon almond extract, 1,'i cup honey, two-thirds cup milk. Frosting Four tablespoons butter, 2%'Ye cups confectioners' sugar, 6 to 8 ripe strawberries, crushed. Sift flour, treasure and resift 3 times with baking powder and salt. Cream butter until soft; then grad- ually beat in sugar. Beat in egg yolks and almond extract. Beat egg sprites until stiff then gradually beat in honey. Add dry ingredients and milk to butter mixture alternately, begin- ning and ending with flour and beat- ing until smooth after each addition. Thoroughly fold in the egg whites and pour into 2 buttered 8 inch cake tins.' Bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees F.) for 30 minutes. Remove from tins and allow to cool on cake racks. Cream butter and gradually beat in sugar alternately with berries, un- til of spreading sonsistency. Frost cake and decorate with cut straw- berries. Yield: 12 servings. Delicious Strawberry Jam By: Katharine Baker One of the first tasks the June bride will have to facie is that of jam and jelly making. But the blush- ing bride will have no occasion to blush over the results of her preserv- ' ing if she uses the modern short- boil method. She will, in fact, have become a full fledged housekeeper and homemaker when she has learned this secret of perfect jams and jellies. The use of bottled fruit pectin in jam and jelly 'making means .an im- mense saving of time, a larger yield, (actually half again as much as used to be obtained from long boiling) and the results are always the same no matter how inexperienced the cook— jam and jelly of perfect texture and colour, But the flavour of the prod- uct is niost important and that too is guaranteed by the short bail method. Long cooking boils out the flavour and colour' of fruit' as well as reducing the quantity of escaping steam. None of these can happen if this recipe for Strawberry Jam is used. Of course everyone knows how good plain or toasted bread becomes when spread with jam or jelly but not so well known are other uses forhomemade preserves. per ex- ample, they can be used to sweeten dry or cooked cereal. Jam sand- wiches are a universal favourite but try adding preserves to meat and cheese sandwishes. Just the thing 'for summer picnics. Perk up corn- starch puddingg with a bright dash of this Strawberry .lam and let your imagination guide you to many other new uses for jam during the winter months. STRAWBERRY JAM 4 cups (2 lbs.) strawberries 7 eups (3 lbs.) sugar 1 bottle fruit pectin Measure sugar and fruit into largo kettle, mix well, and bring to a full rolling boil over hottest. fire. Stir constantly before and while boiling. Boil hard 3 minutes. Remove from fire and stir in fruit pectin. Pout quickly. Paraffin hot jam at once. Makes about 10 eight -ounce glasses. HEALTH awra„vwawm Beauty Aids on the Kitchen Shelve& Oatmeal Makes Ast Inexpensive Beautifier Many women do not realise that they have around them, in their own homes, a number of first-rate beauty aids which can be applied with the certainty of benefit in greater or les- ser degree. Such a homely thing as oatmeal, for instance, provides one of the best facial treatments, particularly for tender skins. Simply mix oatmeal with milk, forming it into a paste, and adding, if you like, a few drops of lemon juice. Use the paste as face mask or pack. To do this effectively, you should first cleanse the face, prefer- ably with the cleansing cream which most people use nowadays, and then removk all traces of grease with a little witch hazel or rose water. But good soap and warm water will serve your purpose. Apply the paste evenly over the face and eyes. After the paste has set and become dry, allow it to re- main on for about five minutes. Re- move it by wetting the face all over with a sponge or face cloth wrung out of warm water, rinse finally with cold water, or if the day is cold and the skin' very sensitive, with tepid. water. When you powder your faoe in the ordinary way after this treat- ment, you will be delighted with the effect. You can also make oatmeal bags, with or without the addition of shav- ed Castile soap, using squares of cheesecloth to form the bags. Tie the bags with fine string, taking care that they are not too full, as oat- meal, or mixture of oatmeal and soap, should be free to spread. Use the oatmeal bag exactly as you use a face cloth its washing your face; that is, dip it in water and rub the face gently with it. Let the liquid dry upon the skin, and in two. or three minutes' times remove it with clear water. • An oatmeal bag placed in the wash -basin or bath is also beneficial; for the bath you will want a large bag or two or three small ones. Oat- meal softens hard water. Olive oil is another hone beauti- fier. Massage the face with this, warming it a little first if you wish to get best results, Use the tips of the fingers and upward and outward movements, and LESS se LESS • do not forget to treat the neck as well as the face. The neck, which is massaged with oil every fortnight or so, will not become wrinkled and dry, as necks tend to do when we are "getting a little older than we used to be." The number of times which any of these treatments require to be repeated naturally depends upon the condition of the skin; if your skin is in good order, use them only oc- casionally, at intervals of several weeks. More frequent applications trust be given if the skin has been neg- locted, or has become dry through illness or over sunburning. Observe results and use your own discretion. onsfamorkammesew gieSNAPSNOT GUILD INFORMAL PORTRAITS OUTDOORS Excellent likenesses, and a "story idea," make this picture a fine example of a good informal portrait snapshot. EVERY family album or picture L collection should include good informal portraits of the family's menibers. But many amateur pho. tographers do not know how to take informal portraits, or realize how these diger from other popular types of pictures. In the )Inst place, an informal portrait should not resemble a for- mal, studio portrait. They are entire- ly diFereut—and, as a matter of fact, the formal portrait can be taken much better by a professional pho- tographer who has a well-equipped studio, with proper lighting equip- ment, and a sound technical knowl- edge of portraiture. The two main requirements of a good informal portrait are, first, a good. likeness of the subject or sub- jects, and second, a suggestion of action or a "story idea" in fact, the informal portrait is closely akin to the "story -telling" typo of snapshot. To obtain a good likeness, in- doors or out, you need a nicely balanced lighting on the subject's face. A lighting, in' particular, that is not too "contrasty." Indoors, such lighting is easily obtained by .using two photo bulbs—one to illuminate each side of the subject. Outdoors, a pleasing soft Iighting can be ob- tained by placing, the subject in open shade—for example, on the shady side of the house, under the open sky. For a lighting with a little more "sparkle," place the subject in sun- shine, but have the sun to one side. Tlten use a reflector (such as a white sheet or large card) to illumi- nate the shadow side of the face. In the picture above, the sun is at the right, and a white house to the left acts as a reflector. The sub- jects held still for this shot, and to insure illenty of exposure for the shadows, the picture was taken at f/8 and 1/26 second, on average speed film. The same exposure would be correct for these subjects in open shade. The story idea, of course, is ob- vious and gives the picture added interest value. Try to include such a story or "theme" in each of your informal portrait snaps of the fam- ily— and arn-ily—and you'll find the pictures have more enduring appeal 282 John van Guilder