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The Clinton News Record, 1940-12-19, Page 7'THURS., DEC. 19, 1940 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 7 THE HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS Areereeessereveeee CARE OF CHILDREN COOKING • THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs -Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad—But Always Helpful and Inspiring. IF ENGLAND DIE! The following poem, written by Mr, Harold Gaze, a New Zealander, now resident in Pasadena, was attached to an application for employment which the addressed to Dr. H. M. Tory, -Director of the Technical Section of •"tthe Voluntary Service Registration Bureau. In sending it, Mr. Gaze re- leased all publication rights to the Government. , The poem has mush, merit, and I am sending it to you in the thought that you would like to publish it. If England die? Our thought refuses it, As something gross, impossible to hear! Far at her death dies honest justice, too; The strength that held and made the world more fair•; A breed of men earth's womb may no more bear, To bless a callous world that let her die. Should England die, the world will feel a void! A something will be missed from heart and mind That not all creeds nor culture ,can replace— Finding none other fit to play her role: The sum and substance of this earth's fair scroll Shall crumble to decay — if England die. Should England die — dread anarchy may rule — Snatching the sceptre from her failing hand Lighting a ghastly pyre whose flames consume The soul's strong edifice on which we stand, Till freedom, hone and all we nobly planned — All we have won from barbarism — goes! — if England die. If England die — the noble stream that feeds The lovely delta where our fate is cast Dries! — and we wither, as the seeds Meant to renew the world from out her past: Her laws, her wisdom and her soul, at last. We shall revere and prize — too late! —, if England die. If England. die -- we plunge into the night, Where tyranny and hate — twin bandits — stand, Knowing no urge but greed, no right but might, No culture but a sword in blood -drenched hand; And all the sapling framework of this land — Robbed of its promised fruitage — fades! — if England die. If England die? But this may never be, While there is red blood in the veins of men! While there are hearts and minds of noble build! Whilst God — within His Heaven. — cares! For then None can mistake the road! None wonder when To Strike! -for freedom and the heritage of men!—ere England die. LEGEND Lightly, the year has found its way Back to the glitter of Christmas day; ,Back to the tree and the burning holly, The beating heart and the reckless folly; ,And I must remember a Christmas night When the sky was black and the ground was white - And the wine in the cup was as refs as love, And you kissed my hand in its frosty glove; .And we lighted tall candles to chase the gloom From the ivory walls of my little room; And I read you words from a book or two With my voice that love had broken through; And I shall remember your eyes, of course, And your hair as yellow as yellow gorse; ,Attd I feel that a legend must come to be Of the lovely words that you said to me. Centuries after, some crone will. tell - Of the Christmas miracle which befell Two mortals caught in a flame of bliss; .A. legend must grow from our Christ- mas kiss. But now for the sake of that death- less night My scarlet candles are sat a -light! —Mona Gould. A CHRISTMAS PRAYER . - Lord, give our hearts their youth at Christmastide: Let us believe, as did the three who went To lay their gifts, their honor, and their pride Before a Child. We who have richly spent The coin of years now replenished store Of simple faith and hearts that seek the light. '.We too, would stand beside an open door, To see tile glow that circled earth's dark night. -Lord, help us find again the long -lost way 'That led to wonder; in the welcome glow .From friendly 'windows, something of the gay Comradely spirit that we used to know, The Star shines on for those with eyes to see: A finite gleam toward all infinity.* —Eleanor Alletta Chaffee,. AT MIDNIGHT HOUR eAgain at midnight shepherds looking up Will see the light and hear angelic song. And they. will see and find him once again Under the star above the stable roof, Where lowliness was willing to make room. At midnight hour again the Christ will come. —Pears Strachan. THE CHRISTMAS PUDDING Take some human nature as you find it— The commonest variety will do; Put a little graciousness behind it, Add a lump of charity—or two, Squeeze in just a drop or moderation, Half as much frugality—or less, Add some very.fine consideration, Strain off all of poverty's distress. Pour some milk of human kindness in it, Put in all the happiness you can, ,Stir it up with laughter every minute, Season it with good -will toward every man. Set it on the fire of heart's affections, Leave it till the jolly bubbles rise, Sprinlde it with kisses — for con- fection, Sweeten with a look from loving eyes, Flavor it with children's merry chat- ter, Frost it with the snow of winter dells, Place it on a holly -garnished platter And serve it with the song of Christmas bells. —From The Homemaker, Globe & The Birthday Of The Christ Child ... By "PEG" low beings. Never until His advent did the race of people at that time realize that there was anything but superstition, distrust, felony, in this world but since the coming. of .Christ - lenity that feeling has been overcome by love towards one another. During recent months there has been considerable talk among astron- omers as to the star which the Shep- herds saw. Some claim that Jupiter, Saturn and Mars which are now so close together might at that time have been even closer and have had the appearance of one star. Be that as it may. ' There is no one to verify it, but as Christians we know that God could have made a special star to announce the arrival of His Son, the Saviour of the world, on this sin - stricken earth. There is no more beautiful story than that of the shep- herds who were watching their flock by night and seeing the star followed it until they found the Saviour. The coming of Christ to 'this world wasintended to have brought Peace, but how far we have gotaway from it. "I was down town this afternoon and the crowd in the .stores is sone - thing terrible. ' Those in authority claim it will be the largest Christmas trade there has ever been." Similar comments are heard on every side. Just what is meant by Christmas shopping. The answer may be var- ied, but the chief reason for it is that we are buying gifts. Why are we giving gifts? In some instances we give simply because some one else gives to us and we feel that we must pay back. That sort of giving affords us no special happiness. Then there is the true Christmas giving, when we give knowing that we will receive nothing in return but the sincere thankfulness of the recipient. Where did all this giving origin- ate? It began when. Gori gave His only son to a world sunk in sin in order that there might be a way of escape front the awful destruction which was justly awaiting the people. Christ came as a little babe into the world. He 'agreed to come knowing that He would die a terrible and shameful death. At the same time He realized that in that way salva- tion would be made possible for those who cared nothing of Him and cared even less for their eternal existence. When we look at Christmas from that point of view and see the rush- ing thoughtless crowds of to -day we realize to a certain extent what Christmas was intended to be and what it is. In many instances there is not even a service in the churches, where peo- ple of all ages bring their gifts and present tl em to the Lord so that they may be used to help those who otherwise would have a very meagre Christmas. Wo are rapidly losing sight of the true spirit which was intended by God when the Child of Bethlehem came to the earth. In so many ways Christmas is being ob- served as a Holiday. In years past it was customary to hold a church service on Christmas morning when people gathered together to thank God for the gift of His Son, but now such a service is the exception. The opening of gift parcels and the pre- paration of dinner, takes up the whole morning. As many of the family as possibly can be there have gathered in one place; our homes as we have been able have been decorated, but the House of God which should be the centre of it all is left cold, with lock- ed doors. Our gifts are sent far and wide but we have none for the Son of God who gave His life for us. Can we not realize the awfulness of the mistake which we are malting? "The morn broke light: the thronging people wore Their best; but in the general face I saw No touch of veneration or of awe, Christ's natal clay? 'Twas merely one day more On which the mart agreed to close its door; A lounging tunic by usage and by law Sanctioned, nor reeked they beyond this astraw Of any meaning which for man it bore." What did the birth of Christ bring to our old earth. Among other things it was the means of giving to us Love, and that Love gave us Salva- tion, the only worth while thing in the past or in the days to come, In order to be Christlike we must have a true sense of love for our fel- TILE STRONGNOLD OF GOD 0 stronghold of the ways of God Dear mountains breathe in me your calm, Those peaks where never man has trod Are to my tortured mind a balm. Defiant of man's petty strife, You stand unmoved beneath the sky; No hail, no storm with lightning rife Can blast your godlike majesty. For this God set you on the rim Of our round world to lift the soul Through storm and tempest up to Him Who holds man in, supreme control, The truths obscured by earthly strain, The verities of place and time, Emerge from out our harassed brain, And man like you becomes sublime. He too was moulded by the Hand Which built your peake against the sky, But higher heights for him are planned In an immortal destiny. „Quebec, Que. —F. G. Scott. One Christmas a little boy had' a toy sword given to him. It was some- thing he wanted badly and con- sequently played. The greater part of the day with it, killing many, im- aginary foes. Towards evening he put it to one side. Tired with the day's play his mother took him on her knee and told him the story of the Christ Child, whose birthday they were celebrating. She explained to him that Jesus had come to bring Peace and that it was His love for us which had led Him to give His life for our Salvation. When she finished the little lad looked thought- fully into her face and said: "Mother, I think I will hide my sword, I wouldn't like Jesus to see it." At this Christmas season many of us would like to hide the sword of hate, not only hide it, but utterly destroy it. CHRISTMAS EVE IN THE FOREST The sun goes down, the pale moon flings her light On snow -topped rock and pool. 0 Holy Night! Give truce to creatures out of den• and nest; This Night, at least, let safety 'tend their quest! Through many moons they walk in dark and fear, The steel -toothed jaws, the ambush lurketh near. In memory of that Night when kine and sheep Watched while a Woman hushed a Babe to sleep, Give them a respite, they of nest and den. Bring peace, goodwill to woodland, hill, and fen; Let Love this night bend low, and spread Its wings O'er little frightened crouching things. 0 Holy Night, that shineth down the years! Comfort the sorrowing, wipe away their tears. Quiet the human pain, the fear— and then Bring peace to furry things, as well as men! --Jemima Remington in "Where Pussy Willows Dip" "And in despair I bowed my heat; "There is no peace on earth", I said; For hate is strong And mocks the song Of peace on Earth, good -will to men!" Then peeled the bells more loud and deep: "God is not dead; nor doth He sleep! The wrong shall fail, The right prevail, With peace on .earth, good -will to men"! There is no scriptural warrant for aux holding the Birthday of Christ on December twenty-fifth, but it makes little difference as long as we fully appreciate the meaning of the Day. - We gather around the tree at the appointed time and receive the gifts which have been placed there for us by friends. Do we ever stop to think that we turn away from the tree and leave the greatest gift of all behind.. We go out to start the New Year without the help which we need to help us to carry on as Christians. We feel that we cannot take time to see Christ standing, holding out to us His gift, that of Salvation. We refuse to accept it although it has been offered to us so many times. We do not notice the pained look on His face as He sees ue accepting the trivial things of the world and. refusing His gift of :Eternal life. The story ie told of a artist, who drew the picture of a dreary twilight. The trees were heavily laden, with snow. The skies were overcast and it was still storming. Through the falling snow a house could be seen in outline. Altogether it was a depres- sing and sad scone. Then the artist with one stroke of a crayon placed a light in the window. What a differ- ence it made. It was immediately turned into a scene of brightness. The only change was the light shining from the window. So the birth of Christ was a bright light in. a dark- ened world, and how much it has meant to us individually. Will we not to -day accept the gift which He is offering to us?, It will be by far the most wonderful gift which we will receive. Christmas Recipes "Joy, to the world! the Lord is come; Let Earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare Him room, And heaven and nature sing. Joy to the Earth! the Saviour .reigns; Let men their songs employ; While 'fields and floods, rocks, hills shiv'ring, and plains, Repeat the sounding joy. No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground. He comes,, to make His blessing flow Far as the curse is found. He rules the Earth with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of His righteousness, And wonders of His love." "PEG" TOMATO SOUP One can tomatoes cooked thorough- ly. Strain. Re -heat, add one teaspoon- ful soda. Heat one quart milk and pour tomatoes into it. Season with butter, pepper, and salt. Good if milk is slightly thickened with flour before tomatoes added. BOUILLON Make a plain soup stock allowing one pound of beef and bone to each pint of water. Season with pepper, salt, celery, and onion if liked. It is best made the day before it is used. Keep on ice over night. In morning remove all grease, strain, and serve hot, ROAST TURKEY Clean, stuff, and truss the turkey. After rubbing the surface with salt brush with soft butter and dredge with flour. Place in hot oven until well browned, then lower the heat; baste every twenty minutes with fat M the pan, to which two cups of boil- ing water has been added. Turn tur- key frequently. during cooking, so that, it will brown evenly. TURKEY STUFFING Four cups dry bread crumbs, .1/a cup butter, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped, 1 tablespoonful onion, chopped, 1/2; teaspoon pepper, 1 egg. (Summer savory may be used instead of onion.) Soak the bread in sold water until soft; press out the water, then add the seasonings, melt- ed butter and egg well beaten. FRUIT SALAD One cup shredded pineapple, 1 orange, 1 banana. Shred pineapple, peel orange, removing as much of the white portion as possible; remove pulp in lengthwise sections. Peel banana, cut in smai cubes. Toss the fruit together with a sweet salad dressing. Chill. SWEET SALAD DRESSING One-half oup sugar, thin shaving of lemon rind, one-quarter cup water, yolks of 2 eggs, 2 tablespoonfuls lemon juice. Make a syrup by boil- ing sugar, water and lemon rind to- gether for three minutes. Add yolks of eggs beaten slightly; stir constant- ly until it thickens; add lemon juiee strain and cool. PLUM PUDDING One lb. raisins, 1 lb. currants, 1 lb. suet, 14 lb. sugar, '4 lb flour, 1 lb. bread crumbs, 4 eggs (or 5 if small), two-thirds pink milk, 1/4 lb. citron peel, 14 Ib. lemon or orange peel. Mix the dry ingredients thoroughly, add the beaten eggs and the milk. Steam three or three and half hours. MINCE MEAT Mix toegther 1 cup chopped apples, ',t, cup raisins, chapped, 'F• cup cur- rants, '4 cup suet, 1 tablespoonful molasses, 1 tablespoonful sweet cider, 1 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon cinnamon, 11 teaspoonful cloves, '/s• teaspoonful nutmeg, 14 teaspoonful mace, 1 tea- spoonful salt. Add enough stock in which meat has been cooked to moisten. Heat gradaully to boiling point and sim- mer one hour. Then add 1 cup of chopped meat and 2 tablespoonfuls of any tart jelly. Cook 15 minutes longer. BANBURY TARTS Roll out puff paste as for pieerust. Cut out with a three or four inch cutter. FILLING One large cupful raisins, juice and grated rind of one lemon, one cupful sugar, five figs. Chop figs and rais- ins, mix with sugar and lemon, and put a dessertspoonful on one half of - each round of crust. Fold the other half over, wet the edges and press together. Prick the top with a fork. Bake 20 minutes or half an hour. JELLY SAHARA • One package strawberry Jell -o, 1 oap warm water, 1 cup prune juice, '/z cup cooked prunes seeded and fin- ely cut. Dissolve Jell -o in warm water, add prune juice; chill. When slightly thickened Told in the ',t cup prunes. Turn into individual molds and chill until firm. Prepare prune whip by adding a dash of salt to 1 tablespoonful con- fectioner's sugar and 1 cup cooked prunes seeded and' mashed; fold in 1 egg white stiffly beaten. Unmold the firm Jell -o molds and serve, garnished with the prune whip. SMALL FRUIT CAKE One-half ib. butter, 14 lb. light brown sugar, 1 teaspoonful allspice, 2 teaspoonfuls cinnamon, 1 small teaspoonful cloves, 1/4 cup New Or- leans molasses, 54 small teaspoonful soda, yrs cup sour milk, 5 eggs, '/4 lb. peel, V4 lb. almonds, 114 lb. currants, 1 lb, raisins, 5 lb. flour. Bake in slow oven. LIGHT FRUIT CAKE One pound butter, one pound white sugar, one pound flour, ten eggs, one pound raisins, three-fourths pound citron peel, one-fourth pound lemon peel, one pound almonds, blanched, cupful of cherries drained and cut in, small pieces, juice and grated rind of one large orange. •. Cream butter and sugar, add eggs HEALTH THE. JFJWIS BAY Lift your glass and drink with me To those valiant sailors, who sailed the sea To' the men. who sailed the Jervis Bay And lost their lives the British way. This their task, to safely see A 'convoy of ships across the sea. And right on schedule, they did ruin Till they met up, with a slinking Hun. Then the Captain ordered, "Stations all," And those heroes eagerly answered the call. Then the Captain mounted the bridgo with a grin, And flashed this message, "We're closing in." Then the rest of the convoy, he ordered to 'scatter, The size of the guns well, that didn't matter; His orders were to safely see A. convoy of ships, across the sea. Then he steered his ship, straight at the Hun To get in closer to use his gun. The raider's gun boomed; the Jervis Bay shivered From bow unto stern, the gallant ship quivered. And though sadly wounded, they stuck. to their guns, And. ;pounded aiayy„ at the murdering i funs. And no braver men, I say unto you, E'er had such a task, or e'er saw it through. So fill your glass and drink with me To those valiant heroes, who sail the sea. For greater love had no man than they Who sailed the seas, in the Jervis Bay. CAPTAIN R. S. REID, Perth Regiment, M.G., C.A.S.F. Hamilton, Ontario, December 3, 1940. t well beaten, flour and other dry in- gredients, add salt and one teaspoon- ful of baking powder; bake about two hours in a slow oven. Put tin of hot water in oven to evaporate. VEAL CROQUETTES Equal parts of veal and mashed potatoes. Chop cold veal fine. Season with pepper, salt, nutmeg or oysters. Add two eggs beaten fine. Mould, dipping hands in cold. water, roll in crumbs, then in beaten egg, again in crumbs and fry in hot lard. These may be made the day before using and re -heated in the oven. ENGLISH SPONGE CAKE Three-quarters lb. of lump sugar, 5 eggs, 9 oz. of flour, V cup of cold water. Put sugar and water in a pan long enough to dissolve. 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YOUR GREETING CARUS lF.rilt:rt: LLIIKS SEMI NEW YEAREETINGS, ISSUE BEST WISHES F011 A NAPPY iPEMLTH AIM HAPPINESS'Ti) i .c v:i r7 z law- Easy to make with scissors and paste, a headline greeting makes a strik ing, effective, individual card You'll find other ideas below. CHRISTMAS means greeting cards —and for some of us, so does New Year's. I personally am In favor of both—because it's fun to create unusual cards, and two occasions offer twice as many opportunities as one. Naturally, my Bards are made with ,the camera—for there's nothing more personal than a good photo- graphic greeting. In recent years, I have always tried to get the greet- ing right in the picture, along with some member of the family—or all of us. There are many novel meth- ods of doingthis, and most of them are quite easy. For example, once we carefully Stamped out the letters "Merry Christmas" in the new -fallen snow on the lawn. It was a sunny day, and late in the afternoon when the sun was low the letters showed up quite well, because of the shadows in them. We shot the picture, with the family and the house in the back. ground—and there was our card. Another time, we had a snow man in front of the house, holding a placard. He was ,striking in favor of merrier Christmases for everybody, and snow the year 'round. Once back when Ann was a baby, we :took her alphabet blocks and built a greeting with them. She alt. neared in the picture, of course, holding a block in her'hand. Every- body liked that card so well we re- peated it the next year, with varia- tions. We took three pictures—each with an alphabet block message— saying "Merry Christmas," "From Ann," "And The Family." These were printed on special thin photo- graphic paper, to make a double fold or "French fold" type of card. Any phototnisher can show you the right kind of paper, and how the card '1 planned. Then one year we pictured Jack as a sandwich man, advertising mere rier Christmases. We have also made newspaper paste-ups with big headlines for the greeting—very ef- fective in an overthe-shoulder shot. A friend of ours has used that same idea for his New Year's cards this time; they're already made, and: ready to mail when the time comes. Among those ideas, you'll doubt. less find a .thought for your own photographic card this year. I'll offer just one suggestion. Keep the card. simple, and do it early. Christmas. has a way of slipping up on us --ands. you don't want your greetings to gek stuck in theholidayrush. 305 John Van Guilder