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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1938-01-20, Page 7THURS., JAN. 20, 193A. THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD' PAGE 7 awsesteseeeeeasaaae HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS HEALTH COOKING BooksCfhat Marea A Weekly Feature furnished by the Association o f Canadian Bookman and the, Canadian Wee kly Newspapers Association MORD NOVELS s(Condtictecl by Anson Bailey Cutts) the Dark Weaver: :By Laura Good- man Salverson (Toronto; Ryerson Press). Price $2.00. 1 'The Rains Came: By Louis Bromfield (Toronto: Musson Book Co.) . Price $2.75, Enchanter's Nightshade: B y Ann Bridge (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart). Price $2.50. A Southern Harvest: Edited by Ro. beetCenn Warren (Toronto; Tho- mas Allen). Price $2,50. This week, Mr. Silcox has asked :me to conduct this column. In do• ing so, .I shall quote from the Book Review Digest of the A. C. B. Read- ing Guide, the official quarterly of stbe Association. of Canadian Bookmen. "The four books treated here are out - :standing among much excellent fiction this season. Reading Circles and Book Fairs First; ho •,never, I should like to as-. :lure the many readers who have writ - :'ten to us regarding the organizations :and" conduct of Reading Circles that the A.C.B. Book Information Bureau is prepared to assist thein in every way possible. It is our hope that 'many such Reading Circles will be 'undertaken in collaboration with the association during 1938, and that many Book Fairs may be organized. During 1937 such book fair's were held 'in Whitby, St. Catharines, Pickering, Guelph, Bartle, Goclerich, Toronto , and Montreal. These proved very popular, and 'we 'are ready to assist 'Peterborough and other cities right nom Canada that are ;planning such treats for book lovers during the -months ahead. Drought -Sufferers Need'Your Old Books The Association of Canadian Book - niers also wishes: to call attention to 'the drive it is fostering for books to stock the hundreds of small lending libraries we are establishing through- out the drought areas of the Prairie Provinces. Please help us to bring hope and `happiness to those unfortunte fellow - citizens by sending your old books to ' the Headquarters of out Association,da 20 Duns Square, Toronto, or direct to Major H. G. L. Strange, Grain Exchange; Winnipeg, Manitoba. "Let ns who have so much help 'those who 'have nothing." Novels Recommended by the A.C.B. background of events, Louis Brous.. field undertakes to make a study of two problems. The first, which is tosuched upon lightly, r, the effect of the official attitude of , the British conquerors upon their subjugated races. The second is the possibility of a New India—an India in which the ignorance, fatalism, intolerance and the stultifying complexity of her caste system have been . so modified and moulded by education that she is able to select from Western civilization the scientific knowledge which she needs without losing her own national and psychological integrity." - Hunter Lewis, "Vancouver Province". Enchanter's Nightshades "Miss Bridge has written a truly delightful novel, suave and sophisticated in the best sense of the word, enlivened by sprightly incident and lifelike conver- sation. Her pretty young post-Vie- torian heroine (the period is 1905) is transplanted from England to act as governess in a titled Italian family of vast ramifications. Always in the background is the Italianlandscape, a lovely setting against which is sharp- ly projected the realism that is so characteristic an aspect of the Italian graciousness of living. The Vill' Alta clan -an aggregation of family con- nections rather than a single family ---is in summer quarters, waiting to celebrate the bundreth birthday of its beloved Vecchia Marchese --- and its days pass in pica -deicing and visiting, in judicious . studies for the young, and injudicious flirtations for the not so young. Passion breaks into the hap- py tale of leisure hours, and leaves suffering where ignorance and inno- cence were before. But Miss Bridge, with the clear-sightedness and hard realism of her Italian matriarch, lays bare the fleetingness of even grief and 'brings to an end a story that makes no concession to 'sentimentality on a note of valiance which maturity. must accept as the actual example of life. "'Enchanter's Nightshade' is not only excellent entertainment but ex- tremely skillful art. It has everything that alight novel should have, viva- city and sensibiity, and with it a harder grain of common sense that gives it seriousness -'Arty Loveman, "Saturday Review" A Southern, late. es. a oa.. rich Warren has made an exceedingly good job of this collection of short stories. by Southern writers .'In the first Places "A Southern Harvest' is gener- ous in size, containing some twenty- two longish examples .from the work of as many writers, together with an introduction by Mr. Warren and bill - graphical motes upon the writers re- presented. All the work is of recent opyright, so that almost any reader ,nay, be sure of finding in it something worthwhile that he has missed. These stories are meant to be descriptive f Southern lifeor obviously rooted in Southern tradition, a mixed and stim- lating bag of tales. For quality and ariety, alsnost any other section of the country would find -it hard ., to snatch'_'.—"The New York Tines". The Dark Weaver:" Mrs, Salverson of'Calgary, who has just published' 'what, in my opinion, is the best Can- adian novel of 1937, is building an English reputation while still under o the curse at home of an original best-su -.seller. In "The Dark Weaver" she has written by far her best book, It `is a full-bodied, many-sided story of European immigrants, who became "Manitoba pioneers in the late 18th -century, and their children who were .of the right age to. participate in the Great War, one brief incident .of which, is used for climax. Four dis- 'tinct sets of people, differing in race as well as social status and outlook, .are nicked up in Ettroue and the causes of their transfer explained. "Throw;., together in the wilderness north of Winnipeg, with many others, these eight are followed in their new homes, where they make new friends and pick up new associates. Their loves, marriages and economic for- tunes are graphically related to form a• clear story pattern of dramatic intensity.. As a community novel of the Canadian West, it is the best yet published: but Mrs. Salverson is too much the innate story -teller` to, lose her individual characters in a mass picture. Each develops clearer iden- tity page by page.,` 1 "'The Dark Weaver', is not a ser- mon. rt is a playas, demonstration, a coherent piece of Canadian life. It is first' and last a , story„ and a good one." William Arthur Deacon, "Globe and Mall". The Rains Came: "The rains came., to the. Indiain'city 'of'Ranchipur; but that was not all. In addition to thea torrential downpour of the moonsoon 1 there were an earthquake, a. flood, and a fire which combined to destroy a large part of the city, and to wipe 'out some nine thousand of its native population, as well as a scattering of -.its military and missionary Euro• peons. These were followed'-hy the 'devastating outbreaks of epidemics <of 'typhoid and cholera. Against this Eating Gives You Away; ' Character Is Revealed If you are anxious to size up a man's character, watch him at 'work with his knife and fork, says a w'it- er. in London Answers Magazine. The 'person who removes the food gingerly from the fork with his lips is particular over trifles" and hasty - tempered, but large -hearted and gen- erous.. Ile Who mixes everything together on his'plate is apt to make a hash of life in gtettlearal.. Although nothing particularly bad can be said of him, nothing he has ever done .or will clo will be much to his credit, OL•hex's'eat feverishly, mreaaring the next' mouthful, seasoning it, patting it into shape with sharp; jerky move- ments, but finally shooting off at a tangent and eating something differ- ent, These people are muddlers. muddling through lite anyhow. They seldom.' finish one thing properly be- fore starting the next, are always in a hurry,. but never done, and untidy and unmethodical, in their ways. The quick eater is generally a quiek thinker, lively, versatile, and ambit- oius. At times he may he rather'un- relisble and apt to rush at things without proper forethought, but he possesses a nice mixture of humor that Mr. Papineau give this well a en's 5eniiment c.tr'eful,survey as there might be his winter's supply of ;fish :buried in this well. However, we are glad that the fish was foetid in water for if it grew in the air or on the soil,, the mystery would be all the greater. — Zurich IIcralch A HEALTH' SEEvICE OF i e CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND .LIFE:. NSURANCE COMPANIE6 IN -CANADA THE COMMON COLD Every fall we have to consider the common cold, not because we wish to do ho, but ,because it forces itself up- on aur attention. Nearly everyone contracts at least one cold during the year, and so everyone is interested 111 knowing what he may do to prevent or avoid colds. We have all noticed how colds run .hrough a fatttily; first, one member has a cough or a sneeze, and soon all the family are coughing, sneezing and blowing their noses. So it seems that whatever the living agent or germ is. that causes a cold, it is passed along by those who have colds to those who have not. The lesson to be learned from this is that the individual who has a cold should be isolated from, the other members of the family. Bed is the best place for. the person who' has a cold; it is best for hint and for oth- ers. By keeping hint in bed, he is kept away from the family, and if his dishes and eating -utensils are boiled, there is comparatively little chance that the disease will spread. It is more simple to use paper hand- kerchiefs which can be burned; oth- erwise, handkerchiefs must be boiled. Persons with colds who refuse to go to bed should cover their coughs and sneezes with a handkerchief, be- cause the ' germ is present iu the secre- tions of the nose and throatwhich are thrown broadcast by careless uncov- ered coughing, sneezing and expec- toration. Unless dishes and eating - utensils are washed in very hot water, and common drinking -cup's done away with, colds are sure to spread. The person who has a cold should never prepare or handle food that is to be used by others. We can do Muth to avoid colds by building up our powers of 'resistance, There does not appear to be any doubt that those who live in overheat. ed rooms, who wear too heavy cloth- ing, and who overeat and take but little exercise are more apt to fall victims to the common 'cold. Good general health is our best protection. Good general health eomes with proper food, . fresh air, plenty of rest, regular exercise, body Cleanliness and regular elimination: All of these are just as necessary is winter as they are in summer, and they can be had in winter as, in summer. The common told occurs chiefly in winter, not because the air is cold at that time, bat because we, when the air is cold, are ant to shut ourselves in and live by the hot stove, not get- ting out into the fresh air and not getting the exercise we need, while, at the same time, eating less of the traits ' and green vegetables which are needed' to balance onr diet. ACCIDENTS AND' COMPENSA- TION UNDER THE WORK- MEN'S COMPENSATION ACT The number of accidents reported to The Workmen's Compensation Board if Ontario during 1937" was 70,582, as compared with 61,382 during 1936. The fatal accidents numbered 376, as against 376 during 1936. The total benefits awarded: during the year amounted to $6,129,960.55, as compared with $5,643,798.79 during 1936, the 1037 figures being made up of $4,378,112,0$ compensation and $1,- 251,848.47 medical aid, Taking a basis of 100 working days, the average daily benefits awarded a- mounted to about $20,435, requiring an average of 963 Cheques per day. The average number' of new claims. reported daily increased fr'oni 205 in 1936 to 235 in. 1937. . . There were 5,728 accidents r'eport- ed during December, and the benefits awarded amounted to $572,556.65. A PRODUCTIVE' WELL 11 Mr, Frecl Papineau of the Blue Water Highway near Drysdale, has a very productive hard water well which is about seventeen feet, deep and is not rod by any, other, running stream or tile..` The other clay when' Fred was pumping a pail of water for house use there was a four inch live fish carne up the pump with, the wat- er, and this le 8 big mystery just how that fish came to be in the well. No osse has been..able to tell what species of. fish it is, but Frecl says he hag 1t tor prof. We would suggest The slow eater is generally a plod- der along the road of life, happy to ''main in the same groove, unambi- 1 cus, steady, and eAnte,`rq. with nn Particular attributes' beyond living and: letting live. RADIUM Radium is the snost precious sub- stanee marketed ; in the world tgday. The price of one eranime is about $30,000 while the same amount of gold, m worth a little over one dollars Each gramme of radium has energy egnivalent to that of 8,000 tons of coal and the penetrating powers of its rays are very great. The common standard of :measurement is by the milligram -tie which is one -thousandth part of 'a. gramme, A gramme is a weight sufficiently minute to be used in weighing pinheads. Ninety milli- gram -Ines of refined radium can be sealed in a tube smaller than a match. When the radium -bearing ores were first discovered in Canada, there was: no one in. the country who knew the method of treating them. Belgium held a virtual monopoly on world rad-, inn markets with sources of supply in the Congo, so Belgian assistance was net to be expected. A French scientist, who began his radium ca- reer in the Curie laboratory, came to Canada's assistance and, although it took months to produce the first gramme, . the output gradually in- creased. The silver -radium ores are separat- ed and concentrated at the mines in the North and the resulting p3tch- blende concentrates are shipped to Port Hope, Ontario, in small bags that have been specially made and treated for their precious contents. The pitchblende itself looks like tiny lumps of anthracite coal but lacking coal's hard lustre. The next one hundred steps or so in producing radium are very involv ed, consisting largely of as strenuous and complicated a series of chemical reactions as ever imagined. The fin- ished procluct looks something like common salt and is sealed in minute glass tubes not much bigger than the lead in a lead pencil These are stor- ed in a block of solid lead and in 24 to 48 hours the action of the radium discolours the glass completely. Fresh. radium salts glow brightly in dark- ness but seem to lose some of this visibily luminous quality in a short timethough the rays continue for nearly 1700 years, From Port Hope, the radium goes to the National Council in Ottawa whore its official strength label is at- tached, and then usually to Great Bri- tain where it is Changed to a sul- phate and sealed in needles, plaques or bombs. A report issued by the Mining Branel, of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics says that 34 tons of pitch- blende concent'r'ate was flown 1,500 miles to the nearest railway during 1935 in the winter flying season. Al- though figures are not published for the amount of radium obtained, it is estimated that nearly two grammes per month are being produced in Can- ada. THE HISTORY OF THE ,MOP The next time yogi use a niop prob- ably this little story might lighten he household duty and give that particular weapon a personality all of its own, Every year ,in the city where Shakespeare was born, Stratford -on - Avon, there is a fair held called, "The Mop". Like our own fairs, there are all sorts of amusements with fortune- tellers and side-shows. But in addi- tion there are usually fine masts-- two oasts-two oxen and three: pigs—the fires for which are lighted about 6 o'clock in the morning. The mayor of Strat- ford opens' the Mori and off it goes into full' swing. But this programme hits greatly changed since the first Mops were held.; The old custom served a very different purpose, more business than pleasure, and was a means for ser- vants to obtain .new employment or fdr' people to procure new help. In the aetumn, a certain ' day' was set aside for. the Mop. " The -house- hold servants who desired new homes went to the fair and employers and cmployees'hargainecl and settled year- ly,wages. One sign that a woman was, willing to work, and work hard, was. het mop,, for when she left hes mis- tress the mop went with her. ' Some - thyme the bucket accompanied the mop. That was the big fair.' Ten days later a smaller one was held called the "Runaway Mop". ' Servants or mis- tresses who, were not satisfied with, their bargaining at the big Mop had a chance to make readjustments. The, General M:anufaeteri g .Branch of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics tells us that last year there were 40,- 000 props tirade in Canada, So when you use one of these useful articles, you. may be doing your own house- work but at least you have in your' hand something in: common. with the English women of many year's ago .for the mop is the• symbol of hard Work. H#H�. Jested as , ._« f tZecipes to Av ,Sins .atHta, yelatete`„teae + s Aleck Q4 +4r: LAMB ALL YEAR ROUND There is no tastier or more economi- cal dish than lamb meat and it may be served in, many forms. This fact is becoming more apparent in Canada where lamb can now be obtained all the year round. The following recipes are taken from the bulletin "Selection of Lamb Cuts" which may be obtained on re- quest from the Publicity and Exten- sion Branch, Dominion Department of Agr'icultute, Ottawa: Stuffed Shoulder 1 shoulder of lamb 2 tablespoons chopped onion 3 tablespoons cooking fat 2 cups soft bread crumbs 1 teaspoon chopped mint 1 tablespoonchopped celery leaves Half teaspoon salt Eighth teaspoon pepper. Have the shoulder blade removed. This leaves a pocket for the stuffing. Wipe meat. Fry onion in fat, add breadcrumbs, mint, celery leaves, salt and pepper. Mix well. Fill pocket with stuffing. Then roast. Mutton or Lamb Stew (Irish Style) 4 pounds of meat 12 potatoes (medium size) 5 onions (medium size) 5 carrots (medium size). Cut neat in two inch squares, Place in cold water and bring gradually to boiling point, simmer for one hour then add vegetables (cut in any desir- ed.size) and seasoning. Simmer until cooked, remove meat and vegetables, thicken liquid and serve. Note—meat may be removed, and vegetables mash- ed in liquid and served over meat. Rolled Front of Lamb, Roasted Wipe roast and sprinkle surface with salt and pepper. Place it on -a rack in the roasting pan and pet in hot oven (500 degrees F.). Allow to sear or brown for .30 minutes. Add one cup of water. Continue to roast at' a temperature of 350 degrees F. When more seasoning is desired, add two smell carrots, two onions, and celery (chopped fine). Serve with gravy made from liquid in pan. De- corate plate with parsley.. Lamb or Mutton Chops, Champagnarde (Farm Style) Pan broil six to ten chops. Prepare 2 cups green peas, 2 cups string beans, 3 tomatoes '(sliced) and 4 to 6 potatoes (sliced). Place chops in casserole, add vegetables, seasonings and sufficient boiling water or stock to prevent burning. Cover and cook in oven until vegetables are tender. Serve hot. FOR LUNCHEON Fish Cutlets: Flake two cups of any desired kind of Canadian fish of shell- fish and add saltand pepper to suit. the taste and two tablespoons of on- ion juice, two teaspoons of lemon juice and, if desired, two teaspoons of Worcestershire sauce. Add to the fish and seasonings two cups of thick white sauce which has been thorough- ly chilled., Form the mixture into cutlets and roll in finely sifted bread crumbs. (It is 'well to chill the cut- lets again after they have been shap- ed). Bake the cutlets in a greased pan in a moderate oven or fry them in deep fat, having the fat sufficient- ly hot to brown an inch cubeof bread in forty seconds.` The white sauce may be trade by melting a quarter of a cup of butter, or using a quarter of a cup of .: cooking oil, blending in a half a cap of flour, adding two cups of warm milk, and cooking the mix- ture usttil it is thick and smooth, stir- ring it constantly-. A tomato sauce goes well with the cutlets. Canadian Fish Foods, rich in nu- tritive value and in vitamins, are very easily digested because of the tender- ness of their flesh. LEAVES OF THE PASSION FLOWER The thvee leaves that grow in . a cluster in the passion flower repre- sent the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. The tendrils are the thongs with which Christ was bound. The various parts of the flower—stamens, pistil, sepals and petals—stepresent the crown of thorns, the three trail prints, the five wounds, the three spears, the two clubs and 'the cross. The ten pods re- present the, Apostles, excluding Judas, who betrayed Christ, and Peter, who denied Hini. CARE OF CHILDREN THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS, Here Tltey Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes° Gay, Sonietillnes Sad—But Always Helpful and Inspiring. MY WEALTH' Lord, make me grateful for the things I own; This little home, the garden that I see; The chubby arms that cling around my neck, His kind and tender eyes that smile at me. Make me give thanks for all the busy hours, The baking, mending, all the child- ish calls; The hundred tasks that give wings to the day— His nearness when the dusk and quiet falls. Make me believe and know I air a queen, Far richer than the fabled queens of old, My kingdom—Motherhood and all its gifts— My crown his heart of gold. —Katharine Edelman. THE SONG OF THE ONION Carrots get by on their color, Spinach gets by on its rep;. Lettuce or beet, for vitamins eat, But give me the onion for pep. Silver -skinned onion or Spanish Or littleone, green on the top; - Tlsey build up that physique, make you strong where you're weak, But socially cause you to flop Even the mildest Bermuda Cannot be forgotten when gone, It is not erratic, but very energetic, Its melody lingers on. :Exchange.. BRIGHTER HOURS If you have stumbled yesterday, Remember there's to -morrow, The new bright road which you will tread May lead away from sorrow. If you had heartache in the' past, It's best to look ahead, And find some signpost to the path Where you'll be comforted. And if the mists of grief are round, And hope is hard to find, Just trust that soon the way will clear And clouds be left behind. We rarely find two days alike, Life's made of sun -and showers, And in dark days the bravest souls Keep faith in brighter hours. -Mark Eversley in the Blue Bell, TEE REUNION A REVERIE (Dedicated to my old Pupils and Schoolmates) From out the dark and distant past, There came to me tonight The forms of those I knew so, well In yonthfnl'days so bright. The same sweet, modest girls were here, The *girls we used to know; Who knew not sin in word or thought Pure as the driven snow. Who helped us all to better be, Thosegirls sof longago, g g ,. Just like the best of girls to -day, Lets: you know it. For it gives you added zest, To bring out your very best; Just because some mortal blessed Lets you know it. When a fellow pleases you, Let him know' it. Why, it isn't much to de— Let him know it. It will keep him in the fray, And he'll think his efforts pay. If you like his work or way -- Let him Ienow Exchange. FRIENDSHIP It is a sweet thing, friendship, a dear balm, A. happy and auspicious bird of calm, Vi7sich rides o'er life's ever -tumultu- ous ocean; A god that broods o'er chaos in coin. motion; A flower which, fresh as Lapland's roses are, - Lifts its bold head into the world's pure air, And blooms most radiantly when oth- ers die Health, hope and youth, and brief prosperity; And with the light and odor of its bloom Shining within the dungeon and the tomb; Whose coming is as light and music are Mid dissonance and gloom—a star Which moves not 'raid the moving heavens alone— A smile among dark frowns --a gentle tone Among rude voices, a beloved light, A solitude, a refuge, a delight. —Shelley, TO FARMING MEN Out of the soil whose life is everlast- ing, You bring our visions to reality: You prove to us that seedtime follows harvest, And earth produces fruit recurringly,,.. You tend for us the roots of life ha - planted Deep in the land, that from the pa-. tient sod, We may have life and sustenance and freedom— And what is more, you give us faiths in Godl Long, long Before the bridges traced; the skyways , And chimneys scattered shadows isu' bright air, When there was only gentle a ass in Aden, And little labor, you were walking there! Through many ages while leen mine) and builded, Learned much of tides and stars and singing stream, And harnessed light to re-create its power, Sonne gave the"food some wrestled with the dream. Oh, you who know so well the earth's rich secrets, You are the heart of all the work wet try). Tis you who give us ,strength for the ` attempting To make a world whose shires shall, sweep the sky. Your hands lie sleep in soil from which creation Takes nourishtuent, the while its visa ion goes To'seek a higher plane of federation. ours is" the truest.work that God be- stows! The ones we're glad to know. Young men were here, our former chums, Bright and alert were they, As chivralous and just as clean As in the earlier clay. We played the games of long ago Y And we again were young, ' Our hearts were filled with gayety, Our nerveswith tension strung, Old sweethearts in a fond embrace, Were filled with ecstasy,' Old chums renewed their earlier days In glad felicity. Thou, one by one, they vanished all And I alone, was left, 'My heart was sad, old friends were gone, I' felt as one bereft: ---W. H. JOHNSTON, Exeter, Ont. LET HIM KNOW IT When a fellow pleases you Let him know it; It's a simple thing to do— Let him know it. Can't you give the scheme a trial? It is sure to bring a smile.' And that makes it worth the while -- Let him know it. You are pleased when anyone Lets you know it. When the man who thinks "Well done" -Exchange. THE 'VATICAN The Vatican is the official residence of the pope in Rome. As long ago as 500 AD, a residence for the pope was built on the site of the present Vati- can. The popes shoved to Avignon, in France, returning to Rome in 1377. The present' buildings of the Vatican were begun about 1450. They consist of an ,irregular group of palaces, courts, chapels, and ,offices covering 13% acres, including a private gar- den. The buildings of the Vatican. are said to contain 7,000 rooms, states a;' writer in London Answers Magazine, The library contains 250,000 printed hooks ansd 34,000 ntannseripts, many of priceless value, The art treasures, both paintings and seupture, are be-• yond price, and there are two largo museums. The whole of the Vatican' City is ander the sovereignty of the, 9090. a` .