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The Clinton News Record, 1938-06-30, Page 9THURS., JUNE 30, 1938. TIIE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 7 HOUSEHOL'D ECONOMICS Poison Ivy Menace And Treatment Poison Ivy Menace to (farther. In other eases, the blisters •eventually burst, to become Hetet- Children, Adults] Ing oozing sores from which - con- There is an innocent looking weed tagion may spread to other parts. rustling hapily in the July breeze in The sores finally dry up, forming antic; orlon . of the thousands of scabs, A really severe attack may p• upset the health completely for a children and adults'it is going to M- time. feet this summer unless some Per-, If the poison ivy oil is suspected son makes it his or her business to of having reached the skin, suspected deal it a death -dealing blow pre fate scrubbing with laundry soap ferably,by the chemical route, strong in lye, in tepid .water changed Poison Ivy is the bane of summer after each lathering, or running resorts and woodland stretchesandwarm water tc carry away the pais now is the time for a real clean up. on is a sensible precaution. If done It is found along fence lines, waste before the oil penetrates the skin, places, in fact almost any place no other treatment is usually neces- where there is no cultivation. saty. Washing with alcohol, kero- sene or gasolene also helps to keep A menace to health, it has been the the poison from spreading. cause of a great deal of suffering, hospital and doctors' bills and has Recommended Treatment ruined litany a vacation. Visitors who have suffered from Poison Ivy at a Treatments without number have summer resort are not likely to re- .been proposed and used, often indis• turn the following year, criminately without regard to their How will ' you recognize Poison Ivy? Well, it is a low bushy per- exact purpose: The treatment for ennial. The leaves are smooth and affected parts most widely reconi- firm to leathery, coarse -toothed edges mended in recent years, potassium and ALWAYS IN GROUPS OF . the destructive ganate, has for its • purpose THREE. Leaves of the Virginia the by oxidation of the Creeper, for which the plant is some'- poison itself. The rafts are swab - times mistaken, are gitonnps' of five. bed with a three per Gena solution made somewhat weaker if the skin Chemical .weed killers are • easily is particularly sensitive. A. brown • applied and destroy all foliages and stain left by the permanganate may root patches have been killed out be removed gradually by soap and root patches have ben killed .out - water. The commonly used 'iodine right with a single application of stains even more. Once busters sodium chlorate, one pound to a gal- have been formed, rubbing should be Ion of water. Care must be used, carefully avoided. If cooling sub - however, as there is a fire hazard stances (baking soda, boracic acid with sodium chlorate, solution and such like) are used, no Write the Cams, Seeds and Weeds application should be made while the Branch, Ont. Department of Agri- sores are oozing, or they may seal .culture, Parliament Buildings, Tor- over with a crust and thus a -onto, for valuable pamphlet on Pols- ggrav- ate conditions. on Ivy, which describes how to use sodium chlorate. : This weed is labelled "noxious" under --the Weed Control Act, and must be destroyed. If you know where a patch of Poison Ivy exists, 'notify , your municipal authorities at ., once. Effective Treatment for become a victim and 'henceforth ob • liged to exercise more caution. Per Poison Ivy Infection sons whoare certain they have not been in contact with poison ivy and •Of all skin -irritant plants, poison declare that the infection must be ivy and the related but less free air -borne or 'that it is "in their quently met poison sumach and the system" during the popularly sup - far western poison oak are the most posed seven years after an attack, virulent. The active principle of forget that the resinous oil may be poison ivy is an oil which is present sticking to clothing, especially to throughout root, stem, leaf, flower, boots, tools, picnic baskets, and doge and fruit and even to the easily de- It is easily transmitted to the hands tached hair's. Tearing or bruising of and thence to the face, and by hand- - any part of the plant liberates the clasp to others who may not have ,ail to some in contact with the ex- been exposed at all. The smoke from posed parts of the person touching burning the ;Ient has been reporter] it. The first sign. of infection is us- to carry particles to cause severe wally a ,light itehing followed by a poisoning, faint blush of the skin The itching A circular giving full information sensation increases, and in from a as to recognition of the plant, treat - few hours to some days, numerous hent of poisoning, and eradication minute blisters, or there may be only of i;he nest may be obtained free on one blister, appear. In a mild ln- application, to the Publicity and Ex - lection, there may be no more than tension Division; Dominion 'Depart- • shiny dots upon' the skin and so no ment of Agriculture, Ottawa. Easily Transmitted Individuals vary greatly in sus- ceptibility to ivy poisoning and many have never suffered any ill effects but this cannot be taken as full as- suranee of immunity, Sooner or lat- er, when perspiring freely perhaps, or having cuts on the skin, one may LARGEST, FASTEST SHIPS via R. Lawrence Seaway Iu geeffetut'. 4 Find your sea -legs before you reach the 'sea on one of Canadian Pacific's staunch ships . the largest, fasters !intra sailing the "39% Less Ocean" rout to Europe. A great fleet to choose from --speedy Empresses, stately Duchesses and even lower-cost Mont ships. Frequent sailings from Montreal and Quebec to British and Continental poets.. Cabin, Tourist and Third C Low cost, all -expense sours, .ifyou wish. Empire Exhibition, Glasgow, Mesy-October. Pall information from your own travel agent or E. R THOMPSON, Steamship General Agent, Canadian Pae is B gilding, Toronto arllan pacific Travellers' araues Goat] lhe'lPorld,Over" HEALTH .m.0wncuet.40.ilr.,w,uev.i..ou»11.,.m,.onm, Making Canada A Better Place In Which to Live I think it is important for the rural newspapers of this country to be sure of facts before casting as- persions upon people in business.' I think there is a tendency to fol- low any city newspaper opinion o matters affecting economic welfai business interests. There is to a tendency to take at face value th allegations of politicans. One suggestion I have to make is that in the. interests of good citizen- ship, .good administration and good business that the rural weekly news- papers, - before passing judgment up- on people who may be publicly at- tacked, or alleged to be guilty of Me - properties, should ascertain the facts more completely than seems to have been often done in the past, I believe there is, tdo, general disposition to discredit people of af- fairs, and to assume that business of size and people of taxpaying cap- acity and those responsible for the employment of considerable staffs Should be wader the object of un- reasonable legislation, restrictions and impositions. Perhaps I may illustrate. this by giving you some figures of our own experience- in taxation anti imposts, In 1931, when we sold more goods than in any year since, our total taxation . and imposts' were- $2,254,000. In 1937 this total had risen to $8,- 880,000. The extra $1,660,000 was, of course, paid largely by the con- sumer one way and another, These extra imposts San be traced in some measure to the political agitator. It as most unlikely that property owners, persons of large affairs in business, large taxpayers, or large employers can hold any sort of cred- itable reputation in the face of this disposition. • Matters are different in the Old Country. The attitude there towards business is to foster it, to allow it to prosecute its legitimate amts and. service, and at the least expense, and with a ntinitmmm of legislative re- striction, The consequence of this is that Great Britain to -day is prob- ably showing 'the world, unless it be a little country such as Belgium whose institutions and trade are even now freer than Great Britain. I think the rural weekly newspap- ers in Canada have it in their hands, ,more than any other agency, to off- set the agitator and the radical movements resulting in legislative re- strictions and higher imposts or tax- ation, These unreasonable exactions are of doubtful effectiveness and destroy the confidence necessary to prosecute further development and wider elnneoyment. C. L. BURTON, President, The Robert Simpson Company Limited. A HEALTH SERVICE OR THE CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND LIFE INSURANCE COMVANIEs IN CANADA TEETHING During the years when the baby teeth are coming through the guns and the child is said to be teething, it is a common belief thhat any one of the numerous ills from which the young child may suffer can be fairly re put down as being due to teething. oe If a rash 'develops, it is called a e teething rash. The young mother is told that the cold in the head, the crying, the restlessness, the 'upset stomach are all due to teething, and that there is no reason for her think- ing anything else. In some cases, this simple explanation has led to serious. results. We'try to prevent diarrhoeas in children by` proper feeding, but, if the condition' does occur, it is known by those who have the re- sponsibility of caring for such cases, that prompt treatment, right at- the start, is needed, and that delay in securing proper treatment early ex- poses the child's Iife to danger. The delay which occurs in seeking treat- ment is very often explained by the mother' on the grounds that she thought, as she had been told by! friends, that attacks of diarrhoea were to be expected as a result of teething, and that the condition would clear up, of itself, when the tootle was cut. Tething is -a • normal event, and most babies go through the period in an easy manner and with so little evidence of what is happening that the parent is surprised on seeing the white point which is baby's first tooth. Sonne children do suffer ev- ident pain, and such children are apt to be fretful and to suffer from brok- en sleep, with the result that they are not up to their normal standard of fitness. The point which we wish to make is simply this—it is not safe , to as- sume that teething is responsible for whatever happens to a child during the teething period. Conditions that arise during the teething period are to be 'dealt with properly, and are not to be considered as being of no particular importance. A. realization of this will save many infants from neglect through misunderstanding of the actual facts. HOW'S BUSINESS? Business is made largely by senti- ment, andyet we think sentiment is made by business. A,. man doesn't feel the way business looks; business looks the Way la fellow feels. We have known men who felt so sure of an order' that they got it because, they felt sure of it; and we have known follows who lost an order be - tense they were afraid they would. "As a man thinketh, so is he," and as he thinketh so sometimes., to some extent, is his business. This is no time to earn your bread and butter by looking• at it butter sHe down, Anott. The !deaf Home' Town. Iiugh '.femplin, in the Fergus News -Record, notes that if . there's anything' wrong. with the towns and villages of Ontario no one would ever guess it by reading the weekly pap- ers published in those places. It ap- pears that the editors of 'weekly pap- ers all regard.. their towns as almost ideal 'places in which to live, Commenting on this, A. W. Wright the octogenarian editor of the Nlotint Forest Confederate, has thisto say: "The editors of the local papers show the proper 'spirit. They are loyal to, their towns and communities. They are glad to praise that which is praise -worthy, ` They are . slow to 11 blame and, when they do it, it' is With a view to improvement, n nt fm• in the best of towns as in the best of Ii people there is always room for im- provement. We have passed through many towns and villages in Ontario and we think we could' live content- edly in most of them, probably all, if Providence led us thither." • TIIY WILLNOT :NINE The following two stories 'are told —a young girl, the only support of her widowed mother, lay dying in the hospital. All that human skill could do had been done for her. Her one thought was foeher mother, and she prayed earnestly that if it was God's will, she would be spared to Care for her. The angel of death crept steadily' on, and before long. she had crossed the valley which lies between this life and the glorious future.' To those who witnessed the scene, the thought was that God was work ing out His own way, but the wonder crept in why He was taking that young girl who prayed so earnestly to live. The second story is that of a childwho was very seriously ill, His parents were frantic as they ,prayed God to spare him. Days went on and they could see that he was sink- ing. They became rebellious in their prayers. God answered them and spared their son, He grew to young manhood, and many a time as they worried over hint in his wild career they wished to the very bottom of their 'hearts that God had taken him in itis young and innocent years.ar u Et t'm' . ng these stories we . aslt ourselves the question, is it wise for us to place our will before the will of our Father? Many times we ask God for some- thing for which we have a special desire. Our prayer is answered, bit not to our liking, but it is a comfort to us to know that when we offered our prayer it was to be.answeredin accordance with God's will, , The parents in the story felt that they could not do without their 'son. In their prayers, in just so many words, they asked God to grant their ^quest• without regard as to what is will was in the matter, Let u.e tnalce it a rule in our pray - ea ,s to always submit 'ourselves to is will "God's way is the best way, Though I may net see Why sorrows and trials Oft gather round' me! He -,ever is seeking COOKING H.H Tested Recipes _, CAKES FOR ALL OCCASIONS- Whether it be a picnic or garden party, a tasty cake always seemsto be in demand, It quite often hap- pens that the cook would like -to try something different, and for that reason the - following recipes for tasty inexpensive cakes will find a place in the scrapbook for reference on some future occasion. DATE CAKE 1 cup evaporated' milk 1 tbs2n. vinegar 11S cup flour ' 1 tspn. soda 1 tspn. cinnamon 1/ tspn. cloves 4 tspn. salt 1Fs cup butter 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1 Ib. dates 1 cup nuts Add vinegar to evaporated milk. Sift flour, then measure. Resift with soda, spices and salt. Cream butter. Add sugar and cream until sugar granules are al- most dissolved. Add beaten egg, then add dry ingredients alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Acld sliced dates and chopped' huts with last few stirs. Pour into a loaf cake pan that has beenlined with waxed or brown paper•. Bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees F.) for one hour. CHOCOLATE CAKE with ORANGE FILLING. and CHOCOLATE FROSTING Cream 3A cup butter. Add 1 cup sifted granulated sugar and 1 cup sifted brown sugar (packed, in a cup) and beat until creamy. Add 2 well beaten egg yolks and 3 or 4 squares chocolate, melted over hot water, Beat well. Mix and sift 31/ eups sifted flour, a few grains salt, 1 tea- spoon baking powder, 'ee teaspoon cinnamon and 'teaspoon allspice (I prefer to omit the spices). Dis- solve 1 teaspoon soda in 1 cup sour milk and add alternately with sifted dry ingredients to the first mixture, Add 1 teaspoon vanilla and fold in 2 well beaten egg-whites. Turn into buttered and floured layer cake pans. Put together with orange filling and cover with chocolate frosting. MOLASSES COCONUT CAIKE 1 outs, brown sugar 2 tbspns, shortening 1 egg 1 cup molasses 214 cups flour 1 tspn. baking powder 1 tspn. 'soda 1 can Coconut eh cup milk Cream Jugar and shortening; add beaten egg and liquid. Add the dry ingredients and mix well. Add shop- ped coconut. Bake 30 to 40 minutes in a moderate oven. Serve with orange, frosting LEMON CAKE Cream ' 1 cup shortening, add 2 cups sugar gradually and blend well Add 4 well beaten egg yolks and 1 teaspoon lemon extract. Mix and sift 4 cups flour, 5 teaspoons baking powder- and 3 teaspoon .salt and acid alternately with 11/ cups milk to the first mixture. Foid in 3 stiffly beat- en egg whites. Turn into 3 layer cake pans lined with waxed paper and bake .in, a moderate oven, or at about 365 degrees, 35 or 40 minutes. Turn out on wire cake coolers. When cold. put' together with lepton filling and cover with Seven Minute or. Miracle icing. To make the lemon filling mix 5 teaspoons cornstarch, 11/ cups sugar, 3i teaspoon salt, 2 cups hot water, .1/2 cup( lepton juice' and 2 tea- spoons butter, Cook about 15 minutes stirring constantly until smooth and creamy. Then stir frequently. Add 2 beaten eggs and the grated zest of 1/ lemon. Cools about 2 minutes, stirring constantly. --C.N.R. Magazines. My gold to refine, So humbly I'll trust Him, My Saviour divine. God's way is the best way., God's way is the right way,. . I'll trust in Him always He knoweth the .best.. EG. CARE OF CHILDREN ` THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE •POETiS Here They Will Sing Ton Their Songs -Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad—But Always Helpful and Inspiring. LET'S GO ,FISHIN' DOMINION DAY I don't want a million dollars, don't 'So few her birthdays, yet so great want to own a trust; - her promise I don't want to take a plunge and see In woodland, hill, and glimmering the other fellow bust; silver lake; I don't want to corner foodstuffs till So great is her achievement that we the world grows weak and gaunt give her But I would like to go a-fishin' and All honor, for her own sweet sake. have all the time I want. Fairest of maiden nations, this Doo I don't want a"nomination, I don't minion want to own 'a. State: Whose gown is broidered with blue] I don't want to be a boss, I have no seas and streams, • platforms to dictate; - Whose jewels are fair cities new, I don't want to run a party, nor to majestic have real' power to flaunt— Surpassing even her most hopeful But I would like to go a-fishin' and dreams. have all the time I want. Her arms are open and she faits For there's nothing else in life be- Would welcome sides the greed -to get it all, Those of her kin who come with, And ambition's just a siren who will truth and love— God grant they will not spurn her gentle offerings But ever seek for wisdom from above. lead you to a fall; For I know a lake of crystal which the speckled beauties haunt—. And I would like to go a-fishin' and have all the time I want.—Anon.' So few her birthdays yet so great PERHAPS.—PERHAPS NOT Married in January's chilling time, Widowed you'll be before your prune Married in Febr'y's sleety weather Life you'll tread in tune together; Married when March winds shrill and root; I THE FARMER AND THE 8 -HOUR Your home will lie on a foreign shore; DAY Married neath April's changeful skies, • A farmer talked with me today A checkered path before 'you lies; On working just eight hours a day: Married when bees o'er May -bloom The notion struck him fine. ' flit, The only! thing 'that bothered him Strangers around your board will sit Was getting through on time. Married in queen -rose month of ,lune He knew the hour when he'd begin, Life will be one long honeymoon; Married as July's flower -banks blaze, Bitter-sweet mem'ries in after days Married in August's heat and drowse; Lover and friend in your chosen spouse: Married in golden September's glow Smooth and serene your life will flow; Married when leaves in October thin, Toil and hardship for you begin; Married in veils of November mist, Fortune your wedding ring has , kissed Married 'in days of December clear, Love's star shines brighter from year to year. her promise That we who claim her as a mother, stand, Q'erwhelmed with love and 'trustful adoration Before our own, our own Canadian Land. -Exchange. DOMINION DAY I'm up at five or six, he said No longer can I stay in bed, I'ni just a farming man; And though that's early in the day, The stock all starts to look my way And wonder where I am. At noon I like to rest a bit, And after dinner snooze or sit, To keep from turning sour; A little rest like that will pay, I take it every working day • For just a half an hour. But when it gets on after two My day should then be almost through, And I ,should quit right there; I should go driving into town, Or get a book and sit me down, And find my easy' chair. • But I have got to drive a team, I've got a pile of seed to clean— My wont's not nearly done; Father of Nations! help of the feeble lI've got to mend a whiffletree, handl And clean some pests from. out a Strength of the strong! To whom the nations kneel, Stay and destroyer, at whose just • command - E'arth's kingdoms tremble and her empires reel. Who dost the bow uplift, the small make great, Arid dost abase the ignorantly proud— Of our scant people mould a mighty State, To the strong, stern, to Thee in ' meekness bowed. Father of unity! Make this people one! Weld, interfuse them ' in the patriot's flame In blood late shed to purge the common shame; That so our hearts, the fever of fac- tion. done;, Banish old feud in our young nation's strop's pante, —Charles G. D. Roberts, ' DAY DREAM I -saw 'a wedding gown today In a shop window, on display, I stopped' to gaze. What frigid pride Its. beauty gave the dummy bride! I heard birds in their leafy perch As 'I walked down the aisle in church And, standing by the altar rail, I saw my John, quite grave and pale, Then kneeling dawn close by his side I heard hien say: "My lovely bride!" Perhaps the throngs who hurried by Thought me some simple soul, as I Stood there and wove my foolish dream . Aeound a bit of lace and cream. I'et cared not I what people thought, Such pleasure had my dreaming brought! —Ursula MacMillan. tree— haven't well begun. When I get through the chores at night, I know if I have reckoned right, And figured it twa ways, I've got it firmly in my head That since i got from out my bed I've worked two eight-hour days. THINGS THAT DON'T IMPROV;; There is no bread like the home- made bread, No pies like the home-made pies, There is no bed like the old-time bed • Where the feathers fall and rise. There are no games like the old-time games Of shinny, of golf, and of glove, There are no names like the dean old names No love like the first sweet love. There 'are no breeches like the first new breeches We wore when we were a kid; There is no sugar like tite first lump sugar We sneaked from under the lid. There are no riches like the first bright riches, Six pennies we got from clad, There are no switches' like the old- time 'switches And that is a fact, be gad! —Exchange. CANADIAN HONEY Of the 45 countries supplying honey to the British market in 1987, Canada again holds first place, with slightly more than 22 per cent of the total imports which amounted to 89,722 cwts. Of this amount Can- ada supplied 19,984 cwts.