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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
PAGE 7
HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS
•
HEALTH
THIS MODEST CORNER IS .DEDICATED
TO TEE POETS
Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes Sad—But Always Helpful
and Inspiring.
THE THINGS THAT HAVEN'T
BEEN DONE BEFORE
The things that haven't been done
before'
Those are the things to try.
Columbus dreamed of an unknown
shore
At the rim of the far flung sky,
And his heart was bold, and his faith
was strong /
As Ile ventured to dangers new
And he paid no heed to the jeering
crowd '
Or the fears of the doubting crew.
The many will follow the beaten
track
With •guide posts along the way,
They live and for ages back
Have a chart far every day.
Some one has told them it is safe to
go
On the road he has travelled o'er,
And all that they ever strive to know
Are the things that were known
before,
''The things that haven't been done
before The Dove of Peace, who flew high
overhead,
And stood, like Aaron with incense
in his hand,
Between the Living and the Dead.
E. R. B.
'Tis dim up here and dusty,'
' I've seen it all before,
Why do I come here when it rains
And close the attie door?
The trunks are .fullof raiment
Worn in another day,
There's even a pile of photos
Of folks now passed away.
So I am scarcely lonesome,
The/rain beats out a tune;
An ' attic is the place to be
Each rainy afternoon.
'BLESSED ARE THE PEACE-
MAKERS'
Came now ye nations, bow before our
God,
The Lord of Hosts, Who, with His
Mighty Hand
Hath lifted us from sackcloth and
despair,
And made our feet on surer ground
to stand.
Pray blessings on the head of Cham-
berlin,
Are the tasks worth while today,
Are you one of the flock that follows
Or, are you one that shall lead the
way?
Are you one of the timid souls that,St. Helens
quail
At the jeers of the doubting crew
"-Or, dare you whether you win or fall
Strike out for the goal that is
new? —Selected.
THE SINGING DAY
When the sky is gloomy,
And the world is grey,
When the rain is pouring—
That's my singing day!
Courage is needed
To sing when life is grey,
But when troubles gather --
Be that your singin day!
RESPECT YOURSELF
Live, so you can respect yourself.
As you travel on life's Way,
And others will respect you too,
For the things you do and say
But respect yourself for what you
are
Not for what others say,
But because your inner conscious-
ness,
Tells you what you may,
'Because you know you've done your
best,
In, what' you did today,
For you live with yourself alway.
—M. E. T.
UP IN TRE ATTIC
°There is no place like an attic
Upon a rainy day,
An attic. under the rafters
Where treasures are stored away,
Old books now long forgotten,
Yellow pages half torn in two;
.$it' patiently waiting
To be discovered anew.
'-Great piles of magazines
Dusty along the. wall,
A broken chair and table,
An ancient dresser tall,
ONLY HE
GEST
3-15 GOOD ENERIEN
This outstanding triumph is
proof of quality. Twelve first
'prizes in twelve' classes, in this
;'year's Baby Sh ows a t th" Throe to
-and Ottawa Exhibitions, were
'won by babies fed on 'grown
'Brand' Corn Syrup.
What tette,' evidence can
there be of the confidence which
-Canadian mothers and 'their
physicians have in the purity
and quality of 'Crown Brand.'
A delicious table syrup,
Crown Brand' isa treat
for the whole family.
T,l1 rhe boys that pictures of
famous hockey stars tan still
be obtained for'CroWn Brand'
Corn Sytohlabels.
'
SYRUP
THE FAMOUS ENERGY FOOD
The CANADA STARCH COMPANY Limited
BEREAVEMENT
He's gone!
And I won't see him run to me,
As I approach the old oak tree—
His tail a -wag with welcome warm,
As I return home to the farm.
When all niy loved ones draw me
near
And say' they're glad to see me--.
Queer!
A lump within my throat will rise
'When I won't find his jealous eyes.
And when I fetch the cows again
That loved stroll tip the pasture lane
Will be a lovely one, without
His glad pink tongue and cheery
shout.
I know that I won't want to rest
If I can't feel his eold nose pressed
Against my ono his sleeky head,
When I lie on the sofa bed.
He's gone!
I wonder when I go away,
Will someone grieve for me this
way-
if eyes will miss me and be dim,
The, way imine are to -night, for hint?
—Ursula MacMillan,
OH, STRANGE IT IS!
Oh strange it is what treasures be •
What things are dear to you and me;
For some will Iove a postage stamp,
And some a rug, and some a jamp,
How oft we smile as we reflect
'Upon the things which folks collect.
One comes with eyes and cheeks
aglow;
He has some precious find to show;
An ugly beetle on a pin,
A shell all rainbow tints -within,
Some- wood of 'a peculiar grain
Which takes a lovely even stain.
A battered coin, .a dog-eared book,
Which seems to us scarce worth a
look,
Will fill some "souls with joy,
They act like "children with a toy,
And things which seems worth while
to 'us
Appear to them ridiculous.
But on one thing we Quist agree,
'Tis well for you and well for me
That in this queer old world are
found
Sufficient treasures to go 'round;
Then let us view with' charity
The things so dear to you and me.
' —Harriet Elkington.
The Street, A Modern
Battlefield
The street is a battlefield and
thousands of our citizens are killed
and maimed by incompetent, intoxic-
ated) and otherwise physically dis-
qualified motor car. drivers.
The drinking driver not apparent-
ly intoxicated is a difficult problem.
Not always is the competent medical
witness able to prove from the
symptoms observed to the satisfac- I
tion of the court that the individual
in question was unfit to drive an
automobile.
. There are fortunately scientific
measures which afford impartial data
capable of including or excluding be -
COOKING
A HEALTH SERVICE OF
rHE CANADIAN MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION AND LIFE.
INSURANCE COMPANIES
IN CANADA
"aw Milk Causes Human
Tuberculosis
Until recent years bovine :tuber-
culosis in human beings was believed
to be confined to the bones and
glands in the main, and that such
infection left the lungs alone.
However it was proved at the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania in 1902, that
lung infection may arise in conse-
quence of the entrance of the bovine
type of germ. Since that time '- the
reports of the English and German
Commissions on the subject, confirm
the fact that there is grave danger
of lung infection especially in child-
ren, from the use of raw milk from
tuberculosis cows.
In Denmark in the period, Feb-
ruary 1931 to July 1933, 26 ,patients
were found to have lung tuberculosis
of the bovine type. During the same
period, the bovine germ was found
in 39 specimens of pus from the cer-
vical glands and in the cerebro -spinal
fluid and urine taken from residents
of Copenhagen. All of these pat-
ients were under 32 years of age
and 10 of them under 5.
A similar situation in respect to
this infection mists in Holland. In
the north-east and southern counties
of Scotland pulmonary tuberculosis
is frequently caused by the bovine
type of the disease. The late Dr.
Starr, Surgical Head of the Hospital
for Sick Children in Toronto, used to
say that the bovine tuberculosis of
Scotland was a particularly virulent
one, - -
In countries where the use of raw
milk is on the decline, the inroads
of bovine tuberculosis are minimized.
Many large cities of Canada and the
U. S. where pasteurization of milk
is compulsory, have no bovine tuber-
culosis of any kind. Toronto, for ex-
ample, has not had a single case of
the kind originating in the city since
pasteurization became effective in
1915.
There should not be such an af-
fection as tuberculosis of the bovine
type. It is ,a disgrace to our civili.
nation that this malady is common.
The remedy is at hand; it is well-
known that bovine 'tuberculosis is
carried from the cow to the individ-
ual, chiefly the child, by the use of
raw milk. It is scandalous, to say
the least, nay it is criminal, that in-
nocent children should be exposed to
a disease which is so easily avoided
as bovine tuberculosis.
All milk whether from tuberculin
tested herds or not should be past-
eurized or boiled. By the use of these
measures the milk is made safe not
only against 'tuberculosis but also
against a host of affections carried
by milk.
pond any reasonable doubt theques-
tion of alcoholic intoxication. It -will
not be Iong before such means will
be universally employed.
The smell of alcohol on the breath,
drowsiness, stupor or coma cannot
safely be attributed to alcoholism
for there is always the possibility of
concussion or laceration of the brain,
fracture of the skull, and haemorrh-
age within the skull to be consider-
ed.
A British mgistrate asks the ques-
tion: Are physicians positive that
they can make an examination 'which
will enable them to say beyond all
reasonable doubt in all cases that
the accused person is or is not to
a serious extent affected by drink
and that the real explanation of the
symptoms exhibited is riot to be
found in some other condition?" The
answer to this pertinent question is
contained in the report of the com-
mittee on the Driver of the National
Safety Council (U.S.A..) which for
the presenthas accepted 0.150 per
cent blood alcohol as the level above
which alcoholic intoxication is def-
inite.
It can be determined by blood al-
cohol estimations' or by similar urine
examinations whether or not an in-
dividuialhas an abnormal amount' of
alcohol in his body' fluids and tissues.
The adverse effect of abnormal
amounts of alcohol in the body' has
been demonstrated. It 'has .been
shown that the adverse effect of al-
cohol increases with greater concent-
rations of alcohol in the tissues.' Any
individual who, is under the influence
of alcohol, however slight it may be,
is unfit to drive an, automobile. The
greater the degree of intoxication
greater the offense.
True no one ;can be compelled to
subject himself to a medical ,examina-
tion but it is, possible that the law
can be amended to cover this defect.
TREES
and
LEAVES
The study of trees is a very deep
one, but, without being tree students
we .mayall be casual observers of
these stalwarts of the past and pres-
ent. What a beautiful thing a big
stately tree, which has withstood the
elements for years is!
Many trees, especially in • later
years, Have been planted,to commem-
orate some occasion either public or
private.
Looking at a bushor park of trees
one • is impressed with the erectness
of .most of the trees. Occasionally
we' see ane, the trunk of which
decidedly bent., We have in mind a
beautiful tree which has a wide
girth, but which has a decided bend
not far from the `ground. However
that does. not prevent it from break-
ing out into. beautiful and profuse
blossoms in June or July of each
year.
We read that "a bird with a brok-
en pinion, will never soar so high
again." In spite of that we wonder,
if like the tree, those who have
been bent in sin in early years may
not rise to perhaps greater heights,
because, in their wild days of youth,
they have met with some disaster
which has been the means of turning
them to Christ.
The bark of some trees is rough,
while that of others is ,comparativ-
ely smooth. The manner of some
people is hard and repelling and that
of others is placid and winning. Just
as the trunk has to bear the
branches which provide the heat for
the summer, so each one of us has
his or her work to do and it will
be done in different ways.
Doubtless it has been the privilege
of many of us to drive along the
country roads at this season of the
year and behold nature donning her
autumn robe,
There is something inspiring, yet
sad, about autumn. During the wint-
er the branches of the trees are
bare, but the life is still there. In
early Spring bulls appear, then tiny
leaves form, and shortly the tree be-
comes a large spreading producer of
shade. ' As Autumn aproaches the
leaves begin to turn and as if for
a last parting message they give td
the world a sight, which is eagerly
looked forward to from year to year,
that of the attiring of the leaves
for the last party of the year.
A study of the leaf itself may be
compared to the life from youth to
old age. The tiny leaves represent
childhood. They need nourishment
and tender cares. As time goes on
they enlarge, become stronger and
more useful, till in early and middle
age our capacity for work is at its
maximum strength. As . the sap runs
out of the leaf, then from the
branches into the trunk and back in-
to the roots, so as age creeps on the
days of feebleness gradually ap-
proach.
As some leaves turn just a drab
color and fade with very little
beauty so there are some people who
reach old age and who have so liv-
ed that they, are unattractive and un-
approachable. As we enjoy picking
up a leaf which is magnificent in
all its natural beauty so there are
those who have cultivated a Chris-
tian character, have lived It from
day to day, until it is a real treat
to cone into their presence. They
have a definite influence with every
one with whom they come in contact..
Individually, we hold a yellow leaf
in our hands and notice that it is
not as brilliant in color as the .red.
We' look back over our lives and
realize that we could ,have made our
declining years more beautiful if we
had spent a larger part of our time
in trying to serve our Master and in
endeavouring to show His love to
others.
There is a. lesson for childhood and
youth here. The leaves when they
are tiny serve a part in the useful-
ness of the tree. They fill in .little
spaces and thus do their work.
As we look at the fading leaf,, may.
we just keep these few humble
thoughts in mind.
"I leve the woods in autumn garb,
And every hedgerow fair,
Because the Master Artist placed
Iris touch of beauty there:
But for those tints of Wond'rous hue,
Suffusing vale,and hill, ,
The autumn tide might' well depress,
And ardent spirits .chill.
We love the beauty of the woods,
Of flowers, and summer skies,
And 0 methinks the fairest sight'
CARE OF CHILDREN
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TASTY RECIPES—TRY THEM
Just run your' eye down the head -1
ings of the following recipes. These
have all been laded and tested by the
way, and you will find them della-
ions. For instance, have you tried:
APPLES BAKED WITH ALMONDS
Core and pare six or eight apples;
let simmer till tender in a syrup
made by - boiling 1 cup of sugar and
1 cup of water for three minutes.
Turn: apples often to avoid breaking.
If desired, a little lemon juice may
be added to the syrup. Set the apples
in an agate pan and press into them
almonds which have been blanched
and split i:x lialvesr, Dredge with
powdered sugar and brown in the
oven. Serve hot with jelly or whip-
ped cream and the cold syrup in
which the apples were cooked.
Recipes
ii
FRESH PEAR SALAD
Chill, fresh, ripe Bartlett pears,
peel them and if they have to stand
any time before serving dip each one
in pineapple juice or in a thin sugar•
syrup. Cut each pear in half and
arrange one or two babies, according
to size, for each serving on small,
crisp lettuce leaves. Mix a cake of
cream cheese with 2 tablespoons
heavy cream to make a mixture that
will spread easily. Cover the pears
with a layer of the cheese and
sprinkle very lightly with salt. Cov-
er the cheese with chilled seedless
white grapes and sprinkle with chop-
ped fresh mint. Serve very cold with
a garnish of well seasoned mayon-
naise.
SWEET POTATOES AU GRATIN
6 sweet potatoes
2 cups bread crumbs
2 tablespoons butter
Salt and pepper
1,44 lb. grated oheese
6 tablespoons water
Parboil the sweet potatoes, peel and
slice lengthwise while heti. Butter
a deep dish and lay, a layer of sweet
potatoes. Sprinkle with salt, pep-
per and butter, then a layer of bread
crumbs. Repeat this until the dish
is full, then pour in the water, on
top of this cover with bread crumbs
and sprinkle over the cheese. Cover
the dish and bake at 350 degrees F.
for 1 hour.' Take off the cover and
brown before serving,
CHICKEN IN ASPIC
2 cups minced chicken
1 cup bread crumbs
1 tablespoon dropped onion
lteaspoon chopped parsley
1 cups stock or water
1 tablespoon powdered gelatine
Salt and pepper to taste
Mix the chicken with the bread
crumbs, add the onion and season,
ing, the stock or water, put on fire
in saucepan, bring to a boil, stirring
Slowly. Dissolve the gelatine in cold
water and stir in mixture when boil-
ing, allow to simmer for 2 or 3 min-
Utes. '.Calce offfire and stir in chop -
pea parsley. Pour into a fancy mould
or small individual moulds. Allow to
set for 24 hours in a cold place.
Serve garnished with parsley and
hard-boiled eggs.
MINCED CHICKEN, AND
HAM PASTE
Cold chicken
Cooked ham
Bread ct'umbs
Salt and pepper
Thyme and a little chicken stock
Take the chicken and hani and mince
very fine: or put through a meat
grinder (fine cutter), add the bread
crumbs, salt, pepper anal thyme to
taste. Moisten with chicken stock.
Bring to a boil on the stove and
pour into a ` glass mould. This is ' a
very nice sandwich filling and al
ways ready for an emergency.
PINEAPPLE SAUCE FOR HAM
}Teat two cups, canned, crushed
pineapple to the boiling point and
stir in 3 tablespoons sugar nixed
with 1 teaspoon cornstarch. Stir until
boiling and boil for a minute. Re-
move from the fare, add 1 or 2 tea-
spoons lemon juice and let stand un-
til almost cold before serving.
• Is seen' in mortal eyes
That have beheld His face, by faith;
Our Saviour crucified,
And counted earthly privilege
As worthless dross beside.
Yet would I further emphasize
Such truths btr God made known,—
True Jreauty can be understood
By Els redeemed, alone,
"PEG .,
MAKING
CANADA
A Better Place i:r Which to Live and Work
A Series of Letters from Distinguished Canadians on Vital
Problems Affecting the Future Welfare of Canada
Specially Written for Canadian Weekly Newspapers As
LETTER NO, 23
Dear Sir;
As the darky said when asked if
he could change a five, "Thanks for
the compliment."
There are two objectives, both tim-
ely and worthy of our rural press:
(1) To make the country "library
conscious". There is nothing worth
calling a library in most rural com-
munities. The reading done by the
people in general ismeagre indeed—
and relative to city folk it is very,
very small. Let every municipality
have one ;decent' library. Let the
number of books taken out each
week be published and let there be
a campaign to get more people read-
ing good books. T'he present situa-
tion is deplorable. Get our young
folk reading—reading good books,
that is a big job. The church is
not doing it. The school teacher is
not doing -it—nobody is doing it.
One good librarian is worth many
good farmers or editor's.
(2) The other objective is tq make
our country folk 'beauty conscious."
Our public properties are mostly
ugly—Our school buildings are ugly
-our churches in the country are
ugly—our town halls are a horror of
ugliness. Our cemeteries have been
in recent years redeemed from their
ugliness through a campaign. Note
the surroundings of our schools,
shrubless, treeless, flowerless, and
some of them grassless—their only
ornament a pump, a woodshed and 2
outhouses. Most of our churches are
in a similar setting, Within they
are bare structures indeed. Every
municipality should have a board of
inspectors empowered to say what
ociation
ought to said about our abounding
ugliness.
And lastly our roads and highways t
are a sight. The auto has driven
away the sheep who once mowed to
fine sward the margin between ditch
and fence. Look at it now—all gone
to seed and buried in dust.
So there you are—two things to do
— books and beauty — take your
choice but believe me I am not
grouching for the fun of it. The de-
pression is passing—surely some-
thing beside economics might be in
the minds of us all.
Now another thing. The art of
advertising has become stereotyped
in newspapers. It should be turned in-
side out andupside down by all be-
ing rewritten in -a bright newsy style,
And the amount of it should increase
sixty fold. Today I want to buy some
young stockers, also young pigs,
also a disk harrow, etc. Today some-
one in the vicinity wants to sell these
very things. Neither buyer or seller.
is advertising—both have a natural
repugnance to publicity. If I owned
a rural paper I would drive for buy'
and sell advertisements by publish-
ing none and then a whole page
"free" -just to get 'em started. It
would be on condition I rewrite to
suit myself each advertisement, and
not one was published which was
not fairly accurate in description and
which — this is important — exact
price was stated. An ad without a
price is a sickly ad—not worth a
hoot.
Ever yours,
(REV. DR.) R. P. BOWLES,
Ex -Chancellor, Victoria
1 University, Toronto.
STICK
IIER 103RD BIRTHDAY
Consider the postage stamp my son, Listowel's grand old lady, Mrs.
Its mission is to stick, Margaret Hamilton, celebrated her
A coat of moisture on the back, 103rd birthday on Sunday last, Oc-
Will make it turn the trick. tober 9. She was the recipient of
It stinks until it carries through, many congratulations, cards and
Until its work is done. gifts. A family gathering was held
Attach yourself unto a job, in honor of the occasion when some
And stick until you've won, thirty neuters were present. Four
Harry Brokaw. out of the five generations wore rep-
-Judgeton, her son, William, his daughter,
Mrs. Sam Tinun and little daughter,
Shirley of Howick,
CARNIVEROUS PLANTS A large birthday cake, topped with
103 tiny oardles, centred the festive
Most plants in Canada obtain the board, and the many friends who
nitrogen necessary- for their growth called during- the day were each given
from the soil, but there are three a piece of the cake. The Legion Boys'
families of Canadian plants which Band very kindly gave a musical
utilize the bodies of small animals ' program on the lawn in Mrs. Ham-
for this purpose. These carniverousilton's honor. She greatly enjoyed
plants include the sundews, the but- this and wishes to thank the boys
terworts and bladderworts, and the for their kindness.—Listowel Ban -
pitcher plants, or side saddle flowers.,ner.
"SOME TIME"
Some time, when all life's lessons have been learned,
And sun and stars forevermore have set,
The things which our weak judgement here has spurned—
The things o'er which we grieved with lashes wet—
Will flash before us out of lifers dark night,
As stars shine most in deeper tints of blue:
And we shall see how all God's plans wore right,_
And how what seemed reproof was love most true.
And we shall see, that, while we frown and sigh,
God's plans go on as best for you and me;
How, when we called Ile heeded not our cry,
Because His wisdom to the end could see:
And e'en as prudent parents disallow
Too much of sweet to craving babyhood,
So God, perhaps, is keeping from us now
Life's sweetest things, because it seemeth good.
Andif, some time, comingled with life's wine,
We find the wormwood, and rebel and shrink,
Be sure a• wiser hand than yours :or.mine
Pours out this potion for our lips to, drink;
And if some friend we love is lying low,
Where human kisses cannot reach his face,
Ohl do not blame the loving Father. so,
But bear_ your sorrow with ,obedient grace.
And you shall shortly know that lengthened breath
Is not the sweetest gift God sends His friend,
And thatsome times the sable pall of death
Concealsthe'fairest, boon His love can send.
If we could push ajar the gates of life,
And stand within, and all God's workings see,
We could interpret all this doubt and strife,
And for each mystery could find a key.
But not today. Then be content, poor heart!
God's plans, like lilies pure and white, unfold;
We must not tear the close -shut leaves apart;
Time will reveal the calyxes of gold
And if, through patient toil we reach the land
Where tired feet, with sandals loosed, may, rest,
When we shall clearly know and understand,
I think that we shall, say that "God knew best"