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The Clinton News Record, 1938-10-27, Page 7' :'H.UItS, OCT. 27, 1938. THE \CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 1 HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS `Here They Will Sing You Their ,Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad—But Always Helpful and Inspiring. OCTOBER WIND The piper .wind goes straying. Into the morning skies, With fern seed in his pocket, And laughter in his eyes, -And the swift clouds break, and follow His magic melodies. "'The piper wind goes playing His music, sweet and shrill, And, brave in red and yellow, The leaves dance on the hill; .And the purple plumes of aster Nod gads* by the rill, 'The piper wind goes roaming O'er upland, glade and plain; :fife whispers to the sunshine, He : whistles through the rain, .Be dreams among the pine trees .And wakes, and laughs again. 'The piper wind goes homing Adown the sunset skies, With Sean seed in his pocket, And laughter in his eyes; And hearts are fain to follow His magic melodies. —Norah Holland. OCTOBER' ,October is a tawny leopard, -.A yellow leopard, in the sun, sprawl- ing. Ills tail gently taps the tall stalks .� -Where of late -the yawning yellow of i the sunflowers Held out their gilded fingers and turned to semaphore the sun. October is a laughing leopard, A lazy leopard, in the sun, fawning. ':He may bare white fangs on frosty mornings, But at noon ht is sleek as summer, • .Basking before the red stars of the brazen bittersweet. Octobers is a savage leopard, ,A spotted leopard, stealthily crawl- ing • Leaping front days of sunshine to hays of cold cloud, ' Leaping from a .blur of blueness into greyness; • Then it is he stalks winter and snarls into the wind. • —Marion Louise Bliss. A WISH FOR TWO A. little laughter when the day is done- A little care -free self"forgotten fun. A little, too, Of music just to charm the hours dream, away, This life that seems so eommonplaco And jesting once -a -while to make to me you gay, Is woven into all eternity. A little labor and a little play, The little happenings. that make a I wish for you, day Are born of God and shall not pass KindKind!. thoughts and noble; ways that away. never roam Far from the harbour of a peaceful The fire laid the supper table home WITCHES' SONG Down a path of dim sky On dark Hallowe'en, See a flock of leaves fly In a colored sheen. Riding on a night breeze Through the dancing throng Witches mid the bare trees Chant a magic song:. "Let the yellow leaves go Floating throught the town; Puff! I blow a gray leaf, Puff! I burn • a brown. Only keep a red. leaf, , (Heed the song we sing) Hold a red leaf high, dear, It will beckon Spring!" —Katherine Hale. THE OLD-FASHIONED NIGHT SRIRT I remember as a youngster that my father used to say That his father wore a nightshirt till the day he passed away. My father and my mother used to argue now and then Whether nightshirts or pyjamas were the proper thing -for men. But my father clung to nightshirts, for a stubborn nian was he, So my fondness for that garment's due to niy heredity. NeIlie's tried to make me over, as all lovely women do, Every Christmas time 'she buys me silk pyjamas, pink and blue, And I know that they are stylish and that most men wear'em, now, But the string with which they're girded seems to bother ine some- how, Though I take them when I travel, both for comfort and for rest, As my father and his father, I like old style nightshirts best. All my friends have now surrender- ed to their women folk, I know, And alone I fight the battle for a cause of long age, But my ancestry was stubborn and a stubborn man am I, All the pink and blue pyjamas in the wide world I defyl Let other fellows wear 'em—till the day i; join the dead, In a good old-fashioned nightshirt I shall choose to go to bed. —Anon INNER LIFE For we are more than just the things we seem, More than a :little waking and a spread, Friends who are true: Even the simple breaking of the •'Loved ones who minister with loving bread, hands— Are symbols of diviner things that World's sgoods enough for all its lie ,stern demands, Close to our !pass selves and wil • And one good pal at least, who un- not die, • derstands, !The roots of life beneath'the com- I wish for —Anon, monplace Weaving their tendrils through the human race. you. I1E1ithfYPOSING5ITIIT for Mx tau/laiintia It's free eersite for one NOW .,0 : Fitt the special top of the 2 lb, ' tin of Crown Brand,. Lily White and Rare 9yrupe. • Is easilyclinanedand can be used over and over again. 'Y Pot,ra. Witihouta drip. ' ••Pr'eeides means of accurate. 'measurements. ,10 Makes "the 31b. tin an excellent . ' table -container.. civ The'protective cap provides :a sanitary cover... Tan elle hays that portraits of famous' " bockty Stars can still,b, obtained for CROWN BRAND" I�mbele, tRilarca li Y i,�i .} C®®® The Paous''Gnergy Food ;.tb _The CANADA STARelboo.lted,'Taroato goes long as life on there will be these, Warm clodded earth and blossom- laden trees, West wind and rain and flocks upon a hill, The fresh sweet wonder of a claffo-. dil. And over it 'arid under it and through, • The mind of God made manifest in you. --Edna Jacques. YOU AND TO -DAY With every rising of the sun, Think of your life as just begun, The past has shrived and buried deep, ' All yesterdays; — there le'i thein sleep. Nor seek to summon back one ghost Of that innumerable host. Concern yourself with but to -clay. Woo it and teach it to obey Your wish and will. Since time be- gan To -day has been the friend of man. But in his blindness and his sorrow Me leaked to yesterday and to - Morrow: You and 'To -clay! a soul sublime, With God between to hind the twain, 'Go ;forth, 1 say, attains Attain r Elia Whetter Wilcox. HEALTH A -HEALTH SERVICE OF THE CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA THE COMMON COLD If the sura total of -'suffering, in convenience, sequelae and economi loss from common colds be obtained it would at once elevate these in fections from tem trivial :into th rank of the serious deseases. Th autumn is the time for colds thoug they may occur at any time of th year. Many of us have from one t three. colds a year. One attack pro duces little immunity. Of what does a. cold consist? It is a group of acute infection of the mucous (lining) membrane of the throat and nose, often' ex tending into the windpipe and large bronchi. The sinuses, that is th hollow Spaces adjacent to the nose are frequently involved. The infec tion may be confined to the • 110s when it is called rhinitis; it may of feet the throat as in tonsillitis, o as a pharyngitis; the larynx as laryngitis and the bronchial tube as a bronchitis. Cold and Draughts The popular idea that a cold i due to a draught is scarcely correct Exposure to draughts, sudden changes of temperature and chilling of the body are predisposing causes of 'colds, but no cold can originat without the specific micro-organism or bug which is the essential cause The Cause Some say that a common cold is due to a virus, that is a germ so small that it cannot be seen under the microscope. Many 'different germs seem to be associated with colds. Perhaps the cause is a com- bination of viruses and germs.' Com- mon colds may riot be a single dis- ease but rather a group of infections which vary in severity and catchab- ility. Colds are caught from other per- sons having colds just as diptheria is contracted from diptheria patients. Arctic explorers, exposed to all the conditions sappula'i'ly supposedlto »re duce colds, do not suffer from these ailments until they return to civiliza- tion and become infected by contact with their fellows, Prevention and Cure The two really important matters about colds are first, their preven- tion and second their cure. Preven- tion may be sunnned up in the avoidance of those having an infec- tion especially in street cars, offices and other poorly ventilated places, Colds, like other diseases Conveyed in the secretions from nose and mouth ere often transferred by dir- ect and indirect contact through kissing, the common drinking cup, the roller towel, pipes, pencils, toys, fingers, food .ancl other objects con" taminated with the fresh secretions which carry the disease. Vitiated air, draughts, dust, !sudden changes' of temroreturo, exposure to cold and wet, overwork, loss . of sleep and im- proper food all have some, effect in causing colds. It must be admitted on the other hand that the most vig- orous will mitred colds if they re- ceive the infection, while some per- sons are so immune that they ap- pear to resist attacks of colds year after year. Persons with colds should at once go to lied and stay there as long. as there is any rise of temperature. Methods of cure had best be left to the doctor. Some persons pin their faith to bed, a hot bath and a drink of whisky. Others use vaccines. There is one vaccine, nam- ely that prepared by Rosenow, which taken by mouth in doses of drops once a week, is said to prevent the o:nsct of a cold and taken daily in the course of a cold seems to break it up. It is worth trying, —By John W. S. McCullough, M.D. NEVER FAIL ME11INGUE Beat the whites of eggs, adding a few grains of stilt—untilthe whites are fluffy but not dry. Add grad- ually 2 level tablespoons of fine granulated sugar for each egg white, Continue beating until quite stiff. Pile on pie with a fork or with a pastry bag and tube. Bake in a slow even 240 to 275 degrees F. until tips of meringue are delicately on the pie, push it well toward the crust at edge, 10 make a seal. The 'object of the long slow bak-, ing is so the meringue will come out dry and crusty on top, soft and melting, m inside, de, Two egg whites ,and 4 tablespoons of sugar will make enough meringue for a fairly Iarge pie, COOKING CARE OF CHILDREN Usually, the time for moving is May first, but in the recent years of depression people seem to be on. the move the greaten: part of the time, ` When we look at movings leaving our neighbourhood do we do so with a feeling of gladness that a certain family is seeking other quarters, m- are we sorry to lose them from our district? Personally sneaking ' do we live in such a way that our neigh- bors are sorry when they see us. leave, or do they heave a sigh of relief! when we depart?. Some people never get on in any district, • while others can live for years in a place and still retain the friendship of •the neighborhood at large. Just what kind of neighbors are we? If there is some one •person we cannot get on, with, it may be the other persons fault, but if we are continually having trouble with peo- ple, then a large pert of the trouble at least lies with us, As we leave the old house, just what would, it say about us if it had the power to talk? Could it say that we were 'a peace loving house- hold, a God fearing fancily, or would it tell of many heated arguments, of angry words and the numerous times the family sought sleep, some of the membersof which were not speaking to one another?' There are many sore hearts in the world to -day .because those who shoilld be loving towards one an- other have parted in anger. In the interval Before •they could meet again, death has intervened, leaving years of remorse behind it. We may think it was the other ones fault but let us prove we have the iove of Christ in out hearts by being the one to give in thus bringing about a reconciliation:. Our daily prayer to God should be that He will bridle our tongues and keep us from say- ing unlcincl words. If we are kind in our own home we will be kind out of it. Often we are sympathetic with outsiders and a regular "bear" at home. '' One of the good things about mov- ing owing is that we discard a great many things which we have been hoarding for years waiting an opportune time to use them, holding them to fulfil the old saying, "Keep a thing for seven years and it will come in use- fNM:' oving from one house to another may be compared to transferring from,the life of a sinner to the realof Salvation. The comparis- on is not in its entirety because when we prove into a new house. there are many things which we should discard but which we take along, whereas in accepting Christ we nmst leave behind all worldly things. Jesus is seeking to go into homes but Ile will not enter into the in- dividual heart unless Ile has first place. Active service for flim nnist be in everyhome where He would reside. This service may be render- edo by all, in thought, in word or in action.• He will always benear to advise us, but so often we consult Him at - ter we have talked the question at issue over 'with our friencds. When we move into a new home can we honestly tack up the motto "Christ is the Head of this `house, the unseen guest at every meal and the silent listener to every converse - If we have not already taken. Him into our individual home may we no longer .hesitate. Someone has said:: "On the plains of hesitation, bleach the bones of countless millions who at the dawn of victory, sat down to rest, and resting died." Do we belong to the class of hesi- tators as regards accepting Jesus Christ? "He Goes Before You" He goes before •you, 0 my heart! Tear not to follow,: where He leads He, knows the strength each, task de- mands, He knows the grace' each trial needs, Ice's just a little farther on Along the dark and lonely way, • Iris bieedine footprints you. may trace, He goes before you all the day. lie goes before you, 0 my' heart! Still follow on thro'ug'h gain or. loss, • nd • for the joy that's set before, Despise the shame, endure the MSS, The path your fault'ring steps must take Is one His nail -pierced feet have !trod; Through and g garden, . mount and riven tomb, He goes before you up to God." `cPEG". cream, A s 1-11.•H'.H Tested Recipes. MACARONI Dairy and other £ood,products,'Su- eluding cheese and macaroni , in the menus are particularly suitable dur- ing the autumn season. Typical menus are given. below: MACARONI AND tkiiuSE % lb, Canadian macaroni 2 tablespoons butter - 2 tablespoons flour 1 half cup hot milk Salt and pepper to taste bread crumbs grated Canadian cheese Make a sauce of one tablespoonful each of butter and flour and one-half cup of hot milk, salt. Put a layer of strong grated Canadian cheese in the bottom of 'the baking dish; spread over it a layer of macaroni and one. of sauce; then cheese, mac- aroni and sauce, covering the top with fine breadcrumbs ,and bite oil butter dotted over, and a little grat- ed cheese. Place in the oven and bake until golden brown. If individ- ual dishes are used, place them in a pan ,of hot water. , SPAGHETTI . CHOP SUEY 8 oz. Canadian spaghetti 2 tablespoons butter 2 green peppers chopped 2 onions chopped 11/2 cup chopped celery 3 cups tomatoes 1 tablespoon salt 1 tablespoon sugar 34 teaspoon pepper i/s. lb. round steak, minced Place the spaghetti into rapidly boils ing water and leave for ten minutes: Add 1 tablespoon of salt. Drain.. Melt the butter in a frying- pan; add the green peppers, onions, and celery, and cook slowly for 10 minutes, stir- ring constantly. Add the tomatoes, salt, sugar and . pepper and continue cooking until -the mixture thickens. Then add the '011 -drained spaghetti and cook slowly for SS hour, Fiy. the round steak in small cakes. Just before serving, crumble over the top of the mixture. Serve piping hot Mushrooms may be substituted for the steak, and macaroni may be used for the spaghetti. y. SPAGHE"lrI SALAD r package spaghetti 2 diced tomatoes 1 cupful celery 1 pimento 2 sweet pickles cup grated cheese 2 tablespoons mayonnaise salt, pepper, paprika Cook spaghetti -in boiling water; blanch, ''drain and chill. Mix well all the ingredients, and combine with the spaghetti. Serve on lettuce leaves decorated with paprika. As a change a can of Canadian cooked spaghetti with cheese in tomato sauce eouid be substituted, leaving out the mayon- naise. COOL W &Ulna I3161EIR IES Hot Chocolate 2 squares unsweetened chocolate, cut in 'pieces 1 cup water Dash of salt 3 tablespoons sugar 3 cups milk Place chocolate and water in up- per part of double boiler over dir- ect heat. Stir until chocolate is melted and blended. Add salt and sugar. Boil font minutes, stirring constantly.. Place, over hot water. Add milk gradually, stirring con- stantly. When hot, beat with rotary eggbeater until light and frothy. Serve immediately. Serves six, French Chocolate 2i/ squares unsweetened chocolate cut in pieces. 14 cup water •cup sugar Dash 'of Salt 14i cup cream, whipped (r 'cups, hot milk Combine chocolate and water and pslace over `low flame. Cook' four minutes, or until smooth and blend ed, stirring constantly. Add sugar and salt and cool, four minutes lop:g- er..•CooL Fold into cream. Plage one rounding tablespoon of chocolate mixture ire each serving • cup • and pour . hot milk over it, filling cup. Stir well to blend, Serves eight. This chocolate mixture also makes an excellent chocolate sauce. It may be served hot t as a hot fudge sauce, , or cold on ice cream or puddings. When used as sauce, omit whipped MAKING CANADA A Better Place in Which to Live and Work A Series of Letters. from Distinguished Canadians on Vital Problems Affecting the Future Welfare of Canada Specially Written er Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association LETTER NO. 24 Dear Sir: r For the individual, rely more upon. himself than upon government and other outside assistance. For the governments create more economy . in operation, be brave enough to tax directly instead of in- directly $o that the people may'know what their government is costing them. Institute a policy of useful works to create empi.oyment and elim- inate relief, Seek to carry through government projects in times when private enterprise is lagging instead of doing the work in boom periods when costs are great. For the people. Think in terms of Canada rather than by provinces. Develop the east -west connection not only for the benefit of the Dominion but as part of the British All -Red line.. • There are many things indeed, which we as Canadians could adopt in order to make Canada a better place in which to live and work. But if we can restore to the in- dividual some of the lugged spirit of aur Canadian forefathers we will have gone a long way towards mak- ing virile our national life. If we can give more attention to good gov- ernment through the elimination of patronage and the recognition of honesty and merit we will force our governments to govern by fron-MI direction instead of by subterfuge and evasion. Today, they are lag -s ging in purpose 'because they are no further forward than the people. They . hesitate to show the cost of government. They hide it in direct taxation and thus the man in the street thinks living costs are high but hardly' understands the reason, If he could realize that "taxation", seen and unseen, is high, he would take a more deep and intelligent in- terest nterest in the administration of af- fairs, which would be to the general! good. We are too apt today to look upon life and progress in terms of our own district, our own province. Un - tit we span by means of all the mod- ern agencies, the distance which separate the Atlantic and Pacific, un- til we thrust aside our "provincial- isms" and put Canada first and foremost our country will not be the place it should be for living and working. A stronger individual, a braver government, a more clear-aud-co-op- erative thinking people, and finally an even closer connection with the Empire And what more could we desire in eider to Make Canada a better place in which to Live and Work. It aIP starts at home with you and me, doesn't it? R. J. McDOUGALL, Editor The Penticton Herald, Penticton, B.C. President B.C. Division G.W.N.A. A DAY APART I hope I never get too old to light A pumpkin lantern on an Autumn night: Too wise to search, a mirror's sil- ver sheen For your face, smiling back, on Hallowe'en. I'll delve and toil, cloud fancy with stern truth, But this one •day Pll keep from my lost youth. —L. Mitchell Thorntons HALLOWE'EN The last night in October Is the queerest ever seen For 'the then the weird witches Go dancing on the green. And the busy little brownies Come out to dance and play Through the piles of dusty brown leaves Ere- they vanish quite away. And the dainty little fairies, In robes of silvery white, Go daily dancing here and there With graceful steps and light. The smiling yellow Moon -face Beams down upon the scene As all the weird wee people Go dancing on the green. BIRTHSTONES For laundresses, t;e il'aapstone; for architects) ihP t'ornerstone;' For cooks, the puddingstone; for politicians, the Blarneystone; For borrowers, the touchstone; for policemen, the •pavietgstotie} For stoekbroker'd, the curbstone; for shoemakers, the cdbhlestone; For burglars, the keystone; for tourists, the yellowstone; For beautiesthe peachstone; foe' editors, the grindstone. For motorists, the milestone, and still another might be added: For careless gents, the tombstone. TELEPHONE TALKS IN THE WATSON FAMILY "We're so glad you're • feeling better, Mother!" is That LONG DISTANCE Habitis,a Catching! The Watson youngsters are not merely playing telephone -they . are playing Long Distance; for Long Distance is a habit with the Watson family-- an inex- pensive habit that saves anxiety and helps keep the family together. Let the tele- phone extend your horizon beyond your immediate neighbourhood. Let it keep.. you in touch with faraway relatives and friends-- the cost is surprisingly small. Reductions • in telephone rates.—local and long 'distance—in 1935, '36 and '37 have effected savings . to telephone phone users in Ontario and f9 Quebec of neatly one minion dllars yearly.lY