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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1939-01-26, Page 7THURS., JAN. 26, 1939 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 7 HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS: Mme• HEALTH Excels in Quality THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Wiff Sing You Their Song—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad—But Always Helpful and Inspiring. TAKE JOY HOME And "make a place in thy great heart for her, And give .her time to grow, and cher- rish'her! 'Then will she come, and often sing to thee, When thou are working in the fur- rows! ay, • Or weeding in the sacred hour of dawn. It is a comely fashion to be glad— Joy is the grace yvs- say to God. -Jean Ingelow, :THE ONLY QUIET ONE • -A heti is not supposed to have Much common sense or tact, 'Yet every time she lays an egg She cackles forth the fact. .A rooster hasn't got a lot Of intellect to show; But none the less most roosters have' Enough -sense to crow. 'The mule, the most despised of beasts Has a persistent way 0f letting folks know he's around By his insistent bray. 'The busy little bees they buzz; Bulls bellow and cows moo. 'The watch dog barks, the drakes they quack, And the doves' and pigeons coo. The peacock spreads his tail and squawks, Piga squeal and robins sing, And even serpents know enough To hiss before they sting. But man, the greatest masterpiece ; That nature could devise, -Will often stop and hesitate • Before he'll advertise. THE TOY -STREWN HOUSE ^'Give me the hoose where the toys are strewn, Where the dolls; are asleep in the chairs. Where the building blocks and the toy balloon And the soldiers guard the stairs; Let me step-in the house where the tiny cart With its horses rules the floor, -And rest conies into my weary heart, For I ani at home once more. 'Give 'n ie the house with the toys about, With the battered old train of cars, "Ile box of plaints and the books left' out, And the ship with her broken spars; Let me step in a house at the close of day That is littered: with children's toys, And dwell, once more in the haunts of play With the echoes of bygone noise. Give . me the house where the toys are seen, The house where the children romp, And I'll be happier than man has. been, 'Neath the gilded dome of pomp. -Let me see the litter of bright-eyed play ; Strewn over the parlor floor, And the joys 1 knew in a far-off day Will gladden my heart once snore. Whoever has livedm a toy -strewn home, Though feeble he be and gray, Will yearn, no matter how far he roam For the glorious disarray 'Of the little house with its littered • floor That was his in the bygone .days, ...And; his heart will throb as it throb - 'bed -before When he rests where a baby plays. —Author Unknown." "THE CLIQUE IS RUNNING THINGS" How often do we hear the plaint, "The Clique is running things— "They shape the club to suit them- selves, They lord it worse than ldngs." But I'd like to ask the question, Why the ones that snake the kick, Don't buckle in and. go to work, And join the busy clique? No drib or group could keep alive If everyone would shirk, There needs but be a faithful few That get right down and work. It's always those who do the least That register the kick. We owe a rising vote of thanks To the members of the Clique. . —Lewis Williams. HIS REAL RECORD Not -,"How did he die?" But—"How did he live?" Not—"What did he gain?" But: "What did he give?" These are the units To measure the worth - Of a man, as a man, Regardless of birth. Not—"What was his station?" But—"Had he a heart?" And—"How did he •play His God-given part? - 'Was he ever •ready With a word of good cheer • To bring back a smile, To banish a tear?" Not—"What was his church?" Nor—"What was his creed?" But -."Had he befriended Those really in need?" Not—"What did the sketch be the newspaper say?" But—"How many were sorry When he passed away?" A COTTAGE IS A PALACE FAIR A cottage is a palace fair, Though poor and humble it may be, If two who love are living there In happiness, contentedly. It may be dull, or drab, or .plain, Alike with others in a row, - But- if within it Love holds reign, No hail could chine with beauty so, Though' it may lack the cushioned seat, And cosy couch, and morns chair, Withjoy` and pleasure 'tis, replete. Despite these things, if love is there. , A cottage is a palace fair, Though humble it may be, If two who love are living there In happiness, contentedly. ' -Harry Arthur Edwards, in Calgary Heralds - UP ON THE MOUNTAIN Could you and I not gather In this old world of •sighs, Some higher thoughts and loftier aims If up from the ground we'd raise our eyes? • Let us, too, climb to the mountain • top Where better we can view The doings of our brother- man And plan our, work anew. 'Froin there we see the sordidness, Plain human greed can cause; People' perish for lack of vision, Rather than from unenacted laws. In 'the majestic aloofness of space, Our minds will the clearer be, To help right the wrongs of our race With plans of a higher degree. —Martha. THE PACE The man who "burnt the candle at both ends" Has vanished from the scone, The reckless person n.ow his sub- stance spends In burning gasoline. Doubt is the consciousness of Un- certainly. We all 'spend many, many hours cf our time, which otherwise would be happy, in this state of un- certainty, We are doubtful -of so many things in rife, and in many instances we promptly think the cloud has no silver lining and we unfortunately sulk into the depths of despair. We are dubious as to whether our loved ones will get well again; ' we are doubtful as to the possibility of the position we are holding being permanent; We are uncertain as to whether the crops will peeve abund- ant. We have our fears that this or that or the next thing may not turn out as we would like it to. All the time these things are beyond'our control, and our doubts, anxieties and fears are useless. So often we hear that someone has said some unkind thing about us, and we accept it as true. That is a time when unbelief would be advisable. We should take no notice of a remark like that unless we are absolutely sure what the story was When it was first told. Some one may pass a, casual re- mark of no value, at one end of the town, but by the time it reaches the other end it has become a story in which there is absolutely no truth. It is interesting to watch the prog- ress of some "no value tale." If this is in our own experience pay no at- tention to it, and if it is in the life of sone one else, 'always give them the benefit of the doubt andrefuse to pass the story on. The word "doubtless" is very often,. we will say thoughtlessly used when it should not be. We speak of some- one who perhaps, has worked hard to snake ends meet and we say "doubt- less he hal tried"ivre are thus cast- ing a shadow on his endeavor to do the best he 'could. This it- not a dictionary talk, but just a few words to try if possible to help those who are in doubt. Doubt is something which conies into our lives very stealthily. In fact itis well rooted before we have any idea of its presence, and we certainly cannot get rid of it in our , own strength. Doubt has made bad friends be- tween those who have spent many happy and intimate hours together. We doubt whether they are spending as many hours' as usual with us, We allow 'the thought to sink into our minds and to become a habit with. us. Finally that terrible demon jealousy creeps in and it is not long before life-long friends are bitter enemies. There are patients in our mental hospitals today who are there because they doubted that God would take care of them and -tried, without suc- cess to carry through some venture which proved unsuccessful. The fact that we doubt means that we are afraid,�enat we cannot accomp- lish that which we have set out to do, and our progress towards our objec- tive is very badly hampered by this suspicion. Doubt will take a great dealof our strength away, fox as our minds keep on doubting our bodies will weaken. Someone has said "for too long dwelling on the thoughts of words, one may 'lose the sunshine." We know how true- that is its Aur own experience. - Christopher Columbus had no doubt butthathe would reach a new land, and although those: who were with him disagreed with hint almost to the point of mutiny he kept on his Bourse and at last discovered our fair land. Another ' Christopher, Christopher Wren thought -in cathedrals. He had no doubt but that he could draw plans for a ,building, which at the present time is considered to be the world's greatest piece of architecture.' These are - examples of what Bari be done when doubt is kept out of our}fives. We lcnow that a rifle is dangerous, but we also know that it has a range. Within that ` range a bullet fired from it may be deadly, but after that mark ;is passed the force of the bul- left is spent and. becomes -practically harmless. Not so with doubt. Doubt gathers force and'spreads. It starts individually with us, ,and it is with us that it must stop in the first in- stance. We say we eacmot stag it, but there is a Way which makes it possible for us to overcome doubt. The following stories carry their own point. Every day, while the late General Gordon' was . in Egypt carry- ing on the work of the Government a little whiteflag was flown at :the top of his :tent for. thirty minutes. The entire camp knew that General Gordon. was praying, reading his Bible and meditating. The guard had. in - COOKING Health DIABETES NOT A KIDNEY DISEASE Diabetes known by the laity as "sugar diabetes", is not, as popularly supposed, a disease of the kidneys: The kidneys in cases of diabetes are usually quite norihal: Diabetes is a disorder in the assimilation of sugar as a result of 'which the sugar of the food fails to be burnt up by the tissues hof the body and turned into energy. The immediate cease ,of this failure is that the supply of insulin is deficient. Insulin is a product of the islands of Langerhans in the pancreas, If these islands are dam- aged the insulin supply will be un- equal to the demand. Insulin is a sort of 'spark -plug which enables the sugar (glucose) in the tissue cells of muscles- and other organs tot unite with the oxygen :there and to be burnt. 'This burning results in the production of.energy. In addition in- sulin enables glucose to be trans- ported from the intestine to the liver thereto be stored as glycogen. Lack of insulin 'allows ' the sugar to ac- cumulate in the blood. By means of the kidneys. the accumulated sugar is taken from the blood and passes away- in the urine. So sugar in the urine is a sjgn of diabetes. The simple failure to burn sugar is not the worst feature of diabetes. In the proper combustion of fats a cer- tain proportion of sugar is necessary just as in the carburetor of the motor car: there must be a proper mixture of gasoline and air. If there is not a proper fat -glucose mixture, pais-, mous substances called ketone bodies will accumulate, and there will be air - hunger, coma and other complications of diabetes. Preventive medicine has made re - makable progress inthe last quarter of a century. The incidence and mortality of a host of diseases have been materially reduced. Some af- fections "uch as smallpox, diphtheria and typlwid have all but disappeared. The diseases of infancy have been brought under control, but notwith- standing the brilliant discovery of insulin and its great value in certain cases of diabetes, the mortality from this affliction, judging from official reports, has not been lowered. Indeed, there appears to be an increase. No doubt some of the increase is the result of better diagnosis and a stricter record of deaths. A con- siderable proportion is said tjo be due to the high incidence of this complaint Among: the Hebrew race. Diabetes is believed by many auth- orities to be an hereditary disease. Dublin, the statistician of one of the Iarge U.S. insurance companies, says that the Jewish population of that country has increased from one mil- lion in 1900 to over four million in 19M. , He issues .a warning- against marriage among -those with a fancily history of diabetes. Diabetes is constantly associated with a tendency to corpulency. Those inclined to put on excessive fats those of .Hebrew origin and those with a history of family diabetes should govern their lives' so as to avoid this affection. structions to allow no one to inter- t•upt him at that time, is it any wonder that this truth is told of him? The King of Abyssinia, in a fit of temper once . said to :hits "Guidon do you know I could kill you on the spot if I liked?" Gordon calmly replied "I am perfectly aware of that, let your Majesty do so ,at once if it be your Royal pleasure for I am always ready to die." General Gordon had no doubt as to his future and we heed have no 'fear either if we, as he did, put our trust in Him ,who careth fox' us. - "Doubt steals upon the happy -heart Like night steals on the skies, Blots out the light of faith U ntil the radiant vision dies. Doubt spreads its poison through the mind And will destroy at last The -future and the present And the gond things of the past, Doubt is the enemy of love, Then east it out and trnst— For doubt will kill your fairest dreams And bring them to the dust- Suspicion gathers as it goes Upon its deadly way— And Iife becomes a wilderness Unfriendly, bleak and grey. Look up and trust, in spite Of what' your human. - eyes can see— Defy the evil powers, that would Destroy sweet harmony -- And shield'vourself with valiant faith, That nothing- can assail— Believing in the promise— For His Love shall never fail. "PEG" i i PEG 3 Ssa StatragaV Tested Recipes MORE BUTTER—BETTER. MEALS At first •thought the percapita consumption of --butter in Canada, over thirty-two pounds per -year may seem a high figure. This amount, however; - might well be 'appreciably mcreased for it is proven that butter is an economical food, which gives high returns in •flavour and food value for money spent. Butter is unique among fats be- cause of its high vitamin A content. Two ounces of butter eaten daily will meet the body's requirement for this health protective vitamin. Recent re- search has shown that there is no loss in the churning process and it has been proven that the vitamin•A potency is not reduced when butter is held in storage- nor when it is heated. Every good cook knows that butter adds a flavour to foods which cannot be obtained by any other product. The daily serving of well -buttered' vegetables and butter -made sauces are two suggestions for the practical homemaker. BUTTERED VEGETABLES Drain cooked vegetables such as cabbage, peas, beans, turnips, squash and mash if necessary;. Allow at least 1 teaspoon butter to each cup of cooked vegetable. Place cover on saucepan containing vegetable and butter, and allow to steam for a few minutes before serving. HORSERADISH BUTTER 1/2 cup butter Salt • 24 cup grated horseradish Few grains cayenne Cream together. Serve with broiled steak, DRAWN BUTTER SAUCE r4 cup butter - 3 tablespoons flour 11/2 cups hot water '4 teaspoon salt 14 teaspoon pepper 1 teaspoon lemon juice Melt half the butter. Add flour and salt and pepper. Add hat water grad- ually. Stir until mixture thickens. Cook 5 minutes. Acrd lemon juice and remaining butter. Serve with fish. HOLLANDAISE SAUCE V,t_, cup butter 2 egg yolks x/,r teaspoon salt Few grains cayenne x/s cup boiling water 1 tablespoon lemon juice Cream the butter. Add beaten egg yolks. Add seasonings and water. Cook over hot water, stirring con- stantly until mixture thickens. Re- move from heat. Add lemon juice, Delicious served with fish or such Vegetables as asparagus or broccoli. HARD SAUCE 14 cup butter 2 tablespoons thin creast 1 egg white 2 cups icing sugar (approximately) a4 teaspoon grated lemon, rind Cream butter. Stir in cream and egg white. Add sugar gradually, beating until smooth. Add grated lesion rind. Place in refrigerator until ready to serve. Exceptionally good with steam fruit puddings or hot gingerbread. LEMON . CHEESE PILLING la cup butter - t/-. cup. sugar Yolks of 3 eggs Juice -and rind of 3 lemons In - upper part of double boiler place butter, sugar and grated rind of lemons. Cook until sugar is dissolved and butter melted- Add some of the hot mixture to slightly beaten egg yolks, and then return to double .boil- er. Add lemon juice and cook until thickened. Chill well before using. 'Use as a filling for sponge rolls. HOW WAS SHE TO KNOW She was a big strong woman, and the burglar: she had tackled bore un- mistakable signs of punishment as the police arrived. Justice of the Peace—"It was very. brave of you, lady, to risk your life and to set upon the burglar andcap- ture him, but you did not need to blacken both his eyes and knock all his teeth out, did you?" Woman (looking very' indignant) —"How was I to know it was a burg- lar? I had been Waiting up for my husband for three hours, and in the dark I thought it was him." 1 CARE OF CHILDREN WARNING TO YOUTH WHAT I' OWE MY MINISTER (By Dr. Charles Mayo, Fatuous I owe him respect as the ambassa. Physician) dor of God, sent to teach me a better. Beep yourself free from all .en- tangling habits, young people. We had tried to give you a field 'clear of the barricades that are set up by the leg- alized liquor traffic. It is through the youth of today that we hope to see a sound and everlasting prohibition worked out in this country. If there is any man 'who ever accomplished anything great through the use of al- cohol, I'd like to have the fact point- ed out. Through -alcoholic stimulation a man loses his co-ordination. That is why liquor is no advantage to the brain. You hear people tell how they had their wits quickened for the first half hour by rliquor, but they don't tell you how, later, their bodies would not act in co-ordination with their brains. You heard, on every side, men be- wailing the loss of their drink, of their personal rights; but the rights of the few, who cannot see ahead or have the future of this - nation, at heart, mush' - be regulated to sate -0 guard the rights of that great body of future citizens who are ready to step into the ranks. You young people have something ahead of you in the problem of bring- ing the liquor under control. We have not lived up to our laws but, I re- peat, education is what we need to combat this condition. When we have our younger generation completely educated, we will not have types who will say, "Why should I not have my rights as a citizen?" For they know the true values that are centred around "personal liberty." THE QUIET SUNDAY The question of conduct on Sunday is, again to the fore. As per usual the agitation is in the direction of opening the countryside to all man- ner of sports and 'recreations. And as per usual, the agitators are al- legedly working in the interests of the poor. We are reminded of those who said that bar rooms and beer parlours are in the interests of "the poor man." What a joke! The agita- tors take high moral ground and pat- ronize those who believe the Ten Commandments are given on the highest authority and should be re- garded accordingly. Of course there is talk about blue laws and all that sort of thing. However, when those who work for the open Sunday and all that goes with it, show us that the open Sunday means men return• ing to their tasks of a Monday morn- ing in better condition to earn their daily bread, we may be disposed 'fit consider the physical advantages of Sunday being spent as a day of sport. Meanwhile we know that the facts are all the other way. The following rhyme sets forth a truth that cannot set aside. A Sabbath well spent means a week of content And strength for the work of the morrow; But a Sabbath profaned, whatever is gained, Is a certain forerunner of sorrow. No family and no nation have survived the continuous profanation of the Load's Day. The profaned Sab- bath is liable to be the dirtiest and wickedest and most law -breaking of all the seven days of the week. They who want more sport on the Sabbath will be well-advised to look up the record of auto -sporting on Sundays, In this matter, danger lies with the extremist'. The quiet Sunday is one of this broad land's chief possessions and should be, guarded accordingly. He's a foolish man svho allows the camel to put his head into his tent. --Exeter Times -Advocate. A MORAL IN VERSE There is so much competition, so much racing to get ahead .of others,. that men think they must keep their noses to the grindstone; and not only do they lose most of the pleasure of living but they waste, their lives. We recall a bit of verso written by Roe Fullterson, "Tire Ki Weide Philoso- pher" "If you keep your nose to the grind- stone rough And hold it clown there long enough You'll soon, forget that there are such things As a brook that babbles, a bird that sings. Just three things will your life con- pose— Yourself; the stone and your darn old nose." The moral is obvious. Take a little "time out" for something apart from business. Business will go on after you are gone; but you cannot bring' back a life that has been worn out by constant pressure on the business grindstone. 1 1 way of living than the selfish, sordid existence I might be guilty' of, but.. for iiis guidance. I owe hint trust, that he may be free to serve the church unhampered by criticism and fault-finding, I owe my minister prayer, that God may snake his services a blessing to "" every one with whom he conies in contact: • I owe my minister the protection of kindly silence by refraining from repeating in his presence the slander or unkind gossip that would worry him and prevent him from doing his. best. I owe ham enough of my time tea help him in his work whenever he may need me. I owe him encouragement when vexations and annoyance make his work difficult. I owe my minister ' consideration not to interrupt and hinder his work, by financial worry. I owe my minister thy` attentiort when I go to church, that he may not be annoyed.to see by my careless in- attentive actions that I ant not intera ested in what he is saying.—Exch. -rpA ,i OF ELI ICE This is a reproduction of a picture taken in sub -zero tem- perature the morning after a severe snow storm. It shows - footprints of a telephone. operator leading to the tele- phone office. They are mute evidence of `the "spirit of service" that is back of your telephone, Blocked streetsand high- ways seldom keep telephone employees from the job. If humanly possible, they are at work ready to do their part in providing your telephone service. The management of this Company is proud of the fine "spirit of service" shown by employees andwe feel sure that our customers appreciate it. Because of it, your tele- phone service is maintained at , a constantly high standard.