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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1939-02-09, Page 7THURS., FEB. 9, 199 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 7 HOUSEHOLD ECONOMIES HEALTH THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Mere They Will Sing You Their Songs -Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad -But Always Helpful and Inspiring. SAINT VALENTINE'S MORROW FORGOTTEN saint, keening hind watch tonight Over sa many a heart that burns and gleams— / have a lady more divinely bright Than any lover clasps tonight in dreams: Wherefore I have set a candle in thy shrine; Ward of true loves, deal 'tenderly with mine, .Moonlike she moves, apparelled faintly bright Is she; so bright of head, so fair of skin That luminously and transparently She shines on darkness, being lit within Moonlight she moves, apparelled faintly bright In ,the 'tori 'circle 'of 'he'r .'silver light, ,sand whether now my lady sleeps or wakes I know not, but I bear a• sleepless brain; 'This frost -blanched night before the crocus breaks Can'chathe, but cannot make me whole again, Whose summer spirit haunts. her guelder bush To call 'her up at 'morning with the thrash. I will go out by devious ways and creep Into tier garden, so to taste alone Iler little world that breathes of her in sleep; I will walk softly whence her birds are flown lier boughs drawn black against a moon as broad As ever shines for any eve of God. And high above me, higher than the may, I shall see her one lit windowburgeon clear . , , O• if thou hear the prayers of them that pray, Give iter sweet rest, sweet dreams, my silver dear. Drop stardust on her eyes, good Valentine— She :who is not and never shall be mine. Child -footed, cheeked with perishable rose, Frailest of delicate and dreamed -of -things She leaves no footstep where; she comes and goes, But seeing her -my sudden heart has wings: I am comforted for. joys I must forego— All that I have not known and shall not know. Bear from me what she will not understand— Heed what she has not heard—that I ani grown A. harp to utter music to her hand, A flute to answer to her breath alone— Since song and breath of song and more is she— Sun, moon and stars, all earth, half heaven, to nie ! —Audrey Alexander Brown. ST.• VALENTINE The .girl's a slender thing and fair, 'With dimpled cheeks and, eyes ashine; The youth' is tall with bashful air. Ileigho! a. fond and foolish pair— The day is yours, St. Valentine! He says: "My heart will constant prove Since every beat of it is thine"; 0 youth is joy, and life is love. The birds are mating in the grove— The day is yours, St. Valentine! What matters that the wind blows chill Through leafless tree and naked vine, That winter lingers with us stili, And snowdrifts crown each wind- swept hill— The day is yours, St. Valentine! -jean Blewett. TO MY VALENTINE I dare not •ask a kiss, I dare not beg a smile; Lest, having that or this, I might grow proud the while. No, no, the utmost share Of my desire shall be Only to hiss the air That Iately kissed thee, THE GREATEST THINGS The greatest tutu—Fear. The best day—Today. The greatest deceiver — One who deceives himself. The greatest mistake -Giving up. The most expensiveindnlgenee — Hate. The cheapest, stupidest and easiest thing .to do --rind fault. The greatest trouble maker—Talk- ing too much. The worst bankrupt — The soul that has Jost its enthusiasm. The cleverest man—One who al- ways does what he thinks is right. The best teacher—One who makes you want to learn. The .best part of anyone's religion --Gentleness and cheerfulness. The meanest feeling—Jealousy. The greatest need -Common sense. The best gift -Forgiveness. —Earl C. Stabler. THE CHEERY GREETING "How do you do?" 'Just say it, In accents loud and clear,. So that your friends, in passing,. Are always sure to hear. Maybe they like to hear it, Maybe they're sad and blue, Perhaps they rather expect it, That cheery "How doyou do?" "How do you do?" How it cheers you, —Robert Heriick, To hear the folks you meet Just sing it cut in passing, As they go on their way down: the street. "How do you do?" 'Tis a blessing To solace the cares of men; Just train the lips to speak it, Then say it again and again. --Harry Brokaw. II-llf HANDY POURING SPIRIT t's free -write for one NOW, O Pits the special top of the 2 1b. fin of Crown Brand,' Lily White and Karo syrups. b Is easily -cleaned and can be used over and over again. '0 Pours without a drip. 11) Provides meansof accurate measurements. '0 Makes the 2 ib. tin an excellent table container. • 0 The protective cap provides n Baa tary'eover. Tell the boys that pbArliitlociMmorte hockey stars can sill be obtained Tor "CROWN BRAND" labels. tRawm BRAN CORN SYRUP The Famous Energy Food The CANADA STARCH 00., Limited, Toronto ,meed AN ANCIENT PRAYER, Give us, Lord, a bit o' sun, A bit o' work and a bit o' fun; Give us all in th' struggle and splutter Our daily bread and a bit o' butter; Give me health, our keep to make An' a bit to spare for poor folks' sake; Give us sense, for we're some of us duffers,. An' a heart to feel for all that suf- fers; Give us, too,'a bit of song, An' a tale, and a book to help us along An' give us our share o' sorrow's les - That we may prove how grief's a blessin'. Give, us,. Lord,' a chance to be Our goodly best, brave, wise and free, Our goodly best for ourself, and others, Till all men learn to live es brothers. (This ancient prayer was found on the wall of an old Inn in Lancashire, England,) At this season of the year when the air is cold and snappy we see many icicles from overhanging ledges, Since oar early childhood we have become so accustomed to this sight that we give very little thought to the signifi cance of it, .but it, really has a. wond- erful comparison to our lives. As all nature is marvellous, so is the formation of an icicle, We notice `that it is broad at the top where it hangs from the projection and it gradually tapers to a point,usually as sharp . as that of the point of a lead pencil. It must of coursehang from some projection over which wat- er is dripping as an icicle is made of water and, is formed by the drop by drop process. Some icicles have' a very large base and can hold a cone of from three to four feet and sometimes longer. Others with •a base not so large have a smaller cone attachment. The clarity, of the cone depends on the surface over which the water travels to form the icicle. Soulecones are bright and spark- ling, others are dark and smudgy. Perhaps all of us, in spite of re- peated parental warnings of the dang- er of germs, have enjoyed chewing parts of an icicle, but we always chose the clear ones. In our child- hood we were perhaps more prone to keep away from the base and sordid than we are in our older years. We are perhaps questioning just what this has to do with our lives. Our existence is made up of days and hours and our time is filled with thoughts, words and actions. When we are young we have a broad foundation for we have our lives before us, but as day by clay passes our time here narrows until finally, as the icicle, we drop off. The cone can only stand the strain of its own weight 'against the thawing sun for so long. We may go on for years battling against illness, but when God dills us we must leave all behind, but our unforgiven sins, and answer that call, There is no question about it: By far the strongest past bf our life is our youth, The narrow based, short icicle way may be compared to those whose work hero ended in child- hood or .early youth and so on down to the strong' based long cones, which represent those who reach the three score years and ten or over before the last unmistakably clear call comes for ahem, Every fraction of a second has something to do with the formation of the cone of our lives. Each thought, each word, and each action become a drop in that formation. The respon- sibility of the clearness of the cone rests with tts, Our lives are revealed to others just as we spend our days. It has been said that the conduct of Christ',s followers has done more to bring people to Christ than all the preaching the world has ever known. Probably by this time we ,are asking ourselves the question, just what kind of a -formation is my life malting? Do you know that sometimes we have dark, dirty icicles in our hearts? One Sunday two visitors went to a church to hear a prominent speak- er. They were ushered up near the front. It was necessary to push past a lady who occupied the seat at the end (these church end seaters have done a great deal of harm in God's house,). There was just comfortable room in the seat for them and the church was not crowded. Presently someone else carte .along and the lady at theend of the seat quite audibly said, "There would be plenty of room if these people would just move over". How uncomfortable that sort of thing Health FROM DAIRY TO THE 'BREAKFAST TABLE.. If you were asked to name the best food in the use of your 'family, you would unconsciously answer "MILK". You would be right. Your opinion has long since been accepted by doc- tors dietitians and food chemists. In this country milk in most families is regarded as an indispensable article of diet. It is growing in popularity. Since 1933 the annual income from dairy products in Canada' has risen from about 83 millions to over 122 millions in 1987. This valuable food 'should be treated with all the consideration it deserves. The housewife' in the town or village should know her dairyman. She might profitably visit his place of business so that she shall be under no illusions as to the methods of clearliness and care with which a first-class business is carried on. If she observes any- thing miss (and who can see such things better than the competent housewife) she should call the atten- tion of the manager of the dairy to the ,matter and if it is not remedied she has the privilege of changing her dairyman. There should be a definite place, such as a covered box, wherein the milkman may leave the order. This should be protected against dirt, dogs and the direct rays of the sun. The milk should be protected again. freezing in cold, weather for frozen milk, while digestible is not so good as it might be and is always- flaky, Before opening the milk .bottle its top should be rinsed under the tap of cold water. Milk, like- many other beverages, tastes best when it is very hot or very cold. It is vital that the milk be kept cold from the time it leaves the City dairy until it is used. THE MOST IMPORTANT of all rules in the caring for milk is to keep it in a clean cold place. High grade pasteurized milk can be kept sweet at 40 deg. F. for days and weeks at a time. It has been so kept for as long as 48 days. Use only pasteurized milk and govern its care under the three C's: cold, clean and covered. -- By John W. S. Mc- Cullough, M.D., D,P.H. AN OLD VALENTINE UNSENT She has so sweet a way with her, 'Tis Paradise to stay with her, And oft like fire -flies Her words light all the dusk for me— Though not for me the dreams I see Within her starry eyes. I think her voice has caught the hue And tender tone of bells of blue That ring beneath a tree; Sunshine and color mingle there "Isis summer falls upon the air, Though winter it may be. On week -days and on holidays She walks along Life's common ways— But wheresoe'er she goes— By market -place or shady lane Or dusty street or greening plain I think some flower blows. Ah—not by me will she grow old— But ageless charm she still will hold To touch the days with joy; All that Time steals, he will replace By 'some new beauty in her face That nothing can destroy. -Virna Shea.rcl, we will have a sure Pilot when our call conies. Very often people are given no warning of that last call. Then what of the hereafter? "It is a marvellous thing that your life and mine may be so transformed makes a visitor in a church feel. It that people cansee in us Jesus Christ. What are we doing to make the world more Christian ar are we helping the opponents of Jesus Christ to make it worse? Let usury to have a good influence over the lives 'of those whom we come in contact day by day. Will we not start out today to do some definite Christian work so that when we reach the gloryland wemay have some one there to say we had helped to bring them to Christ? "Hark! There comes a whisper Stealing on thine ear; 'Tis the Saviour calling, Soft, soft and clear. Give thy heart to me; Once I died for thee; Hark! hark! Thy Saviour calls; Come, sinner, come! is a good thing that the renting of pews is passing into history.. One of these same visitors,weat to another church in the evening. At the close of the service the lady who apparently habitually occupied the pew, leaned over arid enquired "Are you a visitor"? upon being answerot in the affirmative she kindly said, "Now anytime ,you are here just feel free to come right to this pew". What a difference! What kind of a church hostess are we? Like the impure icicle there are people in this fair world which God has given 'uswho believe "No God, and no hereafter." They may brave it out during their life time but when their call comes and they have to ga into the unknown alone, it is a different proposition. It is only necessary once to see each. a person pass into Eternity to learn °a lesson for life. It leaves one with the feel- ing that the patient surely must have had a glimpse of the hereafter. If we are delaying taking Christ as our personal Saviour and trying to lead others to Him; just consider whether Wouid'st thou find a refuge For thy soul oppressed? Jesus kindly answers, "I am thy rest". At the cross of Jesus Let thy burden fall; While He gently whispers, "I'll • bear it all," "PEG" COOKING CARE OF CHILDREN a. t `Tested Recipes 3. THE WINTER MENU Winter is a time when colds and other infections .are prevalent, For this reason it is wise to keep the body in a healthy, vigorous, conditionso that it will be able to resist er throw off infections to which it is subjected. The diet should include, in addition to those foods which furnish energy, an abundance of the so-called pro- tective foods which are valuable for their protein, mineral 'and vitamin cantens as milk and milk ptr.'oducts, Meat, eggs, vegetables and fruits. A simple day's menus designed to satisfy both appetite and' bodily needs is suggested: BREAKFAST Tomato Juice Cracked wheat with milk or thin cream Buttered toast Honey Coffee for adults Milk for children DINNER Vegetable Soup Meat Loaf Buttered carrots Baked potatoes • Rice pudding Whole wheat bread and butter Milk for Children LUNCH or SUPPER Cheese Fondue (poached egg for very young children) Shredded Cabbage Salad Bread and butter Baked Apples or Apple Sauce Oatmeal cooki,es Tea for adults Milk for children. BAKED RICE PUDDING at. cup rice '/y, teaspoon salt 3 cups boiling water ',t cup sugar (white or brown) 2 egg yolks 3 cups milk 2 tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon vanilla or grated lemon rind 2 egg whites Wash rice thoroughly, Cook with salt in he boiling water 5 minutes. Drain though a sieve and peur hot water over rice to separate kernels, Com- bine sugar, egg yolks, milk, butter and flavouring with rice. Fold in beaten egg whites. Place in buttered baking dish and balm in pan of hot water in moderate oven (325 to 950 degrees F.) until firm — about 30 minutes. Note: The cooking of the pudding may be completed in the top of double boiler, egg whites being folded ie when pudding is cooked. CHEESE FONDUE 11/a. cups milk 1313 cups grated cheese 11/2 caps soft stale bread crumbs Yolks of 2 eggs 1/i teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon melted butter Whites of 2 eggs Soak bread crumbs in milk for -a few minutes and add cheese and beaten egg yolks. Season and add melted butter. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour• into buttered baking dish and bake in a moderate oven (350 to 375 degrees F.) about 30 minutes. OATMEAL COOKIES 1 cup butter 11 cups brown sugar 1egg 11/2 cups fine rolled oats 13/2 cups pastry flour afi teaspoon baking powder Pinch of •salt 1 cup cocoanut Cream butter. Add sugar and cream well together. Add well beaten egg, then city ingredients and cocoanut. Drop by spoonfuls oft buttered baking sheet and bake in moderate oven (375 degrees I'.) about 8, to 10 minutes. NOTES BY THE WAY "Thrice the age of a dog is the age • of a horse; Thrice the age of a horse is the age of a man; Thrice the age of a man is the age of a stag; Thrice the age of a stag is the age of an eagle; Thrice• the age of an eagle is the age of an oak tree." So funs an old Gaelic saying. VALENTINE NOTES THE HABITS OF WOMEN ,STILL HAVE .. I frequently saw Mary Seaton as she travelled to her job by the same OLD APPEAL street -car: She was a striking-Iooking girl, tall; erect and well turned out. The darlingest little hat, shaped just like a pill -box and not much . larger, topped her golden curls. It was winter and her blue eyes were matched by the blue of ha frock which, to borrow a commonly -used phrase was "long enough to cover the subject and short enough to be interesting•," She wore a grey coloured fur coat which was most becoming. Her stockings were of the sheerest silk. They would not suit me who am accustomed to the thickest woolies,t but I )hould not quarrel with any item of her attire except the foot -gear. They weren't shoes! They were sandals! As I sat behind this beautiful young creature -I saw her cough into her handkerchief, The cough was repeat- ed and I observed a streak of blood. I was disturbed. Why are young girls so foolish? Why are their mothers so careless?. Why tempt fate as Mary Seaton did? I missed her after the incident re- ferred to. Then I hear that she was in the "San." Now and then there were hopeful reports. She was pro- gressing favourably. She would be home for Christmas. In the rush of Christmas Eve, I bought a paper to read on the car. I ganced at, among other items, the B.M.D., I caught the historic name of Seaton. It was Mary's name. Dead at 21. How sad! --John W. S. McCullough, M.D. Love -making Day Traced Back As. Far As 270 A.D. Old customs die hard. The sen- timental effusion of Victorian days may be out-of-date as far as Miss Canada 1939 is concerned but the modern Loehinvar' will find, her as flattered as ever ma St. Valentine's Day when 3m sends his more so- phisticated substitute for the old-time "Sweetheart, will you be my Valen- tine?" , They say some form of love -making has been associated with February 14 for at least 1,668 years but if tradition means anything the male had all the say in those older days. According to musty legend the Rom- ans observed' the feast of Lupercalia in honor of Pan and Juno on Feb- ruary- 14. and the boys chose their partners by lot. The connection between St. Valen- tine and the custom of exchanging love -notes is rather obscure. The saint was put to death in 270 A.D. on the eve, of the Lupercalian feast, With the growth of Christianity, it is be- lieved in some quarter, the feast be- came merged in the Christian observe anee of St, Valentine's, Day. Revered for his efforts to amelioa- ate the sufferings of Christians at the hands of Emperor Claudius II., St. Valentine was also known for his kindliness and love for children. Samuel Pepys in his famous diary has a lot to say about St. Valentine's Day customs in 17th -century England. The old idea of choosing by lot per- sisted but it had becolne a fanciful diversion in which married as well as single persons participated. It was expensive, too, the men apparently be- ing expected to send gifts to their Valentines. The flowery -versed cards, according to Pepys, appeared first about 1667. He wrote: "I do first observe the fashion of writing mottoes as well as names . . . What mine was I forgot, but nay wife's was most courteous. and most fair." Along with honeyed messages, the postman will handle the usual heavy bundle of comic. cards now a feature of the observance of St. Valentine's ADMONITION The IoveIy things are quiet things; Soft falling snow, And feathers dropped from flying wings, Make no sound as they- go. A petal loosened from a rose, Quietly seeks the ground, And love, if lovely, when it goes, Goes without sound. Donaldine Canteron. "A poplar tree against the sky Uplifts the dullest cloud on high; A willow tree beside a stream Enriches every poet's dream; A spreading pine is heaven's fan To brush earth's pettiness from man". Day. Margaret Lathrop Law. MORE AND MORE, housewives are tell- log each other about the endless variety of inexpensive dishes that can be prepared from Canadian Fish and Shellfish ... dishes that fairly sparkle with appetite -appeal and make hungry husbands clamor for more: Over Go different kinds of Canadian Fish and Shellfish are available to you all year 'tound, whether fresh, frozen, smoked, can- ned, dried or pickled ... packed with deli- cious flavour and vitamins that build up glowing health and strength. Serve fish several times a week. Try the other grand- tasting recipes contained in the new frac Fish Recipe Booklet. Department of Fisheries, Ottawa. ,?adios. WRITE FOR FREE BOOKLET! CREAMED FISH 11.1 HOT BISCUITS Combine 11/2 cupfuls of flaked cooked or canned fish, and 2 tablespoons of chopped pimento with one cupful of medium white sauce. Season with salt, pepper and a dash of cayenne. Duke rich baking -powder biscuits, split end butter while hot, serve with creamed fish between the layers and over the top. Hot buttered asparagus is a good accompaniment, 218 Department of Fisheries, Ottawa. Please send me your free, . Booklet, sen. 100 Tempt. ing Pish Recipes". .. Name (Please print letters plainly) Address