HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1939-03-09, Page 7HURS.,.':111ARCH 9, 1939
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS
HEALTH ,
COOKING
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THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometithes
Gay, Sometimes Sad—But Always Helpful
and Inspiring.
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• WHY EDITORS GET GREY
:The editor sat in his uneasy chair
.With scissors and :paste at his
right
., Before him lay manuscripts.
. Tearing his hair,
He started a terrible fight;
- A. friend sent a poem. 'Twos terrible
. stuff,
• With meters and rhymes out of
tune.
..A 'good old .subscriber sent in a .,sig
puff
. For a friend. Well, we didn't have
room.
. There was rantings of brain storms,
that didn't make sense,
By those who would see it in print.
.' And, oh what a time to pat- up a
defense,
Without the offense of a hint.
-. A new faint relief plan came in from
the' West, i
'Would solve agricultural woes, • i
. Political discord was found• in the
rest;
'Would turn erstwhile friends into
foes.
Commending the government's plans
now'in vogue;
Commending them also in terms
'That made every officer out a big
rogue.—
That's why the poor editor squirms.
::You've got to please every one.
How can it be?
Well, this is the way 'trust be
done,
Use scissors and paste and blue pen-
cil, you see—
And , a big waste basket and gun.
FROSTED PANE
A tapestry of winter blurs the pane,
Its crystal fabric delicate and cool,
Its woven patterns quaintly beautiful.1
.Here unseen fingers deftly trace and
stain ,
Pine-erested hills and white untrod-
den plain;
_ And here, so frail a breath might
break the open,
Bloorn elfin gardens, fair as asphodel,
. Designed by ancient crafts of frost'
and rain.
0 magic weaver, I would have one
thread
To bind this passing beauty to my
heart,
. So, when you draw the curtain and
depart,
Its imagery may be reflected there;
For these starred pictures have inter-,
preted 1
That winter is a craftsman of the
fair.
SONG OF THE RYE
I WAS :to be eaten,
And not to be drank;.
To be threshed in a barn,
Not soaked in a tank.
I come as a blessing ,
When put through a niill;-
As a blight and a curse
When run through a still.
Make me up into loaves,
And your children are fed;
But if into drink,
I'll starve them instead.
In bread I'm a servant,
The eater ehall rule,
In drink, I am master,
The drinker a fool,
MY DESIRE
0 Saviour to be near Thee
To live for Thee alone
My heart, my soul inspiring
Thy love to have and hold.
That I may give to others
The light Thou gav'st to me
That I may help the fallen
And bring them back to Thee.
A word of kindness given
A smile to cheer the way •
A hand to guide Thy children
Who from Thy path would stray
A heart of understanding
As soul of purity
To be with Thee forever
0 Lord. To be with Thee.
—Charles Fotheringhani
PRAYER OF A SPORTSMAN
Dear Lord, in the battle that goes
on in life,
1 ask but a field that is fair,
A chance that is equal with all in
the strife,
A courage to strive and to dare;
And if I should win, Iet it be by the
code,
With my faith and my honor }veld
1. high,
And if I should lose, let me stand
by the road
And cheer as the winners go by.
And, Lord, may my shout be un-
grudging and clear,
A tribute that comes from the
heart,
And let me not cherish a snail or
a sneer.
Or play Tiny snivelling part.
Let me say, "There they ride on
whom laurel's: bestowed
Since they played the game better
than 1."
Let me stand, with a smile, by the
- side of the road -
And cheer as the winners go by.
So grant me to conquer, if conquer
, I can,
By proving my worth die the fray,
But .teach me •ta lose like a regular
man
And not like a craven, I pray,
Let Inc take off my bat to the war-
riors who, strode
To victory splendid and. high.
Yes, ,leach me to stand by the side
of the road`
And cheer as the, winners go by.
William Lyons,Phelps.
A WINTER MORNING
Oh, I'll not work this morning, . t
The dust will have to .stand„
For I've a dale thiel will not wait
In lovely fairyland.
And so I'll go a walking dawn
A silver spangled street,
With crystal chandeliers above
And diamonds 'heath my feet.
Should I postpone my walking
To dust, and make my bed,
Fairies won't wait, I'd be too late,
And I would walk instead
Adownaand •s10 street
Wet pPy sireet,
Within a sloppy town,
Where leafless trees stand in a row,
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Their tear drops falling dawn.
, Evelyn Elizabeth Peac :4k.
—Elizabeth Donaldson.
CIIILDREIN of all ages
thrive on ."-CR OWN-•
BRAND', CORN SYRUP.
They never tire of itsldelici:
cue flavor and it really is so •
good for them --so give the
children '.'CROWN BRAND'.:
every day.
Leading pphysidaIS ppro.
trounce 'CROWN BRAND"
' CORN SYRUP a most satis-
factory carbohydrate -to .use
as a milk modifier in the
feeding of tiny infants and
as an energy producing food
for growing children.
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DISHONESTY
"Honesty is the best policy"a We
can go back to the days of our child-
hood when we were taught that.
Times 'when perhaps our parents
found us out, in telling what was
not true and where they took time
to.tell us 'the folly of being dishonest.
People claim that children all pass
through that stage. Perhaps they do,
but do paxenitp realize that their
treatment of their children at such
a time may be the means of making
them honest or •dishonest for the rest
of their lives. At times children are
so treated in their early years that
they are afraid to tell the truth for
fear of the consequences, and in-
stead of being led by kindness to tell
what is true their little minds are se
troubled, when they know they will
not be found out.. This is really a
testing time for them, a time when
parents can either make dr mar their
future. Parents! .Think seriously of
this.
Many of us have been . thankful
that as children we were taugli
right from wrong for as we in later
years mingled with the world we
carie to realize just what a contemp-
table -thing it is to be dishonest.
A feeling of distrust comes into
our minds as we deal with those who
do not think the truth; for after all
dishonesty takes root in thought and
this thought when once expressed
becomes a series of lying words and
actions. If one lie is told it must
be followed by others to cover it 'up
until at last the ordinary "rind can-
not think up enough lies to straight-
en up the first one, The end of
the whole thing is that the series
is found out and we are left in dis-
grace.
Strange as it may seem lying is
one- of the hardest things to blot out
of the memory of other people, for
lying people are never fully trusted.
Dishonesty will form itself into a
besetting sin if allowed to become
part of our lives. There is only one
way to overcome it. Hand it
over to Jesus. He alone can help us.
There is no sin or habit too deep
rooted to overcome with IIis help, and.
He has freely promised us His aid.
George Washington said "1 hope T
shall always possess firmness . and
virtue enough to maintain what I
consider the most enviable of all
titles, the character of an honest
man". We should like to appear to
be honest so let us try to be all
that we seem to be. One day a boy
was delivering groceries atthe home
of a man for whom he had a great
deal of respect as a leader of young
people. As he approached the house.
be heard loud heated words and re-
cognized the man's voice. It took the
boy years to get over the thought
that the nein was living a dishonest
life. He was showing the good side
to the world but to those who were
nearest and dearest to him he was
leading an altogether different life.
Recently we' have been reading of
the many means by which courts of
justice have been devising means of
compelling criminals to tell the truth.
Isn't, it a terrible state of affairs
when such means have to be resorted
to? That condition is the result of
the first lie. The person involved
has become powerless in his own
Strength to tell the truth. People
say they cannot help being dishonest.
Yes, they can help it with God's
strength. Jesus may be leading us
to help them to overcome it. God
has brought many back to him who
were far sunk in sin and He can
bring anyone who is inclined to tell
What is net true to an understanding
of the sin of lying.
There is , on old legend of lying
which states that falsehood slunk up
to Noah in the form, of a lizard and
asked to be admitted into. the ark, He.
went out, and bought sin, what con-
sented to. take ,the form of a . lizard
and go in with him, provided that
they should' never separate. Sin and
lying, have been 'toegther since the
beginning of the world. It began in
the gardens of Eden.. The` fact :that
dishonesty is sa prominent does not
'mean that it is necessary for \us to
have any part in it. Have we ever
sent anyone to the door cr telephone
to say we were net in when we were?
We are not only lying ourselves but
we are trying to induee'others to do
the same thing. _
All dishonesty, of course, is not
lying in speech, although it began
with the same thought. We may be
dishonest in our daily work. We may
weigh our goods a little light; we
may sell as fresh things which are
not strictly so. We may gain a little
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Recipes
EVERYBODY LIKES PIES s
And These Canadian Fish Pies Are
New, Unusual and Delicious
Here are pies to stick to the ribs,
to appeal to men, said to make child-
ren sit up and take notice. They
were developed by Helen Campbell,
well known food 'authority, and are
most unusual and delicious. Take
for instance the Halibut and Kidney
Pie, an adaption of a hearty standby
centuries • old, bub quite new in this
combination. Goal tor cold 'days, a
one dish meal that simplifies prep-
aration, tasty for family dinners,
something to talk about when you
have friendly company. And now that
Lent is here, the other pies mark in-
genious innovations to please, the
whole family.
HALIBUT AND KIDNEY PIE
1 lb. Canadian Halibut or
1 tin Chicken Middle
Salt and pepper
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
114 cupfuls water
1 'small onion, chopped
1 beef kidney
Baking powder biscuit dough
moostakamarmasoneezoom
YOUR WORLD AND MINE
(coppice)
by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD
CARE OF CHIX2DREN
should offer or stress his values,.
A fortnight or so ag a young man
. called on me at the suggestion of
his father. This young man, quite
6 feet tall, and very presentable, had
married a few months' previously,
When he had wrist he felt waspped a
Y.1.Y.°1Sji .PAP.'Yr'.'.1.'d'.°.'rS'Y PENPYA':'1.'h'a'.R'f1'.'N".r° AW.Pe'■Y.'.Prr dy job. But he had been dro
A friend of mine living itt England for 5 years --a weekly article for a by his employers, and for weeks he
has sent me a letter-adlter having weekly publication called "Market- had been honestly trying to find new
learned that I have recently had a' ing." Beginning this year atwork. But his way was to ask for
70th birthday. My friend says:
Now then, what about a book
on "Life Begins at 70?" 'What
are your plans? What•are your
dreams? • What feelings are in-
spired within your breast when
age work quoting his past good record
70,. I began writing each week for yet he had not .found work, I sug-
Financial Post igested to him a particular form of
Since my 70th birthday I have be-
work—one which he could do, but
gun a semi.-mo'nthiy service, in print- he would have to work on commis-
sion, and would have to find his eas-
e look upon a golden sunset, tamers by the exercise' of, his init.
or hear ; a thrush sing in the agers. I call ,this publication "Friend- Mt -lye. Literally hundreds of likely
ly Letters to Salesmen:' suggested'be
morning? 'customers for what I
Oddly enough, the thought had oc- I have a drawerful of ideas which, should sell are to be found in the
curred to me prior to the coming of in my opinion, are saleable, but to city of Toronto •-, industrial firms,
my friend's letter that I should like sell them, I would require the assist- whose names . and addresses are in
to write a book—or an article—on ante of a good salesman who would the telephone book. I tried to assure
making a beginning at age 70. (work on commission. , this young man that he could hope to
I have no assured way of making make up to $10 a day. But he lists
a living. My chief business is writ-! Not a few men call on me to in- ened with dull ears: what he wanted
ing. I have a few customers for my quire if I known of any vacant jobs was a wage -paid job --a job which
writings, but these customers may —which is : a rather absurd expects- would give him front $15 to $20 a
:ease being buyersof my' wares any tion. Vacant jobs fill up instantly. week. He lacked the courage 'to try
time. This very day—the day when When these men call on ma 1 try to the work I proposed to him. The
I am writing this contribution to plant in them my idea, which is: Do chances are that he will go on look -
The News -Record I had a long -dist- not ask for work, but offer same ing for wage -paid work—for weeks
'which in acceptance and use and weeks, without finding it; and all
once telephone call from a customer thing
who has been using a service ee mine will make the firm approached rich the while he will become dispirited,
for five years, to inform me that er. The ,man who can make others and increasingly dependent. Instead
financial necessity compelled him' to •richer is sways wanted. I of going out, on his own initiative to
cease taking this service. I am ready to concur that most seek buyers for something which
My necessities require me to be men lack the creative mind that many will buy because of its perceiv-
continually seesaw new customers; most men ere leaners. So perhaps ed value to thein this young man has
eka
Place ` the halibut on a rack, also to be creating new thing to sell. it is rather cruel when I suggest to preferred to go on seeking a wage -
sprinkle with -salt and pepper and I have to send letters to business my callers that they take money, paid job -a jab at half or a third the
firms,including newspaper publish- raking ideas or proposals M potent money he could earn in commissions.
ers, urging them to buy what I write. tai users of them Even so, the right A young man known to me joined
1 send out thousands of letters int idea for all wails -seekers is to prop- a firm of furniture removers as a
the aggregate, and may not get back ase themselves as profit makers' or repair man — to repair furniture
enough money to pay the casts of expense -savers to all on whom they
stationery, envelopes, typing and call seeking work. This way of go- damaged in transit. Immediately he
postage. My prospects aro scattered ingabout the business of finding a became a salesman as well as a re=
all over Canada and the United job is vastly better than going about pair man: He suggested to firms
"Have you a vacancy?" whose office furniture was being
States. It is hard indeed to get the' eying,
attention of persons to whom ane i When one asks this question, one is moved that it should be polished,
sends his proposals, under 1 -cent almost certain to get a 'no' answer. Thus he made more work for himself
postage. ' iIa it not the height of folly to ask and more money for his employers,
I a question which will get a negative He said to me that he has not had a
It may interest niy readers if I, answer when one is seeking work, single half-day off in his twelve
tell them about some of the things years with his employ4rs• In this
which I sell, and try to sell. I am going to assume that most time, he has advanced himself in
Five years ago I began the proles -1 Persons seeking employment .believe status and pay—always by the prat -
tion of a small leaflet publication that they can be useful to any firm tree of initiative,
which . bears the name "Profitable which will employ them. So the right
cook over boiling water until tender,
6 to 10 minutes, depending on the
thickness. Separate into flakes. Wash
and Bp/et the kidney, remove the core
and membrane and cut into sections.
Cover with cold, salted• water and
let stand for half an hour. Drain
and cook in the butter for two or
Three minutes. Add the flour and
cook from 2 to 3 minutes Ionger,
stirring frequently until nicely
browned. Add the water, chopped
onion and seasonings, cover and aim-
for,15 minutes. Add the flaked hali-
but end turn the mixture into a deep
baking dish. Roll baking powder
dough to one-third-ineh.ehiclatess, cut
with a medium nutter and place
biscuits on top of the mixture in the.
baking dish. Bake in a hat•; oven
Retailing". Its contents are addres-; idea is: let the work -seeker ponder. A bookkeeper getting $18 a week
sed to retailers and are designed to' long on this question: If Smith wanted $20, and his employers let
(450 degrees F.) until the biscuits give them counsels on how to operate Brothers. employ mo, what can I do him go rather than pay him $20. This
are risen and nicely browned. Pour a retail store for profit. This pub -I to be worth the wage they will pay man took accountancy exar'ninations,
to five servings. Smoked haddock lication is produced monthly. Toime, and more than my wage? Then, and three years later his old em -
may be used in place of halibut. date I have produced 77 issues. This when this work -seeker calls on players re-engaged his; at $2500 a
Publication has been bought by over Smith Brothers, he should talk about year. He had increased his values,
35 publishers of daily and weekly, how he can be worth while employ- and he sold his values: _�he did not
newspapers for distribution by them ing; he should not ask for work, but ask, "Have you a vacancy."
among local retailers, this as a ges-1
ture of goodwill, and also to persuade _
retailers to advertise in the local esNAps1.40i cult.
newspaper.
Then I write these "Your World Ss
Mine" articles—and have been doing
so for 4 years. _
I write—and have been doing so
COD AND CRUMB PIE
1% lbs. Cod fillets
iA Ib. mushrooms (cut in pieces)
2 cups milk
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sante
Fresh bread crumbs
4 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons flour
Salt and pepper
2 eggs r -
Butter
drain and separate into flakes. Place
:Broil or steam the eod until tender,
in a buttered caserole. Melt butter,.
add the mushrooms and cool:" two or
three minutes, Stir. in the flour and
cook until blended. Gradually add
the milk, and cook, stirring constant -
ler until the` mixture is thick and
smooth. Season with salt, pepper
and Worcestershire sauce. Add a
little of the hot .mixture to the well
beaten eggs, return to the saucepan
and cook for one minute, stirring
constantly.. Pour this sauce over the
flaked fish, cover with bread crumbs
and dot with butter. Bake in a hot
av,n (450 degrees F.) for 13 minutes.
by measuring our cloth even a trifle
short, etc. This applies not only to
those in business but to every walk
of life. We may get away with that
sort of thing on Earth, but earthly
people will not always sit in judge-
ment on us. In the final analysis we
will stand before a Righteous Judge
and then we will account for our
dishonesty.
Abraham Lincoln once stated: "If
in your judgement you cannot be an
honest lawyer, resolve, to be honest
without being a lawyer." It is no
wonder hewas called "Honest Abe".
One of the essential rules of our
lives should be to put honesty in all
its forms first. There is only one
ho can keep us honest and that Is
Jesus Christ.
"Make sure .of truth
And that will make you sure;
It will not shift, nor fade, nor die,
But like the . Heavens endure
Man and his Earth
y y.
Are varying day.by da,
Truth cannot change, nor ever grow
Feeble, and aid and gray."
"P130"
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Sex servings.
-CORN AND SALMON PIE
Lie cups flaked Canadian
salmon.
1 cup medium white sauce
Salt and pepper to taste
2 cups mashed or rived potatoes
1 cup) corn
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
(if desired.)
Combine the flaked salmon, corn
and white sauce. Add the lemon juice
and seasonings and mix thoroughly
but lightly} Line :the bottom and
sides of a buttered baking dish with
mashed potatoes and turn the salmon
and corn mixture into the centre.
Cover with mashed potatoes and bake
in a moderate. oven (375-400 degrees
P.) for 20 to 30 minutes. A rich
white sauce, to vihich chopped, hard -
cooked eggs have been added, may be
served with this if desired. Six
servings.
PILCHARD AND VEGETABLE
PIE
1 'vain of pilchards
1 cup cooked or canned peas
Salt and pepper,
1 cup cooked diced celery
11 cups medium white sauce
Mashed potatoes'
Drain the oil from the pilchards,
remove the dark skin and separate
into large pieces. Arrange alternate
layers of the pilchards, Celery' and
peas in a buttered baking dish, seas-
oning with salt and pepper- Pour,
the white sauce over all and cover
roughly with mashed potatoes. Dot
with butter, and bake for 20 or 30
minutes in, a hot even (400 degrees
F.). Six servings.
PICTURE TRIMMING
Trimming improves many pictures. Select
best part --have it enlarged, with remain-
der masked out. One picture may contain
many, as sketches at right show. Expert•
rent with your pictures, find composi-
tion you like best—then enlarge.
T1131 effectiveness of a picture
often depends on its proportions
in relation to the natural composi-
tion of the subject. Snapshots made
With the same camera are necessari-
ly the same shape -but that does
not mean that the exact proportions
produced by the camera are the best
for each picture.
Sometimes a picture will look bet-
ter if portions on •the sides are
trimmed away, leaving a long, nar-
rowpaneI. in other eases, a vertical
picture may be improved if It is
trimmed down to a horizontal shape.
And often, a picture is best if it is
cut almost square.
Don't accept your pictures just
as they come from the camera. Try
this., Cut two L-shai)ed pieces of
white cardboard, and use them as
movable masks over your prints,
Move the two L -masks about, ex-
cluding various parts of the picture,
and errperimenting with different
shapes. You are likely to find one
shape which is lust right for the sub
feet. And you may find •that there
are two or three attractive, well-
composed pictures in one not -so -
good snapshot.
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Frequently, you will !end that the
"heart" of a picture—the real plc•
tune—is just a small part of the
whole. in that case, trim out the
essential part, and have an enlarge-
ment made,using it as, a guide.
Generally, a subject with strong
horizontal lines, such as an open
landscape, calls for a horizontal plc-
ture. 0u the other hand, a picture
with strong vertical lines, such as
a forest scene with• tall straight
tree -trunks; calls for a vertical pie -
tura Watch this point when yon are
taking .ahapshots. If a subject is heat
suited to a vertical picture, hold the
camera in the vertical "taking"
Wien. Again, if the subject looks
best in a horizontal composi,(ion,
take it that way. With this method
you will not need to trim your prints
so severely to make them perfect.
°Sten, by trimming to a different
shape, the Whole atmosphere and
"feel" of a picturecaa be changed.
Try it—and when trimming brings
out a really outstanding picture,
have an enlargement made so than
the picture can be enjoyed in a mora
comfortable, easy -to -view size.
223 John van Guilder