HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1936-01-09, Page 7"THURS., JAN. 9,1936
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CLINTON
NEWS -RECORD
PAGE 7
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Edited By Mabel R. Clark
Care of Children
Household Economics'
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Runuuatioua of ReftLali
A Column. Prepared Especially for Women
But Not Forbidden to Men
)'HE' OLD NEAR AND THE NAW
I want to close the old year, Lord-
All finished like a book; -
Turn eyes from smudged and dog-
eared page,
Bar any backward look.
'*there are some scores I marked, to
pay-
- ; Some 'large—and some are small;
The grief they caused — I'm sorry
-now,
Forgive me for them all.
Then place a new book in my hand,
New pages I can read;
*And give me from it deeds to do,
. And thoughts of others' needs. •
And when it's pages I must close,
Pray, let there be no grief; •
But let my hands turn happily,
The new book's last clean leaf.
"Tlie New Year is at the door. I
wish for the stupid a little under-
standing', and for .the understanding
a little poetry. Beautiful clothes for
the women and much money for the
men. I wish a heart for the rich and
bread for the poor. And, above all,
that we iaay slander each other as
little as possible in the New Year."
The above is pretty pithy, don't
you think? Well, we clipped it from
the women's department of the Globe,
which said it had been sent in by a
• correspondent and that it was :over
one hundred years old,
Mrs.Plumptre of Toronto was el-
ected to the city council on New
Year's Day and will sit at the coun-
cil board this year. Mrs. Pltunptre
has had a good deal of experience in
public offices and was for years a
meinber of the school board.
Courtesy and Discourtesy
By Alexander Valliant
"There goes Old Russell!"
A lad of fifteen was looking from
the window, and was announcing the
passage of a village character, a man
who, while peculiar, was respected by
all who knew him for his honorable
life And Christian hearacter.
"Do you think that a courteous
way to speak of him, Mark?" his
father asked. "He is not so old, and
as he is the only man of his name
In town he needs no distinguishing
adjective. Why not call him 'Mr.
Russell', when you have occasion to
speak of him?"
Maik hung his head; he did not
know what to say.
`
I am eager to have you treat ev-
erybody with respect, Mark," contin-
ued the father. "You cannot afford.
to fail in courtesy to anyone you
meet. Your "discourteous words - do
not do so much harm to the person
to whom they are spoken as to your-
self. And courteous words have nev-
er done
ev-er.done any harm. In fact, they fre-
quently help those who hear them.
Sometimes, too, they bring an un-
looked-for reward to the speaker.
"Did you ever hear the story of
how one of the best-known men ' in
Washington got his start in life? In
1871 he was an assistant doorkeep-
er in the House of Representatives'.
One day, he overheard a stranger. ask
another doorkeeper for assistance in
finding one of the senators from
California: The doorkeeper very sur-
lily answered that it was none of his
business where the senators were;
they could be found at the other end
of the capitol.
"'But can't you help me?' the
stranger urged. 'I was sent over
here because he was seen to come
this way.'
" No, .I can't,' was the answer. 'I
have trouble enough looking after the
representatives.'
"The stranger was about to turn
away when the assistant, who had
overheard the conversation, said: "If
you are from California, you have
come a long way. I will try to help
you.'
Then he asked him to take a seat,
and hurried off in search of the
senator.
"Soon he found his man and pilot-
ed him to the Californian, who, as he
turned away, said to the courteous
doorkeeper: •
"'I wish you would call at my
hotel this evening: I want to talk to
you,'
"The card bore the name of Collis
P. Huntington, the railroad magnate.
At the interview that night he of-
fered the assistant a position at
nearly twice the salary he was re-
ceiving from the Government.
v
capable of learning to run business
as men ale, given the 'same chance:
But what I feel is that while all
publie business is supposed to ?be
run . with the one purpose of the
greatest benefit to the greatest num-
ber of citizens, this end would be
reached much sooner if women, prac-
tical, commonsence women, who are
far keener . at seeing what is for the
good of the greatest number than the
average man, had more responsibil-
ity in public affairs. Men are quick
to see what will make the biggest
show; what will be likely to get the
most votes on election day, what will
enhance the reputations of those
who are leading a project. But a wo-
man, if given a chance to study 'the
problem, can in a moment put her
finger on the thing that will, in the
end, work the most benefit to the
general public.
This is, not at all surprising. Wo-
men have been studying such prob;
hems down through the ages. When
anything is needed in the home it Is
the woman of the house who decides
upon it, andshe first of all decides
whether the new equipment will be
for the benefit of all the fam.ity
Everything about the home is done
with that end in view, the health,
the comfort, the well-being of the
family, all c eine first.
It is only when t h e govern-
ments elected by the people have the
same standard to work up to that
they will be managing the affairs of
the country as they ought to be man-
aged. And I fully believe that that
end will be reached all the sooner if
more women areelected to take the
responsibility of government.
-•REBEKAH,
I cannot help but feel that if wo-
' men had more to do with the man-
• agement of public affairs they would
be managed more for the good of
all the people and less, perhaps, for
• the good of the few.
Men, at least many of them, take
the groundthatwomen "know noth-
ing of business," and cannot be trust-
- ed
rust-•ped in places of responsibility. There
is many a business run today in al-
most any business centre which
`would not be running but for the
ability of some woman in the back-
ground. And a woman is just as
WORRY
A travelling circus had arrived at
a small village, and the local gossip-
carrier hastened out to look things
over. He found three circus hands
sitting in dejected silence.
"What's wrong?" asked the villag•
er.
"The elephant is dead," was the re-
ply
"I'm sorry, but I'm glad to see you
men thought so much of a dumb ani-
mal," the villager continued. -
"It ain't that," retorted one of the
three. "You see, we chaps has got
to dig the hole to bury him."
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Scrvice
OF THE
Gambian J'r ebirat A nnrtnttnn
MILK
Milk is such an excellent food that I
•revery reasonable precaution should
'be taken to have it pure and safe.
Milk contains so many of the food es-
sentials that it is almost a mixed diet
in itself.
Milk should form a large part of
the diet through childhood.' The pro.
tein of milk . is used to build new
tissues, and there is no better source
• of calcium (line) which is needed
for growing bones and teeth.
Milk is a desirable food at all ages.
A pint of milk a day for each mem-
ber of the family is a fair allow-
ance. Milk is a food, not a beverage,
although we receive it in liquid form.
Milk is a cheap food, and it is poor
economy to cut down ' on milk in
planning the food 'budget. _
Milk should come from healthy
cows. <It is obvious that .a Sick cow
will not produce good milk. Further-
more, there are certain diseases
which may be spread from the cow
to man, The mere important of these
diseases are bovine tuberculosis, sep-
tic sore throat and undulant fever.
Milk should be handled in a clean-
' 1Y manner by healthy persons. Many
and Life Insurance Companies in Canada.
Edited b7
GRANT FLEMING, M.D., Associate Secretar,
of the dangerousdisease germs
may
be spread by milk if milkers and oth-
ers who handle milk are either dis-
eased or careless. Impure milk ' is
frequently responsible for disease
germs., gaining entrance into the hu-
man body.
Milk can be made safe. Disease
germs are destroyed by heat. Pas-
teurization makes milk safe because
the temperature to 'which milk is
raised during pasteurization will de-
stroy any . disease germs which may
have gained entrance to themilk
from the cow or after milking.
Pasteurized, milk is safe milk and
it is the ,best kind to use. - Where
pasteurized milk cannot be bought,
home pasteurization - is possible, or
milk may be boiled or 'milk powder
used. Raw milk should not be used
in town, city or counsry because it is
practically impossible to, be sure of
the day-by-day safety of a raw milk
supply. -
Mille should be used freely by ev-
'eryone, but only pure safe milk.•
.
Questions concerning health, ad-
dressed to the Canadian Medical As-
sociation, 184 College St., Toronto,
will be answered personally by letter,
to learn' all he"could of Illinois farm
lands.
"I recently read of a man who had
a similar opportunity. He was young
and ambitious, and had long cast his
eye on a position paying twice the
salary he had been receivi.ng. If he
could only secure it, he could be fixed
for life, he thought. But there seem-
ed to be no prospect of gaining the
coveted prize. One morning, he re-
ceived.a letter from a stranger which
asked two questions,to which an ear-
ly ly reply was sought. No hint was
given why the questions were asked.
Under ordinary circumstances, the
letter would have been answered.
courteously. But that morning the
recipient had missed a train, he had
heard a bit of bad news, and he had
a headache. Thus he allowed himself
to feel resentful to the unknown cor-
respondent, although the questions
asked were perfectly proper from
one stranger to another. Giving way
to his feelings, he wrote and mailed
o reply which—two hours later—he
bitterly regretted. He heard nothing
further from his correspondent. But
some weeks after, he was informed
that the letter had been sent by a
man commissioned to seek a suitable
man for just such -a position as he
had been longing for. His name had
been so favorably considered that it
was decided to appoint him—provid-
ed the answerto a letter, the pur-
pose of which did not appear, was
satisfactory. The discourtesy of the
letter received in reply was too great
to be borne; no further consideration
was given the writer. He was pas-
sed by for another. When he learn-
ed the result of his discourtesy, he
told the story as a warning to oth-
"'My fortune was made from that
time on,' the ex -doorkeeper said, re-
cently, as he told the story to a group
of friends in his beautiful home.
"It was several years later — in
1874—that Francis Marion CockreIi,
who served as senator from Missouri
for thirty years, gained his first elec-
tion as the reward of a courteous
act under trying circumstances. He
had just concluded a canvass for, the
nomination to the office of governor
of Missouri.' In the convention he
was defeated by one sixth of a vote.
His,friends felt for him, They looked
to see; some expression of the keen
disappointment he must have felt.
But, to their astonishment, imme-
diately after the announcement of
the result Mr.r ll t
Cocl. a brew up iris
hat to the ceiling, and, with a ringing
shout, called for
three cheers beer for the
successful candidate. This act of
courtesy, it has been said, led to his
selection as United States Senator. -
"You have no doubt read of the
reward of the courtesy of the di-
rector of the Metropolitan Museum
of Art in New York City to an unas-
suming old gentleman whofor years,
was in the
habit of visiting the mus-
eum and asking questions as to the
methods and conduct of the institu-
Hon. He was particularly insistent
In requesting information regarding
its financial affairs. Sometimes the l••
questions seemed intrusive; they must;
have become quite monotonous, as
the questions were asked quite often,'
But the director aanewered with un-
varying courtesy. At length the cur-
ious visitor died. When his will was
opened it was found that he had left
the bulk of his enormous estate to
the,museuni.
"That experience reminds ' me of
the conductor . on the Chicago and.
Alton Railway who once carried a j
passenger, who asked all manner of
questions about the farm lands ad-
jacent to• the railway line. The con-
ductor answered as fully as lie could.
Again ,and again, he found the man
on his train. Always he asked ques-
tions; always he was courteously ans-
wered; Then he- was Seen no. more.
After some. time, a letter came for
the conductor!, containing one thous-
and dollars, - a . letter of thanks - for
valuable information given to an
investor who had used. the conductor
experience came to me at a time
when I could best stand the disap-
pointment: And I shall see to it that
the mistake is never repeated. -
"Now, Mark;" the father concluded,
"I have not repeated these stories to
make you feel that we should be
courteous simply because itmay pay
us well; or that we should avoid dis-
courtesy because it may bring disas-
ter to our plans or loss to our poc-
kets. Weare to be courteous—not
in a coldly calculating way -but be-
cause courteous treatment is due ev-
erybody we meet. I learned my les-
son when I was about your age.
Won't you let me pass it on?"
Digestibility of Cheese
Cheese is made easier of digestion
by combining it with other foods.
When eaten' with -bread, or other
starchy food, such as potato or.
macaroni,it forms one of the most
satisfactory food combinations and
one which will not be difficult of
digestion for most people. If eaten
at the end of a heavy meal, as is
common custom, it may tax the di-
gestive organs, but if eaten as the
main dish at a meal which is finish-
ed with a light dessert, it is not
likely to cause any digestive distur-
bance.
When used in cooking,care should
be taken that the cheese is not heat-
ed to too high a temperature, as
heat will toughen protein foods and
make them harder to digest. Cheese
is very thoroughly digested. It is
all, or nearly all, used by the body
to build new tissues and to provide
energy for the body to do its work,
and for older boys and girls, as well
as adults„ it is one of the best mus-
ers, and said: 'I am thankful that the cle builders. •
OUR RECIPES FOR TODAY
We are getting away from the rich foods of the Christmas sea-
son. Here are a couple calling for eggs and cheese which you may
fancy:
SWISS EGG TOAST
Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a shallow or flat dish, and sprin-
kle over it 1% tablespoons of grated cheese; then break into the but-
ter 3 eggs, taking care not to break the yolks. Sprinkle well with
salt and pepper and 11tablespoons grated cheese mixed with 2 tea-
spoons finely chopped parsley. Bake in the oven until the eggs are
set, then cut each egg out round with a cutter, and serve on rounds
of toast.
BAKED EGGS WITH CHEESE
6 egg whites
6 egg yolks, unbroken.
Salt and pepper
6 tablespoons grated hard cheese.
Whip the egg whites until stiff, fold in the grated cheese. Ar-
range the mixture in six piles on a greased baking platter or in in-
dividual baking dishes. Make a hole in the centre of each pile and
in these holes place the egg yolks, unbroken. Sprinkle with salt and
pepper. Bake in a slow oven (325 to 350 degrees F.) until delicate-
ly browneir. Serve each pyramid on a round of toast.
CRANBERRIES -
It is a mistake to suppose that Cranberries can only be eaten
with turkey or goose. Here are a number of ways of cooking Cran-
berries, t h e following not even cooked, . combined with ap-
ple, which your family may like at any time:
2 cup cranberries
1 orange
1 apple.
• Wash and remove any stems from cranberries, quarter and re-
move core from apple but donotpeel. pee . Cut orange in sections and
remove seeds, but not do peel—put all through a coarse cutter on
the meat chopper. Add 1 cup sugar, stir well. This is better if al-
lowed several days to "ripen." -
Before fowl or rich meat as a
main dish try:
CRANBERRY
COCKTAIL
2 cups cranberries
3 cups water -
1 orange
1, cup sugar
Cover cranberries with water and cook until all are broken,
strain through a coarse sieve,•add sugar and bring to a boil. Cool
and add juice of the orange. Serve very cold. Ginger ale may be
added just before serving.
CRANBERRY APPLE COCKTAIL
•
Peel and cut apples in one-half inch dice, cover with above cran-
berry mixture and allow to stand one hourbefore serving.
CRANBERRY SAUCE (Quick Method)
4 cups cranberries
11,6 cups sugar
2 cups water
Boil sugar and water five minutes. - Add cranberries and boil
until all the skins break (usually five minutes is sufficient). This
makes a thick jellied sauce. - - . -
CRANBERRY. APPLES v
1 cup cranberries
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
6 apples
Cover cranberries with water and cook until broken, press
through a coarse sieve. Add sugar, bring to a boil, and apples peel-
ed, cored and cut in eighths. Cook very slowly until apples are clear
and have absorbed the juice. Cool and serve with whipped cream
as a dessert. Use apples which do not break up in cooking. .Spy,
pose,
DeIiesous, Russet or Tolman Sweet are good varieties for this pur-
• -
THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing You. Their Songs—Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful
and Ins piring
WRAITH FLOWER
This is the place, With sorrow I re-
call '
How she would teach the ivy where
to creep
And clothe the roses snugly for their
sleep •-
With leopard leaves she gathered in
the Fall.
What joy was ours! Delphiniums!
The tall
Blue spikes laughed back at Time where
now I weep:
My tears have fallen till the pool is
deep,
My ears have strained intently for
her call.
Death stilled her voice. The blooms
all pined and died.
Some say she walks the garden
through the night
And sadly shakes her head and flits
away;
Some say she turns and pauses
where I cried:
But this I know. When each new
moon is white,
A wraith -bud opens there and fades
at day.
Cecil Gordon Scott in' The Cana-
dian Bookman.
. Lost to public view, -
Where there's sacrifice and strife,
And devotion true.
Beauty in a thousand ways,
Varied in its style,
Blesses till our common days, '
Makes life well worth while..
Beauty's found in flowers from seeds
And" in conduct, noble deeds.
—John E. Smith.
WE THANK THEE LORD
We thank Thee, Lord; for just the
common things,
The little joys each passing day we
find.
The cheery smile, the friendly 'word
that sings
Adown the clays, and makes the
old world kind. '
For early dawns, so glorious, calm
and still,
Where myriad diamonds sparkle as
we pass,
And thousand buds burst forth with
life athrill.
As Spring in trailing robes, comes
o'er the grass.
We thank Thee Lord, for things of
every day;
The sprouting grain, the ripened
golden field,
Seed time and harvest own Thy
gracious sway
Whose hand alone can give the
promised yield.
For shadowing purple woods, neath
sunset skies
Where night birds call in quiet
notes and clear.
While from Day's Altar flowers' in-
cense rise
As night descends, dear Lord and
Thou art near.
—Written for the Journal -Argus by
Elizabeth A. Vining.
GIVE SIMPLE BLESSINGS
The Following Prayer is to be found
in Chester Cathedral, Chester,
England)
"Give me a good digestion, Lord,
And also something to digest;
Give me a healthy body, Lord,
And sense to keep it, at its best.
Give me a healthy mind,good Lord,
To keep the pure and good in sight,
Which seeing sin is not appalled,
But finds the way ta'set it right.
"Give nie a mind that is not bored,
That does not whimper, whine or
sigh;
Don't let me worry overmuch
About that fussy thing called
"Give me a sense of humour, Lord,
Give me the grace to see a joke,
To get some happiness in life
And pass it on to other folk."
•
BEAUTY
You may find it everywhere;
With a seeing eye,
All about you, here and there,
Distant and close by;
In the shrubs and trees and flowers,
And the grass so green;
In the rainbow, after showers,
Splendors are there seen.
Ever; always beauty lurks
To be seen in Nature's works.
On the surface, it is found,
There we see it lie,
At our feet,upon the ground,
Also in the sky.
li the desert, wide outspread,
Inswamp and meadow -lea,
Beauty lifts its lovely head
For the eyes that see.
Hidden in the wilderness
Beauty shines in loveliness,
In domestic, quiet life,
A PRAYER
Oh, when my hour is come, if so •
Thou wilt,
Let the sweet blossoms of the bough
of love
Hang o'er my becl. But, howsoe'er
it be,
Thro' the night watches, till - the
birds awake -
Their said importunate music, till the
morn.
Pale on the pane, oh, let nye wait for
God!
Gently, my Saviour! Stand 'beside
the door;
Gently, my' Saviour! Through the
lattice glide;
Dip my life's leaves, adust with
thought and care,
In sacramental clews ' and make -
them gold.
Rest over me in love, 0, pierced One!
Smile on me' sadly .through my mist
of sin;
Smile on me sweetly from Thy crown
of thorns.
As the dawn looketh on the great
dark hills,
As the hills dawn -touched on the
great dark sea,
Dawn on my heart's great darkness,
Prince of Peace!
William Alexander, late Archbishop
of Armagh.
CRITICISM
"Its easy enough to pick out the
flaws
In the work that others have clone;
To point out the errors that others
Imave made,
When your own task you haven't
begun.
It is easy enough to fuss and find
fault
When others are doing their best,
To sneer at the little that they hove
achieved,
When you have done nothing but
rest.
It's easy enough to cavil and carp,
To criticize, scoff and deride,
For few of us ever have done perfect
work
No matter how hard we have tried.
It is easy enough not to speak of
the best,
And to dwell all the time on the
worst;
And perhaps it is proper sometimes
to find fault,
But be sure that you've done some-..
thing first"
. THE SHELL
And then I pressed the shell
Close to my ear
And listened well,
And straightway like a bell
Came low and clear .
The slow, sad murmur of the distant
seas,
Whipped by an icy breeze
Upon a shore
Wind-swept and desolate.
It was a sunless strand that never
bore
The footprint of a man,
Nor felt the weight
Since time. began
Of any human quality or stir
Save that the dreary winds and waves
incur, ,
And in the hush of waters was the
sound
Of pebbles rolling round
Forever rolling with a hollow sound.
And bubbling sea -weeds as the wat-
ers go
Swish to and fro - -
Their long, cold tentacles of slimy
grey. •
There was no day,
Nor - even came a' night '
Setting the stars alight
To wonder at the moon; .
Wastwilightonly and the frightened
croon,
Smitten to whimpers; of, the dreary
wind
And : waves that journeyed blind—
And,then I loosed any ear ... Oh, it
was sweet
To linear a cart go, jolting clown , the
street. -
:-James Stephens