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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1936-04-23, Page 7` 1IURS., APRIL 23, 1936 TITE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Health Cooking PAGE 7 Edited by Rebekah. • TEA 311 •- RuillatIullg: of Re6etaV A Column •Prepared', Especially for Women- But Not Forbidden to Men FRIENDS AND FLOWERS I would rather have one little rose From the garden of,' a friend ' Than have the choicest flowers • When my stay on earth must end. I would rather have.a pleasant word In kindness sent to nie, ' Tham flattery when my heart is stil- led • And this life has ceased to be. • I would rather have a loving smile Frew: friends I knoware true, 'Than tems ,shed around my casket `When this world I've bid adieu. Bring me all the flowers today my friends Whether pink, white or reel. I'd rather have one blossom now Than a truck load when I'm dead. A company of women were talking the other day when one remarked that she didn't want any flowers on her casket when she was dead. I said I diel; that I should like to think that someone thought enough of the to want to lay a few flowers on tidy tomb. But the other lady was' ein- phatie about it. She did not wish one single bloom. "If anyone wants to give me flowers let then give them to me now," she said. "I shall not care when I'm not here to enjoy them." Then we chifted into a discussion of the way many an one is neglected while he or she lives; no particular attention is paid to theses they may be lonely, discouraged, ill and suffer- ing. That is when they need a bit of attention from their friends. But we are all so busy; we all have so many things to do; we have so little time to care for the welfare of oth- 'eis. Then someone dies. We are shocked. We had not thought that this -maid come so soon. We per-: haps heap up the casket of dur dead friend with flowers to ease Our con - ••,sciences that we neglected him or Mos 41111111111L her when alive. • The ladywho doesn't want flowers on her casket is not the sort who for- gets. She is the one who remembers those in trouble and loneliness and goes to them. She carries her flow- ers to the living. And really, it does seems much more sensible. A. few flowers on a casket helps to take away the bare tragedy of it, and I should be sorry to discourage the custom of sending flowers, although in many cases it is overdone. But the habit of send-: ing or carrying flowers to the living should become more conation. Care of Children Household Economics CONTRIBUTIONS FUNDAMENTALS What makes a home? I asked my little boy, And this is Whathesaid: "You, Mother, and when Father conies, Our table :set all shiny, And my bed; And Mother, I think it's home , . Bel:ause we love each other." Yon who are 'old and- wise, What would you say - 1f you were asked the question? Tell me, prey!• And simply, as a little child, the old Wise ones can answer nothing more. A- man, a woman and a child, Their love) warm as the gold hearth - fire Along the floor; A. table and a lamp for light, Smooth white beds at night. The old sweet fundamental, things. And long ago I learned Home may be near, home may be far, But it is anywhere that love And a few plain household treasures are —Grace Noll Crowell. Do you know anyone who is dis- couraged, whose life is rather hard and lnitndru n and who is not likely to have many flowers? Well, set your brains to work and think up some really good excuse for taking some to him or her. It will clo more good than anyone can readily imagine. Then somebody suggested that it would not beamissto bestow a bou- quet of praise occasionally 'upon our friends. This has to be done with dis- cretion, of course. We don't seen able to stand too much praise. We are apt to "become too conceited. AI - though I believe that where one per- son is spoiled by too much praise, a dozen never really achieve their best work from a lack of it. We are so very careful of our words of Praise, one would think them very precious, that they cost us a lot. And they do. But our tongues are loosened when people are gone from this sphere. We then recall all the virtues of the de- parted and we delight in singing their praises. While, as Browning says, "their few faults are shut up like dead flowerlets." This old world would be a happier place in which to live if we were ail a little more generous -with our bon- quets both of speech and' of flowers, to the living. Don't you think so,. dear readers of this page? • --REBEKAH, teal& Service Ottaabian tt OF THE edtrttl.1ssortatian and Life Insurance Companies in Canada. Edited by • GRANT FLEMING, M.D., Associate Secretar+, COMFORT i the foot as otherwise the toes are. Despite the ever-increasing use of forced back with each step that is 'the motor' car as a means of trans -I taken, the joint of the big toe suffer- :portation, we are still largely depen-ling 'particularly. Short shoes are •dent upon our legs and our feet to the common eause of bunions. Un- 'carry us from place to place: Uponi Less this same big toe joint is to 'their feet too rests the entire body escape unreasonable .pressure, the weight of thatvast host of workers i shoe must be as deep as the joint, who must stand throughout their _Corns and clalouses are caused by working hours, irritation, due to pressure or rub- Personal comfort an d efficiency bing. Shoes which are either too •depend, to a considerable extent, at tight or too loose may be responsible. least far many people, upon the con- The same results come from socks dition of their legs and feet, The and stockings which are so tight as. 'bones of the feet are like a pile of to exert pressure, or so -loose as to jointed blocks held, in place by mus- get into creases, cies and ligaments.. If the bones are The most common cause of tired pushed out of place, the feet ceaselegs is varicose veins. In other cases, to function adequately as supports or the feet are responsible. It is .:not flexible - carriers, and -trouble will that bunions,corns, callouses or tired likely result. !legs are serious in that they will As parts of the body, the feet have any effect upon longevity or the may suffer -from general disorders occurrence of disease, but rather, the which attack the body.' The extra amount of 'discomfort for which they strain imposed by an overweight body are responsible makes then impor- may be the cause of 'foot.'trouble. tint. While this is true, most of the dir- Varicose veins may be corrected by ficulties come from' the direct misuse early treatment. .Proper care may, or abuse of the feet themselves. ;at least, prevent them from becoming Despite the nudist cult, we belong worse. Various treatments may give to' a civilization that clothes -itself.. some relief for the feet, but in no The bathing -beaches, however, reveal case can: there be any real recovery to all the fact that feet are of many; unless the cause of. the trouble is different kinds and shapes. The man='removed and the feet treated fairly mer in which our feet•are clothed is by being clothed in sheet and stock- Important because of the discomfort Ings which fit, which' follows upon the wearing Of Questions eoncerning health, ad shoes and stockings which do not fit dressed to the Canadian Medical As- •• our feet. I sociation, 184 College.St.,• Toronto, The shoe needs to be longer than I will be answered personally by letter. i/E cup cold water and sugars= 1 cup molasses Butter and spices. Butter a balcing dish; put on the bottom a layer of sliced Canadian- grown apples, and over the apples a layer of stale grated bread crumbs, just thick enough to cover the layer of apples and add little lumps of butter, sugar, and a pinch of cloves, allspice, and cinnamon. Then begin again with another layer of apples, followed by a layer of crumbs, .and so on until the dish is filled, ending With a th layer a er of crumbs and t lumps of butter. With a knife make a space on four sides between the dish and the pudding, and pour in a Y2 cup of molasses and a % cup of cold water. sweetened with sugar Smooth the spaces over,, and set the dish in a pan of boiling water and bake until the apples are; tender and the crumbs slightly brown. Serve with cream or with lemon pudding sauce. During housecleaning time' th e housewife is often too busy to spend much time planning meals, and still they are very important if the whole family, including the housewife, is to be properly fortified to meet the daily tasks. Isere are come cheese recipes. easy to prepare, tasty and nourish- ing: Cheese Souffle 1' cups milk - % cup granulated tapioca 1 teaspoon salt 11 cup grated cheese 'f teaspoon mustard 4 eggs Heat milk in double boiler. Acrd tapioca and salt, and cook until clear, stirring occasionally. Add cheese and mustard and stir until blended. Remove 'front fire. Beat in egg yolks, one at a time. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour into buttered baking dish three-quarters frill. Place dish in pan of hot water. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees P.) until firm and lightly browned— about rownedabout 40 minutes. Serve hot. Tomato and Cheese Rarebit 3 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons flour 2 tablespoons chopped onion 2 cups grated cheese 2 cups canned tomatoes • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce Dash of cayenne Salt and pepper. Cook chopped onion slowly in the butter. Stir in flour. Gradually add tomatoes and seasonings, and coots until mixture thickens. Add grated cheese, When cheese is melted serve on toast or crackers. If desired, the tomatoes may be strained or 11/2 cups tomato juice may be used. Celery and Cheese Casserole '3 tablespoons butter 8 tablespoons flour 12 cups milk Salt and pepper 1 cup grated cheese 1 tablespoon grated onion 1 cup cooked spaghetti (or diced potatoes), 2 cups diced_ celery i/ cup. buttered •crumbs,. Melt butter, blend in flout and add milk gradually, stirring constantly, Cools until 'thick. Add salt, pepper and grated cheese. Beat until cheese is melted. Combine spaghetti, celery, onion with sauce. Place in buttered casserole, and cover with crumbs. Bake in a moderately hot oven (375 degrees F.) until crumbsare brown- ed—about 20 minutes. ' • And' before the apple season is ov- es yet, nigh+ like to try the follow- nausage and Fried Apples Prick the -sausage well with a fork: Place inn -deep frying pan; pour in enough boiling water to cover the bottom; cover and cook over a mod- erate fire. When the water evapor- ates, remove cover and turn the sans- ages several tines se that they may be nicely browned. Turn onto a plat ter, Core a number of .large tart Canadian -grown apples. Cut thein in rings an inch thiels and 'fry in the sausage fat,. Garnish the sausage with apples and serve, Bretvtt Betty- 1 largerated bread crumbs cup g 0 or,'8 sliced Canadian grown ap- pies Shepherd's Ple - This old favorite is fine dish for housecleaning time: Butter an earthen baking dish and line the sides and bottom to the depth of 11/2 'inches with hot mashed potatoes. Season with finely chopped onion or chives, one tablespoonful to two cups mashed potatoes. Fill cen- tre with chopped left -over cold beef. Moisten with brown or cream sauce, to which add 1 tablespoonful minced parsley and onion juice. Cover with a layer of the potato mixttu•e, snake several openings in top of pie, and brush top over with beaten egg dil- uted with milk. Bake its oven until heated through and well brownest. Serve hot in the baking dish or un - mould in hot platter. Surround with sauce and sprinkle with paprika, House Fly is a Public Enemy and Should be Exterminated With the advent of Spring conies' the menace of the houses fly—which may correctly be termed Public En- emy No, 1, It is world-wide in dis- tribution and is notorious for the part it plays in _spreading such ser- ious diseases as typhoid fever, tub- erculosis, cholera, dysentery, infan- tile diarrhoea, and other dangerous epidemics. The fly breeds in filth infects itself with filth; carries germs ad and disease on its les n of filth g body and in itsintestines; and ,with these germs pollutes food, especially milk, one of the principal nutritional items in theestablishment ofthe human race, It is known that a single fly can carry as many as 500,000,000 germs on and inside its body, but, until there is active co-operation on the part of entire commtinities, includ- ing the municipal authorities and ev- ery single individual in the commun- ity, to remove filth, the main source of fly -production, the menace of the fly to human life will remain. . Canadian Macaroni Canadian macaroni with left over meat makes a palatable dish. Par- boil about 10 ounces of Canadian Mac- aroni for seven minutes . in four quarts of rapidly boiling water to which one tablespoonful of salt has. been added. Drain the macaroni, and unix it with 11/2 cups of chopped left- over meat, 3 cups of gravy, one-half onion chopped, one tablespoonful melted butter, one-half teaspoonful salt, ono -half teaspoonful pepper, and one cup grated cheese. Pour the mixture into a well -greased baking dish and cover with buttered bread crumbs. Bake for 20 minutes. Cana- dian made spaghetti may be substi- tuted for the macaroni. TREES By George Matthew Adams An American poet once wrote a lovely poem about trees—Joyce Kil- mer—and he ended it with an int - mortal statement: "Only Only God can make a tree!" And who has not read that other great poem, written near- ly 100 years ago by Geo. P. Morris, with that famous line — "Woodman, spare that tree!" For me, at least, there is no crea- tion in nature that has the personal- ity equal to that of a tree. No mat- ter what variety, 'no matter where you come, upon it there it stands in all its nobility and beauty. The graceful Elm, spreading its foliage, like a great umbrella; the Oak, sturdy and full of rugged char- acter; the Maple, dressed in its elab- orate garments that give such spread- ing shade; the Locust that reaches with its oriental, slender limbs far and far toward the sun and with its lovely waxen flowers in the ,Spring- time. Then there are the mighty varieties of pines, the lacy and deli- cate Hackmatack, the mighty Hem- lock, the Red pine with its marveI- ous needles, the glorious, slender, ar- istocratic White Birches, the Syca- more with its creamy and brown coat of bark and its olive leaves and cur- ious, though beautiful, structure. Then there is the old Apple tree- the boys' delight! How brave it is, as its years accumulate, and it sends out its shoots, for air and life— struggling to live and to give. I could go on and name scores of other friends of the - city and of the forest—mute evidence of the Crea- tor's' love of trees. The paper, from which this news- paper was made, was once a tree. Each issue of a great metropolitan newspaper represents the death of a small forest somewhere! And, every wooden house and every piece of fur- niture in our home, recall some love- ly tree in a forest. At least here is tree re -incarnation to a useful. pur- pose! Just imagine what a city would be without' a single tree ahyivhere, or a home all alone, with not a :single tree The most effective and desirable method of controlling the house fly undoubtedly consists in eliminating or reducing its breeding places to a minimum by properly treating or dis- posing of such materials as manure and garbage. Thehouse fly breeds in such decaying and fermenting matter as kitchen refuse and gar- bage. Garbage receptacles should be kept tight covered and where pos- sible all refuse should be burned or buried at once 'or without undue de- lay. If it cannot be dispensed with, refuse should never be left exposed but sprinkled with powdered borax or chloride of lime. Windows and doors of houses, particularly those of the dining room and kitchen, should be screened and all flies that gain entrance destroyed. This may be clone by the use of fly swatters, by tanglefoot strips, or by using a fly spray. Milk and other food should be screened in the summer by cover- ing it with muslin and fruit should also be covered. On no account should flies be permitted in a sick room, and the faces of sleeping babies, or bab- ies lying unattended in their cots or carriages, should be screened with muslin. An effective poison bait, but one which cannot be used where children are exploring or romping about, Is made by exposing in saucers a mix- ture of one teaspoonful of formalin in a cupful of sweetened milk or wat- er. Fly sprays, of coarse, operate best in closed spaces, and the dead or paralysed flies should be swept up and burned, or thrown into very hot water to prevent any from recov- ering. - about. Somehow we must have some sort- of tree or foliage about us. I am sure no one will dispute the fact that the tree is man's best in- animate friend. I hope that everyone. who reads this talk will, sometime during this year, plant at least one tree. It will remain a monument to Your love of beauty long a t er you have played your part upon the scene which now is yours. Children Requite Commendation RIDICULE INJURES SENSITIVE CHILD A little child of two, three or four is easily shamed, particularly -in 'Itis or her fourth year—after the third birthday. - Tuin your eyes in on yourself, oh mother and father, and think how embarrassed you felt when you first took a golf,club in your hand or gave your first public speech at the club. Wouldn't the slightest smile or joke or lifted eyebrow have reduced you to a miserable pulp? Did you not need all the 'back -patting you coals} get and wordsof encouragement and compliment even though you knew you had not done any too well? Had you not been treated politely and con- siderately, never again would you have trusted yourself to try a'nythin'g you did not know all about. Not only would g©lf or speech -mak- ing be out, but just about everything else in 'the tenderfoot class. ` , 1f someone had openly scoffed at you and said you Were no good anci never would he, that would not have rtiiued you as completely as those smirks and jeers. Nothing so debases us in our hearts as ridicule, An:open challenge is easier to swallow;Decause ii sometimes puts us on our nettle and makes us fight for success.. Not so ridicule. - THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO TIE. POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad- But Always Helpful and Ins Wring, „ A SPRINGTIME 'BOUQUET One is a snowdrop Two is her mate; Three a small crocus, Shyly sedate. Four bea daisy, Five a primrose; ose; Six the first scylla Out of repose. Seven a red tulip, ' Find her a place; Eight for her sister Purple of face. Nine be a daffy Just out of bed; Ten a hyacinth, • Nodding her head, Now they are numbered List what they say: "Kneel and gather your Springtime bouquet." —Caroline Grant Farrill in The Ex- plorer. THE WORLD'S EASTER When Easter sings across the world I think that every sea Reflects the blue that danced upon The waves of Galilee. I think that every bit of sky That holds a hint of shower, Is like the sky that grieved above Gethsemane in flower! When Easter sings across the world I like to think men build New dreams, in memory of One Whose dreams were never killed. I like to think that kinder words To weary folk are said, Because Christ toiled up Calvary, With tired, down -bent head! —Margaret E. Sangster. PROPHET With the brave prescience of the burning bush. - -Alice D. Weston, in Christian Sc1- ence Monitor. I salute you, Scarlet maple by the river, Burning alone with swift, eager fire That will set hill and field aflame. You first caught the message As this slow -footed frost came creeping Under the harvest moon Past the golden piles of garnered pumpkins And the strewn silver of the ravished ' cornfield, Now you call the sleeping trees to waken With slender bright fingers signaI- ing— Upstream and down and across the marshes— To put on their beautiful garments. You have no part in cold or sadness, Rapt adventurer! You glow trans- figured up in learning, not one game or one task, but a hundred, He is full of mistakes and misgivings. He is at poking the age, too, when fun at him sinks deep because he is far more sen- sitive than we think, In his efforts to try he is far brav- er than his elders. Not one of us would dare to start with the handi- cap he, has. The world is so new, se strange, so confuisng. He is a sol- dier of the first grade and we need togivehim more credit than we do, Not only ridicule gets him, but criticism. He has not learned what. sporting attitude means as we have, therefore, criticism brings no realize- ton as it does later in increased ef- fort. He simply folds up silently and without comment . In time he May attempt his little task again but with less confidence. • Another matter conies in here and this is stressed by all psychologists' today. Don't shame him about his body. Why on - earth _ should we? Later he will learn natural reticencee, but: evert so this is a matter of deep discussion. Enough to .say that in this, as well as in any other' devel- oping :interest, impulse diverted or. warped only sets 'determination to go on. - There is no real reason why we would shame a little child either a-. bout his body or its functions. Thera are : many' reasons why we should not. If there is anyone, around who de- light in daily ragging the baby, ,pole ing fun at, nim, ' reducing his self- confidence and courage, ,do tell hon to keep quiet, The little soldier needs praise and encouragement now more than at any ;other time in : his life. And that'ssaying a good dealt. ' A little child with life just opening' THE QUEEN'S LAST RIDE a drive toda , TheQueen is Lakin y g , • They have hung with purplethe car, riage way. They have dressed with purple the royal track, Where the Queen goes forth and net'. er comes back. Let no man labor as she goes by • On her last appearance to mortal eye: With heads uncovered let all men wait For the Queen to pass in her regal state. Army and navy shall lead the way For that wonderful coach of the Queen's today. Kings and princes and lords of the land Shall ride behind her, a humble band, And over the city and over the world Shall flags of all naitons be half=mast furled For the silent lady of royal birth, Who is riding away from the courts of earth: Riding away from the world's unrest, To a mystical goal on a secret quest. Though in regal splendor she drives through town, Her robes are simple, site wears no crown, And yet she wears one; for, widowed no more, She is crowned with the love that has;: gone before, ' And crowned with the love she has left behind In the . hiciclen depths of each think. ing mind. Uncover your heads, lift your hearts on high; The Queen in silence is driving by. —Published at the time of the death of Queen Victoria. I SHALL NOT ASK TOO MUCR I shall not ask too much beyond the grave; Just some clear, common things that living gave— And time for them '— ah, time to ' stay a while Where wind blows over grasses, utile on mile; And time to watch when stars are gleaming through Some still and starless dusk's deep drifted blue. And I should like on summer after- • noon, To climb a hill and wait there for the moon, That I could never wait for, and then, go Unhurried back to certain friends X : know.. I shall -beg lad if seasons' come and pass, Bringing the same swift miracles of : grass, ' Of sun and rain, of berry, bud and bloom, And snow -filled midnights of whid- shaken bloom. I shall want little paths and woods and walking, And those same friends at evening and their talking Under dull lamps in queer, quaint, smoky places— (I,would not lose those voices and those faces.) 'These I shall ask beyond the nar- row grave, And time far them -- which living never gave. David Martin in the Forum. Cooking School Coing To Clint, ®n in May Miss June Reid of Toronto will -ap pear in motion pictiue film with Mrs. Shultis of Brantford, president. of Ontario National Council of Wo- men, who are playing in a 6000 -foot industrial picture. Local merchants will begiven an opportunity to co- operate with 35 of Canada's largest industries in presenting this educa- tional and .entertaining fihn to tha ladies of Clinton and district. The usual free' baskets- of mer- chandise will be given to the luck —Olive Roberts Barton. ladies in attendance.