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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1936-05-21, Page 7TI1uRS.,;MAY 21, 1936 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 1 - Health Cooking Edited by Rebekah, Care of Children household Economics 301 is delicious • exassrssavmri 11 Mins nI Rchah rA Column Prepared Especially for Women— But Not Forbidden to Men H2OMEIVIAKING Each day brings back its simple task, the same - As yesterday,, arid like the one that • carne And went on days before. In young- er years - •x thought on this with, sudden angry tears, • ,And now any sight is clearer, and I see - How much, how much the world has need of me, That I may make a quiet, calm re- treat Where those 1 love may come and sit and eat -'The bread of kindness, drink the ready cup Of hope and faith, ancl going, may look up Bente whit the higher for the mom- ent spent Where I have toiled, to snake a home, content With cleanliness and order, warm and bright With all that speaks the tired heart's delight. The simple tasks grow greater. So I live Within my walls, and think how I mast give. 'Some good, to any soul who enters here, And fail them not in friendliness and cheer. Author Unknown. I do. not wonder that the housewife oecasionally grows weary of her • constantly recurring tasks, clay after day, the sante routine • "of getting meals, clearing up, putting,' to rights things which other- folk put wrong, It is, if done in that spirit of weari- Suess, deadly to her youth and enjoy - Mont of life, • But, methinks, Madam Housewife is • getting over being sorry for hers& end is "Magnifying her office," to Soine,extent, as she should.- No one • is doing a greater work than she, only the task she spends her time - doing: has been, all down the ages, • somewhat looked down upon and an many cases it bas been assigned to a drudge,,and been done as drudgery. But it is no more drudgery than any • other necessary work, The meal Which mother spends hours preparing is devoured, it is true;' in short order ''••by healthy, hungry growing boys and girls, not to mention Himself, and as a rule is not so much as nentionec .by them. But just see how they en- joy it and how itnourishes theta for their work. They couldn't possibly get along without someone to prepare these wholesome meals, and to keep the house clean and tidy for them. This is the housewife's "Job" and she should treat it with respect and in- sist upon everyone else doing the same thing. Many a man or woman would be thankful for such a steady job. Then, the modern housewife is not just spending every bit of her time within the four walls of her home. She has syntstiatized her work until she has some ieieure and she goes out to meet other hotisewifes who have tike . problems and they discuss their work, or they think about something else altogether, as the mood taken them. So the monotony of their work does not get them "down" as it might otherwise do. It was not the hard work they did in the past which was so hard on thein, but the monot- ony. Women used to spend too nuich time in their own hones, •doing noth- ing in the world and thinking about nothing in the world, but easing for their own families. It was not much wonder they sometimes wished they had never seen them, But now the housewife has her little social chub to which she goes regularly. It may be that in this little club the members spend the time making up articles of clothing, from material which they have bought with their own money, never too plentiful, for needy children here or there; it is hard for mothers to get completely away from thinking of needy children. Hist they get together; they learn what other women are thinking about and they come home refreshed and inspired: to their own • tasks. Every husband should not only cheerfully allow his wife to at- tend these little community gather- ings, but he should insist that she do so. She is thereby becoming a bet- ter and more companionable wife and a better mother to his children. "Gossip Circles," says some man in, mock disgust. Well he knows that a group of men can distribute more gossip in a day than his wife will hear in a month ,unless he tells it to her. Don't let the men .folk discour- age these little community gather ings of women. Rebekah. } - Qnt,e OF TIilu Gambian it ebtralAgarnitritin and Life Insurance Companies in Canada. Edited by GRANT FLEMING. M.D., Associate Secretary WATER Internally, water is essential for. cettain of the chemical changes which go on in the body. The . body fluids are required to act lubri- cants, and the heat of the body is regulated through the evaporation of water—perspiration — from the sur- face of the body. Considerable quantities of water 'are lost regularly from the body each day, Evert when there is no obvious perspiration, ;the skin hs kept moist, and approximately one pint a clay of this "insensible perspiration is eve- ! porated. With every breath taken, water is lost, as can be shown when we breathe on glass. Dogs and other animals which do not perspire get rid of their excessive heatby rapid breath ing or, panting. Front the lungs are lost the volatile waste products, frown the kidneys, the non-volatile in wat- y solution. Any excess of water in the body is eliminated by the kidneys. The amount of water required de- • pends upon the kind of work done and the temperature, A man doing heavy manual labour on a hot summer day ':needs considerable quantities of wat- er, as Compared with the man who. The fear of disease: which accents ; panies floods .and similar catastto- ,pltes arises largely out of an appre- ciation of the danger that wells and .other water supplies niay have been • contaminated, One of the greatest factors in the prevention of disease has been the • safeguarding of water supplies. We cannot live without water, and be- cause of this universal daily need, a contaminated supply endangers all who use it, - A large part of the body weight is. water. We all have "water on the Brain" in the souse that a high per- centage of the grey matter is wet-. . er. Loss of body fluids is serious when it reaches temper cent and, if the loss is continued, there is a.poiht where itis fatal. Water serves as a vehicle for feeds. Just as the body ..itself le made up largely of watery so also are the foods which we consume. Even V we do not drink any fluid with our :• meals, we actually take in quite a quantity of water as a part of the Bella foods eaten, • IN PRAISE OF SPINACH There's something d would like to say, Or write down in boob That those who don't think spinach fine. • Just don't know hqw to cook. There isn't any reason why, The spinach should be sandy; ' Use lots, of water, hot and .cold— And water's cheap and handy. Five minutes is quite long enough To steam it—maybe yba less; , But if you boil the spinach long 'Twill Writ out just "g Now chop it fine as fine can be And season well and then, Trina up the dish with bacon strips, That titbit from "the pen." Take hard-boiled eggs and grate them well; They make the dish look snappy; Add cream sauce, if you like it, and— Eat spinach and be happy. MEALS FOR TIIE INVALID Tempting the .invalid to eat is not always, an easy matter. To induce an appetite one must see that meals are daintily served and take. care also that they do not become monotonous: Anyone weakened: by illness finds even eating exhausting and meals should be chosen that give nourish- ment in concentrated form. Do not give the patient too much food. The digestion is usually impaired and an imperfect` digestion rebels against 6 fresh shoulder lamb chops 6 stuffed onions, medium sized 6 or 12 half-inch slices of potato 6 peach halves, fresh in season, or canned 6 Whole cloves 6 slices of bacon. Parboil the onions, Meanwhile trim the fat ftons the lamb chops and' sear under the broiler flame fol• a- bout 6 minutes; or if you wish to save heat, sear in a frying pang.. Remove the centres from the onions, dust with salt, fill with bits of Canadian s place a P 1 C0 1 •ander cru tb a ctcese cask ,P bit of butter in the top, and sprinkle withsugar to glaze. Place the seared chops in a large shallow pan; arrange the potatoes, the stuffed onions, and the peach hal- ves, in each of whieh a clove has been stuck, around the. chops. Salt the chops and potatoes. Place the ba- con slices over the potatoes and bake 30 to 45 minutes at 360 degrees P. Serve from the pan onto hot plates, giving each person one portion of all the -foods and one or. two slices of potato. Garnish with parsley or watercress with a dash of paprika on the onions. .' In the menu below you will find suggested just theright dishes to accompany the lamb. chop grill. You'Il notice it is really an oven meal, for' the,only'other cooked dish is bak- ed right in the oven with the grill: Fruit cup or tomato juice cocktail Lamb chops, bacon curls, potato slices, Peach halves with cloves, stuffed onions,' Salad greens, French dressing, Rice pudding with raisins, Coffee. quantity. Serve a very little at a I'm sure you will like this if you time and so give the patient the try it. -Nancy Ann. It certainly sounds good, Nancy Ann. By the way, do you know that "Nancy" is really the old-fashioned nickname for the stately nano dish. Serve milk puddings in tiny "Ann"? Though now they are used dishes and soup in attractive cups. as .tivo separate names and are some - Cut bread and butter thinly, and ar- times combined, as above. range sandwiches so that they please the eye. Milk tea is generally liked. Pour over the tea half a pint of boiling milk instead of water. After stand- ing two minutes, serve. supreme joy of asking for more.' See that the china, napery, and cut- lery are clean and inviting. Serve jelly, custards, or fruit salad in in- dividual glasses rather than from a STEAMED FISH Steamed fish is particularly good for invalids, especially when cooked between two buttered plates over a saucepan of boiling water. When meat is allowed, a Iamb or mutton chop cooked in the same way is both • appetizing and digestible. Eggs- are a great stand-by, so is milk. The two can be combined in many ways, as well as being taken alone. An excellent egg drink is egg flip, Whisk the egg with a pinch of salt and sugar to a stiff froth, Pour boiling milk over it and add a little more sugar if necessary. When weal:- cess is persistent, give a wineglass of this every hour. 73AIUED•OMELETTE A specially good way of mak=ing an omelette for an. invalid is to beat the.. white and yolk of an egg separately, making the white very stiff. Adel a tablespoonful of milk to the yolk, then fold in the white gently and pour into a buttered dish. Bake in•a moderate oven unntil lightly browned 'loosen the edges, turn one half over the other and serve at once. When your patient is getting con- valescent, try this delicious pudding. Flalf fill a small dish with nicety - stewed apples, beaten to a pulp. Cov- er with rather stale sponge cakes, cut into fingers and crisscrossing each other. Beat the yolk of an egg with a pinch of salt and a little sugar, add half a teacupful of Milk, and heat but do not let it boil. Pour over the. sponge : cakes, pile the stiffly -beaten white of egg on top and bake in a moderate oven until lightly browned. Dear Rebekah: Here' a tempting new meat dish by a famous food authority. This sav- ory lamb chop grill is very nearly a ureal in itself—and what an inviting one! sits quietly in a cool office. The sense of thirst is the signal provided by nature' to indicate the body's need for water. Neglect 5n responding to this signal may blunt the sense of thirst and so limit its value. It is likely true that a -major- ity of people would be the better tor drinking more water, and that is why it is suggested that a glass or• two upon rising and, between meals is a desirable habit to establish. The excessive use of fluids is not desir- able and may be harmful. Questions concerning health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 184 College St., Toronto, will be answered personally by letter. Dear Rebekah:— Alot of gold fishes have been scat- tered a=bout in the vicinity of Clinton the' past couple of weeks and I'in. wondering if a lot of people are as ignorant as to the proper care theist as I am. Mine look frisky and full of pep, but I am not at all sure that I am doing all that should be done for the bright little things. I fust give them fresh water each day and a little bit of the food supplied With them, but they do not seem to eat much, in fact I seldom see them eating anything, if they do :take a bit of the food they spit it out again, as if they did not like it. But as they seem so full of life I cannot see that they are suffering. But if you or any of the neighbors know a lot a- bout gold fish I should be glad to have some Pointers. —Yours, Queen Mab. My knowledge of goldfish is about on a par with your own, Qoeen Mab, But perhaps some of the readers of our page will help out. WHEN TO PLANT AND PRUNE ROSES The best time to plant a rose is a subject of much discussion in Canada, states Mise Isabella Preston, special- ist in ornamental horticulture at the. Central Experimental Valla, Ottawa, Some people recommend fall planting, and in districts where the weather is niild.and open until very late it is probably the best 'time to choose. AS u general rule, very 'early spring is the most satisfactory time to plant in .most districts. If it is necessary to move a rose tree or bush from one place to another in the garden, this can be done at any time in spring or autumn providing the root is taken Op with a ball of earth and not al- Iowecl to dry out after planting. In most parts of Canadai spring is the best time to prune rose bushes, and itnnediately after blooming for climbing roses. The first thing to do with all varieties. is to remove all dead and ,weakly growing shoo -a, For roses of the hardiest group little else need be done except removing someof the oldest wood and this should be done' in summer after the first bloomis over. , The stemsmust be cut out at the base and the centre of the plant opened up. 13y remov- ing:some of these old canes, each summer, vigorous young growth le encouraged. - Pruning, requires some ,courage, particularly by the .beginner who hesitates to cut away what appears' to be healthy wood. All weak limbs should be removed close to the main steins and the stronger ones shorten- ed according to their size. Canes no, thicker than a lead pencil might safe- ly be cut to six inches, and stronger cans to a greater length. Five to six inchces for Hybrid Teas and eight to ten incites. for Hybrid Perpetuals is a fairly safe rule. Strong old Plants, however, may be left longer unless one desires relatively few very fine blooms rather than more flowers of less quality, These should be no stumps of old shoots visible above ground when the pruning is finished, and in most cases the retained growths 'should' aot be over three years old -1.n .the case of, strong -growing varieties, and two years old in the case of weak sorts. The wood of the bush'. should be care=fully examined for dares col - oared bark close to the ground. The upper canes. may look quite sound, but if there' is a ring of ,brown bark lower down, the cane should be cut. away below the killed portion with.. t isthat at Out hesitation. It important 1ortant pruning be done with a sharp instru- ment in orcler to avoid' tearing or crushing the' wood.. The cut should be .made in a slanting position, and it is a safeguard to the plant if a dab of fresh paint is applied to the new- ly -cut stub. New plants require even more severe pruning than is recom- mended for established bushes. Climbing roses, unlike bush roses, produce flowers on the wood of the previous year's growth, and there- fore should not be severely pruned. CUTWORM SERIOUS EN- EMY IN GARDEN Front` the viewpoint of the garde- ner and the vegetable grower, cut- worms are among the most import- ant insects to be combated, They do an immense' amount of damage annually especially in the spring and early summer when the plants are young. The type of injury caused by these insects varies considerably with the species responsible for the damage. Most commonly, cutworms while feeding at the ground level cut through the stein of the plant, caus- ing it to fall over andeventually die. Climbing cutworms ascend the plant and feed on the foliage, while outer species attack the root system. Most cutworms are nocturnal- • in habit, hiding in the 'soil by clay and emerg- ing in the evening to feast upon their favourite kind of plant. Cut- worms are widely distributed throughout the Dominion. Under garden conditions, eutworma can be controlled by a poisoned bait which is .broadcast over the soil ei- ther before the seeds are planted or' prior to the setting out of the young plants. The bait is composed of the following ingredients — bran, 2 0 pounds; molasses, 1 quart; parrs green, 1-2 pound; and water about 21/2 gallons. In making the bait, says Alan G. Dustan of the Field Crop and Garden Insects Division, Entomological Branch, Dominion Department of Agriculture, in charge of vegetable insect investigations at Ottawa, the dry ingredients should be mixed thoroughly first of all. The molasses is then stirred into the wat- er and this solution added to the bran and the Paris green. In mix- ing the bait, aced only enough water to make the material the consistency of wet sawdust. It must not be made sloppy but so that it willcrumble in the hands and slip through the fin- gers easily. In Eastern Canada, •the bait should be spread evenly and thinly over the surface of the ground a few days be- fore seeding or transplanting. It is important that this should be done in the evening and only following a warm day, since if the night is cold little feeding will take place and the bait will be wasted. If the plants are already in the garden, a tea- spoonful of the bait around the base of each plant in the evening will give good results. In the Prairie Provinces the balt should be spread after seeding but before any plants are up. In the mse of transplanted seedlings the bait should be applied two or three days prior to the ,setting of the plants, Furthermore, the ground to be treat- ed should first be watered but allow- ed to warm up again before the pois- oned bran is broadcast. In British Columbia the method of control is much the same as ' nt Eastern Canada. I'Iowever in this province the addition of three or four lemons to the bait is 'advocated. Both the juice and the rind are used, being added to the liquid part of the bait dtu'ing its preparation: Bait should never, be left in a placeacces- sible to children or livestock as it is deadly poison. EMPIRE TAKES 57 PERCENT LINEN OUTPUT OF ULSTER Britain and the Empire account for some 57 per cent of the linen out- put of Ulster, Northern Ireland. There has been a ser+ions drop in va- [ue of the linen trade of Northern Ireland from pre-war days but the outlook is now more hopeful. The United States is one of the big pur- chasers of, Irish linen. THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimea Gay, Sometimes Sad— But `Always elpfiltl and Ins piring WHISTLING DOWN THE STREET And love beyond.' the dream of any one. Just a -moseying along, Just a -thinking of a song, ' Just a -listening to the rhythm of nay feet; That keep Ota a beating tune •Thougli T haven't got a dime— But I'm whistling, yes, a -Whistling clown the street, Oh, I. learned! it• as a boy, To pretend that pain was joy, When my stomach was as empty as a gourd; • I'd strike up a tuneful note, Though my heart was in my throat, And go whistling down the street without a word. Now, the years have come and gone, And I'llsoon be passing on— No one ever heard me say life was- n't sweet; Though the'road was good and tough, I' could ahvays do my stuff, And go whistling, yes, a -whistling, down the street. • —L, A. Loutsenhiser. SOME DAY • Last Tright I woke and found between us drawn— Between us, where nomortal fear may creep— The vision of Death dividing us in sleep: And suddenly I thought ere light shall dawn Some clay, the substance, not the shadow of Death Shall cleave us like a sword. The vision passed, But all its newborn horror held me fast, And till day broke I listened for your breath. Some clay to wake and find that colored shies And pipings in the woods, and petals wet And things for memory to forget; And that your living hands and mouth and eyes Are part of all the world's old his- tories; Dear God, a little longer, ah, not yet. —Edmund Gossc. TIIE CARAVAN When I fare forth to Paradise I'll have a caravan Of shadowy mules and cartels Go with me, if I can. I'll load them with a west wind, A -blowing off •the sea, The drowsy, lazy murmur ' Of a bumble -bee A tumbled poppy smoothing Her rosy skirts at dawn, The smell of new -mown grasses On a plushy, lawn. I'll load them with a dogwood branch Across the sky of May, A thrush's lonely flute song At the close of day, There will be bales and bales of joy Which doesn't spoil like grief, 1 c And lots of homely Inman love And shiny young belief. And when I reach the portals The happy folk within Will crowd about the gateway To see what I bring in. And 2 shall tell the angel Who stands there and directs, "There's 'nothing dutiable here, Just personal effects." For these things are a part of me, They're all that I could bring Then he'll pass titer into Heaven By order of the Xing. —Marion Bi'owii Shelton. DEFINITION I search among the plain and lovely words' To find what the one word Mother means. As wen Try to define the tangled song of NORTHERN IRELAND ABOUT I search for word for her and there are none. —Grace Noel Crowell. MERRY-GO-itOUND J With a resolved and steady hand He ..chose his gallant steed (A. roaring lion, gold and grand, And very fierce, indeed). "Cupid subdues the Rampant Beast," The picture might be named; He wasn't frightened in the least, He had'the creature tamed! Then, with a jerk of rusty wheels, The carrousel began; Ho seized the reins and kicked his heels And drove it like a ratan, Ah! this was solid ecstacyl No idle laughing matter, Too dignified for gayety, FIe had no breath for chatter. Guiding that tiny unigrse [-le bravely held his ground, And rolled a solemn eye at Nurse Whenever he swung 'round. —Oriana Atkinson in New York Times. JAMAICA, B. W. I. Across the evening sky the parrots stream, A green procession like blown moss on high; Their eausous voices cut the sunset dream That quilts in gold the hills, the sea, the sky. High on a coral beach rich bounty, lies Strewn by the pirate waves in sudden flight; And here is seaweed rose -flushed as the skies And fragile shells transparent as the light. ;Music through palms, mid -dusk and Indian moon And on the harbor swell our boat at rest; . Till every fire -filled wave is but a rune That stirs Caribbean's softly breathing breast. Parrots and shells and music blown to sea— These are the things time may not thieve from me. —Clara Maude Garrett in The Mon- treal Star. WHEN MOTHER PRAYED When Mother prayed, 0 precious hour, WhenfpaceGod would come in mighty ow 0 memory sweet, 0 hallowed place, Where God did shine, in Mother's Chorus:: When Mother prayed, she found sweet rest, When Mother prayed, her soul was blest Her heart and mind on Christ was stayed, And Gocl was there, when Mother prayed. When Mother prayed, ah then I knew Within my soul that God was true, I could no longer doubt His love, But yielded all, born from above. And tho' the years may conte and go, This heart of mine can never know, A sweeter time than that blest ]tour, When Jesus came in saving power. While life shall cease, this one shall not, The.other scenes nay be forgot, When mother prayed, 0 peace Divine, My Mother's God to -clay is nine. —Sent in by reader. The echco in the hills of one clear bell. One cannot snare the wind or catch the .wings Of shadows flying low across the wheat. Ah, who can prison simple, natural things That make the long days beautiful and sweet? Mother—a cord that holds the tender spell Of all the dear essential things of earth, A. home, clean sunlit rooms, and the good smell Of bread, a table spread, a glowing hearth, TO EMBARK ON EXTENSIVE ELECTRICAL DEVELOPMENT Northern Ireland is about to branch out into an extensive electrical devel- opment scheme at a cost of approxi- mately' $5,000,000. Over four hun- dred` miles of extra high-tension lines have already been erected and a low- tension system is now beingentered upon; It is the intention to operate the Northern Ireland: grid systent from two main stations, one at Bel- fast and the other at Londonderry, both generating electricity by ., the; use of steam, plants consuming coal, with the possibility. of hooking up. with the Shannon River hydro -electric scheme.