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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1936-05-28, Page 7THUI S;, MAY 28, 1936 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 7 Health Cooking 301 is deli li 1 tit A Column Prepared Especially for Women: But Not Forbidden to Men s NOT TO OURSELVES The world has narrowed dawn so much Machines and wings have conquer- ed space, • The eity with its restless hordes ' Is part of every country place. And every stone of hatred flung Into the sea of human strife Fill east its ripples on the shore And shake the peace of every life. Not to ourselves, we live and die, But to each other's good or ill; .My neighbor prospers, so do I. Life's mighty scales must balance still. • For faith and Iove are common stuff, And thoughts have silver -mounted wings, • Not to ourselves -but to the world Otu work .its own fulfilment brings. —Edna Jacques. It would seem as if, at this time of suspicion and hatred in all the world, as if it should be the duty of everyone who loves• peace and good will to endeavor to spread it where - ever we can, and in this work women should and must take up a large share. It gives one a feeling of defeat • and diseouragnient to read day by day of the preparations for war in Europe and preparations for war, or defence, even on this continent. I ant not one of those who believes `that you can always avoid war. T do not see how Britain could have avoided war in 1914 But if there is any way of doing it, and keeping our souls, we should be searching for it. T know itis easy for us on this continent, with nothing to threaten us, (though that might not always be the case if the present tendency continues. Our Pacific Coast is dan- gerously open to attack, if Oid Moth- er Britain's protection and that of our cousins to, the South bad not to be reckoned with.) But is is easy for i -.yrs to preach pease, peace. lit Europe no such security has. ever. bee s itnoivf as we enjoy in Canada, But I wonder if the women's or- ganizations . in all nations would b. - come more internationally active, spreading good will and 'neighborhs nese, if it might not do some good. The Worttens' Institute, which seems. to win its way in any country which takes 'it up, with its care for the people, their physical and mental well-being, might be a mighty fac- tor. There is little use of us in Canada pi:eaching peace, nobody. In any English-speaking country wants war. But English-speaking peoples may be drawn into war unless some leavening influence is introduced in- to two or three countries in Emetic. What can women clo to help bring a- bout a better state of things? The world is so small today, Europe and America being but a few hours apart now by plane; that no country can live' by itself.. We are all bound up in a bundle of life with each other and must- sink or swim together, and the sooner we realize this, and gov ern ourselves acdordingly, the better it will be for all. Rebekah, PROGRESS Once to every num and nation. Comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, For the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's new lilee- • siah, Offering each the bloom or blight, And the choice goes by forever 'Twixt that darkness arid that light. New occasions teach new duties; ! Time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still, and onward, Who would keep abreast of truth; Lo; before us gleam her camp-firesi We ourselves must pilgrims be, Launch otu mayflower, and steer boldly - Through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the future's portal With the past's blood -rusted key. --James Ru"ssell Lowell. I -G E can't Service OF THE° ttiJta t 1' C � �tt edYrttl Atioxittlt and Life Insurance Companies in Canada. Edited by GRANT FLDMING,' M.D., Associate Secretary; FOOD FALLACIES ed by eating "acid foods," Acidosis is usually a eondition at - The American Public Health Asso- tending certain diseases; 'such as that ••relation Year Book, -1936-36, contains bates or kidney disfunction, involving the report of the Committee on Nu- a faulty metabolism of the body. The trxtional Problems. Under the head- Committee on Foods of the American ing of food fallacies and nutritional Medical Association believe that at !.xluackery is found some useful infor the terns "acidosis" is so little under- mation which is here digested to stood, its use in public advertising Is ;'point out to our readers some of the misleading and is, consequently, die - commonly: held mistaken ideas con approved. • ecrning-foods: There is no evidence to show that Thereis an erroneous idea tons- a preponderantly acid diet is injur1 nionly held that neatly every disease 'bus, The body reaction remains prae- • and ailment can be cured by some *ally ' unaltered even when a wide system of dieting. The successful range of amount 'of acid or base is in - preying on the public by faddists and 'gested.. • quacics, ih this respect, has assumed The commonly so-called "acid" +. alarming proportions. fruits, such as oranges; tomatoes and One of the most common and exs grapefruit,, 'contain certain weak in- tensively proclaimednutritional faI- gamic acids which are easily oxydiz- laeiesis that proteins and starches ed in the body, They really serve as are incompatible and that they should available alkali to the body, be separated into distinct meals, One' ` The statement that white neat is • can look in vain through the writings less harmful than dant meat has no •;ref authorities itt textbooks and jour-' basis in fact, The white of egg is ' pal's' kir any `scientific experimental much less digestible when raw than data in support of this idea. -' h, ( when cooked, Investigators, and authbrrties 1i'1 , Many reducing menus are error- ' the field of nutrition are practically eously based on the elimination from unanimous in the opinion that there the diet of individual foods, such as is no incompatibility between .starch-' potatoes, rice,cereals and butter, It • es and proteins in the diet. I,is not the kind of food, which should "Acidosis" is a term that is fre- be restricted; but rather th'e quantity, • quently used by the purveyors of Beware of food fallacies, • food fallacies in the exploitation cif 'their books,. literature and dietetic! Questions concerning health, -ad= .Systems. Nearly all diseases that' dressed to the Canadian Medical'As- afflict mankind are ,enumerated by sociation, 184 College St,, Toronto, •"them as the result of "acidosis" cans will be answered personaily by letter Edited by Rebekah. NOW IV CONTRIBUTIONS. WASHDAY ON THE FARM. Now all you, :children,listen here: Pick _tip your toys and all your gear, And hurry, and get right out of here For it's washing` clay in the morn- ,ing, I've a pile to do as high as a man,' And I waist to get' through' today ii: I can --- Annie, your nice new. stockings ran, On washing clay in the morning, I've packed the lunches fon three at school, Aild done niy whack on the milking stool, ; ' And the hired man, plowing, - looks carefree and cool. To a woman on washday morning! Pve peeled potatoes and punched the, bread— • Toni, see the baby's got, a hat an his head! Maty, go make your brother's bed, For it's' washing day in the morti- ing. Pa, the Plattses called for you— Coining to, talk about the hay in that slough. S'pose they'll be here for a meal --or two !— Ansi it's washing day in the morns' ing. Did yesterday's company leave e- nough cold meat? There's apple pie, and some pickled beet- Come -out of that parlor with your dusty feet! - - It's washing day in the morning! I've all my covers to do again, And there's a twinge of that same old pain, . Saints in glory! It's starting to rain On washing day in the morning! • —I{athleen Boyes. Dear Rebekah:—Last week we gave recipes for some dishes for in- valids. It is well known that certain foods possess the natural organic chemicals necessary for the system and can be included in the everyday diet. The following• is a list of such foods with their medicinal value: Apples: rot indigestion and consti- pation. Barley: for fevers and bladder trouble. - Carrots: for nerves and purifying the blood. Dates: for under -nourishment, Eggs: for bone and 'muscle building Figs: for Constipation and catarrh. Grapefruit: for liver troubles and cleansing the stomach, Honey: for cattari'h awl cleansing stomach and bowels. Iee cream: for relieving sore and in- flamed throat, Jam: for its fruit value. Lemons: for headaches and reduc- ing weight, Milk: for gaining weight and mus- cle buildings, Nuts: for body building and as a substitute for !neat, Onions: for colds, nerves and sleep- lessness, Pineapple: for sore throat. Raisins: for constipation, kidneys; and, purifying the blood. Sauerkraut; for high blood prey. sure: . - Tomatoes: for bile, rheuinatisnt and liver troubles. Unpolished rice: for body building. Vetmiclli: for gaining weight, Watercress: for skill troubles. Beef tea is, essentially a stiinulant. Its food value is increased by adding e teaspoonful of fine oatmeal, prepar- ed. barley, or the beaten yolk of an egg. A poached egg or a little fish is often the first solid food taken. Both are better when steamed. For the 'former, butter a saucer, then break an egg .an it Stand over a saucepan of boiling water until -the white is set. Cook fish between two tilates.over boiling water; also sweet- breads assd mutton cutlet. It is often much easier for a patient to tape a teaspoonful of meat jelly than a cupful of beef tea, and when either can be given it is best to choose the jelly when the patient is exhausted.' You can make a strengths ening jelly by using equal quantities of lean beef, mutton and veal. Cut up the neat into -small pieces, put it in a casserole.with just enough water to: cover it and a pinch of salt, Simmer it very, slowly in a tnodertae oven for some hours—six at least until all the . gravy is extracted. Strain off the liquid into a basin and when quite cold remove the fat that settles on the top, and it is ready for use. Make this Only in 'small quantities. INVALID BEVERAGES It is often difficult tor' vary bever- ages which are suitable for those who are ill. Here's a ' list of -'simple, wholesome ones: - 13arley Water -Pearl barley; 4 tab- lespoons; cold water,' 1, quart. -. Method --Wash the barley and scald with boiling water. Strain the wat- er away, then add to the barley, one .quart of cold water. Simper for two. hours. 'Strain.' Adci sugar and Lemon juice .if liked. May be takes: hot or. cold, Black Currant Tea—Black currant jam, 1 tablespoon; boiling' water; 1/e pint;, Method—Put the jars into a hot jug and pour boiling water over it. Cover for a fete minutes. Strain,into a hot tumbler and serve at once. A tea- spoonful of lemon juice improves the flavor, Lemonade—Lemon, 1; sugar, 1',t ozs.;. cold water, 3i pint. - Method—,Scrub the lemon and 'peel very thinly.: Place the rind and juice in a bowl Add the water and sugar, Stand for several hours. Strain. Add cold water to make one quart. If it is to be served hot, heat slowly but do not boil. A pinch of bi-carbonate of soda may be added if an effervescing drink is desired' .lbuapeli �'EY,ater,-Beat,uli white. of, an ,gg until folly Add 1,.,pixlt of cold wat r wise! beati. This irink will often; arrest vomiting., Albumenised Milk --Beat up white of an•egg with a cup of milk until it is frothy. A little salt may be added if desired. Imperial Drink -Boiling Water, 1 pint; cream of tartar,! dessertspoon; sugar; 1 tablespoon; lemon, 1, Method—Scrub the lemon and slice into a jug. Add the cream of tartar, sugar and boding water. Leave un- til cool, then . strain. Allow about one tablespoon to a tumbler, add water (hot or cold)'. This is a re - frothing drink for eases of feverish. Hess, and has an excellent effect up- on sluggish kidneys. Sherry Whey—One teacup of new milk, place over fire in an enamel saucepan; when milk reaches boiling point put in a large glass of sherry, and stir until it curdles; strain through muslin or gauze and the whey is ready to use, This is a nour- ishing drink for invalids when stimu- lants are required. Yours truly, - HYGRIA, We hope that not many of our readers will need to use the above for the uses for which they have been prepared, but it might be well to clip them out anyway, just in case. SOME RHUBARB RECIPES Nothing which grows in the garden, (and how it does grow) can be used in so many ways as rhubarb. And surely it should be popular, as It has. the advantage of being both cheap and wholesome, Here - are some re- cipes: • Rhubarb and Bananas. 4 cups sweetened rhubarb sauce 1/a cup sugar 2 large bananas peeled, sliced Slice bananas thinly in serving dish and sprinkle with sugar. Pour hot rhubarb sauce over bananas, Place in refrigeratoror a cool place, Serve cold. This will serve 6. Rhubarb- Relish (To Serve' with Cold Meat) 1 quart rhubarb 1 quart +miens 1 pint; vinegar 1 teaspoon allspice 1i'teaspoon cinnamon - 31i teaspoon reel pepper 1 tablespoon salt 4 -cups brown sugar. - Boil slowly until it thickens. Watcis carefully as it is likely to btnn. This is delicious. Stewed Rhubarb and Figs. 2-3 Ib. pulled figs 1 ib. rhubarb - Water to cover figs 1 cup sugar. Wash figs. thoroughly and drain. Add hot water to barley, cover, and soak until plump. Waeh rhubarb and cut in inch pieces:. withont peeling,, unless the skin is discolored or strip- gy. Put rhubarb, figs, sugar and fig water into double boiler anti cook me til fruit le tender. .This will serve 6, Rhubarb Pickle 1 quart rhubarb cut in 1" lengths 1 pint (scant) white wine vinegar 1 pint chopped onions 4 sups (scant) brown sugar 1/ teaspoon salt (good measure) 1 teaspoon each of ground- cloves, allspice and cinnamon '/ .teaspoon Cayenne pepper. 'Cook until thick—about 11/2ehours. Care of Children Rhubarb Tarts ' Line tart tins with pastry and fill with the following mixture: 1 cup rhubarb cut in small pieces' 2 tspns. melted butter _ 1 egg: 1 cttp sugar 1/5 tspn, salt . 2 soda crackers rolled fine. Beat egg until light, add remaining ingredients and mix together. An, - range strips or pastry lattice fashion over the tarts and bake about 20 inm- ates in„ a hot oven, Rhubarb Marmalade • 11 lbs. rhubarb 71- lbs. sugar 4 os. shaved almonds (sweet) 1 oz. bitter almonds.' ' (If latter are not ;available use 31/s tspns. almond extract) - 2 tspns. red coloring. Wash and dry, but do not peel the rhubarb stalks. Cut them with sharp knife in Vs. inch' pieces. Place them and the sugar in layers into an en- amel preserving kettle. Put cover on and let stand in a cool place for 20 hours. Cook the juice that forms for 30 minutes on a !tot fire, tuning It from the start of boiling. Pour hot juice over rhubarb and 101 stand 24 hours. Then place the kettle on the stove and cools,' stirring 'steadily Tor about 21/ hours. The 'marmalade should be clear and drop in chunks from the spoon. After two !sours' fiotlnig _ tlie' alntdits should be added, then the ,flavoring and coloring when tlitkettie-is-reinoued from the fire. Dear. -Rebekah:---I inn enclosing a postal note for 4.50 to renew our subscription' for another year, and also sending a recipe for our page: MARMALADE Three oranges, two leptons. Wash and pass through neat chopper (rind and all), two quarts cold water, let stand for 36 hotus, then boil slowly two hours, add eight cups white sug- ar, boil one hour. This is delicious for breakfast. —MEG. Thanks for both, Meg. We appre- ciate it all the more because it cones from Manitoba. But distance need not stand in the way of neighborli- ness, need it, neighbours? Cleaning And Storing Woollens At this time of year, if not earlier, all. Woolens, blankets, etc,, need to be packed away for the summer. When washing woollens remember not to do so in water used for other clothes, Never rub soap directly on. the garments. Woollens rinsed in water that contains a little soap will be soft and fluffy when dry. Be sure blankets are clean anti dry before wrapping them for summer storage. Fold blankets caiefrtlly or fold par- tially, then toll them. Wrap carefully in clean, heavy pa- per, using gummed -paper tape to seal package, or place in mothproof paper bags and seal so that dust and moths cannot reach them. Newspaper will not protect. blan- kets from moths unless securely sealed. Printer's ink does not affect moths. In fact the only way to be sure that moths will not do harm Is to keep them away from the gar- ments. Cedar chests or cedar closets should close tightly to prevent moth damage, even when blankets are wrapped. Substances with mild' odors sprink- led between folds will not protect blankets from moth damage.' Do not pile heavy double.blankets on lightweight single ones; fol this mats down nap and makes deep creases which are difficult to remove. USEFUL HOUSEHOLD HINTS When putting up 'curtains on small curtain rods, slip a thimble over the end of the rod. The curtain slips on in a second and no threads are pul- led. When cleaning windows, add a lit- tle vinegar to the water, and you will be surprised at the brilliant polish it produces, When ferns turn yellow, slice a raw potato and put in on top of the soil. This will draw out the worms, which are usually responsible for such- a condition. A varnished floor should never be washed with hot water. A cloth wrung ens in lukewarm •water is best, and each piece must be dried as it Is washed. . For grass stains use cold water and no soap. Alcohol or ether may be us- ed if the material is unwashabie. Cooking over a wood fire makes the utensils very black. Rub outside a pans with a thin coating of lard be- fore using, then soap and water; wilt remove all black without scouring. Household Economics After all, you bake fern nourishment 1 Purity Fl®ei »s'ieh in gluten—has more 661ife" and nutrition. It also imparts that fine, tasty flavor which will make all your baking delightful. Best Jriyo ,i"r ,:AF kin T IS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATEA - -r r. . TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful and Ins pining• NEVER Never to be foolish Is a sorry plight, Never to say 'silly things On a star -mad night, Never tochewin your breath, 'With a quickened pain, When 'it's summer time and dusk, And it starts to rain. Never to be half•afraid Of your wistful dreams- Not to have to learn that love Isn't what it seems! :Helen Welshimer. CHECKING UP I bought gasoline, I went to the show; 1 bought some new tubes for nay old radio; I bought candy and peanuts, nut beta and ice cream While my salary lasted, life sure was a scream. It takes careful Planting to make money go 'round; One's method of finance must always be sound. With habits quite costly, it's real harts to save, My wife spent "ten bucks" on a per- manent wave. The church came 'round; begging. It sure made me sore; If they'd let me alone, I'd give a lot more, They have plenty of nerve; they for- get all the past, For I gave them a quarter the year before last! —Anon, KINSHIP RECLAIMED T said in my heart, I will go to the fields and the meadows, ' To the brook, and the small water. falls; I said in my heart, I will, seek for my joy till I find it, I am wearied with roofs and with walls. I carie le a field. It was green with the carpets of summer; It _was loud with the humming of ,bees. I climbed a small hill, and I slept in 'the sun -patterned -shadows, Where the wind made a harp of tate trees, I awoke with peace, and I thought, it is good to be earth -born, Though man be more spirit than clod; He has kinship with,earth. He was uteant to consort with Iter daily. He began in a garden with God. =Eleanor H. Zimmerman, in the New Outlook. DEATH Death and fear—why link those two In one? Say, rather, death and joy, for then our work is done And rest is ours. So long we've walked, a lifelong day, Midst storm and stress, now find our way Among eternal flowers. -Pis but a passing on; from 1.00. room, Where I3is'reat light dispels all. g g p gloom; 'Tis' mays of, purity, leaving the . old with all its fret and care To be with Hint, Whose love we share for: all eternity. There is no death; 'tis only sleep, A'-trysting place upon the hillside steep, And toil is o'er. For on that fairer shore we wake again. And with our loved ones there remain At peace for evermore, to GREAT NEED ' A little more kindness and a Little • less creed," - A little more giving and a little less - greed; A little more smile and a little less frown, A little less ]ricking a man when he's down, A little more "we" and a little less „I," A little more laugh, and a little less cry, A little snore flowers on the pathway of life, But fewer on graves at the enol of the • strife.—Exchange. TILE HAPPY DISTANCES How beautiful and beckoning and far Those shining vistas are: The happy' distances that lie Along the trail's end, blue against the sky Abode of silver wings, and the keenly thinned Light laughter of the wind: The happy distances— Forever leading on - Down every road that I have ever gone, Down every road that I shall ever got Once with Youth's fever in my blood I sought To rencit them—now I know The wisdom of the plan That keeps some beauty from the heart of man, And sets it racing over hill and hol- low For eyes to feast upon -- for feet to follow, —Grace Noll Crowell, GARDENER'S CREED I, who have loved the earth so much, shall have no fear at last Of the cool brown earth that will shelter me from every cruel blast; ' My bed will be wrapped so sweetly , rotund by the tender, teeming mold Which quickens anew the winged seeds of the primrose and nmarl.- gold, I, who have loved the yearly spring of budding leaf and stem, Shell lay me down with no sad re- gret, nor wish a requiem: Knowing my hands, that delved in the earth through life, in death's repose May give white grace to a lily's cup, or fragrance to a rose. Maud Chegwidden in the Salt Lake Tribune, ENGLAND No lovelier hills than thine have laid My tired thoughts to rest; No place of lovelier valleys made ' Like peace within my breast. Thine are the woods whereto my soil . Out of•the noontide bean Flees, for a refuge green and cool ' And tranquil as a dream. Thy breaking seas like trumpets peal; Thy clouds --how oft have I Watched their bright towers of sil- ence steal Into Infinity!` My heart within me faints to roam In thought even far front thee; Thine be the grave whereto I come, And thine my darkness be. ' --Walter de Ia Mare, THE BEST SHE COULD. DO A mother discovering her - small daughter washing the kitten with soap and water, exclaimed: "Ods, Betty-, darling, I don't think the mother pussy would like her kit- ten washed like that." Betty:: "Butt mother, I really can't lick it." 1'