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The Clinton News Record, 1936-06-25, Page 7"THURS., f'UNE 25,1936 HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS deraseeimrartsmnamatem 1! THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE �. COOKING HOW TO MAKE ICED TEA infusesix heaping teaspoons of Salada Black- Tea in a pint of fresh boiling water. After six minutes strain liquid into two -quart container. While hot, add 11/2 cups of granulated sugar and the juice of 2 lemons. Stir well until sugar is dissolved; fill container with cold water. Do ndt allow teato cool before adding the cold water; otherwise liquid will become cloudy. Serve with chipped ice. Hu:itinah1E111S ik Column Prepa1 ed 1itrRuf� Especially for Women— But Not Forbidden to Men AN INSTITUTE MESSAGE ' To steel our souls against the lust of ease, - To find our welfare in, the general good, To hold together, .merging . all de- grees. In one wide sisterhood, To teach that he ivhe saves himself is lost, ' To bear in 'silence, though our hearts may bleed, To spend ourselves and never count the cost, For others' greater need. —Read at a Convention. There is something splendidly in- spiring in the gathering together of the women of the world in a great company to consider natters- which are for the good of the race gener- :ally Such a gathering was held in Washington, D.C., recently, with a little overflow into Canada . last week, when women from many conn- ' tries of the British Empire and from. Central Europe came over here and • were entertained by the Women's Institute in. Guelph on Thursday and in Toronto on Friday evening last. And some of our own wo- men from .Clinton and vicinity, actu- ally went down to Guelph to meet ' with these women and to hear what they, had to say.. I think it is so very inspiring be- cause these Women are not seeking anything for themselves; not seeking -.anything for any one particular "country; bot are seeking only to bet- ter the condition of nen, women and 'children the world over. Sometimes we have marvelled that ' the world has been so slow in bring- ing about the many reforms which •=all admit should have been brought about generations ago. _ It is really not surprising when , you consider that mail the past quarter of a cen- tury the efforts to better the world have been confined, that is in a gen- eral way; to one half of the humor race, the male half. Men met and passed pious resolutions, :but women -fere sternly told -to stay in the house, mind the baby and get hubby's dinner •ready,a against the . g time he returned from a convention, tired and hungry after passing sev- eral resolutions. Making a home and,mindrng the baby is still a woman's chief 'work, provided she has a horn arid a baby, but there are many millions of Wo- men in their prime, whose babies are reared and whose Tome duties clo net begin to occupy all their time and abundant energies. Who shall say that such women have not a work to do in bringing about a better state of things in this old world? Women are ,interested in the bet- terment of living conditions,- in a higher standard of health; in the mare equitable distribution • of the good things of this life to all classes. And unless men take up this work and give it more study and actually "do something about it," soon, wo- men are going to take over the task, and when they do, these women of all the nations of the world, something is going to be done. Just you see if it isn't. If parliaments could only realize how utterly disgusted intelli- gent women of Canada are becoming over their waste of time in trying to make party capital instead of attend- ing to the work of, the nation, they might not feel so secure in their plac- es. And they are going to be told it from now on as more and more women are elected to parliament. —REBEKAII. jfcEILltk Service 'attaban Jr,'r OP THg. ed Asontitirtift ntt and Life Insurance Companies in ' Canada. Edited by GRANT FLEEMING, M.D., Associate Secretary AIR CONDITIONING The public are becoming aware that there are some things which- Ailey be done with air beyond beating it ta-promote personal comfort: More 'people are learning that by wearing "clothes suitable to the air conditions 'under which they work, they can do •ome air conditioning on their own • =account -With good results. Many 'people still think that bad air. has to do • with too much carbon dioxide and too little oxygen. Unless -you work in a mine, a sewer or a ssubmarine,z you are never likely to -experience any ill effects from an overdose of carbon dioxide, nor will you be deprived of the oxygen which you need: Under ordinary cnoclitions, even' with windows and doors closed, there :is enough ventilation, through cracks •and walls, to prevent any real change in the chemical constitution of the air even though it may feel extremely uncomfortable. , The ill effects, and discomforts which conte froni .bad air arise when the body is unable to get rid of its If at first you don't succeed Try, try to pay us a little on your subscription, if it is in arrears. The Clinton'News-Record heat and moisture. The body usually. loses its heat though radiation and convection. When, these ase not sad - os in a warm room; perspir- ation appears. Tile evaporation of this fluid from jhe skin' cools the body. To improve the ventilation of the skin, the surrounding air should be kept cool and in gentle motion, while at the same time,clothing should be rerhoved if the person feels warm. Without becoming nudists,: 'everyone shouter use their common sense in dis- carding pimecessary clothing when conditions are such that the body is likely to become overheated. Edited by Rebekah. 7 1 HEALTH "Neighbor" sends us some recipes from former Clinton people, which will be welconte to many readers of this page: Isere is one that can be put aside for a few weeks until the new apples come in: APPLE FLOAT 1 cup apple sauce 1, eup sugar Whites of 2 eggs. Beat all for half an hour. ---Grace D. Shepherd. LICING CARAMEL IC nh cup milk 1 cup coffee sugar A, little butter , 1 good teaspoon vanilla ' Boil until it will string from the spoon, then beat until white and thick. —Edith M. Rodgers. Women have far more sense in this than men. In the •past fifty ,years; women have freed- themselves from the bondage' of excessive cloth- ing. Attimes, it may seem they have gone to the other extreme. Never- theless, there is much less danger of too little clothing than there is of an excess.of clothing. Those who died in the Black Bole of. Calcutta died from treat stroke. They could not get rid of their body heat. This was an extreme example which shows what heat stroke means. Most of tis cannot live and work in air-conditioned rooms, but we can help our bodies to overcome the prob= tem of adjusting to het weather by wearing clothes which allow for a free circulation of air to the skin which is good ventilation of the skin. This helps to preserve good health. questions concerning health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 194 College St.,• Toronto, will be answered; personally by letter. , BUTTERMILK CAKE ',h. cup of butter 1142 cups sugar 11/4 cups buttermilk Small teaspoon soda cups flour in 1 cup raisins s 1 cup currants Spices to suit taste, some lemon and orange peel. • Bake in flat pan, cut in squares: Elizabeth Hoover. RAISIN FILLING 1 cup light brown sugar 2 tablespoons water Boil five minutes, then stir into beaten white of one egg and add eup of chopped raisins. —E. Louise Holmes. Thanks, Neighbor. I and time inary of our readers will appreciate these. As we shall have warm weather for some weeks and light desserts are in order, here are some recipes which may prove useful: SPANISH CREAM 1 tablespoon granulated gelatine 14 cup cold water 3 egg yolks 1/4 teas -peon salt 3 cups milk 1 teaspoon vanilla 8 egg whites 1A cup sugar. Soak gelatine in cold water. Make a custard of egg yolks, salt and milk. Cook, stirring constantly, until mix- ture coats the spoon. Dissolve gela- tine in hot mixture. Cool and add flavouring. When mixture begins to thicken, fold in meringue made by adding the sugar to the stiffly beat en egg whites. Turn into moulds and chill, CHOCOLATE SPANISH CREAM Follow reeipe for Spanish Cream. Melt 11/2 ounces unsweetened choco- late in milk when making custard mixture. Beat with rotary egg beat- er. Then add egg yolks and salt. COFFEE SPANISH CREAM Follow: recipe for Spanish Cream; using :Ph cups coffee and 11 cups milk as liquid. Liear Rebekah: I have been reading our page and wondering why more people didn't take advantage of it, to , write on som subject dear to a woman's heart, or jest of interest to anyone. When suddenly it dammed onlne I was only reading and not writing, as no doubt nary otho's have been doing. Iii June 1.1th issue Rebekah ;nen:- tions Picnics. Aren't they lovely, friendly gatherings?: When I hear of a picnic I' always r+emeinber one lady who, while on a picnic, and haying a second, piece of cake, made the state- niont that "at a picnic you conics' eat all yoil liked." Maybe that's why l like picnics. But what I started out. to say was please do as Rebekah'sug- gests, pick up all your garbage,: as country people are really not fond of seeing papers; boxes, cans and bottles decorating or marring the roadsides and bush fields. Another thing aside from looks the cans and broken glass can be injurious to animals in that sante bush field. - where we have bush on We live three sides of our farm. Have always loved wild flowers, have found many different varieties, and, Rebekah, al• ways pierced some, too, but we were always careful how we picked and how many. Just now we are enjoying both yellow and pink mocassin flowers. 'We enjoy them in their natural . beauty, but if one had to stay among the flying beauties of nature with their sweet melodious tenor voices to enjoy them one just wouldn't. But one pick- ed here and there doesn't lout, but to destroy a plant by trying to bring it from the swamp would be a sin, as it would die. -t tit is said 111x1 You mention that c ry species are becomingextinct, because picked too lavishly. Perhaps that's the reason, but in the knowledge I have of wild flowers it is a natural turn of affairs. As a bush changes with the years, different types of flowers grow 'in that bush. For in- stence when we moved here eighteen years ago the bush to the north of ,us had beautiful large trilliums, thewood has been cut in places in -that lot, now we have the tiny liepetica, spring beauties and a number of dainty tittle flowers. Then again, the bush to the east wes carpeted thick with adder tongues eighteen years ago, now the trillium is reigning supreme. in that Mash, so some of the talk of wild flow- ers being extinct on account of pick- ing in quantity is not true, but ruth- less pickinng will destroy any flower be it wild or in the garden. Another place where the graceful wild Colum- bine grew is now overrun with thim- blebetriee and of course the fragile Columbine is no more or that hill, - The 'beautiful fire weed used to be here in abundance after some of our bush lues burned off, then it was raspberries, now it is a dense 'wood of second growth hardwood. The cardinal flower, very beautiful ansrather scarce, grows in our town- ship park, strange to say it still grows in its natural setting. Of course the occasional city visitor in- sists on picking every bloom, and we will soon he able to say good-bye to our lovely Cardinal flower, much to our sorrow. We of the country agree ruthless picking does destroy any plant. Sometimes when I see people pick- ing every flower in sight I feel like a certain ,person who once wrote in a city paper about wanting to pick flowers in the oity. Does it ever occur. to a city person that we of the country have as much right to go to the city and pike flowers in their garden lots, picnic on their lawns, as they have to come to the country sill do likewise to our property even •though we may have hundreds of acres. This is enough of a ramble for now and, Rebekah, I do agree, to pick spar- ingly. BURDOCK. Thanks, Burdock, .I 'know your love of flowers and I'm sure they will not suffer talker your hand. Wild flowers are, so' lovely that it is a shame to de- stroy thein. It might he all right if only a few people picked sparingly, but when dozens visit the same spot, and. all pick some, it doesn't take long to clean up every blossom. By the way, whypick so ugly a name, when a prettier one would suit you so much• better? A Third Of A Mile Of Peonies " `rn.uout an inf'ant's neck hang Peonies.' It cures' Alcydes' crtaell maladie sang Joshua Sylvester, the 16th century English poet, with ref- erence to the ancient belief that the seeds 'of the. peony worn roundthe neck acted as a charm against the powers of darkness. Indeed, from the earliest trines, traditions gathered a- round the peony both as a talisman against evil and as a cure for many illnesses. In -Eastern Europe, the origin of the name with many varia- bions in spelling was associated with the fabled Peen-, or Faith, or Paean, who cured the wounds of the gods in the Trojan war, as mentioned in the liliad of the ancient' Greek poet Hom- er. • Inn the Far East, the peony with its glorious colours was an inspiration With Smuttier Well Launch ed Drowning Accidents Increase' 1089 DROWNED LAST YEAR "Downing claims more lives in Canada •every year than automobile accidents," declared R. B. Morley, general manager of the Industrial Accident Prevention ' Associations, who is.directing the safety campaign in Ontario. "During the post 10 years, there has been an average of 'one drowning e day in. Ontario. This terrible toll must be reduced. Too many families in Ontario are plunged into mourn- ing when they should still be wearing gay, summer clothes and having a healthful holiday at the lake." Tlie campaign is endorsed by H. R. the Gillard, president of e Canadian Aiinateur Swimming As_sociation, who points out that 109 persons were drowned in Canada•last year. As part oftheir safety drive, ,the Industrial Aceident Prevention Asso- ciations are blanketing the province with thousands of circulars and pos- ters, showing in a clear, graphic way, how to revive a person who has been pulled out of the water in an uncon- scious conditohs. This method of artificial respira- tion, known as the "prone pressure method," can also be used in cases of electrical shock and gas asphybiation. It is the one recommended by the On- tario Hydro -Electrical Power Com- mission and the Electrical Employ- ers' Association. • • The Industrial Accident Prevention Associations urge all citizens to put up these posters in their summer cot- tages so that the important informa- tion on resuscitation 8211 be readily available, if it should be suddenly needed to save some precious life. Copies of the poster may obtained, free, of charge, by applying to the LA.P.A. office, 600 Bay St., Toronto. Each vital step in restoring normal breathing is carefully explained. "Quickly remove victim from wat- er and ,place on ground or other hard surface. If possible have head slightly lower than the nest of the body so that the mater and other liquids will drain away from the vic- tim, "As soon at possible; feel with your fingers in the patient's throat and remove any foreign body such as to- bacco and false teeth: If the mouth is tight shut, pay no more attention to it until later. "Do not stop to loosen the patient's clothing, but Immediately begin ac- tual resuscitation, Every moment of delay is serious," the circular warns. Full instructions are given o n how to restore breathing by applying rhythmic pressure to the back of the unconscious person, who is stretched out, face -down, in a horizontal posi- tion. "The ordinary and general tests for death should not be accepted," the cit•Cular states. "Any doctor should make several very careful and final examinations and be sure that speci- fic evidence of death is present be- fore pronouncing the patient dead." "Continue artificial respiration without interruption until natural breathing is restored (if necessary, four hours or longer) or until a physician declares the patient dead, "As soon as this artificial respira- tion has been started, and while it is being continued, an assistant should loosen any tight clothing about the patient's neck, chest or• waist: Keep the patient warm. Donot give any liquids whatsoever by mouth until the patient is fully conscious,' the circular; -continues. Warning . is given against moving the patient unnecessarily. "Should it be necessary, due to extreme weather conditions or other reason, to move the patient before he is breathing normally, resuscitation should b e carried on during the time that he is being moved," the circular adds. to the poets of China in the misty' past, while the common people were of a more practical turn of mind. As they do today, the inhabitants of northern Asia boil and eat the roots of the peony and grind its seed to put into tea. The tubers, of, the corn - :non peony are orn-:non.peonyare also used as an inter- nal ;medicine, being credited with wonderful properties for the cure of internal .troubles, biliousness, colic dropsy, convulsions, and hysteria, An infusion of the dried leaves is used successfully as an astringent for a h o t weather internal complaint. Whether or not the old -world -wonder of the hanging gardens of' Babylon were made glorious by the splendour of thepeonyis unimportant, because the beauty of the peony has been re- cognized from time immemorial, and the fact remains that the peony is one of -the most irriportant perennials for the Canadian garden, There are many amateur gardeners • lifn';:::1 11 ii CARE OF CHILDREN THIS: MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE .POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Soars—Sonaetintes Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful and Ins plring, innrewd++oa�wo..ws..a JZEMINISCENSES I ant, just a little old woman,' Living on borrowed time, 13ut my fingers are just as nimble, AlthougXn not in their prime. For they"have done their share of sewing all other hinds And h of work, For ink friends have often told me I never was one to shirrs. Now as my tune grows shorter, • As I journey down the hill, I see_ the sun grows brighter For I have time to look my fill, So never think life grows lonely, 11 you fill it with things worth while, There are loveiy things till around you If you hold up your head and smile. —Subscriber. in Canada who justly boast of the length and beauty of their perennial border of peonies. Thirty feet of glorious bloom in a garden makes a rare and imposing show, and one worthy to be proud of. But what ran be ,said of a third of a ;rile of the most beautiful peonies ever seen • in Canada -50,000 blooms in a breath- taking colour riot of ever-changing shades, white flecked : with crimson, bronze and gold,, r ed, dark' red, pink, madder, flesh white' all blender] into one glorious kaleidoscope. This is to happen at 'the International Peony. Show to be held in the Horticultural Building, Exhibition Grounds, at To- ronto on Rine 24th and 25th.' The exhibition is being held in co-opera- tion with sixteen Hoticu]tural Socie- ties of Toronto, the Canadian Peony Society, several Horticultural Soeie- ties of the Province of Ontario, and the American Peony Society. In this a record is created for the exhibition to be held in Canada. All the prin cipal growers in Ontario are giving their whole -hearted support for the success, of the exhibition. There is a very generous prize list.• LIMBO I never had a garden. All my flowers Are of dim -amber and dreani- amethyst And twilight -rose — rainbows and stars and mist— Too delicately fair for sun or showers, Too frail for any wind to breathe upon; But they will blossom still when June is gone. I never had a love. Therefore any heart May weave its fair and faint ima- ginings, And spread the timid dower of its wings, And shape its dream, un -pried -upon, apart— Nor guess wherein it fails of final buss, Nor know the disenchantment of a kiss. • ! have not known the ways of life and death, The paths of joy And sorrow: I am given A quiet country neither earth nor heaven In which to breathe, in which to yield guy breath; Mine are the windless spaces, sea and sky— Because I have not lived, I shall not die. Audscy Alexander Brown, in The The birds conte here to trill; their happy song, And ..'round the blossoms, . golden - bright bees throng To gather honey from the throats of flowers,• How busily they work, through all the hours Of each 'glad day. Y What beauty for an artist to portray! Though never colored canvas could convey To a soul the thrill the living flowers bring When .forth in all their gorgeous bloom they spring In this fair garden. , Upon a pillow of green grass 1 lie And watch the fleecy clouds go drift- ing by, Like faery forms beside a deep blue sea With, here and there a little faery tree Of shining blossoms. Thore's magic in this garden, fresh and f fair! A i In leaves, and grass and flower- scented air. Age enters in, but (wonder of the placer), Departs as youth, with smiling soul and face From this bright garden. I —JeanGay,Globe. in The Goe. i• . WISHES a Give me the sunshino; give me the rain; Give rue the winds in my face; Give me the shakes of a country lane Where rabbits romp and race. Give me the song of a waterfall; Give ane the river's croon; Give me the roads of old Donegal, And joy will find its noon. -Give me the quiv'ring bleat of the snipe; Give nie the tang of the moor; Give rue the clear where the wild larks pipe Their throbbing notes --and pure. Give nue the moon and the stars o'er all; Give me. the fairy night; Chatelaine. The songs in the winds Donegal, And life will be delight. AT VIMT RIDGE Out of the heart of the North they carne, Full of the ardor of plain and sky, The boys of the Maple in khaki clad, Ready to do and ready to die: Theirs was a courage of freedom born, Crinson'd with faith of an ancient day; Like tigers they stood on that April • morn, Ready to spring at their hostile ' Prey, • At Vimy• Ridge. Easter had shed its halo of light Where the village spires were dreaming of prayer, And the faith that had lifted each soul from the sod Biossom'cl anew in the morning air: Across the sky a serpent of fire Lifted its head with a hiss and roar And sweeping the Ridge from trench to trench, It lifted and poised and dropped and tore. A.t: Vimy Ridge. The boys of the Maple pressed on and on, Through mud and shell -holes, 'mid smoke and din; Trench by trench was emptied of Bodies, For steel is sure in the end to win, Then honor the heroes that won that day A fame that shall live with the burning ,stars; Whose courage and faith were born of heaven, As they knelt in duty at the altar of Mars, Ab Vinay Ridge. Thomas O'Hagan, in• "Songs of Heroic Days." THE MAGIC OF A GARDEN There is a lovely garden. that I know, Where• flowers, many colored flowers grow, Whose fragrance. wafts to heav'n like incense rare' - The whole day through. Ah, cool •it is and fair In this sweet garden. 1tl. of old. Give rte the sunshine; give me the rain; Give me the winds in my face; Give ane the mountains of hong again, `frith all their tow'ring grace. Give me the freedom from worldly thrall; With no excuse to weep, Then on the hails of old Donegal— Let mists around me creep. —Walter McPheliniy, in Irish 'Week- ly Independent. Sir A. D. Hall, in an address to the Royal Society of Arts on "Can Agriculture Provide Substantial Re- lief for Unemployment," said that the continued decrease in small holdings in face of deliberate efforts to in- crease there ivas sufficient evidence that they no longer represented a form of occupation that would attract and retain men." CHINESE WOMEN GO BAREHEADED Chinese women do not wear hats and very .few affect corsets.` They do, however, •wear silk stockings and the Canadian article has been intro- duced into the Shanghai market quite successfully. There is little demand for foreign -style dresses among Chin- ese. women, but such as there is, in- cluding foreign women, is being Met with dresses turned out by Chinese tailors trained by Russian designers, who opened up many retail shops'seI- ling fashionable dresses made in their own workshops from Chinese or im- ported materials. There is' usually much more hand -work on these dres- ses than on similar garments from America and European countries., Central China, in which Shanghai is t p 'cal cliimate �Iocated hasa sub ro n n T Ihaving cold winters and very hot sum- niers. In cansequence, all weights of cotton, silk and woollen .dresses are worn. Colors favored are white wird' light pastel shades from June to the, end of September, medium colors from' April to June. and October to Decem- f ber, and dark shades froim December• to the end of March. -4i