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The Clinton News Record, 1936-08-06, Page 7THURS., AUG. 6, 1936 THE CLINTON 'NEWS -RECORD PAGE 7 EIOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS COOKING u GI iffat;olls raj Rekall A Column Prepared Especially for Women— But Not Forbidden to Men THE HILLS AND THE SEA Alphonso went down to the ships and the seas; Paulinus stayed home with the gar- den and bees. Alphonso would dream in his ham- mock at night Sweet dreams of the groves and tate swallows in flight. Paulinus world sit with the stars and the trees And dream of white sailson soft swelling seas. "The true son of joy. is niy brother that tills," • Said he of the ships to the man of the hills. "Joy's for the rover, but sorrow's for lite," • -Said he of the hills to the man of the sea. —W. D. Gough in Montreal Star. We are all very apt to think that some other person has a much better time than we have; that someone else is much more advantageously placed than we and has a very much better chance at happiness and we often feel rather badly used over it. Of course there is very little equal- ity in the world, If you wish to take the cases of even tine people .you know you, will find that it is often the most deserving people who have •tho hardest life; you will find only too often that it is the most unselfish of mothers who are •imposed upon by the family; it is the unselfish elder daughter who is made the family goat; it is the selfish youngster who • stakes a big fuss if he or she doesn't getthe best of everything, who act- ually gets it, right along. Then it is not always the best peo- ple who seem to have the easy tithes; fortune, often . favors the selfish; grasping people, while it frowns ',upon the unselfish, helpful folk. This .seems to be unjust, but after all, when you come to think of it, the lat- ter may be getting more out of life than the former. The unselfish ones may be .developing a soul which in the enol Will leave them infinitely. richer than their more exacting bro- thers and sisters. Personally, I do not think that in any family any member should._ be. made the goat. I do not think the member cast for the role should con- sent to set. Every child should learn .early in life to bear its fair share of responsibility. Parents should keep a -fine balance in their family and ensure that all are treated with equal generosity., But, even if we do think that some- one has an easier life; that the sun of prosperity shines more fully on somebody else than upon us, and we are all convinced that this is so, it is rather foolish to.allow it to make us miserable. In the first place if we `were cast in the other person's role we might find that lie or she had many anxie- ties and worries of which we were entitrely ignorant. We might find, indeed, that he or she had been en- vying us our easy life. One never knows. But even if these people are hav- ing abetter time, and we cannot change places with them, it greatly adds -to our disadvantages and. takes. much from our happiness to enter- tain the spirit of envy. The person who is nursing a grievance isa very dieagreeable person to meet. Most of us would go around 0 large' block to avoid a meeting. The best way is to make every legitimate effort to better our own condition, then to be as happy as we can be in. it. After all, We were placed in this life to de- velope the best part of us and that is the chief end of our living anyway. The-eese or hardness of our lives is not the important part. And it may be that it takes the hard lnnocks to polish us off properly. We should try to ,cultivate a spirit which can take; them with a smile. ticalith Service OF TSE Gattabtan i'c ebliral Aogriritritou and. Life Insurance Companies in Canada. Edited by GRANT FLEIMING, M.D., Associate Secretary THAT ACHING BACK When one considers the complexity ,of joints and ligaments in the back sand realizes the hours of strain to which it is daily subjected, one • won- ders why it does not ache more: Even fo'mity of the spinal vertebrae with "lipping" or. with "erosion"; in either case considerable limitation of move- ment may result. • Sometimes other' spinal conditons develop. If' there is a cancerous growth somewhere else in the body, ..sitting does not entirely relieve back little clusters of cancer cells may .strain, for it still has half the body settle in the spine giving' secondary weight to support—unless one makes growths there. Sometimes there is a --a tripod' with the ellows. lithe on; calcium deficiency in the body Backache niaycome from various and the softened bones :'nay break or ,:causes; It may be due to fatigue, the vertebrae may collapse, Some- particularly if one is not used to times tuberculosis develops in the physical work. Digging the garden, spine. house cleaning, piling 'stones, for a Often the pain is a "referred" one .dock at the summer cottage or pump-' only. ,It is a common sign of pelvic ing up: a tire would suffice, [disorders . in the female. Prostatic !' It may be due to sudden strain. ,trouble in the Male maygive similar Any sudden or unusually heavy lift' symptoms. A. few forms of lcidnr; stay tear muscle fibres or snap :diseases give backache, but the con - strands of one of the many back liga- :non idea that one's kidneys are "bad" ments. The result is often an Mune- l if thereis backache is seldom true. 'diate spasm of all -the back muscles, Gall -bladder disease sometimes gives 'making movement almost impossible.'pain under the right shoulder blade. 'This may follow an instinctive reac-IlMany cases of aching back are un- -tion to save oneself, as when slipping doubtiedly due to faulty posture, ei- on ice or a waxed floor. Occasionally; them in standing or in sitting. High the sacre-iliac joint, the joint on heels or improperly fitted shoes ag•- either side where the spine joins the gravate this condition. 'pelvic girdle, may be slightly twisted, I Most of us have had backache froan ;giving prolonged pain. •"flu," but few fortunately have had BY ackache may be due to'an inflate- I the terrific backache in the first stag amatory condition in the back muscles.' es of smallpox. 'This :nay be acute—the real lumbago 1 The diagnosis and 'treatment of —and •may involve the actual -fibres backache will be considered in the themselves, acute fibrositis. The 'spin- next article. -al joints may be acutely infected Questions concerning health, ad- xaeute spondylitis. It may be a chron- dressed to the Canadian Medical" As- ic inflammatory condition, and this eociation, 184 .College St., Toronto, 'chronic arthritis may result in de- will be answered personally by, letter. Edited by Rebekah. ITEALTII CARE OF CHILDREN CONTRIBUTIONS :Bear - l ebekah:— • There is nothing much more appe- tising than milk soups.'. All thefam- ily; enjoys. them and if you happen to have a child who doesn'.take his share of milk each day, here's a way to make him take some without protest. Here are a few good recipes: Cream of Pea Soup 1 cup cooked peas 2 tablespoons chopped. onion (or family is.not p loss if your fa y �-1artial .to 0 onions.) ' 1 teaspoon salt 1/a teaspoon paprika 3 cups milk 1-8 cup diced celery 3 cups water 3 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons flour Mix 'peas, celery, onions, water and salt. Cover and cook very slowly 30 minutes. Press though sieve. Melt butter and add flour. Mix well and add milk. And cook until -sauce thic- kens a little,: Add paprika and strain- ed mixture. Cook 2 minutes. Serves 4 persons. Cream of Celery Soup 1 pint milk 1 tablespoon of butter 1 tablespoon of flour. 1 head of celery 3 large slice of onion, and a small piece of mace. Boil the diced celery in 1 pint of water for 30' or 40 minutes; heat mace, onion and milk together; mix flour with two tablespoons of cold milk and add to boiling milk. Add butter, season with salt and pepper to taste, then acrd celery and let simmer about 2 minutes, then strain and serve immediately. The flavor 'is improved by' adding 1 cupful of whip- ped cream when soup is in the tureen. Tomato Puree 1 qt. tomatoes 2 enps water or meat stock i6 bay leaf 2 stalks celery 1 sprig parsley • 1 slice onion 712 tspn. salt 1!a tspn. pepper 1 tbspn. butter 2 tbspns.flour. Wash and cut tomatoes in quarters, acrd water (or stook), bay leaf,, cel-. ery, parsley, onion salt, pepper and sugar and cook slowly until' tomatoes are soft. In another saucepan melt the butter, acrd flour and mix well. Add' tomato mixture and stir until thick. Press soup through a fine sieve. Reheat over boiling water. Season more if necessary and .serve with crisp croutons. Canned tonia-- toes niay be used. —QUEEN MAB. Yes,we often think that mothers migheasily have their children take 'their full supply of milk without ev, en mentioning it, in SOUPS, puddings, etc. HINTS ,ON PICKLE MAKING Dear Rebekah:—The preservation of food with salt or vinegar„ either with or without the addition of spices or sugar is commonly known as pick- ling. The predominating flavour de- termines the kind of pickle, sour pickle, sweet pickle or spiced pickle. Green or slightly unripe fruits and vegetables• are generally' used. The vinegar used must be ofsufficient strength to exert a preservative ac- tion, and there 'lnust, be enough of it to cover the material pickled. Pickles have little food value brit they make a meal more palatable They should never be given to children. Only porcelain lined or granite-" ware kettles should be used when cooking pickles, Acid will attack metal utensils, so they should not be used. A " granite or wooden spoon should be used for stirring. A•perfor- ated agate ladle is a convenient uten- sil' for lifting the pieces of pickle 'from. 'the kettle. Finished , pickles should be packed into sterilized • jars or crocks.' Pickles and Relishes • Alwaysuse fresh vegetables for pick e making. Use the best vinegar. Cider vine- gar has a better flavour but white wine gives a clear colour. Onpreparing, vegetables for pick- ling they are usually put in brine for some hours or overnight, This draws out some of the water and makes them firmer, also the salt checks spoilage and: a slight lactic fermenta- tion takes place. If pickles are required crisp and firm they should never be cooked but slightly scalded. Apple Chutney' 2 pounds tart .apples ii pound brown sugar 1 tablespoon mustard 2 tablespoons salt 1 red pepper , 2 small onions r/ pound raisins:' )1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 green pepper • 3 cups vinegar. Pare, core ancl chop the apples. Chop the onion, raisins and peppers; add other ing•redients: Qeoki until thick. Seal in sterile jars. Apple Relish 6 cups chopped apples 1/ cup chopped pimento. 2' cups vinegar 1 cup sugar 2 cups chopped celery 1/5 cap chopped green pepper 1 cup water 1/ teaspoon salt, Boil sugar, water, vinegar and salt together, until sugar is dissolved. Chop celery and peppers. • Peel and chop a small quantity of apples et one time as they will discolour if al- lowed to stand. Mix with other in- gedients, fill sterilized jars, and pour over the boiling vinegar mixture. Seal at once. —Lillian. Henry, CELERY RELISH Dear Rebekah:Here is a recipe for celery relish which I have used for many years. It is a good one: 3 heads celery 1 large onion 1 cup white sugar 1 tablespoon curry powder ' 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1 tablespoon mustard 1 tablespoon salt 1 pint vinegar. ' Chop celery and onion fine; mix sugar, cornstarch; mestard, salt and curry with a little cold vinegar, let the rest of the vinegar come to a boil, then stir in,ancl •make paste as for mustard pickles. - ,you—ROSEBUD. •Thanks, Rosebud. It's pickling time from now on, and this sounds good. PRESERVE HEALTH IN AN ENJOYABLE WAY =Eat Plenty of Fruit and Vegetables Fruits and vegetables every clay in the year and every meal in the day are necessary to perfect health. To enure this one must look ahead and prepare now for the coming winter. Canning is• one of the lab- ours of the home which shows re- sults, and successful food preserva- tion depends on destruction of bac- teria, yeasts and molds and preven- tion of further development. --T� ac- complish this the food must be thor- oughly heated to destroy the organ- isms and must be kept sealed and air tight to prevent the entry of other organisms. Sugar, salt, vinegar are all aids to preservation of foods but years of experiment have shown that ster- ilising the food ill jars or cans in which it is to be stored is the most successful method of home canning. This is really an easier way of can- ning than the old open kettle me- thod, also, the product keeps its nat- ural colour, shape and flavour better. Elaborate equipment is unnecessary if care is exercised. Some house- wives 'ase a steamer, others like the heat controlled oven, still others pre- fer to use the water bath, Of course. the pressure coolcer is quickest and sure but every housewife does not possess one. There are a few points which should be emphasized, rather than the usual "dont's": 1. Use fresh products. 2. Handle small quantities at a time, pack and sterilize as soomi as possible after blanching. or pre-cook- ing. a 3. Test all jars before using, . 4. Buy new rubbers each year. Test each one before using. Be sure that the rubbers fit the type of jar. Wide rubbers for spring top jars—narrow ones for screw top jars. d. If the water bath is used keep jars covered with water -two inches over the. top. 6, Keep the water boiling or the. oven heat regular. 7. Use approved methods and allow full, time for sterilization. • 8. Remove the jars at the end of required, period. 9. Seal jars tightly at once. 10., When cool, store in e dry, cool, dark place. • Full directions for canning are giv- en in the new Bulletin 534, "Canning Fruits:' Dinners Were Expensive In Former Days What would you think of the fol- lowing' dinner and its cost: "Tales have been handed down of the feats of treneherinen of former days and one wonders just what these ,affairs cost. There recently' came in- to the possession : of, the Manager of. The Nova Scotiati Hotel in Ilalifax, Nova Scotia, which is owned and op- erated by the Canadian; National - Railways, a bill for .0. dinner held a- bout two hundred years ago in the Great Pontae Hotel, a' famous los- terly of a by -gone clay in that sea- port town The dinner was given by n� less a personage than . General Wolfe, on the eve of his departure to capture Louisburg on the island of Cape Breton. Louisburg was taken on July 26, 1758, and Wolfe then; pro- ceeded to the capture of Quebec which fell the 'following year. Here is the itemized bill which was render- ed in pounds sterling 47 plates at $5.00 $285,00 70 bottles Madeira wine - 50 bottles Claret - 120 bottles at $1:25 150.00 25 bottles Brandy at $1.85, 40,25 • $431.25 10 pcs. music, $2.50. ., , 25.00 Supplies for miuscians 13.75 15 special attendants $1.00,15.00 Table master and his supper 7.60 $492.60 To Gen, Wolfe, Halifax, 24 May, 1758. (Continued from page 6) PEARLS BEFORE SWINE door. '11en he sat down and passed a bewildered hand over his perspir- ing forehead. What had possessed him to act like that? What on earth were all those people staking such a fuss about? Mr. Penrose felt in his pocket for a handkerchief and drew forth the famous pearls. For one awful moment he thought that the battle with Eliza had affect- ed his mind and that he was "seeing things." Then reason reasserted it- self. He had not put the pearls there himself. Therefore someone else had. But he remembered feeling in his poc- ket before boarding the train, and they hadn't been there then. There- fore someone on the train—Dimly klr: Penrose recalled tine dealt, sallow features of the gentleman who had Sat due east of him, Whom, now he carte to think of it, he Ned knocked over in his. hurried descent of the escalator. Who, in fact, had been the leader of the mob chasing him. It was thein' that Mr. Penrose caught sight of the morning newspa- per lying unfolded where he had dropped it. "DARING PEARL ROBBERY" The headlines shrieked et him. Immediately Alfred Penrose be- came Detective Penrose, a Penrose who put two and two together. They had made four when the door just was broken open, and the self-made sleuth perceived outside the burly figure of Sergeant Hoskins, and, hov- eying somewhat uncertainly a little in the rear, the dark, sallow features of George Watson, Uttering a demoniacal yell, Pen- rose the Detective, Penrose the Vic- tor, shot forward, wiigglecl past the sergeant, grabbed the legs of the astonished George, and pinned hint to the ground. "Ootcher!" shouted Mr. Penrose. Of course, George put up a strug- gle, .Of course, people thought Al- fred was a maniac and did their best to free Mr.' Watson from his clutches. But -when the aggressor shouted "Don't let 'in: get away! He stole the pearls, I tell you!" Sergeant He kins, who had managed' to get a grip on the collar of each of the combat- ants, looked long and searchingly in- to the eyes of'Mr.'Watson.: The re- cognition became mutual. That was by no means the enc!. There were ,explanations. Yards of them. More explanations to Mr. Penrose's employers. No end of state- ments and similar fuss and bother at the police station. And finally a meeting with Lord Trumpet himself hurriedly called in to identify the pearls. A. meeting which.left Mr. Penrose with a nice little cheque fog 50 in his pocket. Penrose the Detective greeted his wife on , Saturday evening, Seeing the startling news in the morning pa pers, Eliza, forgetting her •animosity, had hurried home breathless with excitement. A nonchalant Penrose related. the. whole - story,' finishing by producing the cheque with a dramatic gesture. A gleam, similar to that affected by Sergeant 'Hoskins, made its way into Eliza's.eyes. "Now we can 'ave the wahless," She said comfortably. THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad— 1". ut 'Always Helpful and Ins pining• ILLIMITABLE They are dot bound By the world's traces, • They are not bound • By old defeat; " Who feel the dawn Against their faces, The eager grass Beneath their feet. —John C Ritchey. DUSK These are the things men seek at dusk: Firelightacrossa room; Green splashing against clitn roofs, I' Gardens where flowers bloom. Lamplighted gold of a windowpane, Trees with tall stars above, Women who watch a darkening street. For somebody whom they love. Faith of a small Child's rhyming prayer, Candlesbine, tables spread SWALLOW SONG O little hearts, , beat home, beat hone, Here is no place to rest, Night darkens on the falling foam And on the fading west. Oh, little wings beat home, beat home; Love may no longer roam. O Love has touched the fields of Wheat, And Love has groomed the corn; And we must follow Love's white feet Through all the ways of horn. Through all the silver roads of air We pass, and have no care. The silver roads of Love are wide, 0 winds that stun, 0 stars that guide Sweet are the ways that love has trod Through the clear skies that lead to Goci. But in the cliff -grass Love builds deep A. place where wandering wings may With"a blossom or two in a gay blue sleep. bowl, Fragrance of crusted bread. For Hien may dream of a clipper ship' A Wharf, or a gipsy mum, . But their footsteps pattern a -homing way To a woman, a child, a lamp. —Helen Welshmer. THE LANE There is a little lane that lies Far from the haunts of men; And 0! .the heart within ate cries To treat! its Way again, Low is its voice and very sweet, —The young wind whispering— The lilt of song where waters meet, The call of birds in Spring. Soft are its lnutds ancl very kind Outstretchedto Welcome me,— Pale honeysuckle boughs entwined 'With heart -leaved bryony. Bright are its eyes and very clear; Starred in the wayside grass, The golden -hearted daisies peer, All smiling as I pass. Pure is its heart and very wise, Farr frons the haunts of men; And 0! the heart within me cries To hear it beat again. —H, Boss in Poety of Today, London, THE CHILD HEART The child heart is so strange a thing, So mild — so timorously shy and small— When grown-up hearts throb it goes scampering Behind the wall, nor dares peer out at all!- It is the veriest mouse That hides in any, house— So wild a little thing is any child heart! Nay, .little Childheart, you have never need To fear us—we are weaker far than you— 'Tis we who should be fearful—we indeed Should hide us, too, -as darkly as you do Safe, as yourself withdrawn, • 1-Iearing the world roar on Too withal, woeful, awful for the child heart. Childheart! Mild -heart! I•Io, my little wild Heart! Come up here to me out'o' the dark, Or let me cone to you!' —James. Whitcomb Riley.. THE SPARROW You cannot cleave the air in flight Like graceful speeding arrow, You cannot flaunt a plumage bright, Poor homely, wee, ` brown sparrow. Yet He who loveth all humble things Did not thy worth disdain And'to the poorthis message brings 0 sparrow in thy name: Thou art indeed exalted; with sueh tidings on, the wing, Sweeter far than carols thy humble twittering; That the Godwho keeps, this world in space, Leads the stars, 'mid trackless blue, The same o'erflowing love, and grace, Is sheltering me and you: 0 ye •oppressed lift up your head, Tread safe ye little ones of earth, Ye lowly ones be comforted- He knows the sparrow's worth. —Annie Bethune McDonald, in t MVIontreal Gazette, —Marjorie Pickthall, ,OUR BORDER LINE Three thousand miles of border line! nor fort nor armed host On all this frontier neighbor -ground frons east to western coast; A spectacle to conjure with — a thought to stir the blood! A living proof to all the world of faith in brotherhood. Three thousand miles of border line —nor has a century Seen aught along this common course but peace and harmony. O notions bound in brotherhood! 0 faith in fellow -man! , What better way on earth to dwell than this God-given plan? Three thousand miles of border line! --One hundred years of peace! In ell the page of history what par- ellel to this? God speed that surely dawning day —that coming hour divine— When all the nations of the earth shall boast such border line! --The New York Tithes. WHEN I GO HOME TO MOTHER "Here is the child!" The door flies wide, Our arms infold each other; `Warm-hearted welcome wraps me round When I go home to mother. "Come, Father, quick! Here is the child!" Caught in a close kiss -smother, We look the love that lies so deep ' When I go home to another. We laugh and talk, and laugh again The things we tell each ether! The hours are arrows tipped with time The chis' I visit mother. If I have pleasures; plans or pains, Bright hopes or bits of bother, I pack them well, tuck in some dreams, And take them all to mother. She smoothes the creases from my cares, -She comforts like none other; My big, black clouds, turned inside • out, Are lined with light by mother. Her heed just reaches to my heart, But listen, sister, brother, God knows thegreatnessof the soul It takes tomake a mother. Oh, there are those who long to he One grand thing or another, But I'm so glad that I am still "The child" to my own mother! --Gertrude Bowen Webster, BRITISH NOT PARTIAL TO COTTON DRESSES Due to the absence of central heat- ing., cotton frocks are not worn in the houseby the women of Great Britain to the same degree as in the case: of Canada and the United States. Dur- ing the summer season, however, there is a sale for them, imports com- ing mostly from the United States. The same applies to dresses with short sleeves which are suitable only; during the warmer weather,