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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1936-09-17, Page 7THLTRS., ;SLEPT. 17, 1936 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE ? HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS COOKING Edited by Rebekah. TEA: is delicious aos Ruillatiulls nI 8e6eYaV A Column Prepared Especially for Women— But Not Forbidden to Men GOOD MANNERS A visiting, winsome English maid 'Vas touring Canada undismayed. And those who met her remarked that she Had manners as nice as manners could be Causing a dear old girl to declare: " ""They teach them manners over there." -It Some people may scoff, but there is a very decided need of the teach- ing of manners to the children and young people of Canada. The lack of good manners is a serious lack and it is noticeable everywhere, in school children, in students of our Colle- .giates and Universities, in the homes, and even in our public teen and lead- ers very often. it manifests itself on the streets •and on thehighways, indeed, it is not too much to say that it is the cause • of not a few accidents. Nobody likes to let another get ahead of him .nobody wants to trait for another, so • cars come into collision and lives and property are destroyed. The new safety campaign has for its slogan, '"Try Courtesy," and if it were really tried for a while the accident total might be seen to drop considerably. Some people say that manners :should bo taught in the schools, but in order to have any foundation, 11 order to ensure that what is taught should not be a mere veneer, man- ners must be taught in the home, not only taught, but practiced. And here- in lies our difficulty, perhaps. It is a humiliating thought that in the ma- jority of homes good manners cannot be either practiced or taught, or the children going out from these homes would not be so Packing in them and tite foundation of good manners is simply the thinking of others. Isn't it a pleasure to meet children and young people who have been taught good manners? It is a real joy to have them around, and, no matter what anybody thinks, a well-mannered, polite girl or boy has a decided advantage in a competetive world. Doors wiII open' for them which remain tight closed to the boorish and rude. The motto "Try Courtesy" if followed by young and old, rich and poor; in the home, in business and social life, on the high- ways, everywhere, would prove a real benefit in every way. REBEICAH. It is estimated that the commercial apple crop in the United States this year will be 64,500,000 bushels, . com- pared with 93,866,000 bushels in 1936 and 97,895,000 bushels, the five-year average. A HEALTH SERVICE OF THE CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ANO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA ;IN THE HANDS OF THE BAILIFF Every day of their lives doctors have to be official receiver's, admin- istrators, bailiffs, helping, weary and worn sick people to restore health balances and avert crashes. Every day they have to urge -and demon- strate the principles of health econ- • omits which alone can restore sol- vency and may' even in time bring back prosperity. But what has been done wrong must be undone: extra- vagance must give place to retrench - anent. . We trust get out of debt in Mother ,Nature's books, and keep out. The medicine called 'Rest" can be dispensed to sick people fairly free- ly and taken almost ad'libidum with- out great herrn: But the medicine -called "Exercisg" -'should be prescrib- ed to sick, or evert convalescent pee- ' pie in exact 'doses and often even ' marked with a "Poison" label. For too large doses or at wrong titres -wild do harm, and prolonged wrong .:and excesive dosages may even kill, •have killed many and many a time. Tuberculosis people forty years ago -were often told to walk in the open air. The air was good, butthe, walk at wrong stages and in wrong a- •anounts,actually killed. Now they are told to •lie and rest in the open air. Both an and rest are good and fair- ly safe, so casualties are fewer. A. -tithe comes for the stronger medi • eine of walking in the' open Air, but 'that should be by prescription of a :physician` who knows all the tricks ••of this very tricky disease. What rest is, how to rest, how, • rnitch to rest, how • many energy -con uming odds and ends can, should, 'trust be given up are among, the :first lessons a sick man must learn. `Anything that consumes energy, pteastu'ably, with profit, painfully or "wastefully, is work. Talking is work, 'indeed often one of the most wear -1 lag forms of work in- that it dissi- "pates both physical and nervous en - orgy. An argument or a vivacious -conversation may be violent exercise.' Standing is work, and even. sitting -less restful than lying. Excitement or.' • emotion consume high voltage. "Ganes of bluff or chance are bad. Even chess costs more very often than can be spared. Fussy dressing or "dolling up" is bad medicine. Even reading roust be regulated, but after heavy and intense books have been laid aside for the time, there are still, thank heaven, whole cases of pleasant and placid. volumes to wander through, almost at will. Writing must come under control. Letter -writing has been a fateful leakage for many a sick person and letter -reading not always conducive to rest. In short, beware the post- man-. While ost-man- While rest is an almost universal medicine there is none more difficult to fit exactly to the needs of each and all. No two need exactly the same prescription. One man's meat is another man's poison. One can- not lift hand to head without harm, oi' have a visitor for a minute with- out danger, or whisper without wast- ing some chances of recovery. An- other, still a sick•man, could be sent to the woods to fell trees as a medi- cine for his ills. A time of special clanger is the time when restrictions begin to be removed, when the bankrupt -spend- thrift is allowed a trifle of pocket - money,. and feels like a millionaire; when the bland diet of rest can be spiced and made perhaps more pal-. atable by a sprinkling of exercise, Remember that the spice is not diet, only seasoning, and that a spice ap- petite may upset the whole digestive processes. Harmful little interests have a way of growing into strenuous main purposes and harmful and lar borious occupations. Any fool can be wise for the day when the fear of death is on him, but it takes the wisdom and self-control. of a man to persevere when all is going well, and everything tempts:him off then job. Yet if rest has a major place in therapy, work has its indication also. Even rest hae, to be recovered from. Exercise will restore function, get ,muscles into condition, keep down fat, break monotony, and, if rightly. judged" as to time, kind and amount, —not otherwise—contribute to . the happy result called care What a house on fire needs is the fire-fight- er, not the carpenter, but when the fire is dead out the carpenter is the mat} for your money. But be sure about the ashes, Better too tntech fire -fighting than too -little. Be pat- ient. Go slow. Don't fall into debt again. Illness is a sehooi; and if you have learned .nothing while in bed, you are hopeless. Be not weary in well -doing, for in due season ye shall reap, if ye faint not. Questions concerning health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As - sedation, 184 College St., Toronto, will be answered personally by letter. Cooler weather is coming on and housewives will be looking about for some new hot dishes to delight titers; families. • Here are some new ways of cooking meat which have been tested and .found; good. Clip there out for future use: Round Steak, Vienna Style Remove fat, gristle, and bone from round or shoulder steak, pass through meat chopper twice. There should be two cups. Add Ye cup soft •bread crumbs, season with salt, pepper, paprika, and parsley. Add two table- spoons finely chopped bacon. With the hands mix thoroughly, adding tale eggs (one at a time) while mix- ing. Shape in oval cutlets, dredge them with flour, dip in egg and crumbs, fry a golden brown in deep, hot fat. Serve around a mound of mashed potatoes and pour over Spanish sauce. If for any reason you do not wish to nee the spices rained, substitute others more favoured. Swiss Steak .Pound as much flour as possible into round or flank steak with edge of plate or back of cleaver; brown steak in small quantity of fat in hot skillet; add some canned tomatoes, chopped onion, pepper and salt, and sufficient hot water to cover. Cov- er dish and simmer until tender — about two' hours. Add more water if necessary during cooking, and if gravy is too thin thicken with flour before serving. Braised Short Ribs - To each pound of meat allow a- bout te'o cups of water and one tea- spoon salt. Sumner for about three hours in covered vessel, turning neat at end of first hour. If necessary, add more water during cooking to prevent meet burning. At the end of the cooking, the most of the liq- uid should have been absorbed. Re- move ribs, season, and brown in hot oven for about half an hour, Re- move some of the fat from gravy, thicken, and serve with the ribs. Escalloped Corn Beef 1•n one cup of medium white sauce cook one stalk of celery and two slices of onion which have been chop ped fine. Place in shallow well - greased baking dish two cups of cub- ed corned beef. Pour sauce over meat, and , cover with bread crumbs dipped in melted butter. Brown in hot oven, It is still pickling time and here are some tested' recipes which will make a pleasing addition to any -win ter store: Mustard Pickle 1 quart cucumbers peeled and cut up 1 head of ` celery, cut up 3 sweet red peppers, cut, up 't cup .flour • 1 dessert: 'spoon tumeric 1. quart small onions, skinned and left whole 1 cauliflower, broken up 1 cup of brown sugar IA cup of mustard ' 2 quarts of malt vinegar Make a brine, allowing V. cup of pickling salt to quart of water, put pickle in brine and leave twenty-four hours, then drain thoroughly, Make a paste of the flour, mustard and tumeric, • blending it to .a smooth paste with a little of the vinegar; Stir this into whole vinegar,' Bring to the boil, put pickles in this mixture, bring to the boil, bail one minute, seal in sterlieed jar's. Vegetable 'Marrow Chutney 5 pounds of vegetable marrow Pickling salt 3'teaspoons mustard 1 pound small onions, chopped ,fine 1..teaspoon ground ginger 'sit cupbrown sugar 3 red peppers 31/ pints of Malt vinegar 2 teaspoons tuxieric. Peel a ripe :vegetable marrow, cut in half and scoop out all 'seeds and stringy parts. Cut the marrow into small pieces.' Cover with salt and leave for twelve hours. Mix mustard and tumeric with .a little of the vine gar, then add the remainder of the vinegar and all theother ingredients. except the mar'r'ow, and boil together for fifteen •minutes.: Dram marrow, add to boiled mixture, cook till soft, Pour into .sterilized jars and seal. Winter Salad .1 cauliflower a/a cabbage - 1 cucumber 1 quart. onions 1 quart green tomatoes 2 heads celery 2 quarts vinegar 1 cup flour ,. 3 cups brown sugar 1 teaspoon tumeric 1 teaspoon celery seed cup mustard. Prepare all vegetables by putting them through the food ehopper. Al- low to stand in salt brine overnight; Then boil for ten minutes in brine and strain. . Boil vinegar, inix flour, brown su- gar, mustard, tumerie and celery seed in enough cold vinegar to make a paste, add to hot vinegar and boil until it begins to thicken. Pour over vegetables, mix well and bottle. Yellow Sweet Pi.,I,t ., 1 quart ripe cucumber $ quarts apples 1 quart onions 3 red peppers. Put all through the mincer, sprin- kle with salt and let stand overnight. Next morning drain and add VA quarts vinegar, and 8 cups brown sugar. Bring to boiling point. Make a paste of 14, cup flour, el cup mus- tard, and t/ ounce tumeric, enough water to mix. Add this mixture slow- ly to the pickles. Boil 8 ,minutes, stirring constantly. Pour into ster- ilized jars and seal. Social Welfare Conference "Planning the Welfare Pro- gramme" will be the central theme of a Regional Conference on Social Welfare to be held in London, Ontar- io,, September 21st and 22nd, under the joint auspices of the Canadian Welfare Council collaborating with the London Council of Social- Agen- cies and other welface bodies in Wes- tern Ontario. The Conference, which will be regional for Western Ontario, is the first of a series of regional conferences to be sponsored by the national welfare body in collaboration with social agencies throughout Can- ada in the next few months. Community Health Services, Child Care and Protection, Preservation of Family Life, and General Community Planning and organization of Wel- fare Services, will forin the chief top- ics, of discussion at the meetings in Leaden which will extend throughout two full clays. Welfare workers anti interested citizens throughout Wes tern Ontario are invited to partici- pate ]n these discussions and a num- ber ofvisiting speakers from other Ontario cities will be in London to. address the Conference, including the following: Dr. J. T. Pharr, Chief Medical Officer of Health for the Province of Ontario, bit. A. W. Lav- er, Commissioner of Public Welfare for the City of Toronto, Mr. G. S. Chandler, Executive Secretary of the Community Fund and Council of So - cal Agencies of Hamilton, Mr. P. N. Stapleford, General Secretary of the Neighbourhood Worker's Association, Toronto, and Miss Charlotte Whitton, C.B.E., Executive Director of the Canadian Welfare Council, Ottawa. GODERICH GODERICH: Mrs. Emily Kath- leen Ball, widow of William L. Hor- ton, : died ' Monday, week, - in her sixty-eighth year, after along illness. Mrs. Horton was born in Saint John N.B., the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs, H. W., Ball, and came to Goderich as a child, where she' had since' resided. She was married here to Mr. Horton who was a director and manager of the Goderich Elevator and,. Transit Company since its incept tion in 1898, until his death in 1916. Mrs. -Horton was a loyal supporter of the Alexandra Martine and General Hospital since its establishment'. in 1906. She was a member of the Board of Governors for many years, and was the first Treasurer. of the Women's Hospital Auxiliary and lat- er its . President fee several terms. During the war she gave valiant -sea= vice in Reil Cross work and was a val- ued member of Ahnleek Chapter I.O. D.E. She was a devoted member of St. George's Anglican Church and took an active interest in the Church Women's Guild, the W.A., the Chan- cel Guild and sang an the choir for many years. Surviving are two hro- thers and foie' sisters, Harry W. Ball, of Brandon, Man.; Charles W. Ball, of London; Mrs. H. P. Clearihue, Re- gina; Mrs. Hugh Findlater, London; Mrs. G. W. Black. and Miss Winnifret Bail of-Goderich: Milk Vital Factor In Sound Nutrition The Technical Commission of the Health Organization of the League of Nations, in its report on the value of specific foods, state's with uegaad to mills as a vital factor in sound nutrition that "Milk, whole or skin- ned, is a rich,source of calcium salts and phosphates and of vitamin B2, also a source of. vitamin Bl, 'Mille fat is an excellent source of vitamin A. The proteins of milk are not on- ly themselves of the highest nutri- tive value, but also improve the util- ization tileization of the protein contained in cereals and vegetables.. Milk has an additional advantage in the alien - dance g dance and availability of its calcium salts and, phosphates. These enhance the effect of any vitamin D derived from other articles of diet or from sunshine. Milk, although itself poor in iron, renders more effective the iron contained in the diet. •Milk should forst a conspicuous element in thediet of all ages." In reviewing the consumption of milk in Canada, Laura C. Pepper, of the Milk Utilization Service, Dairy and Cold Storage Branch, Dominion Department of Agriculture, states that during the years 1920 to 1930 the average amount of milk consuti,- ed daily per person in the Dominion increased steadily from one-half pint to approximately one pint. This was regarded as encouraging both to those associated with the dairy in- dustry and also to all engaged in the field of public health. However, as soon as incomes became reduced a decided drop in milk consumption oc- curred, until today the estimated per capita consumption is less than three quarters of a pint daily. In comparision with the recommen- dations of the National Committee,. this amount seems very low, and quite inadequate to meet the require- ments of the body, particularly that of the growing child. It is appar- ent that in many Canadian homes milk' isnot valued as highly as it should be, and preference is given to other foods, which may give more immediate satisfaction but have not the same lasting effect as milk in building and maintaining strong and healthy bodies. Planting Peonies And Perennials One of the most beautiful and hard- iest of perennial plants is the herbac- eous peony. It is attractive at all stages of its growth. It is not sub- ject to attacks by insects but it is sometimes destroyed by disease. The best time to plant is in September and October and the tubers should be so placed that there is two inches of soil above the crown. Too deep plant- ing is frequently the cause of peonies not blooming. It is advisable to mulch the plants for the first winter to prevent the alternate freezing and thawing which is so harmful in some districts. After the first yeaf no mulch is necessary. Perennial plants like the peony, the iris, named delphiniums, and phlox which do not conte true from seed are best propagated by division of the toots. To divide a large peony plant, it should be dug up . carefully, the loose earth shaken off, and the plant left exposed to the sun and air for an hour or two. This will make the tubers less brittle, so that they will not break easily when handled. All. the soil should be washed off with water, and the foliage cut-off, leav- ing just a few inches of stein above the crown. .Examine the root and try to find out where it can be di- vided with as little damage to the tubers' as possible. A division with five eyes is a good size hut larger ones can be used if desired. "One frequently sees a gardener di- viding a root . simply by cutting it with a _spade", writes Isabella Pres- ton in. "Herbaceous Perennials", art illustrated bulletin issued by the Do- minion Department of Agriculture. "This is, a heartelss way to treat a !weasured plant, and 'also a very ex- travagant one, as it invariably hap- pens that some of the roots are left without any top and vice versa. A good division -rust have a bit of root and an eye of a stem. -The best way to do the dividing 13 to dip up the whole clump, knock off as much earth as possible and pull the plant apart with the hands. When necessary, use a sharp knife." Although the bulk of Canada's trade with the renowned island of Malta consists of wheat and wheat flour, the Dominion supplies the "is- land with other commodities- which include manufactured grains, cheese, fresh and preserved fruits,,, canned meats, lard substitutes, condensed and evaporated milk, sauces and con- diments, " tanned leather, preserved and dried fish, wearing apparel, sta- tionery, motor vehicles, and automo- bile accessories. HEALTH CARE OF CHILDREN THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They WillSing You Their Songs—Sometime Gay; Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful and Ins piriing W+�NeNirrewr++''r • SUMMER DREAMS ARE OVER The garden has waked from lazy sleep ' And tossed her dreams away. In robes of crimson and gold she "t AA1 S For autumn comes this way. The maple leaves are flattering Irl their gowns of brilliant hue, And all the lovely flowers gay Have tlieir faces washed with dew. While fleecy clouds, like feathered down, Are drifting through the blue, • And the wind tunes up a melody For a whirling dance or two. The sunbeams have kissed sweet summer pale, As she smiled them a sad adieu— Then gathers her robes of trailing green _ And silently, slips from view. —The Calgary Herald. THE LAICE ISLE OF INNISPREE I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made; Nine bean rows will I have there ,a hive for the honey bee, And live alone in the bee -loud glade. And I shall have some peace -there, for peace conies dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings; There midnight's all a -glimmer and noon a purple glow, And evening cull of the linnet's wings. I will arise and go now, for always night and day I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore; While I stand in the roadway, 01 on the pavements grey, I hear it in the deep heart's core. —William Butler Yeats. THE MINUET A sonnet's like a measured minuet That poets step in, stately and slow, Forward and backward its powdered couplets go; Its quatrains keep their own appoint- ed set. With formal grace the company is met, In periwig, frisette, and furbelow, Scented with ambergris and ber- gamot, And no more free than finches in a net. So when it's done, I like to fling my stiff, High heels away and run outdoors to find Adventure far from candled halls, and if A thorn should prick me or a peb- ble hurt, Or br'anible bushes tear iiiy silken skirt, At least I'm going where I have mind: ' • PERE LALEMANT I lift the Lord on high, Under the murmuring hemlock boughs, and see The small birds of the forest .linger- ing by And making melody. These are mine acolytes and these my .choir, And this -nine altar in the cool green shade, Where the' wild, soft -eyed does draw nigh. Wondering, as inthe byre Of Bethlehem the oxen heard Thy ery And saw Thee, unafraid. My hour of rest is done; On the smooth ripple lifts the long canoe;• The hemlocks- murmur sadly as the sun ;l.I Slants his dim arrows through. Whither f go I know not, nor the way, Dark with strange passions, vexed with heathen charms, fielding 'I know not what of life or death; Only be Thou beside me day by day Thy rod my guide and comfiort, un- derneath Thy everlasting areas. —Marjorie Pickthall. FROM "BROTHER AND SISTER" • School parted us; we never found again That childish world where our two spirits mingled Like scents from varying roses that retrain • One sweetness, nor .can evermore. be singled. •Yet the twin habit o tl at early time Lingered for long' about the heart and tongue: We had been natives of one happy clime, And its dear accents to our utter.' ance clung, Till the dire years whoseawful name is Change: Had grasped our souls still yearn- ing in divorce. And pitiless shaped them in taro forms that range Two elements which sever their life's course. But were another childhood -world niy share, ' I would be born a little sister there, FRAGMENT FROM HOUSMAN Loitering with a vacant eye Along the Grecian gallery, And brooding on my heavy ill, I met a statue standing still. Still in marble stone stood he; And steadfastly he looked at me. "Well met," I thought the look would say, • "We both were fashioned far away; We neither knew when we were Theseyoung, Londoners we live among." Stili he stood and eyed me hard, An earnest and a grave regard; "Wivat, lad, drooping with your loth I too would be where I am not, I too survey that endless line Of men whose thoughts are not as mine. Years, ere you stood up from rest, On my neck the collar prest. el Years, when you lay down your i11, ' I shall stand and bear it still. Courage, lad, 'tis not for long; Stand, quit you like stone, be strong." So I thought his look would say; And light on me my trouble lay, - And I slept out in flesh and bone Manful like the man of stone. 0 CANADAi Sons of sires who fought for glory 'Neath the Fleur de Lis of France; Sires to whom the God of Betties Gave at last the lesser chance. Sons of sires who fought for freedom And for conquest, too, at times, 'Neath tite flag that's ever flying On the breeze, in many clines. Sons of sires whom revolution Vainly tempted, sorely tried; Choosing bravely life in exile, British born, they British died. Sons of sires who fought at Queen- ston Fought and won that bloody fray; 'Hear re-echo through the forest Bugle blasts of Chateauguay. Sons of sires who felled the forests Felled the forest, tilled the field; Sires who wrought, and wrought un- ceasing, That their soil should harvest yield. Sons of sires who garnered harvests From deep depths, beneath wild waves Sires who seldom garnered harvests With the aid of human slaves. Sons of sires whose ships, seaworthy, Flung their bunting to the breeze, Wooden ships that carried cargoes To the shores of seven seas. Sons of sires who laid foundations Of a -mighty nation, we; Elder, Younger, New, Canadians, Wortley of our sires must be. Written is our name `Canadian,' Written red on fields of fame; Ours the pride that those who wrote Wrote it red in freedom's name. . But remembering those who wrote it Fraught with sadness is our pride; War, forsooth is man's worst'. mad- ness Man, for whom a Saviour died. Ours to make our name `Canadian' Spell `Content' from sea to sea; Ours to make oar nacre 'Canadian' Synonym for Liberty. • Time and space are much contracted Facts to which we can't be blind; Otirs to make Canadian vision All-inclusive of mankind. Ours to build on broad ionndations,'. In the spirit of our sires; • Build and build on firm foundations Until Time itself expires. "0 Canada! mom pays; mes amours"' --T. A. Patrick, Yorkton, Saskik 1