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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1936-10-08, Page 7THURS., OCT 8, 193 ; THE CLINTON • NEWS -RECORD PAGE ' HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS COOKING Edited by Rebekah. HEALTH CARE OF CHILDREN For a new delight in Tea try Salada Orange Pekoe Blend Rinaiiolls ol ReieKall A. Colum'' Prepared Especially for Women- But Not Forbidden to Men THANKSGIVING Once more; 0 Lord, our grateful praise' takes wings And mounts to Thee, the giver of all things ' That men call good; For harvest. plenty In our laud so fair, Per joy and health, and life itself Lift we our prayer. —Molly Bevan. What a Iot of things we, in this fair, young country, have to be thankful for! I like the Harvest Home festival which is observed in ' the Church of England, when the ac- tual fruits of the land are brought in- to 'the church and a service of thanksgiving is held. In the olden days, if I mistake not, these fruits were distributed to the poorer people in the parish, adding to their joy in the harvest. Nowadays it is mostly as a decoration they are used. But the idea is a beautiful one, for it is for the harvest we are supposed to : give thanks, for another year of plen- ty, food from the soil. One of the things we should be devoutly thankful for is the fact that our parents, grandparents or great- grandparents had the fortitude to come from the British Isles, or some other land beyond the sea, and make their hone In this good land, away from the strife and jealousies of those overcrowded lairds. We in Canada know absolutely nothing .of the troubles which beset the minds of those in the fear -ridden lands of Europe. We fear no war except the wars which may break there any day. Every Canadian should be reading history, unless they are already so steeped in it that they do not need to read it. It is the only way we can understand the relations which exist between the several na- tions in Europe. Let us read history, try to understand the situation in Europe, then thank God upon. out bended knees for our birth in Canada and try to think what Canada might contribute to ease the situation there .and to ensure the peace of the world. • --REBEKAH. A HEALTH SERVICE OF THE CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES. IN CANADA 'ON UNDERSTANDING MOTHERS Marriage is a growing, living, last- .' Ing relationship, the most important of all relationships, and the one which means most in understanding Moth- ers. It is more lasting than the ma- ternal relationship for our children grow up, and leave us when they make their own homes. "Can a we- . man forget her child?" Surely it is impossible—yet it may be possible, though the writer, for one, has never seen a Mother forget. • What would Doctors g]ve to know the earlier history of maternity pa- • .Dents! Children are so various, so rich in charateer and development. Possibly this is even more true of • girls than of boys. Here: is a girl, an adolescent, who wishes she had been born a boy—often because she .sees, or at leastused to .see in Vic- torian and Pre -Victorian ages, that boys have more chances and more ¢.prizes in life than girls - more strength more position and pro- • sjiects. She thinks so because she has not yet awakened to the glories of womanhood and the vast possilibi- ties o f compensation f o r lesser -strength in nobler, if fewer, pros- pects, and in more significant .chan- ces, and prizes that last longer and ; give more comfort. She will make a good Mother by and by. Give' her .. time. Here is a little girl who enjoys a true ecstacy of happiness .in the pos- session of her first doll and here is --this other girl, (she lived in Saskat- chewan) who at the age of little more than three years had seventeen dolls,' and divided thein off into families.' "This is Susie's sister", she told you, "and this is Sannny's brother" She set they all in a row against the base- board and lectured them ,it is almost, incredible!) on the . importance of having their milk boiled. "If you • don't, you will die," she said. She ` had heard the Doctor discuss that subject with her Grandmother, The Doctor had failed to convince the Grandmother,, but, as might be .ex- pected, he had evidently succeeded in ',impressing the Granddaughter, whose . gifts were .great, We must never set bounds to hu- man nature. And when one of the little girls grows up and passes through the great- experience of life and rove—marries-avid helps:. her hos- band to make a home in due -time, • one hopes with her husband's help, chooses the Doctor whom she needs and goes to him for help and under- standing, what a great opportunity it is for the Doctor: • "A man• only knows what he is told," said, a politician, referring to this very subject of Understanding Mothers, As Dickens allows one of his characters to remark -"When I say that I know women, I mean that I know I don't know anything about them" True. Women remain per- ennially! attractive to men -men nev- er quite understand them. One has a fair idea, under given circumstances, of what a man will do. But never can you really tell what a woman may do, So the Doctor tries t0 understand the Mother. But he needs her help in ;trying to understand her, or he nev- er will succeed. There is so much to consider, especially before the advent of the first-born. IQuestions concerning health, ad- dressed dressed to the Canadian Medical As- :sedation, 184 College St., Toronto, will be answered, personally by letter. CANADIAN CANNED SALMON Practically all of Canada' output of canned salmon is peeked in British Columbia. The salmon themselves are of fine quality—five species of these fish are, caught in Canada's Pacific coast waters and some steelhead trout are also packed by the salmon canners—and the can- ning methods used are equal to the best employed anywhere.. The result is that •Canadian canned salmon is a fish food unexcelled, A federal in- spection system is another guarantee of quality; no shipment of canned salmon can go to market from the British Columbia industry until it's been inspected by the Canned Salmon Laboratory which is conducted by the Dominion Department of Fisheries at Vancouver' and has at its head a thor- oughly qualified scientist well a c quainter' with salmon processing me- thods. WANT LAW ENFORCED IN .THREE COUNTIES A meeting of the executive of the Temperance Federation o f Huron, Perth and Peel was held in Stratford to discuss the action to be taken in regard to the Provincial Govern- ment's appeal, against the Supreme Court of Canada that the Temper- ance Act is in force in these three counties. The , executive decided to petition the Government to With- draw existing beer and wine licenses in Perth and Huron, Peel has none, and to see that the Canada Temper- ance Act and the Liquor . Control Act are enforced. It has been intimated that the Pro- vincial Government will withdraw its appeal to the Privy Council, in which case there would seem to be nothing left but to cancel licenses and see that the laws are respected.. GROWING 6•ULBS IN TIIE IIOUSE FOR WINTER BLOOM When the last rose of summer or of late autumn, with the variety of oth-, er flowers that bloom out ofdoors, have all faded and gone it is pos- sible, at a very nominal cost ancl'with little effort, to have flowers in the home for several weeks Charing the winter • months. These blooms, in quite a large variety of colour can be provided by bulbs. To get them to flower successfully it is necessary, to start them for several weeks in darkness in a cool cellar. A first es- sential to successful bulb culture is to that sure tl at the bulbsthemselves are of good quality. It is best to buy them early in the season when they are likely to be more vigorous than those which have been lying about. the store for several weeks. Good bulbs should be quite firm and heavy in comparison to their size and of good size according to their variety. The bulbs should be potted as soon as.obtainable from the seed store or dealer. By removing the pots from the cellar, after the bulbs have root- ed, at intervals of ten days or two weeks a succession of bloom over a long period can be obtained. In an article on growing bulbs for winter bloom; Miss Isabella Preston, Specialist in Ornamental Gardening, Horticultural Division, Central Ex- perimental Farni, Dominion Depart- ment of Agriculture, begins by stat:-- ing that some bulbs can be grown in water alone, in prepared peat and in soil. The varieties that do best in water are Chinese Sacred Lily, Paper White Narcissus and, Hyacinths. The first two are grown in bowls and the bulbs are kept in place with small stbnes, A small piece of charcoal should be plated in the bottom to help keep the water clean. Hyacinths are grolvn in special glasses which are shaped so that the bulbs are held just above the water. • Prepared fibre compost can be ob- tained from seed firths and it is rea- dy prepared for use, Its chief ad- vantage over earth is that it is used in fancy water tight bowls. The fib- re should be made slightly moist and a layer laid at the base of the bowl. The bulbs should be arranged on this and the fibre filled in around :them. Enough space should be left at the top so that water can be added eas- ily. The number. of bulbs used de- pends on the size of the bowl: They should not be allowed to touch each other or the sides of the bowl. Daf- fodils, Tulips and Hyacinths can all be grown in fibre. Bulbs in Soil The most inexpensive way to grow bulbs is in clay pots in soil. The or- dinary garden soil, if not too heavy, can be used. Heavy soil should be mixed with sand and leaf soil in or- der to make it porous, The pots mast be clean and new ones should be soaked in water and dried before using. Pieces of broken pots should be laid over the hole at the bottom to insure good drainage and well mixed slightly moist soil placed in the pot. It should be filled about one-third full and packed .down. The bulbs are placedon this and the pot filled up to one -Half inch of the top with soil. It should be well shaken down and pressed sufficiently so that no air holes are left but not packed down too hard. The bulbs should be planted creep enough so that the tips of the bulbs show above the sur- face of the soil except Hyacinths which should have about one-third above the soil. After being planted in the pots they should be watered and put in a cool cellar. The bulbs which bloom in the shortest time af- ter potting are French Roman Hyac- inths. These have small sprays of flowers and are white in colour.' If planted in September and kept in -a moderately warm place, they will bloom in early December. They must not be put' in a cold place for root- ing. " As they are quite' expensive and the flowers small - they are 'recom- mended only for very 'early .bloom. They can be grown either in fibre or soil. Hyacinths Dutch Hyacinths • come in various colours and the bulbs can be planted singly in four inch pots or three in a six inch pot. Otnly one variety should be grown in a pot so that they. will bloom at, the same time. The pots may be placed outdoors and buried in cinders for a few weeks until freez- ing weather sets in and then they should be placed in a cool,.not too dry cellar, or, they may be put at race into a davit corner of the cellar at a temperature of about 40 degrees F. If the pots are bMimed in sand or cinders, they will keep more evently moist than if left uncovered. In a month or six weeks, examine the pots and if the roots are beginning to show through the bottom of the pot and the leaves to push up from the soil, they can be brought up to the light: The change from the cold cel - PROTECTIVE FOODS In the first report on nutrition prepared by the Commission of Ex perts appointed by the Health. Coin- mittee of the League of Nations, the following extract may be regarded as important: "The Commission recognizes the factthat the deficiencies' of modern the are usually in tre pr otec ' trye foods (foods rich in minerals and vitamins) rather than in more strict- ly energy bearing foods (foods rich in calories). Among the former are, first and most important milk and milk products; eggs and glandular tissues; then green leaf vegetables fruit, fat, fish and meat" The average Canadian diet tniay not be as deficient in these respects as that of other nations, but it might be well to check the daily meals to make sure that they have a high mineral and vitamin content. At this season of the year when eggs are plentiful, fresh fruits and vegetab- les abundant, and the all -season foods, milk, meat and fish, readily available, it should not be difficult to procure meals such as the follow- ing, which amply supply the protec- tive foods. Breakfast Cereal with fresh fruit, . Creamy eggs, toast, jam, coffee (Milk for children. Lunch or Supper Cream of celery soup, Fresh vege- table salad, ,ginger bread, : Apple sauce, Tea or cocoa for children. Dinner Rhubarb cocktail, Hot meat loaf, Cole slaw, Parsleyed potatoes, Fruit tapioca, coffee or tea (Milk for chil- dren). Creamy Eggs 4 tablespoons melted butter 4 eggs ' cup milk 'F• teaspoon salt lar to the Iiving room should be gradual if possible, It will be found that Hyacinths do better if grown slowly. 1f they are brought into heat too soon, the flowers may begin to open before the stem grows. If this happens a six inch collar of brown paper placed around the bulb will encourage the stem to lengthen. Daffodils Daffodils are perhaps the most satisfactory bulbs for the amateur to grow in the house and the follow- ing inexpensive varieties are attrac- tive: Yellow Trumpet — Golden Spur, very early; Emperor; King. Alfred and Van Waveren's Giant. Bicolor Trumpet Mine Plemp; Victoria and Empress. Ineomparabilitis — Sir Watkin Lucifer. Barrii—Conspicuus; Bath's Flame (this is expensive but very fine). Poctaz (flowers in clusters) — Kiondylce; Orange,eCup and Laurens Koster. Tulips The early flowering varieties of Tulips force more easily than Dar- wins and the following varieties gen- erally do well: Early Singles: Red—Crimson Bril- liant. Yellow—Chrysolore, Goldfinch. Pink—Cottage Maid, Ibis. Red with yellow margin—Keizer I{Poon. Orange—Fred Moore, Prince o f Austria. Darwin tulips takemuch longer to bloom than early flowering varieties and must be grown in a temperature of around 50 degrees F. until the flower buds are quite ' -large. Pink—Princess Elizabeth. Red—Roi d'Island, Wna Pitt. Mauve --Wan. Coupland. Freesais Freesais have sweet scented flow- ers ancl, can be, grown in the house. The bulbs should be planted early hn the •Autumn, September, if pos- sible, and grow best in a tempera- ture of, about 50 dergees F. The stems are frequently too weak to hold the flowess and shouldbe tied to thin stakes so as, to keep them straight. It is well to remember that thee soil or fibre must never be allowed to dry out but over watering, especially in water tight containers, mast be a- voided. Gas from furnace or cook stove may cause the buds to die. Too hot and dry' air encourages insects and also causes buds to die. Great changes of temperature are harm- ful, frost will damage leaves and flowers. Few grains pepper Beat eggs, add sesoning, milk and melted butter. Cools in top 'part of double boiler. As ,mixture thickens around sides and bottom, stir it in- to centre. Continue, until all mixture is coagulated. Serve hoton toast: Cream of Celery Soup 4 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons flour 4 cups milk and vegetable water V. teaspoon salt Few grains pepper 1 cup celery pulp. Cut outer stalks of celery into pieces and cook' in boiling salted water until tender. Strain, retain- ing vegetable water. Put celery through• course sieve. Make cream sauce of butter, flour, . seasonings, milk and vegetable water. Add cel- ery pulp. Sprinkle with parsley and serve hot. Fruit Tapioca Pit cup fine tapioca or 1/z cup pear l tapioca • 2/4 teaspoon salt. 3 cups milk 1-3 cup sugar l egg yolk 1 egg white 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup fresh fruit Coolc tapioca with salt andnnilk in top of double boiler until transpar- ent. Add sugar. Add a small a- mount_ of hot mixture to beaten egg yolk. Combine with mixture in dou- ble boiler . and cook 5 minutes, Re- move from heat and fold in stiffly beaten egg white and vanilla. The fruit may be added to the mixture with the beaten egg white, or placed in bottom of dessert dishes and cov- ered with -mixture. Serve warm, or thoroughly chilled. If pearl tapioca is used, soak for at 'least one hour in cold water and dra]n before cooking. Of course a break may be made on Thanksgiving Day and you can have roast turkey and pumpkin pie. BOTANICAL NOTES FOR OCTOBER By E, W. Hart Division of Botany, Central Experi- mental Farm The ideas associated with Autumn, and especially 'October, are often not happy ones: "The melancholy days are come, Tho saddest of the, year, Of wailing winds, and naked woods, And meadows brown and sere." If a person is at all inclined to be pessimistic, like the author of the above, the thought suggests itself that the gloriously long and sunny days of summer are over; that the inevitable period of decay has come; that nothing now remains to him but to pass through a season of dank discomfort until he emerges to find himself in the icy grasp of winter! That there is another. and A bright- er side was undoubtedly in the mind of the Reverend Thomas Constable when he sang:. "Hail, old October, bright and chill, First freedom from the summer sun! Spice high the bowl and drink your fill! Thank heaven, at last the summer's clone!' ' Autumn is no less bre season of glorious , fruition, when bud and blos- som have at last fulfilled their mis- sion and changed to ripened fruit, when the long labours of the farmer have culminated in the harvest field, and all alike—the harvest mouse and squirrel, sparrow, ploughman, and millionaire—share the common boun- ty, and find yet again the great pro- mise' fulfilled that to the end of time the days of harvest shall never fail. ' Ruskin said that "the purest' and, most thoughtful minds are .those which love colour most". There must be, therefore, many such minds in October.. For surely very few do not appreciate the countryside when it is alight with the fire -red, scarlet, crim- son, yellow and golden leaves of the maple, dogwood, sumach and, grape. But the function of the leaves 'with their dazzlilag and variegated colours are not limited to mere ornament and shade. Naleare assigns to therm in- finitely n-finitely more important offices, both to surrounding Nature and to the tree of which they form a. part. They purify the atmosphere, restoring it to its normal condition, rendering it healthy and salubrious when vitiated by the breath of Millais. Nature has in this, as in all her works, mi. - ted decoeative elegance. and beauty of form with direct and immediate utility. However, leaves are not only re- sponsible for October's -riot ,of colour. There are also the wild fruits, many of which are edible, such as the crow berry, creeping,snowberry, hackberry, THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will'Sing Yon Thein' Songs—Soi<neti nus Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful and Ins pining. N/VW.1NN•I•MWN LET'S COUNT' OUR BLESSINGS 0 Canada, thou wondrous land, The greatest . our Creator planned, Thy marvels spread from shore to shore- _ Let's count our_nany blessings o'er., While hate and carnage rage abroad, In lands where human life is cheap, Our Canada—all thanks to God— A land where all in safety sleep. No tyrant agents raid our homes, To hale us forth --no charge nor, trial, None under laws oppressive groans, Nor languish, starved, in dungeons vile. Let naught unloose our British tie, 'Gainst foreign ,faddists bolt our door, Let's brothers be—just you and I, And, grateful, count our blessings o'er. —R. J. Dunmore. THANKSGIVING IN THE • . COUNTRY To a gray old country farmhouse, Miles and miles from town, We always go at Thanksgiving time When the leaves have all turned brown. It's always night when we get there, And there's always a fire a -glow, And we're always joyfully welcomed By Aunt Anne and Thole roe. The houseis ever and ever so old And queer as it can be, With winding halls and sudden steps That I never seem to see; The moon shines in my little room In long, bright, silver bars And instead of the noise of autos I hear pine trees talking to stars. And then, on the day of feasting, There's turkey and pumpkin pie And Aunt Anne she decks the table With leaves and fruit piled high; And 4e4s long as I can remember, (That's seven years or so) • I've always had the special chair By the side of Uncle Joe. The minister on Thanksgiving day He says we must never cease "To keep the faith" with the lads who died To give our country peace; Ele thanks the Lord for harvest yield And all the joys we know, But I feel mostly thankful for Aunt Anne and Uncle Joe! —Molly Bevan, NOVACbTIA Set to the tune of "Way up in old Muskoka". The land of Nova Scotia Is a land you should see; Where the people are contented Loyal, true and free. Chorus— For the summer's sun is tempered By the breezes from the sea; The Iand of Nova Scotia Is the land for me, The 'tills and dales and mountains In pure verdure are clad; For the clouds drop down their bles- sing, Making all hearts glad, The deer and moose find shelter; In the forest they glide. And the birds of varied plumage From, the storms may hide. , The shrubs and flowers flourish From the spring till the fall;, Giving birds' and bees a plenty; Life •and cheer to all. silver -berry, buffalo -berry, juneber- ry, blue -fly honeysuckle, high -bush cranberry, mannyberry, and so on. Several kinds of wild flowers may still be found in bloom; michaelmas daisies, goldenrods, lobelias, chicory, toadflax, sneezewort and the water persicaria with its carmine 'flower - spikes. Indeed October seems, determined to display all the colours of the rain- bow in her quarrel with him who said that "the melancholy days are Come," for the bluest of the blue fringed gentian is still blooming. "Thou waitest late, and conn'st alone When woods are bare and birds have flown, And frosts and shortening days por- tend The aged year is near its end. "Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye Look through its fringes to the sky, Blue -blue -as if that sky let .fall A flovrer from its cerulean wa1L" The lakes are gems of beauty, Set with emerald ring;' And the rivers from the mountains; As they go they sing. The land is filled with riches; Stone and salt, coal and gold; And the sea is filled with fishes With its wealth untold: The ships from many waters Inthe harbors you see; Doing trade with many nations. Who will friendly be. For the summer's sun is tempered By the breezes from the sea. The land of Nova Scotia Is a land you should see. —J. B. Lobb, Clinton, Ont, A VAGABOND SONG There is something in the autumn that is native to my-blood— Touch of manner, hint of mood; And my heart is like a rhyme, With the yellow and the purple and the crimson keeping time. The scarlet of the maples' can shake nee like a cry Of bugles going by, And my lonely spirit thrills To see the frosty asters like a smoke upon the hills. There is something in October sets the gipsy blood astir; We must rise and follow her, When from every hill of flame She calls and calls each vagabond by name. —Bliss Carman, WHEN EARTH'S LAST DAY IS O'ER I like to think when earth's last day 'er, And earthiso's last soul has gathered on the shore Of the eternity which slnalI not end, That there, in that new land, No one shall have to stand Alone, for lack of loved ones, or for friend. I like to think that in the vast do- main Which we shall reach, no sickness and no pain, Shall ever be allowed to pass the gate; Beside the waters cool, Or by the healing pool, Helpless, no one shall ever have to wait, .r I like to think, yes, more, I hope and pray That not cue soul may lose or miss the way To such a lovely land, where no more strife Shall be where God alone Shall rule, and from His throne Shall give to those redeemed the. Grown of Life! —Cora Baker Hall. TIIE MEANINGOF PAIN The cry of man's anguish went up to God: "Lord, take away pain! " Lord, take away pain from the world. Thou hast made. The close -coiling chain That tangles tine heart, the burden that weighs On the wings that would soar!, Lord, take away pain from the world Thou has made. That it love Thee more-" Then answered the Lord to the cry': of His world: "Shall I take away pain, And with it the power of the soul to ' endure, Made strong by the strain? Shall I take away pity, that knits. heart to heart, And sacrifice high? Will ye lose all your heroes that lift :from the fire White brows to the sky? Shall I take away love, that redeems with a price And smiles at its loss? Can ye spare from your lives that would climb unto 'Mine The Christ and His cross?" •-The British Weekly. SILLY WILLIE '1Whatls' 11 tt l e Willie crying about?" "Because he doesn't get a holiday on Saturday, and his brother does." "But why doesn't Willie get a holi- day on Saturday?" "Because he isn't old enough Id,got to school yet." •