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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1936-10-22, Page 7MS., OCT. 22, 1936 HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS THF CLINTON NER'S-RECON COOKING Ask for a If rown Libel SAs Ruivat!ens of Rabeall A Column Prepared Especially For Women— . But Not Forbidden to Men WHEN I HAVE TIME When I have time, so many things I'll do To make life happier and more fair For those whose lives - are 'crowded now with care; I'll help to lift them from low despair, When I have time. -.Anon. Rev. Dr. Stanley Russell recently • expressed keen disappointment over the result of woman franchise. He had thought that when women got the vote they would see that social reforms would come along and that there would be no more thought of aver. But women, he complained, voted with their husbands,aand young women voted with the family. The .only result is that there are more voters. I remember another reverend gen- tleman, a wise and farseeing man, who has now gone to his rest after • a useful and inspiring life, once say- ing when the question of women's votes was being discussed, that he was looking for no very great change when they did get the vote. Men and • women were much the same, he con- tended, women would vote for party pretty much as their husbands and brothers did. And he was right, I suppose. But after all, is it all the fault of 'the women? The machinery of elee- tions is still in the hands of the - men, who guard it jealously, and ,give mighty little encouragement to women to do anything but vote. They try, each party, to win.- the votes of the women but they allow very little power or influence to- come into their hands. Women hold a few offices in the political organizations but they . are for the most part honorary of- fices. They may get out and work for their party's candidate, if they wish, spending time and energy 'in so doing,. But they have little say in the party's -policies. I long ago came to the conclusion that 'men .do not want women in parliament; they do not want them to know too much about what is done in the party Cau- cuses; they want nothing but what help women's votes can give them at election" time. They do not want thein nosing around too much, get- ting too wise as to .the 'way politics pre run. Perhaps I am wrong but if .I am I should like to 'be corrected. I firmly believe that if enough wo men were elected to parliament to have any influence—that is if they are the right sort of women, women who would stand for no shady work; who would insist upon the people 'getting a real return for the money • expended in running the affairs .of the country, that the cost of govern-- ment:cuold be- cut very materially and that we could have some. social • reforms which would astonish . our • neighbors. But,, of course,' if 'worsen just got • elected to 'parliament and then did whatever anyone else did; if. they stood for the spoils system; if they •°stood for the waste of the peoples': money and the peoples' time as mot • of the men do, we should be no bet- "teroff. Indeed, they might think up !some new extravagance. However, if women just go on vet- •:ing for the candidates the inen bring • out, and the candidates just go on :supporting ' the old parties, as of yore, demancling no change and no • reforms, demanding only that the ,government be supported or that the government be turned out, according • to which party they support, about the only advantage gained - by the :franchise is that they actually have a say in the government of the coun- - try. It is something of course, but • it is not enough. I do not advocate a women's- Par- - ty.. Men and women were intended, to work, together to build up a world which would be a good world in which to live, and a division into separate ',parties of men and women would be . about the worst thing that could happen. But women might make the s influence felt, surely, in both the old parties, in any party, by insisting upon having satisfactory representa- tion in all political organizations. This would be given if men under- stood that otherwise they could count on no help during election campaigns. They -could insist upon suitable can- didates being brought out. They could insist upon a clean campaign and the dropping of all doubtful campaign usages. • But, and this is a big but, women will never get anywhere in politics, never have any influence worth speaking of unless they take the trou- ble to study politics. Not one WO - man in ten makes any attempt to un- ilerstand public affairs. -They give their whole mind to managing their hones, their children,church work, etc., excellent things to occupy the feminine mind, too,- but when that is done they give their leisure to play- ing bridge, attending teas and things of that sort. - A man usually has to mind some sort of business, either his own or somebody's business, He has to earn a living for his family, some, thing which would' seem to occupy hint as much as keeping house would his wife, but he • manages . to -keep abreast of the times. Every intelligent woman should try to understand to some extent the -way her country is governed. She should try at least to understand the' difference between the several poli- tical parties and be ready to give a reason why she supports one to the exclusion of the others. - She should be able to listen intelligently, to a political speech and to understand what it is all about. Although she may, if she really puts her mind to it, come to. the conclusion that most of them are a lot of tommyrot. But men are blaming women for not do- ing something now that they have the vote; they think the world needs to be made over and• expect women to do it; "and ' if it is ever done prob- ably they will have to do it, so it is time they should get right down to bedrock and see if they can stake themselves understand ,politics and if they.cannot, then the vote had bet- ter be taken away from them, the husbands, fathers and brothers can do the voting for the, family. • REBIIKAH. Smothered Chicken Four -pound fowl, cleaned arid cut in pieces• for serving, salt, pepper,. flour, fat, milk (or ' evaporated milk diluted with an equal amount -of wa- ter), 1 green pepper, 1 canned Pi- miento, 1 can mushrooms or i/a pound fresh mushrooms, cup -stuf fed olives. It's quite all right to use a chicken of doubtful age for Smothered chic- ken. Long slow cooking will make it tender. if you have - an electric roaster or dutch oven in your stove, you can cook it nicely without heat- ing up the kitchen. Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper, roll in flour, and brown on all sides in melted fat, Place in an appropriate pan, Chop the green pep- per and pimiento. Add to the chic- ken, cover with milk or evaporated milk, and cook slowly until tender. When almost done, add the mush- rooms with their juice (if using can- ned ones), and the olives. Remove chicken to a hot platter. Thicken the sauce with flour made into a paste with cold water, if necessary, and season with salt and pepper. Pour over the chicken or serve seperately. After browning, the chicken may Ise cooked in a moderate oven of 350 degrees until tender. The length of time will. depend on. the age of the chicken. Tomato and Cabbage Salad 1 small firm head cabbage 3 medium-sized tomatoes 1 finely -chopped onion 1 medium-sized cucumber. 1 small green pepper Salad dressing Lettuce. - Shred the cabbage finely and add to it the chopped onion, one-half the green pepper chopped, and one-half' of the cucumber pared and diced. Mix well with either French dressing or cooked dressing, as preferred. Whichever is used, be sure that it is well seasoned. Peel the tomatoes and cut them into eighths. Pile the cab- bage mixture in a salad bowl on Leaves of lettuce and garnish with the tomatoes, the rest of the cucumber sliced, and the rest of the green pep`' per cut in strips. Serves eight. Tomato Fritters 2 cups tomatoes 6 cloves Vs cup sugar 3 slices onion 1 teaspoon salt Few grains cayenne '/,b cup butter i/4 -eup cornstarch • 1 egg slightly beaten Cook tomatoes, cloves, sugar and onion for 20 minutes, rub through sieve, and season with salt and pep- per. Melt butter, add cornstarch and tomato gradually. Cook a few min- utes, then add egg. Pour into but- ternd shallow till and cool; turn on An Original Bathroom Set NO. 111 The simplicity of this colorful crochet set is unusually appealing. Fashioned of double cord, it is very durable, quick to make and launders beautifully. A happy sug- gestion for a bride, The set consists,,,of stool cover, oblong rug and oval bath mat,—Price 20c per pattern. Write this office enclosing amount in silver. Edited by Rebekah. board, cut in desired ,shape, then crumb, fry in deep fat, and drain. Stuffed- Tomato Salad 6 medium-sized tomatoes 6 stuffed or bard -cooked eggs French dressing - Salt - Mayonnaise Tepper Lettuce , Peel the tomatoes, Hollow out to form- cups. Dust with salt and pep- per and let stand in French dressing for 30 minutes. Then slip a hard cooked or stuffed egg into each to- mato, and serve very cold with a gar- nish of lettuce and.- mayonnaise, Serves six, Serving Apples For Dessert -, Baked apples make an unusually attractive dessert if, before putting them into the oven, the skin of each apple is marked into sixths by length- wise incisions. Do not cut deeply into the pulp and see that the incis- ions stop within an inch of the bot- tom. Fill the centres with sugar, ad- ding two or three red cinnamon can- dles to each apple. Bake as usual. The incisions in the skin will -cause the apples to open up like flowers. Apple Sponge - 2 tablespoons granulated gelatine iii cup cold water 2 lemons, juice and grated rind 2 cups sugar 1 cup - boiling water 1 pound Canadian -grown apples 3eggs. - - Boil sugar and boiling water 3 minutes; peel, - core, and slice Cana- dian -grown apples; cook in syrup un- til tender; cover gelatine with cold water and soak until soft. When ap- ples are finished stir the gelatine in- to them until, dissolved. Remove from fire and press through a sieve; stir in the grated rind and lemon juice. Set away until cold and beginning to stiffen, beat egg white stiff, stir ap- ples, then stir in 'the beaten whites and continue to beat until thick. Pour into moistened mould and when set turn out and serve with Custard Sauce. ' Garden Sanitation Destroys Insects Autumn is an excellent time in which to open the campaign against insects that will be present in gar- dens next summer. This applies to both flower and vegetable gardens. In the fight against insect pests, an ounce of prevention may not quite equal a pound of cure but it ap proaches it very closely. And garden sanitation that can be carried out so well in the weeks before the first snow is one of the best forms of pre- vention. In insect control, garden sanitation covers mans` operations, states Alan G. Dustan, of the Division of Field Crop and Garden Insects, Entomolo- gical Branch, Dominion Department of Agriculture. Probably the first step the careful and methodical gar- dener takes _after. the year's crop of blooms or vegetables has been har- vested is to clean up And burn the old plants. This is an excellent prac- tice, in so far as insect prevention is concerned, since it removes a favour- ite sourceof hibernation and' forces some of the most troublesome pests. to flyfartherafield when searching for a suitabie place in which to spend the winter. This step also kills many of the immature Stages that may at that time be feeding on or attached to the plants. The Europeon corn borer, which hibernates in the stalks of corn is anexcellentexample of an insect which can .be removed from a garden by a thorough clean-up of the crop remnants. In the autumn all grass and weeds either in'or surrounding the garden should be burned over. Cutworms and -borers' of many species lay their eggs in such•situations. Most of these lit dormant over winter and hatch in the .spring to attack the new seed- lings. Burning over adjacent grass- land will also kill .many other stages of insects which customarily hiber- nate in the eld matted' grass just a- bove. the surface of :the ground. Thorough - cultivation of gardens in late .autumn is to be recommended, since such an operation tends to dis- turb ancl destroy many of the insects that spend the winter in the soil. Cultivation, either by ploughing or spading, brealcs up the hibernating cells or cases and brings the insects to, the surface of the ground where at least a proportion -of them will be exposed to the destructive action of frequent freezing and thawing in the autumn and spring. Insects dis- turbed at this time are frequently un- able to reconstruct. their nests of cells before the ground freezes, in which A HEALTH SERVICE' OP THE CANADIAN MEDICAL. ASSOCIATION AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA TELL THE PEOPLE Tell the people. We have told them that they must pasteurize their milk and we have told than why. The people have taken it well. No doubt it was a shock to, them at first. No doubt there are still Some unbeliev- ers, No doubt there are a few towns and villages- where• milk is not pas- teurized and where they may not be intelligent enough tosubmit a By-law for the pasteurization of milk on Jan- uary lst, 1937. No doubt there may even he some places where such a By-law may be defeated, if submit- ted on January lst, 1987. Those who vote Nay are partly responsible for the sickness, disablement and death caused by the use of unpasteurized milk. But the people have taken the news well and in the country many of our leading farmers have the milk used in their households boiled three minutes and they like the taste of it and they know why they have boiled it. We have told the people, ever since 1882 when Koch discovered the tu- bercle bacillus and proved that it was the cause of tuberculosis, that tuber- culosis . was a transmissible disease, and therefore- that it could be -pre- vented. Don't let it be transmitted. Every one who hiis tuberculosis got the infection from some other person who had . tuberculsois. Therefore, if every person who has tuberculosis is scrupulously, clean and careful and makes' Byre that anything that he coughs up, and sputum, is burned or otherwise destroyed, that he uses paper handkerchiefs- and they are burned and not kept in his pocket, that he does not cough in people's faces or otherwise cause his• breath to be breathed by them, that his dish- es are washed by themselves in boil- ing water and not used by others and if he takes all other necessary pre- cautions, then no infection is trans- mitted by him and nobody gets -tub- erculosis from hint. People who work in Sanitariums for Tuberculosis are safer from infection than anyone else, beeause the precautions taken in such a Sanitarium are perfect and no one gets the infection of tuberculosis there. We have told the people all this and they have taken it well, although since 1882 there have been some peo- ple who only half -understood these facts. They got tho idea that tub- erculosis was transmissible and their minds stopped at that point and so they wore afraid of the clean and careful person who has tuberculosis. He is safe. The only one to be a- fraid ofis the -person -who has tuber- ealosis and does not know it or won't admit it and so will not take any precautions. He should be examined by the best modern methods to as- certain whether he has tuberculosis or not and 'if he has, he should go to a Sanitarium, so that he can learn how to cure and protect 'himself, and then protect other people when he is. well enough to come hone again. Tell the people. It -pays. Questions concerning health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 184 College St., Toronto, will be answered personally by letter. Questions concerning neaith, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 184 College St., Toronto, will be answered personally by letter. case .almost : certain- death follows. Careful search for insect egg mas- sesand cocoons should be -made in and around .the garden prior to freeze-up. Moths of the common tent caterpillar, tussock moths and many other species, lay their eggs inmas- ses either on the twig endings of bushes and trees or in protected sit-- ations on buildings, fences and stones, All egg masses found should be -re- moved and burned in the autumn. Search for cocoons and hibernating caterpillars will, reveal many hidden away under the rough bark of trees,. in cracks and crevices of garden -fur- niture, and in insuinerable protected spots on the exteriors of buildings. A. stiff brush or broom will be found of great service in removing these. All such operations, which are con- sidered good gardening practice by the more pro"gxessive• grower, tend to. decrease the insect 'population and assist in protecting the crops to be grown in 1937. NOT A SPECIALTY Head Waiter—Would Monsieur pre- fer Spanish, French or Italian cook- ing? ook-ing? CARE OF CIIILDREN. THIS " MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing 'You Their Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful and Ins Wring, GIVE God's love hath in us wealth unheaped Only by giving is it reaped. The body withers, and the mind Is pent up by a selfish rind. Give strengt , give thought, give deeds, give help Give love; give tears, give thyself; Give, give, be always giving, Who gives not, is not living, The more we give The more we, live. MEMORY STAY YOUNG When my back is to old to bend,, When my knees areto old to kneel, When my hands ave 'too old to tend and niy fingers too old to feel, When my ears will not hear again Leaves moving, nor the sound of rain When my eyes are too old to see' The apple orchard's ecstasy 0 memory stay young with me. THE OLDCLOCKSADVICE Here I stand both day and night To tell the time with all my might Do thou example take by me And serve thy God as I serve thee. —All three sent in by a correspondent OCTOBER October, with a lavish hand, now spills Her wine of flame and gold upon the hills: It splashes on the slopes and blends into Rich colorings of almost every hue: Deep red and russet, orange, yellow, jade, Grape -blue and green and brown of every shade. And in the valley hang, like filmy mist, Her veils of opal, blue and ame- thyst, Rose -gray and violet, until it seems All earth is drowsy with the wine of dreams. I think that somewhere up around the Throne God's cup of- glory must have over- flown. —eines Courtney Challis, WHAT ARE YOU HERR FOR? If you've never made another have a Happier time in life, If you've never helped -a brother through his struggles and his strife If you've never been a comfort to the weary and the worn, Will you tell us what you're here for this lovely land of morn? If you've never made the pathway of some neighbor glow with sung If you've never brought a bubble to some fellow heart- with fun, If you've never cheered a toiler that you tried to help along, Will you tell us, what you're here for In this lovely vale of song? If you've never made a comrade feel the world's a sweeter place Because you lived within it and had served it with your grace, If you never heard a woman or a little child proclaim A blessing on your bounty, You're a poor hand at the game. —From Laughing Lips. THE SPLENDID YIELD I have-noorchards heavy with bright fruit, No acres where the golden grain took root And yielded its 'abundance for my own; But through the long sweet summer I have known Grath growing clays beneath the arch- ing sky: L have caught -the flying wind as it raced "by;, I have captured the high singing of the birds; I have learned their tunes, 1 have. heard their secret: words; I have had in . my -possession for a while - Far distances, I - spanned them mile on mile; . . I staked my claim where silver raid mists shine; I circled the hills and plains, I have called them mine; Diner— I don't mind — I - want a And now today with the autumn coin- Ursula MacMillan in Montreal Stag* soft-boiled egg. I-lug down, Here in my quiet little house in the town, My heart is a granary, my mind is 'a bin - That I -have stored my golden harvest in, And m gratitude a u Y g i de i s earnest and sin;. cere - For the splendid yielding of a glorious year. • —Grace Noll Crowell. DAWN'S RECOMPENSE 0 He begged me for the little toys at - night, That I had taken lest he play too long; The little broken toys—his sole de- light. I heldhimclose in wiser arms and strong; And sang with trembling voice the even -song. Reluctantly the drowsy lids dropped low, The while he pleaded for the boon denied, Then when he slept, to dream content to know, I mended them and laid them by his side That he might find them in the ear- ly light, And wake the gladder for the ran, somed sight. So, Lord, like children, at the even fall We weep for broken playthings, loath to part. While Thou, unmoved because Thou knowest all, Dost fold us from the -tr.easiires of our heart. And we shall find them at the morn. ing-tide, Awaiting us, unbroke and beauti• fied, • Margaret Houston. IF WE ONLY UNDERSTOOD Lf we knew the cares and trials, Knew the efforts all in vain, And the bitter disappointments; Understood the Loss and gain— Would the grim, eternal roughness Seem, I, wonder, just the same? Should we help where now we hinder? Should we pity where we blame? Ahl we judge each outer harshly, Knowing not life's hidden force; Knowing not the fount of action Is less turbid at its source; Seeing not amid the evil All the golden grains of good, And we'd love each other better If we only understood. Could we judge all deeds and motives That surround each other's lives; See the naked heart and spirit, Know what spur the action gives--. Often we would find it better - - Purer than,we judge we should; And we'd love each other better If we only understood. Mudyard Kipling.. LAUGHTER I've seen people laugh at some silly things, A wind -tossed hat and the chase that it brings; A clumsy' fall on a slippery street. Inebriation gives some folks a treat. Now I sat alone at a show one night, And heard a inan laughing with all his might At slapstick comedians flinging pies; He laughed till the tears rolled out of his eyes, And everyone there seemedto catch his mirth, Till the whole hoose chuckled for all 'twee worth. Yet some folks don't know what real laughter means, Or of the good -will that a kind smile gleans. They go around wearing woe-begone stares, Tust-lending the rest of the world their cares, While others consider it almost a sire To indulge in a friendly, open grin. Nova it wounds me to see a face look sad- I always wish „I could make it loot; glad; s For among' the pleasures that lifer can bring, Is the joy that lives in a true laugh''Sl ring.