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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1936-10-29, Page 7OVOMAN'S 'THURS., OCT. 29, 1936. THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 7 HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS COOKING Edited by Rebekah. HEALTH CARE OF CHILDREN Salada Orange Pekoe Blend has by far the finest -flavour If II TEA 314 RuinaHeus of ft�etah A Column Prepared Especially for Women— But Not Forbidden .to Men THE NEIGHBOR ` Time was when I was very small, And i11 in bed I lay, A kindly neighbor used to call Who lived across the way. Into my room, it seemed to me, She tripped on fairy feet And whispered, oh so cheerily:. "Here's something good to eat." • So strangely is the mind impressed, That neighbor seemed to me Of all good folks the very best That I should ever see, For cookies from her pantry shelf, A dish of raspberry jam • Or broth which she had made herself All grateful still I am. Why should I think of her today? Well, that I scarcely know. 13ut one like her .went 'cross the way With tray in hand, and so I watched her hasten to a door And guessed perhaps that she Was taking jam and cookies for Some child resembling ane. - Beneath the linen spotless white, I knew was something sweet "To tempt a sick child's appetite. And driving down the street ' Thought I in life there's much that's good Despite the wrong man tells; In every little neighborhood Some kindly woman dwells. ' —Barrie Examiner. Wliat a fine institution neighbors are and how in the world could peo- • pie get along without them? We do not place a high enough value upon them as a rule, but how' • empty life would be if we had no • neighbors; nobody to care whether we were around or not; nobody to •congratulate us when we have good .fortune and nobody to sympathize ' with us when we are unfortunate. While we somteimes undervalue our neighbors when we have -thein near us, we always like to look them up when we revisit a community after an ab- sence. We recall all the kindly acts they performed in our behalf in the past and we cannot forget their kind- nesses. But even though we may not always appreciate the neighbors who are a- round about us, it nevertheless gives us a feeling of security and inward peace to know that theyare, there. We know that we can call upon them when we need; that they are ready to lend a helping hand if it is necessary. It is to be hoped that the world will never grow too sophisticated f o r neighborliness. In the sending of cars. of fruit, vegetables, etc., to the west we are only taking part in a neighborly act toward the provinces not so richly blessed by Nature during , the past season as we were. Early in the sea- son Ontario, feared that it would have a pretty bad crop failure itself. We feared for potatoes, roots of all kinds and also for fruits. But the rains carne in time to save us from that failure, while in the west in many dis- tricts, the earth 'failed to produce the food necessary for the feeding of those depending upon it. There may be ninny reasons for this failure and man himself may be largely responsible, owing to • wrong methods practised from year to year. But the fact that there are men, wo- men and children in need should be enough to open the hearts and the purses and fruit and vegetable cel= lars of those who have a sufficient supply of this world's goods and can each spare a little. It. is heartening to learn that this has been done and that great quan- tities have been shipped to those who lack. It Should help to draw togeth- er the east and the west. We are neighbors and when one or the other needs,a helping hand is stretched out. So may it ever be. REBEKAR. c A HEALTH SERVICE OF THE CANADIAN MEDICAL. ASSOCIATION AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA 'THE DIET OF THE EXPECTANT MOTHER Everybody knows that we need :-Food fool to keep us well, but within -the last few years there has been an amazing amount of new knowledge • about good food made' available by research., and study., We now know that certain kinds offood which have .0 pleasant taste and satisfy our ap- petites, and apparently do us no harm, yet do not keep us in good health because they do not contain • certain special substances which are found in other foods and which we -.must have every day if we are to be ' in good health. 'These special food •eleutents are absolutely necessary for •all, but they are particularly neces- :sary for children, because if children -do not get these food elements they will not grow, and as •the expectant Mother, is really feeding her unborn "ehild for 280 clays before it is born, it is very important that she should ' be getting a good supply of these 'food elements so that she can give -them to her growing unborn ehild and :usethem herself. Stored up in the tissues of the body -are great reserves of valuable` food "'material, trade from these special food elements. if the 'Mother is not getting enough of these food elements 'tae her daily food she is capable a • supplying her growing= child's wants from these valuable food reserves.' But this means that 'she is robbing; herself of very useful stores of ma- ' terial, ia-'terial, which she needs and cannot 'Afford to lose. So she may likely suffer from ill -health and her baby, tthough nourished to some extent by this sacrifice, will not likely have the good health and vitality' he needs to develop .perfectly after birth and which he would have had if his Moth- er got the right food. • When nursing mothers look pale, probably they have - not had enough of iron in their food.- Where do we get non in our food? Chiefly from green vegetables. Bones and teeth are spade from Calcium and Phos- phorus. We get these from milk. But we : trust also have a vitamin or the calcium and phosphorus will not be built into the bones -and teeth. This vitainin is called Vitamin D and we can get it in egg -yolk, cheese, butter, animal fats, cod liver oil, and by get- ting out into direct sunshine. So Mothers are advised to take these foods, to get out into sunshine' as much as possible and to take plenty of milk—about a quart a day. Fresh fruit and fresh uncooked vegetables and cream are excellent. Iodine is helpful: it may be got by eating sea fish once or twice a week. Meat or fish once a clay is 'advisable, and the Mother may take in addition any food she likes with the • exceptions mentioned below. Cooked green vegetables and other vegetables are needed. Cook not mare than twenty minutes, using no soda. Summary: The expectant Mother should have everyday, one quart milk, one egg, some fresh fruit, and fteh vegetables and other foods ac - 'cording to her own taste. Sea -fish and liver once or twice a week. Two teaspoonfuls of cod liver oil a day are specially good for her. She should avoid fried foods, pic-' kies, highly seasoned foods, and strong tea or coffee and should drink plenty of water between meals. Do not take any indigestible food. The Mother should choose food that. she likes and make her meals varied and interesting. It is better for her not to take much salt with her food. Milk should be pasteurized or boiled, and should be sipped slow- ly. Milk puddings, milk soups, jun` HERE ARE SOME HALLOWE'EN DESSERTS OR G,OI DIES FOR THE SEASON While the apple still beide its pre- mier position in Hallowe'en festivities particularly in Canada, pumpkin pie is also held in high esteem. At the same time there are other pumpkin pkin delicacies, .for example, p um pk in chips and candied pumpkin, in the malting of which at Hallowe'en time the following recipes may be found useful. Honey Pumpkin Pie, 1 cup cooked pumpkin ]J, cup honey % teaspoon ginger 1-3 teaspoon cinnamon 1-3 teaspoon salt 1 egg cups milk. Press the pumpkin . through a fine sieve, add salt, spices, and honey. Beat well. Add well -beaten egg; then the milk. Pour into a deep pie plate Tined with pastry and bake at 450 degrees F. for ten minutes, then re- duce heat to. 326 degrees. Bake until custard is firm. Pumpkin custard is excellent for -children and may be served. when pie isserved to adults. For the custard, use the above recipe, omitting the spices. Bake' in custard cups. Pumpkin Chips 6 pounds pumpkin 4 pounds sugar 1 ounce root ginger 2 lemons Cut the pumpkin up, rejecting the centre seeds and hard outside rind. Cut the pulp into small thin chips. Use only the juice and the rind of lemon. Put all together in a granite pot. Bring to a boil and boil slowly for two hours, taking great care . to prevent burning. Remove ginger root. Put away in sterilized jars. Candied Pumpkin Peel pumpkin. Remove seeds and cut in pieces one inch square. Weigh and add an equal weight of sugar. Let stand over night. Drain. To each cup of syrup, allow one teaspoon of vinegar and a small piece of root gin- ger. Cook until the mixture coats up- on the spoon. Add pumpkin and boil until the pumpkin has •absorbed al- most all the syrup. Drain thorough- ly, then spread on plates to dry. When dry, roll in sugar, and pack between layers of waxed paper. Baked Canadian apples, hot or cold, are always welcome at Hallowe'en parties. Here are three recipes:— Baked Apples 1 Wipe, core, and score sour Cana- dian•apples. Place them in an agate balcing dish and fill centre of apples with sugar and' 1 teaspoon lesion juice or sugar and cinnamon, using 1 teaspoon cinnamon to 1 cup sugar. Allow 1/4 cup water for 6 apples and pour it around them, not over them. Bake until the apples are soft, from 20 to 45 minutes, basting every 10 minutes. Place apples in a dish and pour the juice over them. When cold they may be served with or without plainor whipped cream. Baked Apples II Pare and core good uniform Cana- dian apples.' Put into baking pan. Fill the centre of each apple with su- gar and add a bit of butter en the top. Add enough water to cover the 'bottom of the pan. • Cinnamon or nut- meg may .be sprinkled on the top if desired. Bake in hot oven until soft, basting very often with the juice in the pan. THE FARM AND HALLOWE'EN ORIGIN AND LEGENDS No farts: no Hallow'en festivities.' That is the position, although little thought may be given that the fest-I ivities of Hallow'en and the farm, as the producer of the fruits of the derail are inseparable. Certainly,the apple' and the puniplcin, two farm products, are popularly associated with Hall- ow'en, but the farm is also the supply - base •of all the necessary essentials of the feast. Even' the humble cabbage apart from its culinary purposes, has I a peculiar significance at Hallow'en,,I for do not some Maidens sally forth in . the . darkness, of the night .to the I cabbagetopick a stem patch , in order to divine the characteristics of their future husbands., 11 the stem' be tall, or short, or crooked, so shall their fixture husbands be? .The pumpkin' as a Jack -o -lantern in the hands of a frolicsome lad is the improved Canadian edition of the humble swede turnip in Europe, and to many a youth in Canada the pumpkin is the symbol of Hallow'en par excellence, either'for food or frolic but after all the apple is more closely associated with the feast than any other fruit or vegetable. There is a special reason for this. In pagan times, at the festival of Pomona., the goddess 'of fruit trees, nuts and fruits particularly apples (pont) played an important part and •originated the custom of roasting nuts, apple duck- ing, and the distribution of apples as gifts at this festive time. The Canad- ian boys who go from house to house asking for Hallow'en apples are doing exactly what little boys in other lands did three thousand years ago. When Adapin was appointed to dress the garden of Eden and to keep it (Genesis 11 ,15), the apple was fated to be of overwhelming significance to the whole human race. In this connection, the legend of the Apples of Paradise figured in the 1pre of ancient Egypt some 5,000 years ago. These apples were said to show• in their lop -sided shape the outline where Eve had taken a generous bite. In this Egyptian lore, there was men- tion of other apples, the apples of Istkhar, all sweetness on one side and bitterness on the other. In modern times, in the production of various kinds of apples, Canadian scientists have been and are in the forefront of world research. In the Christian church, Hallow'en or All Hallows Eve is the name given to the evening of the 31st of October as the vigil of Hallowmass, or All, Saints Day. Before the Christ- ian era, however, the eve of the 31st of October was the occasion of har- vest and other ceremonies in various countries. The festivities which grad- ually gathered round the Christian Hallow'en originated for the most part in countries under the sway of the Durid religion, notably Britain, plus a few indoor celebrations bor- rowed from the pagan Roman festival to the goddess of fruit. The two chief characteristics of' lighting ancient Hallowe'en were the . of bonfires and the belief that Hal- lowe'en was the only night of the year . in which ghosts, warlocks, wit- ches, itcies, imps of the earth and air, and Baked Apples III.' Pare and core tail Canadsan apple Fill the cavities with raisins, citron, sugar, and lesion peel. Place in bak- ing dish and' pour over them i, cup of. water. ` Dust with granulated su- gar. Bake in a slow oven until ten- der. Sprinkle with soft bread crumbs and sugar.. Bake ten minutes. and serve hot with cream or pudding sauce: kot, custards,' ice-cream and milk sauces will easily make up at least half of the daily quantity of milk the mother' takes. Coffee should be the Cafeau lait—made with an equal quantity of hot milk. Questions" concerning health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 184 College St., Toronto, will be answered `personally, by letter. evil spirits were permitted to wan- der on earth. On the 1st of Novem- ber the Druids held their great fall festival and lighted' fires' to the sun- god in thanksgiving for harvest. It was a firm belief in the religion of the Druids that on the eve of this fes- tival, Saman, lord of death, called to- gether the wicked souls that had been condemned ,within the past twelve months to inhabit the bodies of ani- mals. With regard to this belief it is interesting to note that in parts of Ire- land, the 31st of October was, and even still is, known as Oidhche Shem- in-1a,In ' •il of Semen. the yr S Scotland, line, g bonfires, otherwise known as beat - fires, still are part of Hallowe'en. celebrations, a relic of the worship of Baal. Sonne cynics declare that the evil. spirits of old ,Druidical times still exist in the shape of thoughtless youths who overstep the mark of pure fun at Hallowe'en and cause injury to persons and damage to property. COUNTY NEWS SEAFORTH: The response to the appeal for Western relief made' by the local churches, Catholic and -Pro- testant, was most generous and grat- ifying and was greatly appreciated by the committee in charge. The municipalities contributing were Sea - forth, McKillop, Tuckersmith, St. Co- t umban, Dublin and Ifinburn. On Friday a large refrigerator car was filled to overflowing at the C. N. R. station, Seaforth, with 500 bags of potatoes, also turnips, apples, beans, proserved.fruits and vegetables, gro- ceries, etc. The supply was so plen- tiful that more than 100 bags of po- tatoes and other vegetables were left over which will be shipped in a car from the nearest place that has room. • Chinese Family System Holds China Together! Living and industrial conditions in Chipa with her millions of people present a rather bewildering spec- tacle to western eyes. China is very old and her people have gone through some strange experiences during the centuries she has existed as a coun- try. With the devastating floods that have occurred, coupled with epidem- ics that rage from time to time along with upheavals in government, one wonders how the people have manag- ed to retain any semblance of unity. The great strength of China seems to be in her family system which has endured through the centuries and tends to prevent that disintegra- tion that one might quite naturally expect in the face of such happen- ings. The workers are paid extreme- ly low wages in comparison with other countries. In some cases wages as low as one cent a day, plus rice money are paid. Much work is car- ried on by the apprentice system in native handicraft industries, the ap- prentice • mice receivin n pre g no t except food and shelter. Seventy to eighty per cent of China's popula- tion are dependent upon agriculture for a living. Back Mammy Tea Towels N.O. 118. Price 20c per pattern --Write this office enclosing silver. On Monday, Taesday, Wednesday and on throughout the week, cheerful Mammy's tea towels bring brightness into the kitchen. Equally attractiae worined in cross stitch in gay colors or worked throughout with delfe blue or butter- cup yellow threads. Repeat the designs on other kitchen lin- ens for novelty. The pattern includes a transfer for the designs, color combin- abions and -working 'instructions for six towels, i.. THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful and Ins piring• A.' TEMPERANCE TOAST TO BRUCEFIELD To Brucefield and her people On this their Jubilee, I raise my glass with pleasure toast drink a to thee. The beauty spot of Huron To the men of sterling worth, To the women, clean and wholesome The saving salt of earth. To the, hillsides, bathed in sunshine, To the trees of gorgeous hue To the feathered songsters warbling 'Delightfully to you. To the nearest place to Heaven I raise any glass to thee, To Brucefield and her people On this, their Jubilee. —F. Welch, Detroit. We INDIAN SUMMER To flashing weapons• at the least of- fense, Humbly .I bend to stroke her silken ' fur, Lanz content to be a slave to her • I am enchanted by her insolence. ' No one of all the women I have known Has been so beautiful ,or proud, or wise As this Angora with her amber eyes. , She makes her chosen cushion seem a throne, And wears the seine voluptuous, slow smile • She wore when "she was worshipped by the Nile. • —Walter Adolphe Roberts. IF WINTER COMES The goldenrod is flung across the pastures, And purple asters tell us autumn's near; Soon lacy frosts will sparkle on the had said our good-byes to the stubble, Summer, we said , And happy hearth -fires will have Good-bye, for the Summer was done, double cheer. and we knew There would be little use decrying that Summer was dead When the sunlight turned acid and thin, and wild geese flew Wedged to the south above us, and leaves went brown, Dipping in whirls to the ground and rasping in place; When the sun's eye reddened and watered in going down, And the crow's harsh caw left a sor- rowing weird trace. On the blurred silence — but still, there was this afternoon, When Summer returned idyllic to us for a while; And then this more lovely light van- ished—all too soon. Like a lover gone on, after having looked back with a smile! —Carl X. Bomberger. AUTUMN FORCE This is a frosty drive that sharpens air, So city bells may further clang the hour. I tread on brittle glint when every- where The fields turn white and panes bursts into flower. The wind has coasted down our thin- ning elms Like unseen oceans roaring out of space. And sudden earth is one that over- whelms With windy beauty springing from its place! Hili -pastures, roads and maples for whose sake Autumn has worked with all its force and sound, Lose not this stirring hour but dare to take The Color and the wind that wheel around! —Daniel W. Smyth in The New York Sun. OCTOBER TREES Great sable leaves, you find her then so fair— One they call beauty — that to her you lift Crooked arms abrim with gold; hav- ing no care That all the year's bright mintage falls adrift Down throughyour furcate .fingers broadened span. Heedless of coin that sun and soil hold dearer • Than any Cyprian brass an artisan, Burnished to snare great Venus in its mirror. Content if the gold transit of your treasure Fashion for beauty's path an added length, You stand like some stripped swim- mer proud to measure Against a beryl tide his naked strength. Could we but dare a slave's bold ges- turing, Beauty might walk our earth again and sing! -Lewis Colwell, New York Times. THE EGYPTIAN CAT Oh, do not think this is the end of summer, Though scarlet maples flaunt across the hills, For after winter's snow will come the springtime Whose warm hands will unlock the icy rills., And do not think Life's winter lin+ gers always, Though bitter frosts may blast our fairest flowers; Alter the sleet -storm conies the mid - den sunshine, After the dark night, look for happy hours. Not always will our hopes be biacic and frozen; Not always will our landscapes teen with rain; Pain, that has. gripped our hearts, will melt and leave us; Life will be sweet, and flowers bloom again. —E. Anne Ryan. PEACE A dreaming baby moon above the bay Awakes and smiles in greeting at the friends Close -gathered round the beach -fire, then descends To mother night, whose breath of new -mown hay Bears cow -bells faintly tinkling on their way. Soft lapping of the waves at play at- tends The ebb from shore and rocks and gulls and lends Enchantment in its tranquil evening lay. Far from this quiet hour of rural bliss The loved ones of the long ago have gone. Their ling•'ring spirits veil the calm . night round In benediction borate on Nature's kiss And shared with old friends by the firelight wan, This summer eve, where gentle peace is found. —Amy Bissett England. THE PASSAGE O soul on God's high seas! the way is strange and long, Yet fling your pennons out and spread your canvas strong; For though to mortal eyes so smelt a craft you seem, The highest star in heaven doth send you guiding' beam. O soul on God's high seas!' look to • your course with care, Fear most when winds are kind and skies are blue and fair. Your helm must sway at touch of no hand save your own -- The soul that sails on God's high seas must sail alone. O soul on God's high seas, sail on: with steady ails, Unmoved by wind of praise, untouch- ed by seas of blame. Beyond the lonely ways, beyond the guiding star, There stretches out the strand and golden harbor bar. —Jean Blewett. Pleasures that I most enviously sense Pass in longripples down her flanks Pat of a peanut was removed; and stir from the lung of a nineteen -months' - The plume that is her tail. She deigns, old Stratford child in the Toronto to .purr Sick Children's Hospital the otheil And take caresses. But her paws day and the child is said to be rte. would tense covering nicely.