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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1936-11-12, Page 7.1-141:1-11S., rtS., NOV. 12,19$6 THE, CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE? HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS COOKING Edited by Rebekah. HEALTH AS' Sal for rown. La e1 TEA el ill 'A Column Prepared Especially forWomen— But Not Forbidden to Men FIVE LOAVES• ' "'Five loaves," she said, And looked upon them as they lay On the white folded linen cloth half spread Upon the table there, Five loaves fresh from the baking. 'The day was at an end. It had been long ' Since the first morning light. Her hand was weary as she buttered over 'The crisp, brown, crusty loaves That turned a richer brown, "'' Golden and moist, and with the scent of noon In a warm field. 'There came a mist before her tired eyes, She brushed them with her hand. `"Five loaves," she said. ' "Five loaves of good, white bread." 'Then suddenly upon her aching brow ,She felt a cool wind blowing .And she remembered some one, long ago, Some one who said, 'This is my body, broken, and for you." .And then she knew her weariness was sweet, 'The tired hands and feet, The aching head, The mist before the eyes— 'These things were trifles, Weighing less than dew, "Here are five loaves of bread 'To f e e d my children's hungry mouths," I She said. Last week I was privileged to' hear an address by a very well-known •authoress of books which are espe- ••ciaily liked by girls, who was speak- ing especially to girls, Mrs. Evan MacDonald, better known as L. A. Montgomery, author of the "Anne" books. A witty, pleasing speaker is Mrs. MacDonald, too. She is used, of course, 'to speaking. to the public. I heard her address a company of writ- ing women in Toronto several years ago, and she told us the other night that she had recently given her first radio talk. But even some people who .are used to seeking are not so very interesting to listen. to. She was. ,She told about her early experience :as a write'', pointing out the disap- pointments and the discouragements, :and then about the slow recognition which came later. She told her hear- •ers, mostly young girls and young women, that it was not an easy Iife, 'that it meant hard work and disap- pointments many, many times. ' She ?said she would give any aspiring writ- •ers the advice an old aunt of hers used to give the girls regarding mar- riage: "Don't marry," she used to :say, "while you can help it, for when "the right man comes along you can't help it." This was the way with writ- ing, when you have the real urge you .just can't help it. But she gave some good advice to the girls about any calling they en tered, declaring that homemaking was -the best one of all. And that is what I would like to tell my readers. The :making of bread, the caring for the' home, the making comfortable of all 'the members of_the family, sending them out, the fa . "r to his work that "lie may earn the bread which mother makes, the„children to their school' +wind later into careers of their own, No work can compete with it. I would 'like mothers, housekeepers, to follow '-the advice given by St. -Paul: to his, son in the gospel, Timothy, Do you remember? Paul was growing old and Timothy was young and he did- n't want the younger man to allow his youth to be over-ridden by older and more important (in their own minds) people. So he told. him: "magnify thine office.” I would like all home- makers to do that. I do not wish them to go around bragging about how many hours they spend on cook- ing the dinner nor how many hours they spend on making daughter's party dress. But they should realize in their own minds and hearts how important the work they are doing is, and not develope an inferiority complex, (whatever that is, ask some- body who knows) and feel that they are of no account because they have never written a book or won a golf championship,, or a dance marathon, or taken an airplane across the At- lantic or anyone of the other more or less useful or useless things which get women's names on the front page of newspi;pers. Writing a book is a very good thing to do,' if you cannot help doing it. As for the other things mentioned, what good are they? In comparison to sending out a well- trained, healthy family to take their places in the world, none of the above things are worth mentioning, even writing the book. 'And just because homemaking is such an important work women should prepare themselves for it and take it seriously. Mrs. 'MacDonald told those girls that whatever they took up as a life work, homemaking including, should be clone by them just as well as it could possibly be done. 'So, in order to be the best sort of a mother to growing children now- adays mothers need not only to know how to care for their physical needs, but they should endeavor to keep a- breast of them in reading and study. Books and magazines are plentiful. Don't let your high school girl (they go to high school early these days) feel that her mother is so -much be- hind the times that she is no com- panion for her. Keep in touch with the young folk, nothing will help so. much in keeping them walking. the ways you'd like to see them going. Don't allow yourself to get in a rut just because you are so busy caring for your family, There never was such a good reason for keeping out of one. —REBEKAH. A HEALTH SERVICE OF THE CANADIAN MED/CAL ASSOCIATION AND : LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA'. WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT A WELL-BALANCED DIET Beware of fads : and fancies. Eat the essential foods, Chew, your food. Eat slowly; don't bolt your victuals. Leave the table without being com- pletely ' satisfied. Don't try to brace yourself against the daily task by means of stimulants. ' A well-balanced diet comprises a reasonable amount of the .essential foods. ` These are meat, eggs, milk, fish, vegetables' and fruit. If in health . you follow this direetioa, you may ignore all the talk about vita- mins, calories, carbohydrates, proteins and the like. In infancy, the best food is moth- er's milk. Next tothis is cow's milk tat ie Notes for N ve nber By E. W, Hart Division of Botany, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. Niritlr the fall of the leaves, with the 'rod. In the eighteenth century Jon- passing of the Indian Summer, Nat- ax'e's kindly but timely warning; with the advent of frost and snow, cones Nature's - sweet restorer—repose. "The universal instinct of repose, The longing for confirmed tranquil- ity, and outward,' humble yet sublime; The life where hope and memory are as one." In November most plants relax from their labours, but not all, for some still bloomin spite o of -the elements with that strange and almost de- bonair energy which comes to all life often as a harbinger of death. Buttercups, round -leaved mallows, mustards, goldenrods, michaelmas daisies, lobelias and witch -hazel may still be found in flower in sheltered situations.. In the woods, the yellow, ragged - petalled flowers of the dauntless witch -hazel are very attractive. Lat- er come their woody seed capsules, which take many months to mature. Care must be taken, however, not to examine these capsules too closely, as a bombardment of the bullet -like seeds ejected with very considerable force may take place in the same manner as the seeds of the violet and touch-me-not. For a very long time an . atmos- phere of poetry and- sentiment has gathered round the witch -hazel, and it was formerly draped by those versed in the occult arts with a veil of deep mystery. It has been, and doubtless still is, used as a divining modified by the addition ,of boiled water and granulated white sugar ac- cording to age. The milk invariably should be pasteurized. If the milkman does not pasteurise his supply, drop him and buy from someone who can be heisted to do this properly or, in the small town or country where pas- teurised milk is - unobtainable, pas- teurise the milk in a double boiler by heating it to 145 degrees F., keeping it at this temperature for half an hour and then cooling to 40 degrees, at which temperature it must be kept until used. Cod liver oil is essential to the well-being of infants during fall, spring and winter. Orange or other fruitjuices should be given tol the babies from the third month until one year. At six to nine months a small portion of well -cooked cereal may be advantageously allowed and from the tenth to the twelfth month some clear soup. In both these periods soft, or hard-boiled yolk of egg may be given. What is the rationale of this feed- ing? Meat and fish are body build- ers. Milk and eggs are also body builders and the latter contains the fat that fills up the wrinkles and aids in maintaining tale heat of the body. Vegetables_, along with fruits supply the mineral elements and the latter contain sugar, a source of energy. The character and quantities of food vary in the presence of disease. Thus for example, the diabetic must cut out his sugars and starches; the person with anaemia, especially of the .pernicious type, must take liver, kidney, the lining of stomach or liv- er extract. Your doctor will be able to designate the diet suited to your needs. The pregnant woman is best on a normal diet suited to her condition in life. In addition, she - should " have cod-liver oil and seafish, the latter, twice a week. If she is anaemic as many pregnant women are, she will require appropriate medicine from her .doctor. The tuberculous need a very nutri- tious diet. The overweight person should gradually cut his diet especi- ally in sugars, starches and fats, take more exercise and avoid alcohol. A very good line of food for the ordinary man is as follows: A ' glass of 'water 00 rising, at 11.00 a.ni. and 5.00 p.m. Breakfast—Cereal or 'eggs. Cocoa, Weak tea or coffee or chocolate. Toast or bread and butter. ,Fruit. ' Luncheon — Meat (steak, chops,' thicken, fish). Green vegetables or potato: Bread and butter. Lightdes- sert (fruit or plain cake). ., Dinner—Meat or fish,?otato. Vege-' table. Salad: :$read and butter. Light dessert as above:' Macaroni, or spaghetti may be 'substituted for potato. Alcololic liquors do not properly enter into the diet of the average. man. Usually there is; no objection to the use of weak tea or. coffee at meals. Yourdoctor can guide you in mat- ters of diet and you should let him do so especially if you are not•getting the beat results from `the food you eat. ' Questions concerning health, ad, dressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 184 ;College St., Toronto, will; he answered personally by letter. athan Swift wrote: "They tell us something strange and odd About a certain magic rod That, bending down its top, divines Where'er the soil has hidden mines, Where there are none, it stands erect • Scorning to show the. least respect" This versatile plant also extends its "magic" to the , famous "Witch - Hazel" of the pharmacy. Indian Tobacco, perhaps the least attractive of the usually beautiful lobelias, may also continue to bloom in November. It is readily identified by the very small flowers and in- flated seed -vessel's, The name might have arisen ei- ther from the peculiar tobacco -like sensation imparted to the tongue and stomach on chewing the leaves, or from the fact that' the Indians often smoked the dried leaves to produce the drugged effect of "The insane root :That takes the reason prisoner" • However, it has some use in the fluid extract of the dried leaves as a cure for asthma: ' Many people doubtless quite nat- urally conclude that the winter months are entirely devoid of botani- cal interest, A. few walks in the woods, however, will prove that such is not the case; for the spruce, pine and fir trees when in repose exhibit extreme interest and beauty both of sight and sound, the latter inspiring Wordsworth to -write-- "At every impulse of the moving breeze The fir -grove murmurs with a sea - like sound" ' His comparison is a very apt one, the soothing, slumberous sound of the conifers is very suggestive of the breaking of the surf on a distant beach. And what a sight is that glittering fairyland when, on frosty days, the sun shines on the rime -cov- ered twigs! An attraction for the lover of plant life far surpassing that of the soothing; slumbrous at- mosphere of the fireside. Black Saabo DESIGN NO. 5000 Yes, ma'am, he's just a. li'1 culuh'd boy but he'll walk right into your heart. Any colour scheme suits his com- plexion, so he may be made for baby from some of these left -over scraps that clutter up your work basket, or he might "go collegiate" in the school colours for a corner of big sister's bedroom. The pattern includes com- plete directions for knitting' and stuffing, together with material requirements. Send 20 cents for this pattern to The News -Record Needlework Dept. Use this. coupon. Print your name and address plainly To The News -Record Needlework Dept. DESIGN NO. 5000 Street Address'. City Province'. 1 CHEESE DISHES FOR CHEESE WEEK The following cheese dishes are auggested for either lunch or supper, the first one for Sunday supper or when you wish to serve a nice and substantial dish at a late supper: Welsh Rarebit 3 tablespoons butter ' 4 tab1 on `flour . es o P s 3 cups milk 2 cups grated cheese 1A, teaspoon, salt Dash pepper . Dash" paprika ;2 eggs, beaten. Melt, butter. Blend in flour. Add milk gradually, . stirring constantly until mixture thickens. Add cheese and seasonings and stir until cheese is melted. Add beaten eggs and cook about 2 minutes. Serve at once on toast or crackers. Garnish with pap- rika, chopped stuffed olives, green peppers or`parsleye Potatoes au Gratin 2 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons flour 2 cups milk 1/ teaspoon salt 4 cups diced, cooked potatoes Pepper 1 cup grated cheese. Melt butter. Blend in _flour. Add brill and cook until sauce' thickens; Stirring constantly. Add salt, pep- per arid h cup grated cheese. Com- bine with potatoes. Turn hito butter- ed casserole. Sprinkle remaining cheese over top and bake in a hot ov- en (400 degrees F.) for about 15 minutes. Macaroni Loaf 11/ cups cooked macaroni 1 teaspoon onion juice I 1 cup soft bread crumbs 11/ cups grated cheese 2 tablespoons chopped green pep- per, pimiento, or parsley Salt and pepper 2 eggs 1 cup hot milk. Combine all ingredients, except eggs and milk, and' place in buttered baking dish. Add hot milk slowly to beaten eggs, and pour over other hi- gredients. Place baking dish in a pan of hot water and oven -poach in a moderate oven (350 degrees F.) until set -about 40 minutes. .Serve, with tomato sauce or catsup. Cheese Souffle 4 tablespoons butter .4 tablespoons flour 14 cups milk 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups grated cheese 0 eggs. Melt 'butter. Blend in flour and add milk and salt.' Cook until sauce is thickened, stirring constantly. Add cheese and stir until cheese is melted. Remove from heat and add to beat- en egg yolks, blending thoroughly. Cool. Beat egg whites until stiff and fold into cheese mixture. Turn into large buttered casserole or individual custard cups and bake in a slow oven (325 degrees F.) for about one hour. SOME NICE DESSERT AND SALAD RECIPES Ginger or Chocolate Wafer Dessert,. 24 .ginger or chocolate wafers 11/ cups whipping cream 2 tablespoons fruitaugar 1 teaspoon lemon juice Orange colouring (if desired). Whip cream, add sugar, lemon juice and orange colouring. Allow 4 waf- ers for each serving. Spread wafer with whipped cream, cover with an- other wafer. Repeat. Cover top and sides of each serving with • whipped cream. Hallowe'en Season. Salad 2 tablespoons gelatine 3i. cup cold water 11/ cups peach syrup (or syeup and water) 1 tablesoon lemon juice VA cup diced celery % cup diced peaches 1 cup yellow cream or processed cheese 2 tablespoons ripe olives, chopped. Soak gelatine in cold water and dis- solve in boiling syrup. Add lemon juice. Cool and when partially set £old in peaches and small balls made from cheese and chopped olives. Turn into individual moulds, and allow to set. Serve on crisp lettuce with may- onnaise. Bavarian Cream The advertisements, are printed for • 2 tablespoons gelatine. yaur,convenience. The inform and 1/2 cup cold water save your time, energy and meaey. 1-3 cup sugar CARE OF CHILDREN THIS MODEST . CORNER IS DEDICATED ' TO THE POETS Here. They Will Sing You Their : Songs -Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful and Inspiring .1111aA In Flanders fields, the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place, and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the gens below, Wd are the Dead. Short days ago • We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In 'Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe! To you with failing hands we throw The torch, be yours to hold it high! If ye break faith with us who die, We shall not sleep, though poppies, grow ' In Flanders fields. —J'ohn McCrae. THE MOTORIST'S PRAYER Grant me a steady hand and watchful eye, That no man shall be hurt when I pass by. Thou gayest Life; I pray no act of mine May take away or mar that gift of Thine. Teach me to use my car for others' need, Nor ever miss, through any love of speed, The beauties of Thy world—and thus I may With, joyous -heart and courteous go my way. —London Church Times. LilPi; Life is .a gift to be used every day Not to be smothered and hidden away. It isn't a thing to be stored in your chest Where you gather your keepsakes And treasure your best. It isn't a joy to be sipped now and then And promptly put back in a dark place again. Life is a gift that the humblest may boast of and One that the humblest may well make the most of. Get out and live it each hour of the day, Wear it and use it as much as you may, Don't keep it in niches and corners and grooves You'll find that in service its beauty improves. —Anon. THE KING OF DREAMS Some must delve when the dawn is nigh; Some must toil when the noon -day beams; But when night comes, and the soft winds sigh, Every 10511 'it a King of Dreams! One must plod while another must ply At plow or loom till the sunset streams But when night comes, and the moon rides high, . 'Every man is a Ring of Dreams! One is slave to' a master's cry, Another serf to a despot seems, The British scheme to popularize the use of milk in England through the institution of `.'Milk Bars", based on the same plan as public -houses or beer saloons, has reached such pro- portions as to justify the establish- ment of a Milk Bar Advisory Depart- inent of the British Milk 'Marketing Board. There are over 450 milk'sal- oons or bars throughout the country, 100 of them being 15 London. The number; is being added to daily. 1/;- teaspoon salt _ % cup boiling water 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1/ cup orange juice. 1, cup broken nut meats. 1 cup cooked prunes, chopped 1/ cup oranges, cut in pieces 1 cup whipping cream.. Soak gelatine in cold water. Add with sugar and salt to boiling water. Add lemon 'and orange juice. Cool and when partially set fold in nuts, prunes, oranges and cream, whipped until stiff. Chill. Serve in sherbet glasses garnished with whipped cream or sections of orange. But when night comes, and the dis- cords die, Every man is a Ring of Dreams! This you may sell and that you may' buy, And this you may barter for gold that gleams, But there's one domain that is fixed for aye— Every man is a King of Dreams! —Clinton Scollard; NOT UNDERSTOOD Not understood, The secret springs of action Which lie beneath the surface and the show Are disregarded. With self satis- faction; •.;� We judge our neighbours, an they often go— Not understood. Not understood. How trifles often change usl The thoughtless sentence or the fancied slight Destroy long year's of friendship and estrange us, And on our souls there falls a freezing blight— Not understood. Not understood. How many breasts are aching For lack of sympathy- Ah, day by day, How many cheerless, lonely hearts are breaking! How many noble spirits pass away Not understood 0 God, that man would see a little clearer Or judge less harshly when they cannot see! O God, that men would draw a little nearer To one another! They'd be nearer Thee. And understood. —Anonymous. goat 'TWAS EVER THUS A father tried vainlyeto guide his don, While Grandpa sat by to watch the fun; The boy looked up, in youthful scorn, "Why Dad, things have changed since you were born, A fellow knows more today you see. I'll get along don't worry 'bout me." And ' Grandfather smiled, and shook, his head, "'Twas ever thus," he softly said. A mother earnestly warns her plaid Of the snares in the path before her laid; But the girl, only laughs at her moth- er's fears, While singing and dancing away the years. And all those well-meaning words are lost, No matter the care and the grief they cost. Dear ' Grandmother says, as she watches on, "'Twas ever thus, in the days long gone." So the wise young man and the laughing girl Blindly stumble through life's mad' whirl, Learning as on and on they go The longer they live, the less they know. And mother and father sit home and sigh; Their warnings unheeded they won" der why. , Says Grandpa to Grandma (the wise{ old sage), "'Twill' ever, be thus while there'g youth and age." Anon,