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Home My WebLink AboutThe Clinton News Record, 1936-11-19, Page 7'THURS., NOV. 19, 1936 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 7 HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS COOKING Edited by Rebekah. HEALTH CARE OF CHILDREN If 11 TEA 311 RuMillaiiolls ai 8ebeta� A Column Prepared Especially for Women— But Not Forbidden to Men BULBS FOR AUTUMN PLANTING The -way he popped them into pa- perbags, they might have been a lot • of worthless stones, wrapped. round • about with brown and flimsy rags- - or just a schoolboy's loot of autumn cones." He counted them — marbles they might have been. Could he not • see a bank of springtime green? Surely his fingers tingled just to hold for a brief spell such precious little gems. Could he not seethe petals blue or gold, .the spear -like leaves, the green and slender stems? I saw a snowdrop through his fingers fall. ' "That's three and ninepence, mum, and is that all?" I think I travelled by the Underground, but in the -place of tickets on the floor, a lovely patch of emerald grass I found. There was a tree where once had been a door, and crocuses beneath it, and blue squills, and hyacinths, and golden daf- fodils! —Wilhelmina Stitch' • Isn't it lovely that when the gar - ',dens are` Cold and dead and summer :seems to be buried under such a carpet of hopping coverings and dead ! leaves that it looks doubtful if it will ever be able to emerge, that we can have winter bloom? The winter -blooming bulbs are a great joy. It is lovely to see them slowly develop into the breath -taking beauty of their blooms; they make • the loveliest gifts to someone who has not time to cultivate them and they do brighten up the hoose during which if prolonged in their action may produce a cancer. Age, like an irritant, is a predispos- ing .case. Ninety per cent of all can- cers occur after 36 years of age. Cancer is not inherited, but the ten- dency to have cancer may be an" in- heritance. Cancer is not contagious. cold, dreary winter days. Long ago we did not have those lovely • winter -blooming bulbs. We had some old-fashioned house plants, tine hardy geranium, which bloomed on the kitchen window—oh, yes, it. did really produce lovely bloom! You see the steam and moisture of the kitchen was good for it. • A. ger- anium really does better in the kit- chen than anywhere, if it has a sunny window. nor infectious; it is not doe to civilis- ation nor the food of ,civilization. It is found in all climates, hi all classes of people. About one in every ten persons is fated to :•have cancer. The early signs of cancer must be learned by everyone if we are to have, what is essential to success, early treatment: Pain is not an early sign. Most cancers fail -to cause pain until there ispressure on a nerve or interference with the function of. some important organ. The early signs of cancer are, lumps, as in a woman's breast, iregular bleedings from any of the orifices of the body, departure from habit in the digestion of food or in bowel evacuation, diffi- silty in swallowing, chronic hoarse- ness from disease of the larynx and finally sores, be they ever so small, which do not heal. What is the procedure if yoti, my reader, discover any of these signs in yourself or in a member of your family? Go at once to the family doctor. Why? Because the family doctor knows more about you than any other medical man. But be sure that he gives you within reasonable time a decided opinion one way or an- other. It may be difficult. It is rarely impossible. What you. bring to the doctor suspecting cancer is ei- ther a cancer or it is not a cancer. The doctor on his part must use all the resources at his disposal for the purpose of prompt and correct diagno- sis. He has the microscope, the X-ray and test -meal. He can call in the aid of an expert. For your sake and for the reputation of his profession, the doctor must do his very best. And that he will do. What are the resources of treat- ment? Excellent in this and most countries: The writer has had fre- quent opportunities of comparing the medical education of Canada with that of most of the civilized countries of the world. Canada in this respect does not lag behind any. There are only three methods of treatment of any value in cancer: These are surgery and the use of X- rays and radium. No quack ever cures a cancer. Rarely does he know whe- ther the disorder he treats is a can- cer or not. All a quack does for the victim of cancer is to•delay the secur- ing of proper treatment. Surgery treats 7O% of all cancers coming for treatment and surgery, in spite of the fact that many cases come for treatment at a very •late date makes an excellent job of it. Surgery is probably the best form of treat- ment for all internal cancers, those of the deeper parts of the throat, the !onyx and the breast; but even in these situations, X-rays and radium are valuable auxiliary methods. The X-rays and radium are probab- ly t"he best methods in all surface cancers, in those of the lips, tongue, Mouth and upper parts of the throat and particularly the cervix of the uterus in women. All over Canada in large hospitals There are the best of facilities for the treatment of cancer. Clinics have been set up at great expense for this Purpose. There is no longor any ground for the cancer patient to say, '"I cannot have treatment because of poverty." No case is trned away. All receive the best treatment avail- able. Cancer need no longer be consider- ed a hopeless disease. Sometimes, too, a pretty fushia could be kept over from year to year and it also bloomed in the winter, with its beautiful hanging blooms, is there anything lovelier than a fus- hia? And a pot of shamrock, too, would often be found in the houses of both rich and•poor and great was the joy if it was nicely blooming at the 17th of March. A cactus might be among these houseplants, and a species of begonia, but the variety was not large. But they were cared for very carefully and painstakingly by the housewife. They would be lift- ed out of the windows on cold nights; might even be wrapped up a bit dur- ing a specially cold spell, and :were carefully "set out" in the spring. But nowadays there are so many kinds of bulbs that if you are clever enough to time the planting you can have beautiful narcissus, daffodils, hyacinths, tulips, etc., almost all winter long. Surely the little, brown bulbs are not very important look- ing, but they carry some wonderful things in their hearts. REBEKAH. Leather Footwear In Japan Confined To Business Men Children, Soldiers, Sailors In Japan, the use of leather boots and shoes is confined for the most part to business men in the larger cities, school children, soldiers and sailors, and the few Japanese waren who dress in foreign -style clothing. A peculiar feature of the leather 'trade in Japan is the steady increase, even in the large cities, in harness production, notwithstanding' the in-: 'creasing use of motor transport. The manufacture of trunks, suit -cases, and bags has also shown a steady. in- - -crease, n-••crease, these being purchased for the most part by tourists and sell at a relatively ' low price With the .in- creasing production of domestic leach- • er, imports have declined and are now practically stationary. ` What imports there are consist chiefly of patent .leather which comesprincipally from Canada and Holland. Dyed or col- • soured loather of which 00' per cent • consists of upper. • leather for manu- facture into shoes, the remainder be- ing bag leather, comes principally 'from Germany and the United States. 1, Bole leather, mostly specialty and •quality leathers, is supplied almost -entirely by the United States. Other leathers, such as that used for gloves, upholstery, and fancy leathers, ,are supplied mainly by Britain, which al-' so supplies roller leather, a special sheepskin for use on spinning ma - -chines. The bulk of • thesheep lea -1 ther, which is cheap and has a great variety of 'uses, comes from British India. An expansion is noted in nn- . ports of specialty, leathers, such as kangaroo, lizard and snake skins due to their increasing use in malting .wo- men's ,shoes; supplies come for the most part from the United States • r and Great Britain. A HEALTH SERVICE OF THE CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA Cancer, What You Should Know About It Cancer not a hopeless disease: Thousands o f well -authenticated cures, Necessary for public to learn the earliest signs. Early treatment would save 950 of all surface can- cers. Cancer is a riot of the normal cells of the body. The ordinary cells of one's body. divide in regular•'fash- ion in the course of from 3 to 12 hours, It is a well-controlled process essential to growth and development. A cancer at first is a single cell. As such it is infinitely small, not greater, even when magnified 500 times, than a small pin's head: The growth of a cancer cell is uncontrol- led. It is a sort of bolshevist; it di- vides and grows rapidly; its growth is many trines faster than the growth of the tissue cells from which it sprang. The chief cause of which we know anything, except in the case of age, is chronic irritation of some kind, ir- ritation prolonged for a considerable length of time. The irritant may be a jagged tooth, a badly fitted denture, dirty teeth,the influence • of heavy. smoking or chewing tobacco, the ef- fect of tar or lubricating oils on the skin. Certain dyes, such as the an - line dyes, cause cancer in the urinary bladder. Arsenic may cause cancer of .the lung. Now and then a mole placed somewhere on the shin where it becomes irritated will result m can- cer. There are hundreds' of irritants Canadian Mothercraft Society Since 1931 the Canadian Mother - craft Society has been working un- ceasingly in Toronto, through its hospital at 8.4 Wellesley Street and its Advice rooms at, 112 College Street. It has served mothers and babies not only of Toronto but from many points in Ontario and the other. ,provinces, and its Mothercraft and Well -baby nurses have, carried the simple:.doc- trine of the Society all over Canada. It it now but a matter of time be- fore the extension of the Society ser- vice. The education of parents to a 'knowledge of Mothercraft methods, lcnowled • and the securing of funds for exten- sion are the present intensive objec- tive of the Society . Organized as a part of the great empire -wide Mother - craft movement, begun in New Zea- land thirty years ago. by Dr. Truby King, the Canadian Mothercraft So- ciety is pledged to give definite reli- able information and advice ort just what parents need to know in order that children may be born sound and strong. thaitCOLD! You can't afford to fool around with n colcl. At the first elfin of a cold take GROVE'S BROMO QUININE end drive it right out of your system quickly and effectively. 636 Questions concerning health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 184 College St., Toronto, will be answered personally by letter. Dear Rebekah:— Here is a thought which I worth "passing on": PASSING IT ON. "Have you had a kindness shown Pass it on "Twas:not meant for you alone, Pass it on. s- downthe- Let it travel years— Let Let it dry another's tears Till in Heaven the deed appears, Pass it on." hink is Thousands of mothers have attend- ed at the Toronto Advice rooms where they received instructions from Mothercraft nurses. Breastfeeding is one of the fundamental principles of the Society; and in numberless cases mothers have been enabled to bring up their supply sufficient to the needs of the baby. The following brief re- port of one case tells the story: "Mrs. A. hadn't enough breast milk for her baby and her doctor ad- vised her to get •a Mothercraft well - baby nurse for a week or two to help bring up her supply. She did so, and by the end of the two weeks the baby was fully breast fed." It is now an accepted fact that a breast fed baby has the best; possible resistance against infection, and that breastfeeding is best for, mother and babe, Canadian Winners In Empire Fruit Show These thoughts often sing them- selves to me. Many little occasions, bring them back, and with them some a very vivid picture of my kindly great-aunt, who used to love to do little kindnesses— Sometimes she'd be a bit "put out" at the way some few received these gifts of hers. She would say "0, dear me, 'I was not baiting a sprat to catch a salmon.' I just wanted to help a little bit, and see what she has given me." Indeed, we can comparatively sel- dom return a kindness to the one from whom it was received. But we can always pass it on to somebody else, just as children must pass the help and inspiration received from their parents, on. to their children, not back to their parents. A. clipping that I read not long since emphasised this fact,,and gave as a wrong example, the woman who prides herself on her independence— Who will not rest until she hal; re- turned a kindness directly to the one who had extended it—just as in the case of my great aunt, who did not need it, or want it. "The real virtue in kindness, given and received is that it shall cause such an overflowing of good feeling as shall enrich those who need, it most," The warmth of feeling itself, is re- ward enough in many cases, for those who have given of their plenty. To be in a position to give pleasure to a well -loved friend, is one of the great- est joys of life. Stalker says: "Friendship can.: sometimes show its strength, as much by the readiness with which it accepts benefits, as by the freedom with which it gives them." Sincerely yours, —QUIET FEET." In all parts of the Empire the prin- ciples of Mothercraft have made such a distinct appeal that the people gen- erally have demanded it and support- ed it. The advice rooms everywhere are maintained by voluntary subscrip- tions, memberships and bequests. It is _ to be expected that Canada soon will follow a similar course and make possible a Widespread service of. spe- cially trained and qualified Mother- craft nurses to give sound reliable in- struction ,advice and assistance with a view to conserving the health and strength of the rising generation, and rendering both mother and child har- dy, healthy and resistive to disease. A baby was born in Toronto's slums in July, on the hottest day in the past century. The mother's milk supply failed after the first week. She had heard of Mothercraft and believed her breastmilk could be restored, but did- n't know how to get - in touch with thein. So the baby was put on var- ious formulas and failed steadily. Then the mother learned how to get in touch with the Advice rooms of the Mothercraft Society, and took her baby regularly. Whoa it slid not gain as it should the baby was placed in the Mothercraft hospital, where, af- ter six weeks of anxious supervision, it is growing into a bonny baby. "My baby is being treated the same as the babies of rich parents," ex- plained Mrs. H., after her first' visit to the hospital. She feels she owes her baby's life to the 'Mothercraft So- ciety and is imbued with the desire that she may play some tiny part in raising sufficient money to have a Mothercraft district nurse for her section of the city, in order that oth- er babies might be spared a wrong start in life. Canadian apples were Well in evi- dence at the Empire's principal fruit exhibition, the Imperial Fruit Show, which was held. at Renshaw Hall, Liv- erpool, England, from October 30 to November 7, 1036. Canada won 23 prizes, of which 13 went to. British Columbia, namely 6 first (the first prize for Delicious being, tied); 5 se- conds and 2 thirds; Nova Scotia won 10 prizes -7 firsts and 3 seconds. On- tario, Quebec, and 'New Brunswick, theotherCanadian provinces produc- ing apples in commercial quantities, did not compete. The following is thelist of. Canadian prizewinners:-- British rizewinners:—British Empire Section --- James Lowe, Oyama, B.C., second prize in the culinary apple class. Canadian Championship Section Class 1, boxes of McIntosh apples— Okanagan Packers, Ltd., Kelowna, B. C.,•first prize; Crown Fruit Company, Ltd., Kelowna, B.C., second; Okana- gan Fruit Shippers, Kelowna, B. C., third. - Class 2--boxes hird.-Class.2-•-boxes of Jonathans—Asso- THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED • TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs -Sometimes Gay, ` Sometimes Sad- But Always Helpful and Ins Airing• . �M/VI.FI�OIlrlwN'P/' HOLY FOLK Today I have grown taller from walk- ing with the trees, The seven sister poplars, who go softly in a line;- And ine}And I think my heart is whiter from with a star' 't parley its p That tumbled out at nightfall and hung above the pine. The call -note of the red -bird from the cedars in the dusk Woke his happy note within me to an answer, free and fine; And a sudden angel beckoned from a column of wood smoke, tered calm; Lord, who am I that they should Silence of wide seas basking in the stoop, these holy folk of Thine? sun; .—Karl Wilson Baker Silence of white peaks soaring to the blue; Silence of dawnings, when, their mat- ins sung, The. little birds do fall asleep again; For the deep silence of the golden noon; Silence of gloamings and the setting No shade—no shine—no butterflies— no bees.— No fruits—no flowers—no leaves—, No bird"s—November. —Thomas Hood, SILENCES GOLDEN S S We • thank Thee, Lord, For all Thy Golden Silences— Silence of the moorlands rolling to the skies, Heath -purpled, bracken -clad,' aflame with gorse; ' Silence of deep woods' mystic clois- WINTER APPLES Over the golden stubble of the val- ley floor, Where the last of corn stands piled in Indian rows Of rusty wigwams; over amber grain, Where the stiffly swaying spire of hardback blows; Over the stony slope where hum - mocked grass Turns copper, above the cleaving autumn plows, The winter apples, while the slow crows pass, Hang like lanterns from the creak- ing boughs. Thank you, Quiet Feet, we are en- debted to you for bringing to our at- tention such a vital matter. We have all, at times, felt under an obligation to someone for a kindness which can- not be returned to the person giving it. But we can always pass it on. Those super -independent people, who will never rest until such a favor is returned to the actual person ori- ginally conferring it, are a bother. In fact, I think they are really selfish people, who cannot allow another to feel the experience of having done a good deed. Let's not be that sort. We can pass on favors. crated Growers of B.C., Vernon, B.C., first; Crown Fruit Company, Ltd., Kelowna, B.C,, second; Browne Com- pany Ltd., Penticton, B.C•, third. Class 4—boxes of Deliciuos-Crown Fruit Company Ltd., Kelowna, B. C., and McLean and Fitzpatrick, Kelow- na, B.C., tied for first prize; Salmon Arm Farmers' Exchange, Salmon Arm, B.C., second. Class 5 -boxes of Newtown` Pip- pins -Associated Growers of B.C., Vernon, B.C,, first. Class 6 -boxes of Spitzenberg—As- sociated Growers of B.C., Vernon, B.C. first. Class 7—any other market variety —B.C, Fruit Shippers, 'Vernon, B.C., first; Associated Growers of B.C., Vernon, B.C., second. Class 8 --barrels of King apples— United Fruit Companies of Nova Sco- tia, Kentville, N.S., first. Class 9 -barrels of Golden Russet; Class 10—barrels of Northern ,Spy, and Class 11—barrels of R. 1, Green- ings—RD. Sutton, Port Williams, N. S., first prize in all three classes. Class 12—half-barrels of Cox Or- ange apples—Borden Fruit Company, Canning, N.S., first; R.D. Sutton, Port Williams; N.S., second. Class 13 -barrels of Baldwin-R.D, Dear Rebekah:— Just 'a few lines to tell you that I always enjoy reading "our" page, and I' often wonder why more of the W- u -lent don't write to it, with their re- cipes, and ideas for improving the work in the hone, so -as •I always take an interest in the different recipes that appear, I am enclosing a recipe for to nice Christmas cake, with best wishes. Meg's Christmas Cake 'b lb. butter 1 pound sugar 8 eggs 2 lbs. raisins 2 lbs. currants 1 Ib. dates 1 Ib. mixed peel y// lb. shelled almonds 1 dessertspoon of mixed spice. 1 pound of flour 1 tablespoon molasses 3t. teaspoon of baking soda dis- solved in a quarter cup of sour cream. Beat butter . and sugar to a cream, then add the eggs well beaten, next the froit, then flour and spices, bake in "a slow oven for 23i to 3 hours. —MEG, Thanks, Meg• It is nice of you to come .from Manitoba to help us, and a Christmas cake recipe is certainly timely. Come again. Itis the:wo- nnen who only can make "Our Page" what it wants to be. Sutton, Port Williams, N.S., first; Borden Fruit Company, Canning N.S., second. Class 14 --barrels of any other mar- ket variety—Borden Fruit Company, Canning, N.S., first; United Fruit Companies of Nova Scotia, Kentville, N.S., second, . —Frances Frost. AUTUMN EVENING A bird slid softly down the sky And curved toward the barn's gray eaves; • A. brown bobwhite sent one clear cry Across the fields, The golden lea- ves Of autumn beech trees caught the mellow Last rays of slant -wise sun. The bright West was the orange -barred green- ish yellow That comes before a black frost night. —Leona Ames Hill, in Christian Sci- ence Monitor. MEMORIES 0 dream! how bitter sweet of ago, When memory, buried in the of years, Brings back its jewels, which are like to tears, As from time's dust sweet blossoms seem to grow. As leaves are lovelier dying, ,than when born, And light is dearer, for the night that's past, So life leaves golden memories which can last Until the daybreak of Eternal Morn. —Dorothy Sproule, in Montreal Star. PRAYER FOR A SENSE OF HUMOR long drift Out of Thy sense of humon's super- abundance, Lend, Lord, this day, some small sun; Silence of moonlit nights and pat- terned glades; Silence of stars, magnificently still, Yet ever chanting their. Creator's skill; peep unto deep, within us sound sweet chords Of praise beyond the reach of hu- man uman words; In our souls' silence, feeling Thee— We thank Thee, thank Thee. Thank Thee, Lord- -John Oxenham. WELLS a y Free to all souls the hidden beauty calls, The sea thrift dwelling on her spray - swept height, The lofty rose, the low -grown aconite, The gliding river and the stream that brawls Down the sharp cliffs, with constant breaks and falls— All these are equal in the equal light— All waters mirror the one Infinite,' - God made a garden; it was mon built walls; But the wide sea from men is wholly •' • • freed;• Freely the great waves rise and storm and break, Nor softlier go for any landlord's ' need, Where ryhthmic tides flow for '110 miser's sake, And none hath profit of the bik wh' seaweed, But all things give themselves, yet none may take. —Eva Gore -Booth. 0013, PRINCESS MARINA, • DUCHESS OF KENT A gracious Princess, well -beloved, From southern shores so far away, Has come to grace' a palace fair And always in our Land to stay. She left the land of her beloved, The wondrous land of Piricles,. Where Homer wrote his Maid, And spoke the great Demosthenis. amount to me, Where Sappho sang her songs of love For urine it would seem that I bad 'Twixt wifely duties to her lord, Where Spartan -like she .taught her sons That cowardice was most abhorred. lost entirely,, Since I must take myself so ser- iously! Make me start skipping when I would want sedately, Make me burst into song when I would preach— And reachAnd whatever solemn sin I'm for. committing . Snatch, on my sudden laughter, out of reach! —Violet Alleyn Storey in The New York Times. NO! No sun -no moon-- • No morn—n0 noon— No oon— N o dawn—no dusk—no proper time of, day- No sky—no earthly view— No distance looking blue— No road—no "fother side the way"— No end to any Row— No Indication where the Crescents go No top to any steeple— No recognition of familiar people— No courtesies for showing 'em— No knowing 'em— No travelling at all—no locomotion- No inkling of the way -no notion— No go by land or ocean— No mail—no post-- No ost-No news by any foreign post No Park—no Ring', — no afternoon gentility— Are felt by each young loving hearts No warmth—no cheerfulness — no For well they know whate'er.betide healthful ease-- They cannot bear to live apart. No comfortable feel in any member- —W. H. Johnston, Exeter, Opti She left the great Acropolis,. Crowned with the marbled Parthinon; Sculptures, renowned, of Phidias; The storied land of Kenophon. The land where Nature did her best; Surpassing all her work before, Crowning the hills in beauty rare With fruits and flowers in 'richest store. JIer own homeland appealed to her; It held her home, her friends so dear But when the Oracle advised She listened to the voice so clear. "Princess Marina, beautiful, Fret not thyself go leave this land, A nation's heart you've captured' straight And good Prince •George, both heart and hand. Seine day the Empire's king we know Oa History's nage descent will "trace And joyiously hell find he is A scion of the Iiellenic race." Thus spake the mystic Oracle As he dreamed in his darksome cell,.i Uplifting our Marina fair Who gladly whispered,"All is well" But best of all the bonds of love