The Clinton News Record, 1937-01-07, Page 9'THURS., JAN 7, =1927
THE CLINTON 'NEWS -RECORD
HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS
PAGE 7
COOKING
Edited by Rebekah.
HEALTH,
CARE OF CHILDREN
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A Column Prepared Especially for Women—
But Not Forbidden to Men
Tin SIMPLE HOi7SEWIFE
Some battle for causes remote and
obscure,
Which they champion with feverish
zeal;
:But give me a kitchen in cool blue
and white,
And a;;pan of potatoes to peel.
'-To float thra' the ether on wings like
a bird,
To sail the salt seas must be fine;
But give me the sun and the wind
here at home,
And a washing to hang on my line.
'The East and the West mingle' freely
for me,
And send their choice gifts to my
door;
'Some simmering spices to stir on my
stove,
And a big bowl of apples to core.
'They're missing fijne friendships,—
the
iendships,—
the. kernel of life,
Who never were liking with me.
'The smell of fresh biscuits with hon-
ey between,
And company coming to tea!
--Gertrude Rowan Webster.
The woman who is happy in her
.home, caring for her family and tak-
• ing perhaps but slight interest in out-
side things, is probably as happy as
any woinan there is. She is sur-
• rounded by the environment in which
she loves to dwell and her work is
very worthwhile, indeed, and she
• need not be ashamed of it.
But the above sort of woman is
- not just doing all that she might do,
that is, if she is a normal, healthy,
-active woman. No, woinan should al-
-•low her family to absorb all her en-
^ergies. She should give them of her
best at all times and there is no ex-
- euse for her neglecting then, but she
should have -•a -few interests outside
•of then. If she does not, the time
is corning when they will no longer
'treed her ministrations and then she
Will be left rather forlorn.
And besides the fact that she
• should have something, to interest
her outside her home for her own
•sake, she is always a more interest-
ing woman if she comes in from con-
tact with others and with a viewpoint
other than that gained from dealing
with pots and pans, brooms and dus-
ters.
The woman's place is -in the home,
Fall right, when she has a home and
a family dependent upon her, but be-
coming a housewife •should not be
considered a life sentence' to solitary
confinement, from which she is nev-
er to be released. She should go out
and meet her kind, exchange ideas
and forget for a tine her home du-
ties.
And aside altogether from what it
means to the woman herself, every
woman owes something to her com-
munity. I do not .see why women
should not take a more- active inter-
est in the affairs of a community.
Why, for instance, should not women
be included upon school boards?
Surely women understand • children
and their needs as well, if not a good
deal- better than men. And as wo-
men manage their homes with very
little assistance from their husbands
as a rule, so they could' if given the
opportunity, manage the affairs of
the school section. Perhaps they
need some men on the board to look
after the school grounds, buy the
fuel, etc., but all other things might
as well be managed by intelligent wo-
men, or by intelligent men and wo-
men working together.
I am not a rabid woman's -righter
but I do think the world would be a
better place to dwell in if. women
took a more active part in the man-
aging of it. Men have no monopoly
of either brains or commonsense and
the combined energies of both men
and women are needed to . keep the
world on an even keel and running
smoothly. •
A few bright spots appear occas-
ionally, Toronto elects a few women
on her school board and a few other
towns are breaking a new trail, as it
were.
For instance, a woman is - again
mayor of . Webbwood, Ont., Mrs. Bar-
bara Hanley, who was elected over a
male opponent' by a majority pf
twenty, She is the only woman
Chief Magistrate in Canada and was
named by the New York Sun among
the fourteen outstanding women of
1936, Mrs. Simpson being in the list,
which proves that her case is unique.
And three women were named upon
city boards by the Kitchener Council,
one on the Library board and two on
the Collegiate board.
So, by degrees, women are begin-
ning to take their proper place, as
intelligent human beings, in the man-
agement of the world in which they
must live and rear their families.
REBEKAH
LEFT -OVER MEATS
As an aftermath of the festive sea-
son, the housewife is often faced with
left -overs of meat and poultry. These
left -overs need not be` wasted as they
•'can be made into a great variety of
dishes with the expenditure of little
time and trouble. ' Bones, from roasts
and steaks should be utilized in mak-
ing soup and. stock. Surplus gravy
and the liquid from stews may also
be used for soups. A few of the uses'
which may be made of left -overs
tyre:
Croquettes — Any kind of ground
beef or poultry, one part mashed po-
tato, or rice and egg, mixed with,
. gravy, stock or white sauce, and fried
in deep fat.
Hash ---Two parts of any, kind of
aground beef and one part of mashed
•or chopped potatoes. • I
Stew—Cold roast beef, steak, et
• cetera, may be used in stews instead
• of fresh meat. Or the left -over may
be cubed and reheated in gravy or
white sauce.
Beef Pie -With stew asa basis, put
in baking dish and cover with baking:
'powder biscuits, cut about one inch
in thickness.
Minced Beef an Toast—Chop cold
beef, heat in gravy, and serve on
toast,
Escalloped beef—Cut beefin cubes,
mix with gravy, and place in baking
dish with alternate layers of boiled
rice or dressing. Cover with bread
crumbs, and brown.
Shepherd's Pie—Same •as for beef
pie, except that cover is of mashed
potatoes.
Jellied Meat -Cold roast, steak or
tongue, cut in cubes and added to a
highly -flavoured gelatin -stock. Mold,
cool, and slice.
Beef Sandwiches, — Finely -ground
cold beef, seasoned and mixed with
salad dressing, and Worcestershire
sauce,
The careful housewife wastes noth-
ing in the way of wholesome food.
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♦: TWELFTH DAY
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It seems a pity that Twelfth Day' many titles into a hat, and so drew.
is no longer observed as it used to cuts; and I was the Queen, and Theo,
be. The keeping alive'of the Christ -I Turner, King . , . and so we were
-Inas spirit until January 6 had much mighty merry till it was midnight;,
to commend it, and there are many Iand being moonshine and fine frost,
who would like to see the ancient , they went home, I lending some of
practice revived, Perhaps one step : them my coach to help to carry
in this direction has already been I them."
taken in the growing recognition of Ancient Custom
Boxing Day in Canada. Of course, •
this has long been a legal holiday in Let us not unkindly comment on
the Old Country, where the people the need o£ a coach to helpcarry
have found it a day to be thankful some of those guests home, but rather
for, if only as an opportunity to re- confine ourselves to observing the
cover from the effects of too much wisdom of Pepys in adopting the
roast beef and plum pudding before "new fashion" of fixing on the king
once again settling down to work. and queen of the revels; for, in ads
Some may eontend that if the holi- dition to these characters, knaves
day spirit were kept alive for 12 days and sluts were also represented, and
following Christmas Day very few the thing that decided who was to
of us would be fit for anything in; be the latter was the finding of a
the way of seriouseffort at the end piece of "boiled rag" in one's portion
of that time. Perhaps, however, most of cake. Master Pepys evidently had
of us would be fitter than we are at not desire to entangle either his own
present, since, realizing the few hours or any of his friends' teeth in a piece
at our disposal for merrymaking, we of old dishcloth. •
now usually try to crowd a great deal The making of these Twelfth Cakes
too much into them—and ourselves continued in England down to the
also! Given 12 generous days, in- middle of the last century. Till then
stead of a mere one, in which to•en- they were as common a sight in the
joy yuletide we would be more likely bakeshop windows as hot cross buns
to practice moderation; to sip slowly are now on a Good Friday—and far
the wine of pleasure,, as it were, in tastier,
the grateful and appreciative way of
a connoisseur, and not hurriedly guz-1Shakespeare, of course, has per-
zle after the manner of a Saturday' petuated the memory of Twelfth
night toper. And, surely, after a 'Night in his comedy of that name.
dozen days of surrender to the real Pepys, going the round of the play
spirit of Christmas even the crustiest houses, once saw it put on, and
and sourest of mortals would be sof- thought it was "a silly play, and nut
ter.ed and sweetened for at least half relating at all to the name or day,"
of the remaining days of the year— But perhaps the diarist was not at
so different from now, since in the the moment in the proper mood to
majority of us this spirit dwells for appreciate this great comedy o f
a few days only, and at longest until Shakespeare, so "full of 'sweetness
the coming in of the bills of the but' and plaesantry" (to quote B;azlitt's
cher and the Baker and the candle - words), having but just come from
stick -maker —to say nothing of the listening to a poor sermon at St.
doctor. 'Paul's Church, which it '$'as custom -
As the rich plum pudding now is :try for the Lord Mayor and Alder -
to Christmas, so was the Twelfth men and the City Guilds to attend on
Cake to the Feast of Epiphany. This Twelfth Day.
cake, made of a number of choice in -1 .Twelfth .Day watts also observed
gradients, and into which a bean had down to the time of George III by
been dropped, was cut on the eve of the king, accompanied by the Knights
Twelfth Day into as many pieces as of the Garter, Thistle and Bath, of -
there were guests present. The one fering gold, frankincense and myrrh
getting the bean was• known as the at the Royal Chapel of St, Jaynes --
King of the Bean, and on him fell Twelfth Day, or the Feast of Epi -
the duties of master of the revels,phany, being, of course, in honor of
for the next 24 hours. When a pea the adoration of our Lord by the
was included there was also a queen. Magi who were guided by the star
of revels. Pepys refers to this cus-'and came bringing gifts.
tom. Writing in 1668 he says: I "The old order changes, giving
" .. In the evening I did bring out place to new ." Nevertheless we
my cake - a noble cake —and there cannot but regret the passing of
cut it into pieces, with wine and good , some of the customs of our forefath-
drink; and after a new fashion, to :era, and those associated with Twelfth
prevent spoiling the acke, did put so ,Day are among them.
Cheese Sandwiches
Even though the holiday season is
over the urge to hospitality is, not
satisfied. There will be many a party
of one sort or another, and what
more welcome than cheese sandwich-
es, be the company old or young?
Some like them thin, some like
them thick, but everyone likes cheese
sandwiches.. Tasty, nutritious, econ-
omical, and easily, prepared, cheese
sandwiches are steadily growing in
popularity for the lunch' box, the tea-
party, or to be served as the main
course at lunch or supper.
Here are a few recipes for cheese
sandwiches:
For the Tea -Party
1. Cut bread into small squares or
rounds. Spread top with generous a -
You can't afford to
fool around with a
cold. At the fist
sign of a .cold. take
GROVE'S ERor,to
QUININE and drive.
it right out of your
system quickly and
effectively,:' _ 636
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mount of cream cheese or grated
cheddar cheese mixed with salad dres-
sing. Garnish with chopped nuts, ol-
ives or green pepper .
2. Combine 1 cup Cream cheese with
one quarter cup salad dressing.` Add
2 tablespoons chopped browned al-
monds and 1 tablespoon chopped mar-
aschino cherries. Spread on thin
slices of graham or whole wheat.
bread, and cut in strips.
3. Blend cream cheese with salad
dressing. To 1 cup of filling add 2
tablespoons chopped preserved gin-
ger. Spread on thinly sliced brown
bread. '
4. Spread very thinly sliced bread
with cheese blended with salad dres-
sing. On each slice place a short as-
paragus stalk,
s-paragus.stalk, a sardine, a gherkin, a
sprig of water -cress, or a stick of cel-
ery, Roll and fasten each sandwich
with tooth pick until ready to serve.
For the Lunch Box
1. Mix cheese with salad. dressing.
For each cup of cheese mixture add 2
tablespoons chili sauce, chopped pea -
mats or celery. Spread on buttered
white or brown bread.
2. Spread cottage cheese on one
slice of bread, . On a second slice
spread marmalade, ?am or jelly. Place
nether as a sandwich.
For Louth or Supper
1. 1 can tomato soup
1 cup grated cheese
Pinch of mustard
1 egg.
Beat egg. Acicl egg and cheese to
soup. Cook until cheese melts and
mixture thickens. Cool. Spread be-
tween slices of buttered bread and
toast,
2. Spread mixture of grated cheese
mixed with butter on slice of bread.
Cover with second slice of bread.
Place strips of baconor slices of to-
mato on top of sandwich, and bake in
hot 'oven about 15 minutes.
To any of the above mixtures a
pinch of cayenne pepper or a bit of
dry mustard added and well blended
will give a pleasing flavor. Try it. .
Times Not- So Good
In North Dakota
W. E. Johnston Writes of
Conditions in the Dakotas:
Dear News -Record:
Enclosed • you will find Post Order
for Three Dollars (8,00), This will
put me in the clear and give me a
breathing spell of a few months.
Times you know are pretty hard
in North Dakota, and if they don't
soften up a little at the end of, these
few months I may have to drop from
your mailing list, ,The crops in this
state for the last two or three years
have been poor. This year is the
hardest one of all, wheat in some
places running three and four bus.
per acre and oats and flax for the
most part plowed under; no good and
while some barley was. harvestedit
was light and a poor grade. Just had
no rain during the summer that was
worth while.
There is always something to be
thankful for, however, so far the
weather has been just grand, no snow
to speak of. The roads as free from
snow as they were in July and the
stock still running at large. This is
an unusual thing at this time of year,
almost Christmas. '
Had a short visit from some of our
Canadian. friends . last, Thursday.
These were . people that we used to
know years ago back in Stanley town-
ship, near the village of Bayfield.
The party consisted of Edward Ea-
gleson and wife, ins sister, Mrs. W.
G. Johnston of Milestone, Sask., and
his boy, James. They were on their
way to South Dakota to see another
brother whose home -is at Aberdeen.
The only unpleasant thing about it,
the stay was too short. It was nice of
them to call and we were sure glad
to see them and hope that when next
they call they may see their way
clear to stay a little longer.,
Wishing The News -Record and
those connected with it a Merry
Christmas and a happy and prosper-
ous New Year. -W. E. Johnston, Ne-
kora, N.D."
A HEALTH SERVICE OF
THE CANADIAN MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION AND LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANIES
IN CANADA
THE VALUE OF
CLEANLINESIS
There has always been an associa-
tion between dirt and disease. In
their earliest days, health depart-
ments were occupied in cleaning up
the towns and cities because it was
believed that disease was bred in
dirt.
We have learned that there is a
great difference in the various kinds
of dirt. The only dirt that is danger-
ous is that which is contaminated by
secretions of the human or animal
body. The reason for this is that
the body secretions carry away from
the body the disease germs which
may be present in it.
Tin cans are unsightly, but tin
cans are not in themselves going to
cause disease. Potatoes or apples,
in rotting, give off an offensive smell
but bad smells do not cause any dis-
ease.
The clean person, the one who cov-
ers'his coughs and sneezes with a
handkerchief, who keeps flies out of
his home, who washes his hands be-
fore he eats, is not going to live in a
dirty, untidy place. The clean per-
son gets rid of dangerous dirt when
he gets rid of all dirt. This, is why,
generally speaking, health and clean-
liness go hand in hand.
Because a clean city or town, by
caring for all dirt, makes sure that
dangerous dirt is disposed of, because
clean surroundings are a stimulant
to personal cleanliness and orderli-
ness, and because cleanliness makes
for more comfortable and happier
lives, all efforts towards securing
and keeping a city or town clean are
to be commended and should be sup-
ported.
Questions concerning health, ad-
dressed to the Canadian Medical As-
sociation, 184 College St., Toronto,
will be answered personally by letter.
COUNTY NEWS
SEAFORTH: The first marriage
in Seaforth in the year 1987 took
place on New Year's morning, at
6.30 o'clock at the First Presbyter-
ian manse, when Rev. Harold C.
Feast united in marriage Margaret
Elizabeth Strong and Kenneth Mc-
Lean, both of Egmondville. The hap-
py couple left on the early morning
train to spend their honeymoon in
Toronto.
SEAFORTH: A highly -esteemed
resident passed away at noon on New
Year's Day at the Scott Memorial
Hospital, where she had been con-
fined for over three months as the
result of a fall and fractured hip, in
the person of Mrs. Mary J. Casey,
daughter of the late Thomas Melady,
of Ribbert, where she was born Jan.
23, 1851, and spent the early part of
her life. She later lived with her
brother, Patrick Melady on East
William street, Seaforth.
•
SEAFORTH: T h e funeral o f
Miss Ella Ryan whose death occur-
red in Chicago on December 27after
only one day's illness, took place on
Thursday morning at 930 from the
residenee of her sister, Mrs. W. J.
Broderick, Goderich street, ,Seaforth,
to St. James Church. Rev. Father T.
P. Hussey officiated. The remains
arrived in Seaforth on Tuesday ev-
ening accompanied by the Misses Ry-
an, sisters of the departed. • Inter-
ment took place in St. James ceme-
tery. Miss Ryan had enjoyed her cus-
tomary health ,until. Saturday and
had attended church on Christmas
Day. She was a buyer for one of
Chicago's large departmental stores.
She had lived in Dublin and Mitchell
before going to Chicago forty years
ago. She was a daughter of the late
Thomas Ryan and Elizabeth Dever-
eaux, at one time residents of Eg
mondville. Three sisters and a bro-
ther survive, Elizabeth G. Ryan, and
Kathryn Ryan, both of . Chicago;
Mrs, W. J. Broderick, Seaforth, and
Robert Ryan, Wewer, Colorado. A
brother, William Ryan, former town
clerk of Mitchell, died within the last
year.
BRUSSELS : Viola Mae Fax,
eldest daughter of Sylvester and Mrs,
Fox, was wedded to Harry Bowler,
son of the late F. W. and Mrs. Bow-
ler, of Aberdeen, Scotland. The cere-
mony took place at Melville Presby-
terian church manse with Rev. Wil-
liam Moore officiating: The bride
was attended by her sister, Miss Vera
Fox. David Hastings attended the
bridegroom. Following the ceremony,
dinner wasserved at the home of the
bride's ;parents, after which Mr. and
Mrs. Bowler left on a honeymoon
trip to Toronto and London. On their
return they will reside in Brussels.
THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing Yon Their Songs—Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful
and Late' piri>ng'
BLIZZARD
The snow has wiped out all the tracks
we knew:
the barnyard fence was buried over-
night,
and, as for boundaries, we might be-
lieve
we owned the hills and every field in
sight,
Whiteness is piled breast -high a-
gainst the maples,
the pineslet sliptheir loads of sil-
ver rain,
We shall walk new ways across the
world till April
sets our feet back in the old worn
roads again:
—Frances Frost, in Christian Science
Monitor,
THE GRATEFUL MESSENGER
Last winter when -I fed the birds
I had no thought of pay;
But yesterday a cardinal
Woke me at break of day,
He lighted on a Wee tree
And turned his head to me,
Singing a song that filled my heart
With lyric melody.
I wish you might have seen that bird
Swell out his crimson throat,
Ile lifted up his crested head
And sounded every note.
He sang a song of hope and joy
And acted well his part,
This grateful messenger who left
His song within my heart.
—Sarah Joyner.
NESTS IN WINTER
Bereaved of wings and song, the
skies are gray,
And bleak the woodlands where
from branch and bough
Marauding northern winds have torn
away
The leafy screens so wantonly that
now
To every eye are shamelessly betray-
ed
The lovely, secret homesteads, late
the care
Of those sweet tenant -architects
who made
Our summer jubilant. That wig-
wam, there,
Held Robin's brood; that crumbling
ruin, up
Above the porch, narks Phoebe's
camping place;
That bower was Bobolink's; that
massey cup
Once brimmed with wrens, and
where those twigs enlace,
Still rocks and tosses like a bell that
tolls,
The cradle of departed orioles.
—Arthur Guiterman.
GIVING
Giving's the law of the world, they
say,
And I'm glad it is so. Aren't you?
The clouds give rain to the thirsty
land
And the land gives back the dew.
The sun by day and the moon by
night
Give light to the earth afar,
And the earth gives back the light
again
As a steadfast shining star.
'Tis the Taw of our lives' as well, they
say
And I'm glad it is so. Aren't you?
Where many are needing our aid,
what joy,
To know we can something do!
For doing is giving and kindly deeds,
No, 'matter how small they be,
Are gifts we may scatter with lavish
hand
And be richer ourselves, you see.
There is always something to give,
they say,
And I'm glad it is so. • Aren't you?
Though dollars have .flown from the
scanty purse
And the dimes are all too few,
A flower and a loving word will serve
To gladden the friend close by:
And for those far from their homes,
the mails
On swift white pinions fly.
So giving's the law of our life, they
saY, •
And I'm glad it is so. ' Arent you?
Since love is as free as the air we
breathe
And warm as the sunshine, too.
A song in the twilight's golden hour
To solace the hearts that grieve,
A smile, a tear, a soft breathed pray -
"BEYOND"
It seemeth such a little way to me
Across to that strange country -the
Beyond;
And yet, not strange, for it has
grown to be
The home of those of whom I ant
so fond,
They makeit seem familiar and most
dear,
As journeying friends bring distant
regions near.
So close it Iies, that when my sight
is clear
I think I almost , see the . gleaming
strand.
I know I feel those who have gone'
from here
Come near enough sometimes, to
touch my hand.
I often think but for our veiled eyes,
We should find heaven right round
about us lies.
[ cannot make it seem a day to
dread,
When from this dear earth I shall
journey out
To that still dearer country of the
dead,
And join the lost ones so long dream-
ed about.
1 love this world, yet shall I love to
go
And meet the friends who wait for
me, I know. 1-
I never stand above a bier and see
The seal of death set on some well.
loved face
But that I think "One more to sada
come me
When I shall cross the intervening
space
Between this land and that one "over
there";
One more to make the strange Boo
yond seem fair.
And so for me there is no sting AO
death, .i
And so the grave has lost its victoty.
It is but crossing with a bated
' breath,
And white set face—a little strip of
sea,
To find the loved ones waiting on the
shore,
More beautiful, more precious than
before.
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
A SONG
There is ever a song somewhere, my
dear;
There is ever a something sings al.
way;
There's the song of the lark when the
skies are clear,
And the song of the thrush when
the skies are gray.
The sunshine showers across the
grain,
And the bluebird trills in the or.
chard tree;
And in and out, when the eaves drip
rain,
The swallows are twittering cease.
lessly.
There is ever a song somewhere, my,
dear,
Be the skies above or dark or fair;
There is ever a song that our hearts
may hear—
There
earThere is ever a'song somewhere, my
dear—
There is ever a song somewhere!
There is ever a song somewhere, my
dear,
In -the midnight black, or the mid-
day blue;
The robin pines when the sun is here,.
And the cricket chirrups the whole
night through;
The bide may blow'and the fruit may
grow, '
And the autumn leaves drop crisp
and sere;
But whether the sun or -the rain or
the snow .
There is ever a song somewhere,
my dear.
There is ever a song somewhere, iffy
dear,
Be the skies above or dark or fair;
There is ever a song that our hearts
may hear—
There is ever a song somewhere, any,
dear
There is ever a song somewhere!
• —James Whitcomb Riley.
The gross value of 'production of
the principal field crops of Canada in
1936 is estimated preliminarily,, sub-
ject to revision, at $594,139,000, as
compared with $508,910,900 in 1935.
er— This is the highest recorded for the
Oh, there's always something to past seven years, but is still $351,0000
give! 000 less than that of 1929. 1