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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1937-04-08, Page 8'THURS., APRIL 8, 1937 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD • RAGE 7 • HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS COOKING Try Saoada Orange Pe l i «d ..mom..... °.°1i°i RIVer°°°°°.'o°i.°a aW•ia°n°n o°r° retch' b0 .°i u°e i , m°r o°i a l dist u eeisam% 596 YOUR WORLD AND MINE by •JOHN C. KIRKWOOD .(copyright) tG In this week's contributian to The ( Near the home which I inhabit are News -Record 1 want to talk of mar- riage. The 'inspiration of this con- tribution is 'a "spinster—one, who prob- ably has completely dismissed from, her thoughts theideaof marriage for herself. She and 1 got talking about a young woman aged 30 who may be married this year. We were agreed that if she does marry, she will have a hard tithe adjusting herself to the married state. Today this young wo- man is very much in the Iime-light in her own'particuiar world. Let's call it journalism. Her work requires her to be forceful—to take the initiative —to appear in public a good deal. Her writings appear in U. S. and 'Canadian publications. She is- a very fine public speaker—is very popular. For years and years 'she has courted public attention. The praise of oth- ers—the applause of others is very sweet to her. This young • woman, of many gifts and attractions, has had a number of . affairs of the heart—one; at least, of Which was serious. But when that serious affair smashed up, she became rather indifferent to men. At holiday resorts she might do some bold flirt- ing, but it was recognized on both • sides that the "devotion" was but - temporary. There might be after- • wards an exchange of letters, or something of the same general sort; •but very early the fires of affection died down. More desired by this _young woman was the favour of oth- •er women. But now this young woman profes- ses to be in love again. Her swain &s much more in love than she is. He wants to be married this year, and ;he marriage may take place this. ;:Yea and it may not. This young woman earns about 42000 a year -an income large enough ,.to allow her to have a pretty good time—to own a car, dress herself well,! and to go places. If she mar- ries, she will have to give up her in - .come, for her husband would not want her to go on working. And his , income may not be more than $2000. :Imagine, therefore, the case of this . young woman as wife. As wife this young woman would I• have tg eever herself pretty thor- ,oughly fro.her old associations and ;associates: She would not wish to ,mix in a world where she would no longer be shining brightly; and her old friends would turn from her, not be- cause of any change in their regard end affection for their former ease- , elate and leader, but because their ,ways and those of the young woman .would not be side by side. The young ?'bride would feel herself to be out of .touch with the life which formerly enmeshed her. She would no longer receiving • honours and plaudits. Re would not be inspired to the point where she could and would go on writing. She would ;ust steadily fade out of the picture of her old life. Probably • she would, by reason of the force of her nature, become a tender in a new kind of life, but what :can one do when the income for two „persons is, just $2000 or so? There would have to be many repressions of desire and. impulse, There would have to" be an adjustment of ways and ideasto the limitations of a sal- ary of $2000 as earned by the hus ,band. I can easily see wreckage in the vision I have of the married life , of this young woman. This young woman has never been domestic in her likings and doings. Promo age 15 onward she has been working—and progressing. So far as ,she has revealed herself, elle has not the maternal instinct in large meas - ,tire. ,This young,woman stands for many ;young women, but not for all, thank heaven. There are many young wo- men in this world whoare, having what is called a good time -who art able to live gayly and to, dress well. But deep down in their hearts they. want a ho i me of their own, aid, chil- two young people. I see the husband and wife, on Sunday mornings, from the window beside my writing table, going out for a walk with two young sons -probably 6 and 4'years of age. In the home, left with a maid, is a baby a year old. These two young persons met, I suppose, at university affairs. The husband is a lawyer, and I imagine is earning enough mon- ey to enable him and his wife to have a comfortable home and to save mon- ey for their children's education, As I see them on Sunday morning going off for a walk, I feel that they are very happy, well content with their present lot in life. Whatever may have been the gaiety of life for either or both of them in pre -mar- riage days, there is now a very gen- uine content in a life which is rather sober. The pleasures of old days have been replaced by more subdued pleasures—the pleasure of making a hone for children and of rearing their children. There must be much self- denial, but self-denial without com- plaint or regret. Undoubtedly these two young people have their friends and friendships. Life is not narrow or shut in for them. But there is no dependence on friends for the joyy and happiness and pleasures of life. It is probable that clothes have to be worn a long time before replace- ment with new clothes. Undoubtedly there are many temptations to spend money which have to be resisted, But I feel sure that there is no conscious- ness of any loss of desired things. A complete and an enriching happiness is found in the new life—the life of domestic duties and of parental obligations. I confess that I view with alarm the marriage of two young people who want to carry into married life the same kind of life which each had before marriage. i. am witnessing a marriage relationship in which there are conflicts. There is a daughter age about 8. The father's affection and thought are given intensely to his daughter. Between the husband and wife there appears to be tension, The husband's health is not good and he has not been able to earn the mon- ey which he earned when he married, Without knowing much about the ear- lier life of these two people, I do not know how much they were in love with each other when they married, I have a feeling that there was a de- sire to live, after marriage, at the pace of pre -marriage days. Both hus- band and wife were probably living extravagantly. I sense that neither looked forward to a time when income would be interrupted and when ne- cessity would compel both husband and wife to live repressed lives. As 1 perceive things; there has been no mutual effort to live plainly and sim- ply. Tempers have not been kept hi control. 'There are, I feel certain, many flare ups. The husband stays out evenings a good deal. His wife resents the neglect of her. Sheds in- adequately supplied with '.money ,for domestic and personal needs. These two young people, in their early 30's, are doing nothing to safe- guard the years ahead. Why do I write of the youngwo- man now earning. $2000 a . year and not head over heels in love with the man she may marry this year; of the two young people who are seem- ingly very, very happy and content; of the two young' people with a sin- gle child whose lives are likely to be wrecked? Here's why 'I write of them.. They are examples. They typify many. They mirror, it may be, young people, both single and mar- ried, who are my readers. I .want to say to young people, both those uninarried and those married, that a happy marriage; governed by love, mutual devotion, and self-denial, blessed by children—not just a single chick—should be looked forward to and should be assured, by the way of life of the young lawyer and •his wife of whom I have written. According to estimate, nearly 1,- 500,000 persons in England suffer from insomnia. LAMB For 1937 lamb gives promise of having a larger and more general ap- peal in Canada, The demand for lamb conies as a reward tosheep raisers and ranchers in the Dominion who have made consistent efforts to produce lambs of better quality and this year meat stores and butcher shops will be able to cater td all or- ders for lamb especially during the next few weeks. The following re- cipe is recommended for a dinner on any day: ! Roast Rolled Front of Lamb This roast has the advantage of being boneless and is easily carved. The butcher will always roll the front if asked to do so. The meat is of good quality and very sweet and when served has a very pleasing ap- pearance. Rolled fronts may be pur- chased in weights ranging from 4% to 6%. lb. Recipe for Cooking Wipe roast and sprinkle surface with salt and pepper. Lay on a rack in the roasting pan and place in a hot oven (50Q degrees F.). .:Mow to sear or brown for30 minutes. Add one cup of water.. Continue to roast at a temperature of 350 degrees F. When More seasoning is desired add two mall carrots, two onions; and celery (chop fine). Serve with gravy made from the pan. Decorate plate with parsley. ' MILK IN MEALS Milk, the bone builder; milk, the tooth builder; milk the muscle repair- er; milk, the energy producer; milk, the health protector; in short, milk the most nearly perfect food should be given first consideration in plant- ning the daily meals. The ways in which a satisfactory amount of this indispensable food may be included in the diet will naturally vary accord- ing to the tastes and food habits of different families. In cases where adults do not drink milk, the meals should provide the recommended pint of milk in cooked foods. In this way half of the child's milk requirement will be furnished, and the remainder can then be served as a beverage. A milk dish a meal is a good rule to follow in every home, and in this connection the Milk Utilization Ser- vice 'recommends the use of the fol- lowing tested recipes: Celery and Mushroom Soup 1 medium sized head of celery 1 small onion 1-4 lb. mushrooms 2 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons flour 3 cups milk Salt and pepper. Chop, onion and celery finely and boil until tender. Cut mushrooms in small pieces and boil five to eight minutes in small amount of water. MeIt butter, blend in flour. Add milk gradually and stir until mixture thick- ens. Add celery, onion and mush- rooms with sufficient water in which they were cooked to give desired con- sistency. Season to taste. Cabbage. Cooked in Milk 2 cups milk 6 cups shredded cabbage 1-3 cup milk or cream 2 tablespoons melted butter 2 tablespoons flour 1-2 teaspoon salt Heat milk and cook cabbage in it two minutes. Add milk or cream, flour blended with butter, and salt. Cook for three or four minutes, stir- ring. constantly. Scalloped Eggs with Cheese 6 hard cooked eggs 4 tablespoons flour. 4 tablespoons butter 2 1-2 cups milk 3-4 cup cup' grated cheese 1-3 cup buttered bread crumbs Salt ,and pepper. Cut eggs in half. Place in buttered baking dish,• Make cream sauce of butter, flour and milk. Add grated cheese and seasonings. Pour sauce ov- er eggs. Sprinkle top with crumbs and bake ina moderate oven (350.de- grees F.) until brown. Coffee. Marshmallow Custard 2 cups milk 4 tablespoons ground coffee HEALTH DOINGS IN THE SCOUT WORLD A perpetual lease' on a fine old stone building, for use as a perman- ent Scout Troop headquarters, has been presented to the Boy -Scouts of Preston, Ont., by Mr. Peter Bern- hardt. Goats and Ducks are Scout Prizes Goats, ducks and agricultural im- plements Were among the prizes for Scouting efficiency awarded the boys of the Kalutara Scout Colony, in Cey- lon. The Colony is a projectfor teaching agriculture and trades. Jacobs-Staf Emblem of Scout World Gathering in Holland The distinctive badge to be worn by Scouts attending the World Scout Jamboree in Holland this summer in- cludes in its design the "Jacobs-staf," the old instrument used by the Dutch navigators to find their way round the world; Boy Scout Photographers Exhibit In London An exhibition of Boy Scout photo- graphs at the Ilford Galleries, Lon- don, will be opened April 7th by Lord Hampton, Chief Commissioner of the Boy Scouts Association, The exhibi- tion will continue for three weeks. The pictures were taken by Scouts qualifying for the Scout Photograph- ers' Proficiency Badge. Coronation Thanksgiving Service In Abbey For 6,000 Scouts and Guides A special Boy Scout and Girl Guide Thanksgiving Service in Westminster. Abbey on the afternoon of Saturday, May 22nd, will be attended by 6,000 boys and girls. The gathering will Include Scouts and Guides from over- seas, in London for the Coronation The Bishop of Bristol will preach the sermon. The choir will be made up entirely of Scouts, in uniform. Eight Ships To ,Carry 8,000 Boy Scouts Eight steamships have been char- tered to transport the British contin- gent of 8,000 Boy Scouts and leaders across the Channel to the World Scout Jamboree in Holland this sum- mer. The ships include the Queen of the Channel, the Queen of Kent, the Continental Queen, the Queen of Thanet, two ships of the Southern Railway and two of the L.N.E.R. Two of the vessels will sail from Dover, two from Great Yarmouth, two from Tilbury and two from Harwich. Scouts from many lands participat- ed in this year's winter sports at the International Scout Chalet at Kan- derstag, Switzerland. The Bishop of Jarrow, Assistant Scout Commissioner for Durham, will be Chaplain of the British contingent to the World Scout Jamboree in Hot - land this summer. Boy Scoutt,TTralning for the Handicapped The growth of Scouting for the benefit of physically andmentally handicapped boys in the United King- dom is shown in the latest Scout As - sedation annual report. Of a total of 5,211, mentally defectives number 2,324, cripples 1,901, blind 444, deaf and dumb 489. They areorganized in units attached to various institu- tions, A London Embankment Good Turn A "flying squad"- of a dozen cars, with reconditioned clothing, food and flasks of hot tea and coffee touring the ondon Embankment nightly for the benefit of "down and outs" is the eminently practical Scout good turn being carried out by the 165th North London Scout Group. The ears leave the Group's headquarters at 11.30 p.m, each night with a crew contprising a driver and two Scouts. A "Hat Trick" In Life Saving Three life, savings in one day was the record made by Eagle Scout Jo- seph Holzdle of Philadelphia. During an afternoon. at Peck's: Pond in the 1-4 teasppon vanilla 3eggs 2 tablespoons sugar Pinch of salt Marshmallows. Bring milk and coffee to boiling point. Strain. Beat eggs, slightly. Combine sugar, salt, vanilla and milk. Strain into custard cups. Top each with a marshmallow. Oven -poach in slow oven (325 degrees F.) until firm —about 30 minutes. A HEALTH SERVICE' Op THE CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND - LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA THE VITAMINS One pound of vitamin B is enough to supply the needs of one person for 1200 years, but if you don't get your tiny bit every day you will die in a few weeks. The vitamins are not drugs; they are foods, and we all need plenty of them. A good all round diet, properly cooked, should give a healthy adult enough of all the vita- mins. Children and infants however need some extra vitamin D, and to get this they should be given cod liv- er oil in some form during the win- ter. We need milk, butter, cheese, green vegetables, carrots, and liver for vitamin A. We need whole wheat flour, oatmeal, liver, heart and kid- ney for vitamin B. Yeast and wheat germ are especially rich in this vita- min. We need oranges, lemons, to- matoes, lettuce, celery and other fresh fruits and vegetables to provide vi- tamin C. Ordinary foods contain very little if any vitamin D. In the sum- mer -time the sun makes this vitamin for us free when it shines on our skins but in the winter -time many children need to get it in some other way which fortunately is obtainable in cod liver oil and some other fish oils. If we eat such poor meals that any one of these vitamins is missing com- pletely, we may get serious diseases, such as scurvy from lack of vitamin C, and rickets from lack of vitamin D. If we eat too small amounts of these vitamins we are apt to suffer from lack of energy, and we are more liable to get infection and to suffer more severely from them. A well balanced diet requires milk, meat, eggs, fruit and vegetables. The young child may require to supplement this in the winter months with some cod liver oil. Questions concerning 'health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As - sedation, 184 College St., Toronto, will be answered personally by letter. R. 0. P. Expansion in Canadian Poultry Flocks According to the regulations under the provisions of the Live Stock and Live Stock Products Act respecting the production and sale of Approved or Certified Poultry, published in the Canada Gazette January 16 and 23, 1937, the following are the correct definitions under the Record of Per- formance, or .Production, policies (commonly referred to as R.O.P.) of the Poultry Services, Dominion De- partment of Agriculture. To begin with, R.O.P. means Re- cord of Performance or Production, a policy or policies approved by the Dominion Minister of Agriculture, for the testing and improving of breed- ing stock in cattle, poultry, and other live stock. With regard to poultry, R.O.P. is administered by the PouI- try Services, and entry is open to anyone having a pure-bred poultry flock which, an inspection, is found to be free from disease and properly honied under sanitary conditions in a plant equipped with satisfactory trap -nesting accommodation. Entries are required to be filed with the Poul- try Services, Live Stock Branch, Do- minion Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, at least one month prior to the date from which the record is to start. R.O.P. chicks means chicks produc- ed by an R.O.P. breeder on his own premises and hatched from eggs pro- duced on the breeder's own plant, or other R.O.P. breeders' plants, from matings' of female with two or more generations of R.O.P. breeding on the Pocono Mountains last summer- he rescued a baby, a girl swimmer who had got into difficulties, and a girl who had broken a leg when jumping :From a narrow diving board: For the latter girl he improvised a splint, and saw her safely . to a hospital fifteen miles away. A Lychgate Memorial to, King George ,V A lychgate memorial to the " late King George V. was erected before their trope headquarters by the Scouts of the 2nd Neasden Group, of Middlesex, England, and unveiled by County Commissioner Hubert Martin, C.V.O., C.B.E. The tablet reads. "May those who enter in find . true Brotherhood, Peace and Cheerfulness. May thosewho pass out carry forth- to the world the spirit of Love, Ser. vice and Sacrifice." CARE OF CHILDREN, Tars MODEST CORNER LS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing Yon Their Songa--Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful and Islrpirmn. WIND Wind on the wold, and wind welling low front the clearness, Limpid and languid at dusk, Dewed with the myrrh of the sensu- ous turf in its nearness, Smoky•with attar of blooms and of vetches and musk, Ambrosial incense of grasses and clover new -blown; Wind in the reeds, and wind crooning wailfully over Deep river water and spray, Muting to languor the wavering cry of a plover, Sweeping the sands and the deso- late rifts of his way, Searching the shingle and shale, the driftwood and stone; Wind in the pines, and wind in the wild cherry bushes, Rustling and rolling and warm, Rubbing the resinous boughs through the quick forest hushes; This is the voice of the godling, the Indians' charm; Voice of the open-air godling—whose mood is your own. —J. W. Rief. THOSE WHO READ IN BED There are no late -hour devotees As irreproachable as these, Who sing to rest in pillowed nooks And stick their ostrich heads in books. Dim astigmatic votaries Care not for crackers spread with cheese, They read, while duller folk explore Within the open ice -box door. All worldly pleasures call in vain; They lead the night life of the brain And take their festive midnight snack From volumes bound in red and black. There are no late -hour devotees As calmly ravenous as these, Who dine like predatory birds On little dark exciting words. -Peris Greely Anderson in The New Yorker. MAKING LIFE WORTH WHILE If it weren't for the winter we should never love the spring, If it weren't for the struggle, victory songs we'd never sing. If the tasks were always easy and their outcome plain to see, And if failure never threatened, life would very tedious be. If we never faced a problem, if we never -had a debt, .If everything we wanted without working we could get; If we never made a blunder, never suffered, from a fall; Were we never disappointed Iife would hold no joy at all. If distinctions were abolished, were there neither poornor rich, Were the wise and foolish equal and no telling which was which; Were there no such things as duties, needing patience, strength and skill, We should live like garden cabbage, but we'd never know a thrill It's because we have to struggle; it's because we often fail; It's because our cares are rugged and our pleasures all so frail; It's because there's good to cherish, and there's evil to revile, And perfection is denied us that makes every joy worth while. "WHISPERS OP SPRING" Fall down, soft gentle rain, and wake to birth, The lovely mysteries beneath the earth, Whisper to them that the young God- dess, "Sprin""g," Already has been cited on the wing. Coax the shy snowdrop up towards the light Clad in her cool fresh gown of green and white, Your winsome story to the crocus tell, Then to the daffodil and wild bluebell. Fall down, sweet cleansing rain upon earth's face, Make this old, tearstained world a fresher place, Then open with thy balm our care- dimmed eyes To all the wonder which around us lies, —Elsie Averill Frisby in Empire Re- view. THE PARTING Good-bye. I bind the sandals on your feet The winged sandals, wonderful and fleet; I have no wish to hold you, keep . you' so; Yet wait, and smile—and kiss me ere, you go. (Oh, little dream, so sweet you were, so sweet!) Good-bye. You see, I smile, I am not . sad. Nay, you were but a transient guest I had Who shared my fare and made my dwelling bright, One sun -filled morning and one moon -swayed night. Oh, little dream, how glad you were, how glad!) Good-bye. My hand has set the door ajar. No broken prayer your open path may mar. I have no tears to bid you from your• way; . And yet—oh, yet! One moment turn and stay. (Oh, little dream, so far, far you go, • so far!) ( finale side and approved on R.O.P.' standards and mated to R.O.P. males. When the breeder is using other mat- ings of approved females on his own plant or eggs from approved outside flocks, all such matings must be head- ed by R.O.P. males and the chicks from such sources may be represent- ed and sold as R.O.P, sired. R.O.P. hen means a female for, which a certificate has been issued der the ` olie of R.O.P.un p y for poul- try, and an R.O.P. male means a bird that has been bred from an R.O.P. mating of birds having at least one generation of official breeding behind them on both sides, and which has been inspected and banded by an in- spector with the prescribed cockerel approval band, R.O.P. mating means a mating of R.O.P. certified hens or registered hens, or both, headed by an R.O.P. op - proved male or registered male or males of the same breed and variety, all of which have 11.0.P. or Register- ed male or males of the same breed and variety, all of which have R.O.P. or :Registered dams or sires, which mating must have been entered in. and approved under.. the R.O.P. policy and owned by an 1.0.P. breeder and, kept on his own premises. C. N. R. EARNINGS CONTINUE TO INCREASE The gross revenues of the all-in- clusive Canadian n an National Railways Y System for, the week ending March 21, were $3,614,905, as, compared with $3,23,715, for the corresponding per- iod of 1936, an increase of $381,190. "An opportunist is a man who, lace. when Ieft holdingthe sack, cuts it u p H „I i and makes himself a suit of clothes. _II ,,,an -Grace Noll Crawell„r• —Theodosia Garrison. I HAVE FOUND SUCH JOY I have found suck a joy in simple things; A plain, clean room, a nut -brown loaf of bread, A cup of milk, a kettle as it sings, The shelter of a roof above my head; "And in a leaf -faced square upon _a floor Where yellow sunlight glimmers through a door, I have found such joy in things that fill My quiet days: a curtain's blowing grace, - A growing plant upon a window sill,. A rose- fresh -cut and placed within a vase; A table cleared, a lamp beside a chair, And books I loci have loved, beside me there. Oh, I have found such joy! I wish I might Tell every woman who goes seeking far For some elusive, feverish delight, That very close to home the great joys are These fundamental things—old as the race, Yet never, through the ages, common-