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The Clinton News Record, 1937-05-13, Page 74 THURS., MAY 13, 1937 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 7 HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS. COOKING HEALTH Enjoy tea at its best TA YOUR WORLD AND MINE ti by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD (Copyright) '.Y.°a'.I WWwWWIAV'.'1�Y.'a'J"iV'rr• WWfdLW W BothRussia a d Germany have de- It is becoming increasingly hard to throned God and the' Christian relig- find ministers who can attract large ion. In other words, the Church, as congregations twice every Sunday. we know it, is not permitted to carry The Church is no longer attracting on its age-old work. the same number of men that it did a This attitude toward the Christian generation ago, nor the same quality religion and the Church may have ex- of men. •'Unless the preacher is out - pension. Thus, in the Far East Bud- standingly good regarded as a prea- dhism and Mohammedanism are win- cher, audiences tend to fall away. ping out against Christianity. One . Consider this, also: the weekly ser - philosopher says that Christianity is mons are not looked forward to today not suited to Oriental and hot coun- as, they once were; nor are the week - tries. Christianity is an aggressive ly assemblies of men and women at religion. It bids its followers to be the church edifice. Nowadays in' ev- active—to be doing things. The Orien- ery community the men and women tal and the dweller in the tropics is have opportunities throughout the lazy, indolent, contemplative. This week to hear many speakers and to philosopher believes that Christianity see each other at many places. Radio as a religion should flourish in the adds its contributions—addresses and United States of America, because that country is filled with go-getters. Christianity is definitely on the de- fensive. Time was in this country and in other Christian countries when the Christian Church was dominant. `'Today, alas, Christianity is not re It used to be said that "the blood gar ded by multitudes as being much of the martyrs is the seed of the more than a sort of cult—on a par church". When the Scottish pRople with the cults of fascism, common- were harried by persecution, their se- ism, socialism. The Church is not ligion and their sufferings bred in very much different from other or- them an intensified love of God and ganizations which unify men ,in good of their denominational associations. work—Rotary, Inss, by way of ex - But with the passing of persecution ample. Even ministers of the Gospe the old dependence on the church and perceive how greatly the Church has on God grew less. Today there are slipped, and some of them throw no martyrs—or not many. Missionary stones rather malevolently at the enterprise no longer means the sur - miniChurch—the Church of which they are render 'of comforts and amenities. In - ministers. deed, many missionaries live more comfortably and abundantly in China than ministers who live in Canada. The catastrophe of the Great War operated in two directions: to make tion was less universal than is the men Less religious, and to make other - case today. When life becomes easier men more religious. But the large ef- and softer; when social organiza- tions multiply; when play in all its forms is so ardently practised; when education is so highly developed; — then there seems to be less sense of talks and music, and on Sundays ser- mons and singing and organ music, so making it unnecessary to go to church to hear a religious service and to participate in it. Christianity flourished most strong- ly when men and women lived lives •-of greater hardship and when educe - feet was to hurt the institution of the Christian Church—to lessen the reli- ance of ratan on God. need for religion and for adherence Some of my readers may be asking, Juor to religious institutions. I think that what are you trying ehto say re it is demonstrable that the spread of do? Are you for the Church, or are 1 you against it? Are you trying to learning, and the enormous develop- I matte loyal church goers stauncher in rent of newspaper, magazine and their faith and practices, or are you book publishing, and of international intercourse have tended to destroy the -' discouraging them? religious impulses of men and wo-� I may say that I very earnestly want to see the Christian Church 'men: their thought and their. welfare "come back". I believe that the Scrip - are related mainly to a multitude of tures of the Old and New Testaments mundane and profane things. remain the best text book on how to Undoubtedly there is a sad shrink- live on earth and on how to fulfil our age in church attendance — and this divine life, continuing into eternity. without any sense of guilt in those I have been trying to say that the who have ceased to go to church regu- Church is having a very difficult time •:larly. The Sabbath day is now a in these modern days — that it has day of pleasure, and few are shocked problems to solve of .-the greatest by seeing golf and tennis played on magnitude—problems which are alto Sundays and by women knitting on for every one of us if we believe in a hereafter. Sundays. Preachers are not held in rever- ence as they once were. Indeed, they are not . important persons in many communities. Nor is the church edi- fice considered as being the House of God in the same way that it was once esteemed. The church edifice is a "`plant"—a sort of club building, for assemblies of all sorts, for dramatic and even dancing enjoyments. It has a gymnasium attached to it. It is a place of feasting. I confess that I ani troubled over this modern development of the Church. I know that its ministers and; adherents say that the Church must provide its members and others with the same sort of attractions and em- ployments that the "Y" provides; that if it does not provide sports and en-;• tertainments and enjoyments and ac- tivities, , it will lose its appeal to and hold on the public, and particularly on young people. I ani troubled, too, by the tendency •of many congregations to build mam- moth and costly edifices or "plants". "':These huge structures, occupying an entire• block, will cost several hundred 'thousand' dollars to build. The capital charges and the upkeep costs amount •• each 'year to a very large sum of money. 'To meet these costs congre- • ,gations must. be large, and almost wealthy. The financial burden rests • on too few shoulders, and in the years ahead, with fewer• persons going to church, the ability to maintain these huge buildings by'free-will -offerings is problematical. 'Stress Necessity Of Eggs In Daily Diet Although the nutritional value of eggs is generally well-known, parti- cularly among Canadians who were the first in the world to insist on quality through the official grading of eggs and who eat more eggs per head of population than any other nation, several additional facts have been brought to light by the recently issued report of the Advisory Com- mittee of Nutrition of the . British Isles. The report draws attention tq the newer knowledge of nutrition which shows the vital role played by vitamin and . mineral elements. It stresses the value of the so-called protective' foods and states that -the most important of these are eggs, milk, green vegetables, and fruit., Continuing, it points out that eggs, contain vitamins A, Bl, B2 and D and are rich in iron. The proteins of eggs, also, of milk,' are not only themselves of the highest nutritive value but al- so improve the utilization of the pro- tein content in cereals and vegetables. The 'Committee's report also includes a summary of a survey issued by the League of Nations National Health Committee in which. Canadians have taken a distinguished part. The Lea- gue Committee suggests a dietary schedule in which one egg per day is recommended for expectant and nurs- ing mothers and one egg or it's equiv- alent;'per day for children. WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING FLOOD WARNING SHOULD STIMULATE ACTION Spring floods have Demme an in- creasingly vital problem in Western Ontario the past few years, due, it is said, to the drying up of those natural reservoirs the swamps and to the draining of the land throughout this peninsula. The Grand River has been giving trouble for several years. With the swamps of the Georgian Bay district gone, spring waters rush with increas- ing velocity down the Grand Valley, forming a terrific flood that has made lakes of town and city areas in the spring, then drying up to form an op- en sewer in summer. The situation s finally became so serous that a leth- argic public were stirred to action. A cornznissiou composed of leading citi- zens from the affected municipalities was nained some months ago and with government support will tackle the handling of the Grand River situation. One item will be the construction of darns above the town of Fergus which will form a reservoir of some thous- and acres, to graduate the flow of the yearly flood. Thames Valley residents had their first taste last week of the serious ex- perience which Grand River residents have been having for some years. Usu- ally the breaking ice isresponsible for causing the river to run high, great ice cakes impending the passage of water at the bridges. But last week, without the assistance of im- peding ice, the water rose to record height. Are we to have a recurrence every year? Flood regulation, and re- forestation, as factors of conservation, vital issues now for the people of this province. We have had a disturbing example of what may continue to hap- pen yearly. It is important that the municipali- ties concerned in the recent destruc- tive deluge get together and make approaches to the government so that steps may be assured along the proper line to carry out a well-balanced pro- gram of conservation. —St. Marys Journal -Argus. INQUIRY Town Clerk D. H. Wilson gets many enquiries in the course of a day, but one received this week has him puzzled. A lady in Spokane, Wash., writes: "My great grand- father left Ireland and came to Canada where he settled at Seaforth, Huron County. His name was Christ- opher (Theadore) Wall. I understand he changed his name to Timothy Tierney; his wife's name was Marg- aret. They owned property there. They moved to Lansing, Iowa, in 1884. Can you tell me the town in Ireland they came from and the names of the fathers and maiden names of mothers, also all dates and information you can give me?" —Seaforth Expositor. THE GOOD NEIGHBOUR Everyone is, as well as has, a neighbour. There are those who fall Into the happy classification of "good neighbours," while some, unfortun- ately, can not be classed as such. A good neighbour is a pearl be- yond price, but even among good neighbours a trifling incident is mag- nified to gigantic proportions, on some occasions. This week in Kincardine law was called upon to settle such a dispute, A description of the vitamins con- tained in eggs gives an idea of the nutritive value of the egg in the diet. Vitamin A. is essential to the growth of the young. It is very resistant to heat in the absence of oxygen; but in the presence of oxygen is destroyed in about an hour at boiling point. The total absence of vitamin A causes cessation of growth, wasting and low- ered resistance ow-eredresistance to infections. On the other hand, it aids the assimilation of essential minerals. Vitamin B, which is now divided into two factors (prevention of ner- vous breakdown and prevention of pellagra—askin affection with se- vere constitutional and nervous symp- tosis) is requisite for the satisfactory development of the young and pre- vents beri-beri in men and analagous diseases in animals. The absence of vitamin B causes beri-beri -after three months; and'a mere shortage of the vitamin leadsto. loss of appetite, depraved appetite, loss of weight and vigour, anaemia, indigestion, .a n d nerve malnutrition. Vitamin D 'prevents rickets, cures skeletal' diseases, hastens the healing of fractures," promotes normal teeth development, and preventsdental de- cay. Insufficiency of vitamin D in a mother's diet injuriously affects the future structure of the permanent teeth of the offspring. The source of vitamin D is in eggs, butter, and milk, and in the action of ultra -violet rays of sunlight upon the skin. These rays, acting upon traces of ergosterol Present in the skin, produce Vitamin ++ which originally arose over a line fence. The !dispute made its way through the township council to a higher court, and its the end was shown to be a costly procedure to the litigants. Nor can they longer be classed as good neighbours. The season of the year is not far distant when the bonds of good neigh- bourliness are strained by common, trifling incidents. Dogs digging in gardens, hens scratching up seeds,. and, later on, weeds growing between neighbouring properties, all give rise to bitterness and rankle the spirit of good neighbourliness. This year, and every year, let ev- ery possible effort be made to re- main good neighbours, for it is a characteristic a n d faculty sorely needed locally, nationally and in the world at large.—Kincardine News. Cover Unsightly Pipes If you have fumed at the pipes which were run down the side of your living room wall you will welcome this information: They may be hid- den without the expense of tearing down walls and enclosing them. One housewife built a set of useful shelves around them, enclosing the whole thing. The result generally resembled a grandfather's clock and provided an excellent place for cards, cigarettes, writing paper and other supplies that always seem to clutter up the house. The to shelf was left open and served as a base for a 'bright vase of flowers. This is just one of the methods which may be used for hiding pipes or other unsightly but necessary ap- pertenances of the home. Money for built-in improvements, as well as for many other modernization and repair projects, may be obtained through the Dominion Government Home Im- provement Plan. NEIGHBOURS I have quantities of several col- ours of iris roots, which I would like to give away, and I would like to have you get them as soon as pos- sible. —JIM'S WIFE. A HEALTH SERVICE OF THE CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA PERIODICAL HEALTH EXAMINATION Mazy Smith, Canadian nurse, with a wealth of golden hair, clear blue intelligent eyes, and handsome fea- tures, served the needs of soldiers in the hospital at Etapies, France, dur- ing the period of the War. She met her fate there in the person of Lieu- tenant Sanders, of the United States Navy. They were married and went to live in Philadelphia in 1920. The husband was promoted and had a comfortable position in the Navy Pay Office, They were very happy and in the course of 5 years two fine chil- dren, a boy and a girl, arrived to cheer the household of the pair. (Names are, of course, fictitious.) One day, chatting with a young wo- man 'friend, the subject of periodical medical examination came up for dis- cussion. The personnel of navies are reguired to present themselves at re- gular intervals for physical examina- tion in order that the authorities may know whether their men are fit. This privilege is extended to the members of the families of those employed in the Navy. Although there w a s apparently nothing wrong with these young wo- men, they decided to have the .ex- amination.thus.conveniently provided. Thinking it a bit of a joke, they went up for examination whereupon it was discovered that the wife of Lieutenant (now Captain) Sanders had a small cancer of the neck of the womb. She had, as was advised, prompt treat- ment by radium in the clinic of the hospital and had supervision at regu- lar short intervals for three years and subsequently every six months. It is now 8 years since treatment was in- itiated, there has been no return of the 'condition discovered and the young woman has remained perfectly Well. There is no doubt that in this ease periodical examination saved the life of this bright young woman. A man, 39 years of age called to see his doctor because of a touch of what he called, lumbago. He looked the picture of health. He had never. had any illness. Routine examina- tion included an analysis of the urine. Sugar was found in the man's urine and further investigation proved that he had an early case of diabetes. He was put on a proper diabetic diet and VARIETY IN EGG DISHES Science has discovered theexis- tence of several vitamins in food, each vitamin being essential for a certain phase of growth or for the prevention of a particular type of disease. No one item of food possesses all of the vitamins in the quantities required by the human system, but no other single food has a wider vitamin con- tent than eggs. Eggs contain vita- mins mins A, B1, B2 ,and D. Vitamins A and D essential to growth, also -to the prevention of certain eye troubles, and to the proper development of bones and teeth are found abundantly in eggs, while vitamin B, the vitamin of yeast, which prevents nervous breadtdown, loss of weight, and anaemia is also present in mod- erate quantities. Egg Croquettes ettes 6 eggs 2 tablespoons butter 1 slice onion 1-4 cup flour 1 cup white stock Yolk of 3 eggs Stale bread crumbs Grated cheese Salt Pepper. Poach eggs and dry on towel. Cook butter with onion three min- utes. Add flour, and gradually the stock. Cook one minute and cool. Cover eggs with mixture, roll in bread crumbs and cheese, using equal parts, dip in beaten egg, again roll in crumbs, fry in deep fat, and drain on brown paper. The croquettes may be served with a thin sauce, using equal parts of white stock and cream, and peasoning with grated ,cheese, salt, and paprika. Scrambled Eggs with Tomato Sauce 6 eggs 13'a cups tomatoes 2 teaspoons sugar 4 tablespoons butter 1 slice onion 1-2 teaspoon salt 1-4 teaspoon pepper Simmer tomatoes and sugar five minutes. Fry butter and onion' three minutes. Remove onion and add to- matoes, seasonings and eggs slightly beaten. Cook as for scrambled eggs. Serve with whole-wheat or brown bread. Scrambled Eggs with Peas Mix six eggs with half cup of milk. Season with salt and pepper; then add one-half cup of peas. Scramble slowly in buttered pan. Corn, chop- ped meat, parsley, or green peppers inay be used instead of peas. Also instead of scrambling, this entree may be made in omelet form. now; 10 year; later, is in good health: If he had waited until the diabetic condition showed marked symptoms, he would have had his health seriously undermined by the disease. H e would, if alive, be taking insulin every day. Even with this care he would be fortunate to be alive. Periodical examination has served to save his life. The ordinary citizen, the thrifty farmer, the mechanic, find it imp or tint' to have an annual overhaul of their machinery,. be it an automobile, a reaper or the tools of work. Yet the health of one's body is a thousand times more important than the main- tained quality of any machine. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company found that a large group of; its policy -holders who were regularly re-examined reduced their average mortality by 23 per cent. Industrial concerns find it pays to check the health of their employees. In one plant during a period of 12 months eleven cases of diabetes and nineteen cases of Bright's disease (a kidney disease) were discovered at these ex- aminations. Pulmonary tuberculosis may be found in time to save the pa- tient and prevent infection in his family.The discovery of infected teeth and tonsils results in the cure andprevention of much disease. What is regarded by the personas simple indigestion may prove to be an ulcer of the stomach, appendicitis-, or dis ease of the gall -bladder. Ask your- self the question, Can I afford to' neglect to have 'a periodical health examination? Do it on your birth- day! Questions concerning health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- eootation, 184 College St., Toronto, will be answered persona/ly by letter. 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 Ins piling - WORK Work thou for pleasure, Paint or write'. or carve The thing thou lovest, Though the body starve, Who works for glory Misses oft the goal; Who works just for money Coins his very , soul; Work for the work's sake, Then it may be • That all these things shall Be added unto thee. —Emily Dickinson. MOTHER • A white Carnation, Mother dear, We wear today for you, In memory of your anxious care And all your love so true. Your days and nights were spent for us Without a selfish thought; Your earnest prayers for us all Rich blessings to us brought. The finest things you taught to us Of God and heaven and home•, Of how to live and watch and pray, From right to never roam. To succor neighbors in distress, To comfort strangers lone, A kindly heart for everyone, To hear each calling moan. Such was the mother that we knew, The one who mothered us, The idol of our youthful days The pole -star of our trust. —W. H. Johnston, Exeter. • TO HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH A daughter of the hills and glens, From, Scottish burn and brae, Stepped smiling into Britain's heart, And stole our hearts away, Dear "little smiling Duchess," Grown near to us as breath, Your charm has captured Canada, Beloved Elizabeth. , . . Oh, love can span a continent, And bridge the tumbled sea, And link far members each to each In Britain's family, We are Canadians born and bred, But we are British, too. And our unmeasured love goes out, Elizabeth to you. Though palaces are towering, Where stately streets go down, The light of Home is shining still In gray old London -town. • A. tender mother, and a wife, Sweet, gracious and serene, Stands robed in living kindliness, That well becomes a Queen. By God's good grace, "The Rose of York" Cones to the British Throne, Dominion -wide, one prayer sweeps up, We crown her for our own. And in Canadian hearts and homes, With our united' breath— God save you, keep you, bless you, Beloved Elizabeth! -Gertrude Bowen Webster ENGLAND No lovelier hills than thine have laid My tired thoughts to rest; iNop eace of lovelier valleys made Like peace within my breast. Thine are the woods whereto my soul. Out of the noontide beam, Flees for a refuge green and cool And tranquil as a dream. Thy breaking seas like trumpets peal; Thy clouds—how oft have I Watched their bright towers of silence steal Into, Infinity. My heart within me faints to roam In thought even far front thee; Watched their bright towers of silence steal , Into Infinity. My heart within me faints to roam In thought even far from thee; Thine be the grave whereto I come, And thine my daz'aness be. —Walter de la Mare. A PRAYER FOR OUR YOUNG KING. God bless the King all through the day, Keephim in safety, Christ we pray, Bless Thou his mind and keep it true To all that Thou would'st have him do. Keep tuned his ears, that he may hear Thee, when Thou speakest, Saviour' dear, 0 may his Tips an anthem raise, In Thine own eternal praise. Give to his hands work that will be Most worthy Lord to offer Thee, And let his feet forever be, Eager and swift to follow Thee. And though the darkness closes in, Keep him pure, stainless, free from sin, Then at his eventide may he In Thine own heaven "Abide with Thee." —Marion Bruce Rankin, BEAUTY We need not search for beauty just as long As seasons change, and every new day brings A dawn that trembles into morning light-- Flowers ight—Flowers and birds, and oh, a thous- and things To please the eye, and bring the heart swift joy— As long as sunset skies are blue and gold. And there are streams and rocks and wooded lands— As long as twilight comes when day is old, And with the night, the stars and moon appear— While there is sun and dew, and snow and rain, And wind, that shakes the poplars overhead= As long as summer always comes again— Oh, God has put into each fleeting day More beauty than our hearts can e'er repay. —Mary Stocks. CORONATION PRAYER " r "You stand upon the highway of the sea, Wherein the ships, your children, come and go In splendor, at the full of every flow, Bound to and from whatever ports may be. Through this beginning reign for years to come, May fortune set your lot in happy times: Your seaman saint still narking, with his chimes Daily, some ship, of yours, returning home, Though you are changed from what I once beheld: Though your remembered hulls are with the coral: I can not think upon your might un- stirred. 0 sacred city of the lost sea -bird May wealth, out -ransoming the ports of Eld, Be yours, with spiritual gold and holy laurel." —John Masefield, Poet Lauerate. TREE MAY BE FOCAL - i"OINT IN GARDEN Of Suitable Size and Form, It Seth Scale For Planting In choosing a focal point of interest in the garden—which may be a piece of statuary or some other such struc- tural unit—a single tree, arching its boughs over it, will suffice as a co m- ple ent of green thatwill lead warmth to the static ornament. And so a simple, pleasing composition is evolved. There is hardly another single unit of living interest that will do as much for a layout .as a single tree that is well placed. It must be of suitable variety, size and forms, for it gives and fixes a "scale" for -the entire planting. It frames views, it casts a shadow, varying with the movement of the sun and lastly, its silhouette against thesky adds a quality of en- chantment.. The unit next in importance may well be the plane, or floor; and for this a fine green carpet of grass sure- ly gives much comfort to the eye and a fine blending colour for adjacent units. The grass and the tree are in themselves not a garden. They are to be surrounded with an enclosure, either a wall of structural material or a hedge of living green. Privacy is thus provided. Within this sanctum the designer paints a picture or se- veral pictures, according to his fancy. Due to the relative absence of rust andfrost damage in the Prairie. Pro- vinces, the unmerchantable propor- tion of the 1936 wheat crop is esti- mated at the record low level of 1,- 515,500 bushels, as against 9,869,3110 bushels in 1935. The unmerchantable proportions of oats, barley and rye were also considerably lower than ire 1935. '