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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1937-05-20, Page 7'11-IERS., MAY 20, 1937. HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS Cana 611 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD` COOKING s Favourite Tea '1i'i s es 'a a epi sVaNWa•e tes•■Yu'1 I e'd'i o ■"P ezes' eceet ■ . ■ . ■ "■'■% a o a° ■ I YOUR Ali..nRi Dl NI) fitiNiF ti by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD (Copyright)- -0 a WSM ■•.'■'■ eea'■❖R•.'■•■Y■ai'a' EW'sW11.•.Y.Y.Na'.Y■'■'Y■'. ~lesiiVess This is a jubilee year for me. of hair came away in the towel, and Fifty years ago I became a school always the towel would make blaze teacher in the County of Peel - at Elmbank, near Malton. I. taught for only two years, but they were extra - ',ordinarily happy years—and enrich- worse—probably, however, . a little ing in many ways. wiser.. I was just 18 years old when I be- One of my happy duties each ev- .gan teaching, and was a pretty callow ening was to go to the cellar to get youth. I had had no enlarging ex- apples.. I brought back with me all perience. I had never been, far that a big plate would hold. After from my home. My world had a very !.the family had gone to bed, there short diameter. would be about half a dozen apples I recall well the morning of my de- left. I sat up later than the others, pasture. It was on the 2nd day of and in the morning there were no ap- •January—a Monday morning, There pies left! One ex-chool teacher visi- was Much snow on the ground, and tor declared that I was hollow to the that morning was very, very cold-' heels! Who wouldn't be with such 26 below zero. The former school fine Rambo apples and other varieties teacher drove me to my school. We as grown by the McKay's? had left early; so as to arrive in good ! Mrs. McKay was a saint. The per - time before 9 o'clock. , We drove past fest mother! Beloved! the school to the farm home where There, was no meanness nor stingi- "the teacher always stayed". I had ness in that hone. I was free to relied on this 'circnmstauce for my stay 'week -ends when the roads were place of abode. When we drove into i too bad for me to go to my home. I the barnyard, men were just about to could go to the Pantry at all times depart to the school -house, to vote,' without any .feeling of guilt. I had for it was the day of municipal:elect- never asked what my board -residence tions. So we stabled our horse, and was to cost me—not until July. Then sot into the sleigh with the mien a- I got a cheque, and I asked Mrs. Me - bout to leave. Kay what I owed her. "Two dollars When I arrived at the school, I met a week", I was told. I said that was the senior trustee—a kindly man, absurd, but two dollars was all that William McKay. He asked me where Mrs. McKay would take. Tiros it was I was going to stay, and I said, "At possible to save some money out of the ...., where, I understand, every my salary of $360. teacher stays". "Well' said the some particle of phosphorous, thus keeping me in terror. But when it was all over, I was not much the 'kindly man, "I understand they are/ When I returned to my home after not going to take the teacher this the summer holidays, it was to make •year, and if this is the case', you can a new friend. There had come to stay at our home". Thus casually that neighborhood a young Methodist• was settled the place at which I was minister -from Toronto. It was his 'to Live. (first charge. This man, several years • older than I, was very citified. Ile 1 was a fine singer and elocutionist and I may say that the McKay family had most pleasing manners. We and my family were known to each."tool'" to each other, and I went with other. Jim McKay, the oldest son, him, in his horse and buggy, over had been at the High School with me, much country, because he was in and his sister'had attended the High great demand as an entertainer. If School when any sister did. !we were nearer his home when re - The McKay family had a very cum- turning, about midnight, we went to fortable home, They were Methodist, that (tome, and always there were on and had entertained "ministers" ex- the table a huge jug of milk and tensively. All the daughters had bread or cakes. It was the same `at been given good education. City visi- the McKays, when theirs was the tors were frequent. There was a pi- nearest hone. 'This friendship was ..ano in the home, and many books, In highly beneficial to me—in many short, it was a home of culture as ways, and Herbert Lee, this preacher well as of comfort. I was made one friend, was my best inan when ten of the family, instantly. j years later I married. Within three days of my arrival one' I taught school at Elmbank for two of the daughters was to be married, years, and then returned to high 'acid so the home was all excitement school. I suppose that I have been After this event, we all settled down back at the McKays a few times since to normal ways of life. Yet not al-, 1888, but I' do hot recall ever seeing together normal, for Jim McKay pro-; my old school since that time. My posed to me that he and I should go memory of pupils has remained clear, .50-50 on the purchase of chemicals' but in the 50 years which have pas - •and chemical apparatus, for I had to sed, Many have died. About two prepare for an examination in chem- years ago one of my old pupils uow islxy, din bought all materials andliving in the West wrote me, and it in his bedroom we had our laboratory \vas a joy to hear from him an•1 —which is a big word for the deserip-,through him of many of those who tion of our meagre possessions and possessed my interest. I cannot say equipmnent. But we had a fine .three that any of my old pupils became ''or four months of experimen`ation. mous or rich—unless James Speen, We had some alarming. explos ons, l nowerfel farmer, cattle-bree lei -and the chin of chemicals from their horse -breeder, and perhaps political bottles.. burned holes in the cover of figure, in the Prairie Provinces, the bureau, and earned us some good, •scolditt;;s, i These recollections are set down 'less for the enjoyment of +he reader. Once Jim inserted a tube into his of The News -Record than for my own 'mouth in a purpose to discover wheth- crooymcnt. I should like much to er or not the chlorine gas we worn amplify these memories—to tell th• attemiiting to make was being made. story of ;two very hanny years. 13ui It was, and the hot and strong gas this may not be. •breathed. into Jim's lungs put him in I had frr;gotten the fact that this agony, • is a jobilce year :for me u+ttil some- ' One foe Jinn painted my face withthing occurred in this month of May .a phosphorous solution. When the to make hie aware that it was 50 :liquid evaporated; the phosphorous years ago that I sat out to become an :gleamed on any face this. when the earner. ' 'room was darkened. I was told: that I looked like Satan, but how good -Methodist know what Satan. looked 'like I do not know. We went down to It is estimated that 2.19,428,000 ".the Iiving room that Satan might be dozens of eggs were laid by 23,790, - seen by the whole family, I poured 000 hens on Canadian farms durine • "the contents of a test tube over the 1936. 'This represents a decrease of top of my head, and then shook my 4,112.,000 dozens' of eggsand a re - head. , Luminous phosphorous was duction of 804,000 in, the number of 'flung into the air. It was great fun: hens eonnared with 1935. 1?rin„e Then I rubbed my hair with my Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Quebec, hand in order to get, more action, I and Ontario individually recorded in- 'got it. The friction ignited my hair! creases .in egg production, while New 'There was panic, A bowl of cream Brunswick, Alberta, and British Co - 'was given me to wash out the phos- lruubia reported declines. In, Mani- p>horeus from my hair and to soothe toba and Saskatchewan there was no Tithe skin. In the washing great tufts change from 1935.' :RHUBARB IN .THE MENU Canadian rhubarb is now available on the market and may be used in various ways in the household. Apart from rhubarb stewed or baked, rhu- barb gives the distinctive touch to tapioca puddings, tarts, sherbets' gelatine, and shortcakes. The juice makes a delicious cooling drink. Also the juice combined with sugar and the stiffly beaten white of an egg makes an enticing creamy sauce, and some people declare that one of the finest combinations ever tasted is rhubarb and strawberries cooked to- gether. Rhubarb Sauce The easiest way to prepare rhu- barb is in sauce. One method con- sists of first making a thick syrup of sugar, cutting the rhubarb into pieces about half -an -inch long, drop- ping the pieces into the syrup, and cooking until tender. This takes on- ly a few minutes. Another method is mixing two parts of the fruit to one part of sugar and cooking them until the liquid oozes out and forms a syrup. Baked Rhubarb Baked rhubarb may be made when the oven is cooking some other food. Butter a covered baking dish, spread a layer of rhubarb over the bottom, sprinkle a layer of sugar, then add another layer of rhubarb, and so on until the dish is filled. Sprinkle su- gar over the top, then add small pie- ces of butter and the grated rind of a lemon. Cover the dish and bake slow- ly until the fruit is tender: Long, slow baking gives rhubarb a rich red colour. HEALTH' nimierommesomoon PAGE iguiaixassauw CARE OF CHILDREN Oppose Watnton. Abuse of the' Wild Flowers The recent official adoption of the white trillium as the floral emblem of Ontario may also prove its death knell, unless the public restrains its hands from., indiscriminate plucking of the flower. Consequently the On- tario Horticultural Association has renewed its efforts so arouse public senthnent towards the protection of the trillium and of all .wild flowers. From early spring until the fall, the fields, woods and glens of Canada provide a susses kion of flowers, more varied and quite as l,eautiful as may be found in the best gardens. Un- fortunately, many persons, particu- larly of the larger centres of popula- tion, opulation, regard this abundance as a free gift to be ravished at will. 'It is against this unrestrained gathering of wild. blooms that the Association is taking a firm. stand. The reckless plucking of wild flowers has already caused the dis- appearance of some of the finest plants of the woods .through the da- mage caused by removing with the blooms all the foliage which is need- ed to mature the roots. The Ontario Horticultural Association, in making a public appeal against the lavish gathering of wild flowers, urges up- on school teachers and pupils the necessity for protecting the white trillium: It is one of the wild plants which should never be gathered free- ly, if at all, because the blooms can- not be picked without removing all the foliage and on this foliage de- pends the maturing of the bulbous root for the following season's crop. Some species of wild flowers, such as violets, hepaticas, and others with flower stens rising directly from the roots, may be freely picked so long as the plant body is not disturb- ed. Other wild flowers, however, such as the white trillium, are best left undisturbed in their native beauty, The picking of wild flowers should be clone only in a sane and thought- ful manner 'with due regard for the future. Sufficient flowers should al- ways be left to form seeds and it goes without saying that no wild plant should ever be pulled up by the roots. What is needed for the pro- tection of wild flowers, states J. B. Spencer, Past President of the Ontar- io Horticultural Association, is the developing of an attitude towards the native flora similar to that which has come to possess the youth of Canada towards wild life. Instead of rushing for a gun or a catapult when an unusual bird or animal is sighted, the normal lad now takes Inc pleas- ure in erecting bird houses and feed- ing stations, and in other ways malt- ing friends with the feathered or fur- ry visitors which come and go or re- main throughout the yeas to add so much to the joys of life. With organ- ized effort, this same sentiment can be developed towards the flowers of the fields and the woods throughout Apple and Rhubarb Jelly Cut Canadian -grown apples into quarters. To every pound of apples add one cup of rhubarb juice. Sim- mer until the apples are soft. Strain through a jelly bag without pressure. To each pint of juice add one pound of sugar. Boil slowly, removing all scum until the juice will jell. Pour into tumblers and seal with paraffin. Lamb Stew At this season of the year when many persons may be convalescing- from onvalescingfrom colds, soups and broths are highly desirable while the invalids are confined to bed. Stews are also easily the Dominion. digested during the stages of con- valescence. Lamb is a particularly healthful meat both for invalids and for persons who are well and active, The following recipes may prove to be timely:— Lamb Stew (French Style) Cut meat into two-inch squares.. Roll in seasoned flow, and bi.'pwn in a hot frying pan or kettle. Add boil- ing water to cover, and simmer until partly cooked. Add tmmips, carrots, and onions sliced, peas, and beans. Simmer until the vegetables are ten- der. Lamb Stew. (Irish Style) 4 lb. meat 12 !Otatoes ' 5 onions (medium size). 5 carrots (medium size) Cut neat in two-inch squares: Place in cold water and bring gradually to straw anoint. Simmer for one hour. ':hen add vegetables (cut in any desir- e;! size) and seasonings. Simmer un- tl eooked.; remove meat and yenta bles, thicken the liquid and 'terve. T o m a k e dumplings for the stew, sift together 2 cups flour, 4 teaspoons baking powder, half 'car^poor salt, Add gradually 2-3 cup rilk.to mike soft dough, and dt•an by spoonfuls on top of hot stew. Cover 1114 etid11 15 minutes, Lamb Broth .Buy 2 to 4 rounds of neck .• and shams nieces. Have butcher cut into small sections. Add two quarts of water, 1 teaspoon salt, 3 tablespoons rice or barley. Put into pot, heat gradually to boiling point, season with, salt and pelIrer, and simpler until meat is, tender:. Strain and remove. fat, heat.to boiling point, and add rice or barley. Diced vegetables may be added when moat is partly cooked. The addition of potatoes, onions, peas, and beans will make, a more strengthening broth. Seven Rules for Home Good Will A HEALTH' SERVICE OF THE CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA ,. INDIGESTION Everybody, at some time or other, has suffered from indigestion. It is,. perhaps, the most common of all complaints, yet it is not a disease in itself. Rather is it a loose term with no definite meaning, for it is used to Indicate digestive discomforts which may arise from a score or more of different causes. The patient is conscious of pain, of bloating, of discomfort, of "heart burn” or acid eructations, of belch- ing, of nausea, or of constipation. In one patient,a combination of several of these symptoms may be due to a gastric ulcer; the same symptoms in another may be due to a diseased gall -bladder, or to a type of appendi- citis, or to a general sagging of the abdominal organs, or to anxiety and worry. The experienced physician can usually find ,the cause although in obscure cases, sometimes only af- ter careful X -Ray and other eacam- inatio4 s and tests. With gratuitous advice thrust up- on one - from every' angle, including the urgent entreaties of well-meaning but uninformed friends, the sufferer is apt to try many useless remedies and, in the long run, spend consider- ably more, money than were good ad- vice obtained early and perhaps find the opportunity for a speedy cure ir- retrievably lost: Sometimes the symptoms do yield readily to simple remedies. Over -ac- idity and curtain kinds of pain may yield to baking soda, for instance, but the real underlying cause may go an undetected. In fact, . acidity in the stomach is needed for digestion and. its complete neutralization by alkalis only causes further indigestion. Because of the danger of ulcers cancerous growths, 'gall -bladder dis- ease, appendicitis and other serious conditions, early, accurate diagnosis cannot be stressed too strongly. At the same time, one should not be- come a nervous wreck from worry- ing over these less common condi- tions, for a great many cases of in- digestion — the large majority—are due to simple causes and easily cor- rected. Over -eating, rapid eating, bolting of food, over -seasoning, over -smok- ing, unnoticed air -swallowing while eating, washing food down with liq- uids—all cause indigestion. Consti- pation may be the main factor. Sometimes roughage in food does more harm than good to those with sensitive "spastic" intestinal tracts. Each person must determine, what should be avoided and should not let politeness override his judgment. Above all, do not fear the truth— It is much more likely to allay rather than confirm your fears. Questions concerning health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- nociation, 184 College St., Toronto, will he answered personally by letter. Secret of Preserving'Fullest Measure of Peace and Good Will in Family Life Offered It is impossible for any group of people --no matter how good their in- tentions may be -to Have intimate contact from day to day forany great length of time without causing each other occasional injuries. This prin- ciple is, most convincingly exempii- Tied in the home, where members of the family must endure the injustices that arise from every individual weak- ness. The secret of preserving the full- est measure of peace and good will in a sort of mutual sharing of strength and a• reasonable distribution of t he inequalities that must be borne. In short, the formula is forgiveness. It is interesting to observe that the Anglo Saxon forgifan, from Whence the English derivative forgive comes; is formed of two words meaning for and to give. Hence to forgive a per' son really means to give for him— that is, to give in. his steador to' sup- ply his lack. Here are seven rain that, if faith, fully put into practice, will help us acquire the highly commendable ha- bit of doing to our homefolk "as we would be done by" Remember that we should never he stricter with others than with our- selves. • Remember that we have more than likely also injured those who have Injured' us. .' Remember that if we are strong, it is our duty to help the weak by be- ing kind and tolerant.' Remember that if no member of the family should ever forgive an- other, the home would soon be'brok- en up. Remember that there hi probably THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here ' They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad-- But Always elpful and Ins piring• TO THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH As our own "Princess Lillybet", You've won the hearts of all. Everyman in the Empire Would answer to your call. Should you in course of time succeed As sovereign prince to reign, You'll know youcan depend on us To strive with might and main To shield the Empire, crown and queen From any kind of harm, , Or any danger small or great That might cause you alarm. As Drake in time of first Queen Bess Sprang to his .queen's defence Ana scattered the great Spanish fleet Invincible, immense, So will your subjects spring to arms In England, Scotland, Wales; From Irish towns, Canadian woods, And from New Zealand's dales. India's hills, Australia's plains Shall send their tale of men. And some front outposts of Empire In isles beyond our ken. Newfoundland's fishing banks will send Their bravest and their best, And cowboys, with their lariats Will hasten from the West. Frain oyster beds of southern seas, From Africa's diamond mines, From Ceylon's tea plantations, From among sweet Maltese vines, Frear the Arctic's frozen waste lands, From Sudan's scorching sand, From the potlatch of the Shvash And from the Holy Land. From the praying rugs of Islam, From the Kraals of Hottentots, From sod shacks on the prairie, From lumber shanty cots, From all the distant comers Of the seven heaving seas, Tossed here and there and yonder By every kind of breeze, By dogs team, snowshoe', dugout, By camel corps and train, By birch canoe and rowboat, By steamship and airplane, Or slogging on a foot trail To some snappy marching tune. May God in love protect them 'Neath the scorching sun of daylight That no harm may befall. Or the silver light of moon. Will Faraday, HIS MAJESTY May the God that chose King David As Prince o'er Israel And blessed him with great mercies As the Scriptures plainly tell, Give loving care and guidance To one of David's seed, King George the sixth of England, And grant his every need. May he to whom the British Have given all their• lave Follow his father's footsteps And worship God above. May he be' to kis subjects An influence to uplift, And unite them in one Empire With not a single rift. May every grace and virtue Of those who reigned before Be granted to our Sovereign In even greater store. Dane, Briton, .Saxon, Norman, Within his life combine To give him all the virtues Of noble. royal line. Plantagenet and Tudor, Stuart and Brunswick too, Coburg and Windsor join in him To make a king anew. With all the best of each retained And all the bad left out So that of his worth his people Need never have a doubt. May piety of Alfred, And Henry's fearlessness, The courage of the Black Prince, The pride of good Queen Bess, Victoria's fine example, The wisdom of King Ed, The grace of George, his father, Be in his heart and head. And for the Queen, his consort, Our prayers are also poured That she and her dear children May be no less adored Than was and still is by all Mary, the mother queen, Beloved by a1\who've seen her— (And those who've never seen). And for the two princesses Who've won the heart of all, GOING TO CHURCH With some people, going to church has become a lost art. That small at- tendances in churches have served as sermon topics as much as any other subject must be admitted. The St. Paul's Times in cold tyre. has preached s. sermon on this. So original and novel is it that it is re- produced here, Church Attendance This is the way the church sometimes looks to the pastor when he goes into the pulpit! The pastor would just as soon preach to a wood -pile as to empty benches. There is no inspiration in Vacant pews! Be Regular! Thisis'theway i to ught tol o okat Everyser vice,anditwillifeach Onedoeshi spavtby eomin ghim- selfandbriti gingafriencl, o' relative! Ourusherswould earnthebigsalary (? ? ? )wepay the mforseatingthecongregsa- tion!Thebestwayonearthto "peparp"thepreacheristohide emptybencheswiithpeople! —The Kincardine News. some ` outstanding virtue I in the per- son who has injured us which more than offsets our injury. Remember that a wrong to be for- given must be considered a closed in- cident—must, in fact, be forgotten. Remember that we have no for- giveness from the Heavenly Father until we have forgiven the wrongs done to us. --Thomas B. Milligan, in The Challenge. They'll conte from many distant lands Scattered o'er all the earth Where sons of Britain went to' live Or chance gave thele their birth. They'll come to fight your battles Or they'll come to crown you queen (We hope there will be no warfare— Too much of that we've seen). If for your coronation, Or for your jubilee, We'll come with great rejoicing To show our loyalty, We'll come with flags aflutter, With music of our bands, With cheers and happy singing From all our British lands, In military uniform Or in civilian dress, With loving hearts to honour Our Second Good Queen Bess. —Will Faraday. ]Written on the llth birthday of Her Royal Highness. 21st Apcii, 1937. ENCHANTMENT There shall be boughs of blossom against blue skies And greening fields after the blanch- ing frost, And the .gemlike wonder of Spring in a robin's eyes, And a secret glow inmy heart that I thought was lost. There shall be white roads level and straight and thin, And gloomy roads high among purple hills, And golden roads that double and swerve and spin, And a fount of gold in the sky that brims and spills. There shall be dreaming valleys and misted trees Where woodsmoke curls and wreathes among homesof men, And orchards making a heaven for the bees, And the blown magic of April's breath again. There shall be dawn lilee fire and noon like a rose, And a pearling drift of splendour in sunset skies, And I shall see these things as a man who goes. Bacic to his soul's beginning with age- less eyes.., —William Kean Seymour. EARTH SCENTS Give me the smell of falling rain When all the world is new again— The transient smell of moisture thrust In rhythmic spatters on the dust; The smell of drops on leaves tipped up To catch the fragrance in a cup; The smell of growing things that rise On tiptoe roots to touch the skies. Give me the scent of new -turned soil The soft small sweetness, and the royal. Strength of the earth whose brown expanse Stretches with vast magnificence; The quiet scent of parted snow Where secret blossoms hide below; The harvest fragrance when the fields Are bared of all the good earth yields Deep is the beauty I have learned From the scent of rain and soil newer turned. Margaret Macsprang MacKay in Christian Science Monitor, SPRING FEVER I ani yearning now for a summer day And a lonely woodland trail That leads me to a hallowed spot In a cool, sequestered dale Where the whisp'ring of a lazy .stream Befits, my wanton mood And bids me shed nay worldly cares Ere I enter Nature's quietude. I love this enchanted valley, For 'tis a mystic, magic' place Where bird -songs and echoes mingle And zephyrs and pines embrace. And blossoms of exquisite beauty Perfume the very sod, And I linger with deepest reverence, For 1 know that I'm near God. Montreal. -E. Anne Pomeroy., Approximately 400,000,000 acres, or one per cent of the total land in the world, ,is planted to wheat each year in the various countries..' This sepses rents about 11 per cent of all land in the world suitable for wheat cultiva- tion.