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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1937-05-27, Page 7'THURS., MAY 27, 1937, THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 7 HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS COOKING HEALTH CARE OF CHILDREN Try Salada Orange Pekoe Blend SSA " ▪ `,1'•'LVy°'~~.'."r°a 0•••','u5i'1WW••••••• YAW.°W.W.Y1i"eY uR YOUR WORLD AND. MINE by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD • (Copyright) } * MP.P.rf.Y.W.'■°■'1'1'iY.W Y•Y'�'�'W�SY:.YL'.'f.Y.WiW:Ft'.. es ing and operating a motor car. My friend writes: "I approve of your ar- ticle in The News -Record on the auto question. It filled out niy own ideas to a nicety, and your figures are won- derfully in accord with my own ex- perience: As you say, a car takes you be interesting to my readers, so I to places where you are in the way of quote from them as follows. spending more, and altogether, while a farmer may consider a car to be a necessity, yet we could get along "I should like to find a publisher without it all right, same as in the old horse -and -buggy days. Only, for one thing, let there be a funeral, pic- nic, political meeting, or other as- sembly, and you hate to sponge on your neighbour who has a car, in or- der to get there. So we have to keep up with the doneses to that extent. Or to reverse the argument; there isn't a church meeting, an Institute meet- ing, or any other meting, but our ear has from 6 to 9 occupants." On the same day, by the same post, . •-came to me four 'letters. •One was. ' frons. London, England; one from a. place called "Maggie' in North Caro-• ting; one from Tokyo; and the fourth from an Ontario farmer. I have felt that extracts from these letters would 'for my collected poems," writes my friend in "Maggie"—a bachelor 75 . years of age. "I firmly believe in thein though several of them are ..strongly linked with the gruesome or morbid. As I have written several times, a politic -economic theme has r taken ppssession of me and I shall 'work it out in book form. Hang pre if I don't! And so I am here, in a little cabin in a gorgeously beautiful mountain area. The cabin is at the edge of a 'tiny village seated at the centre of a valley, but a 15 -minute walk in any •• direction would take me to the heart .of a deep wild glen, or to the top of a 6000 -ft peak, allowing for a little extra time for climbing; or to any one • of a half-dozen lovely waterfalls. . The world has not ostracized me; I have ostracized it. I have the impel- ling desire, I have the strength, I am comfortable enough, to buckle down and write five hours a day on my book. I shall create it hi six months, let who will bury it in a day. When I have written it, I shall lay of course, takes the cake. In a great .down my pen and take up the spade. many cases lie work is incomplete I have.. the project of converting a yet I've never walked under so many small tract — say 5 • acres of rough ladders in my life as in the last two • mountain land—into a trim garden— days. Every shop window is adver- tising' seats, and stands have been erected in every available spot, all gaily painted and decorated. We are to come in Tuesday, sleep on the floor of the gymnasium at Watney's brew- ery, just behind H. Q.; be given a picnic lunch to eat in our seats; go out in the evening to see the lighting and decorations; sleep at the brewery again, and go back to camp. on Thurs- day—quite a strenuous programme. There is no scheme' of decoration. Each street is different. Seen from the trains the rows and rows of them look almost pretty with their flags -vation of less than 6000 feet.. There and strings of pennants. Many houses 'is a rapid, spring -fed, musical stream, outside London are to be floodlit. One and at,:the foot of the falls there is a- misses the gay colours of the buses gentle .sloping field from which the very much, but otherwise London 'most glorious views may be bad. Well, suppose nothing comes of it -have I -not had the vision? :YetI had rath- er have the reality—the fondling of rocks for building, walls, and rever- ently,upturning the sod in prepara- tion for flowers—which alone- gives 'body and permanence to the dream. Nov for extracts from one m Lon- don, who went, as a representative of the Girl Guides of Canada, to the Coronation, to be entertained for 10 days or so, along with other Girl Guides, from all the Empire coun- tries, by British Girl Guides. "I have arrived at Head Quarters a little early and have plenty of time for a letter. The shop windows all display red, white and blue goods, not by any means cheap, and every shop is decorated inside and out—all sorts of fantastic ideas. Selfridge's, :an unsuspected gem right in the heart • of the wild. The ultimate purpose of the scheme is to form a little colony -of artists, writers, botanists and cul- tured folk generally .(but not your •accursed tourists!) for whom summer cabins would 'be 'erected on terms. Thousands of such people come to this and adjacent sections each sum- •• mer, and scatter themselves in unse- lected and uninviting places. I have •found the spot (it was a joyous dis- •covery). It comprises a 100 -foot wat- • erfall, and is hemmed in by a dozen 'Inountains none of which has an ele- ' Now I turn to the letter from so- 9phisticated Tokyo. "Last week, my correspondent writes, "I attended a Legation din- per` at which the Japanese Foreign Minister was principal guest of hon- our, and various foreign ambassadors • and ministers and prominent Japanese ..statesmen were present. Later I at- ' tended t-'tended another dinner of Japanese •journalists and professors of law, his- ' tory and international relations, at which were present two Japanese am- bassadors and foreign ministers: ' Yesterday was the Emperor's birth- . day, and in • the morning I was pre- sent at the great Imperial Review, at which the Emperor was 'present, - and which was witnessed by 30,000 the. Jubilee Johannesburg Exhibition, people. The Diplomatic Corps, had ,which lasted 6 months, and which be- special seats behind the . receiving' .gan in October 1936. He said: "In ',stand. At noon Tlie Minister had to round figures the net cost of the Ex - attend a luncheon at the Palace given hibition was £400,00.0, which, consid- by the Emperor to the heads of Mis enmg the value attaching to.the show >sions. 'In the evening he attended a from the publicity and prestige point •'magnificent banquet given by the 'Foreign Minister in the official resi- -dence of the Prime Minister; and af- '-terwards all the subordinate members of the Diplomatic Corps were invited -to a very impressive and crowded re- ception. Next month we have various 'Coronation functions—a Service, 'a • garden party, a dinner, a ball."' looks marvellous. They say that the air is much fresher without the buses. In Wednesday I spent the day elope intown, registering at Canada House, doing a little shopping, window-shop- ping in Piccadilly and Bond Street. After lunch we all met here, and I went to Lady • Hambledon's, Eaton Square, to a tea for ail Guides from the Dominions. I met a girl from Australia, whom I knew, but didn't expect to see. Lady. Hartington made a little speech; also Lady Baden- Powell, with: whop I had a few words. A very grand house — butlers and footmen. This is the inpst gorgeous library, very peaceful and airy, quite big, with big windows overlooking Buck- ingham Palace grounds. Every youth magazine published, a real librarian, and no end of books on every subject for Guides and Guiders." - LAMB MEALS P'1LOVIDL VARIETY Lainb of good quality is available m quantity throughout Canada at reasonable prices for the different cuts. The following chart offers a few suggestions for the many com- binations that make Iamb meals so enjoyable. ' Roast leg of lamb. • Browned potatoes; Baked Onions. Minted Pineapple. Currant Jelly. Strawberry Shortcake. Grilled loin lamb chops. Creamed potatoes; Glazed carrots. Stuffed tomato: Spiced peaches. Date nut pudding. Grilled rib lamb chops. Shoe string potatoes; New peas. Asparagus. Mint Ice. Fresh Pineapple; Ice box cookies. Crown rib lamb chops: Mashed Potatoes; Cauliflower. Fresh fruit. Guava jelly. Mint ice creams; Chocolate sauce. Neck stew of lamb. Boiled rice; Green beans. Tomato. Pickles. Brown Betty. Perhaps I may add an extract from another letter received a fortnight or so ago from the man who organized of . view, is not too' bad. The atten- dance was just on 2,000,000. I' think, however, that if we had not phenom- enal wet wheather at the end of it, and cold weather at the beginning of it, we might easily have had another 1,000,000 through the gate, ..which Would- have meant about another. £100,000 or 1150,000 in receipts." • From the Ontario farmer came a I wish that I had liberty to publish 'letter which commented on what I the tale of the burning of Smyrna in load to say recently in The, News -Re- 1922, as it was handed to me this cord about the annual coat 'of own- Week' by a man whom the conquering Grilled shoulder lamb chops. Scalloped potatoes;' Green Lima Beans. • Coleslaw. Horseradish sauce. Floating Island. Shoulder Roast of Lamb. Baked Potatoes; Spinach. , Waldorf. Apricot Sauce, Lemon Pie. Breast Lamb Stew. Dumplings; Boiled Turnips. Combination Vegetable. Bread Stuffing. Peaches and. Cream. FALSE IDEAS ABOUT MILD: STILL EXIST Many : of the fallacies about mill: which were prevalent years ago have gradually disappeared, but it isevi- dent that even today certain super- stitions persist concerning this indis- pensible food.' Milk is too valuable nutritionally to be associated with any'feed_or fallacy which will have at tendency to decrease its use, and ev- ery effort should be made to discount misapprehensions by explaining that they are not founded on fact. Persons who will not eat oranges or other citrus fruits in combination with milk believe that the curdling of. the milk by the fruit juice is harm- ful. As a matter of fact, this action is really an aidto digestion, since it relieves the gastric juice in the sto- mach of some of its work of curdling the milk, which is the first step in the digestion of this food. The curd form- ed by the fruit juice is' said to be smaller, and therefore more easily di gested than the one formed by the action of the gastric juice on the milk. It should be remembered that buttermilk and other acid. milks, which act similarly to the fruit and milk combination in the stomach, are often . recommended for weak diges- tion and infant feeding.. Another existing fallacy is that fish and milk should not be eaten at the same meal, It is quite probable that this idea originated in the days prior to adequate refrigeration, when fish not strictly fresh would 'sometimes be served. When ill effects followed the eating of the fish, and it happen- ed that milk was served at the same meal, - the combination of milk and fish, rather than the fish alone, was thought to be responsible. Many people are under the impres- sion that milk is fattening. In one sense this is true, but it depends en- tirely on the way it is served. If it is taken in place of other beverages which have no food value, the milk adds extra nourishment to the meal, On the other hand, if used in place of foods having higher calorie value it will tend to decrease weight. In reducing diets milk is important, as it contributes more to body health than any other. food. At the same time, taking milk in addition to the regular meals is recommended for those wishing to gain weight. Very often the complaint is made that milk is constipating. This idea is, no doubt, due to the nature of this food. It is true that milk contains no cellulose and that the solids are well absorbed by the body. However, milk is not the only food in the nor- mal diet, and well balanced meals will provide sufficient roughage to stimulate the digestive tract. Another impression that has boon very evident during the past few years is that milk is expensive. The •fact that it is in fldid form is re- sponsible for this belief, but it should be kept in mind that milk contains more healthful essentials for the body than any other single food., The opinion is sometimes expres- sed that the process of pasteurization has a deteriorating effect" on its nu- tritive value. Extensive experiments have proven that the destruction of vitamin C and the slightloss in cal- cium is negligible to the benefits de- nived in smutting a safe' milk supply. By, destroying germs which might be present in the milk pasteurization removes the danger of milk -borne in- fections being transmitted to human beings. Boiled milk is considered by some to be indigestible and inferior to fresh milk in food value. In reality the curd in the milk is softened through heating. This, together with the fact that boiled milk is safe, is the reason why some physicians re- commend its use for infant feeding. It is the exception that. proves the rule. - If any of the above facts seem to be disproved occasionally by the experience of ,individuals, this should not interfere with a clear understand- ing and appreciation of the truth as it applies generally., ONIONS The delectable, although oiourifer- ous, onion is a perennial plant, but onions and leeks for edible purposes are raised annually from seed. The onion is a native of Asia and has been cultivated for ages. Onion production in Canada is chiefly "yellows," with smaller quan- tities of red and Spanish stock. Com- mercial areas are practically limited to the Provinces of Ontario and Bri- tish Columbia, most of the other pro- vinces producing comparatively small quantities. Canadian production, how- ever, is not sufficient to meet the domestic demand during the entire year, and therefore additional sup= plies are imported from. the United States, Spain, Egypt, Australia, the United Kingdom, Bermuda and Chile. Some of the onions which come from the United Kingdom are re-ex- ports of the famed Tripoli, Madeira and Brittany varieties which are very popular in Britain, They are said to be more delicate in flavour and less coarse in texture than -the better known Spanish onion. Last year we imported more than fourteen million pounds and export: - ed over 133,000 bushels to the West Indies, British Guiana, Newfoundland, Central America, United States, Fiji, Hawaii and New Zealand. It is dif- ficult to convert these bushels into pounds for the sake of a clearer cora- parison, because some of the small onions have a heavier bushel weight than the large onion. From, a oomplete analysis just pub- lished ub-lished. of United Kingdom imports from Canada for 1935, it is learned that Canada for the first time sup- planted Italy as the chief supplier of macaroni to the British market., Canada sent 33,497 cwts.; Italy 30,707 ewts.. ,. Canada shipped more cheese to Scotland in 1936 than. 5'n any year since separate statistics for Scotland have been available. - Turks tried to kill—the story as told by the victim of their attack•.on' him and a small company of others. But it is not allowed me to quote from this narrative. The world is much smaller for most of us today than it was when. I was a lad, and when London and Tokyo and South Africa and the Southern United States were hopelessly far away. A HEALTH SERVICE OF - THE CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA MISSED TUBERCULOSIS r People may have tuberculosis and not know it In other words, tuber- culosis is often missed. Among the patients who are admitted to Sani- tariums for tuberculosis there are al- ways a good many who are what the doctors call "advanced" cases. What does that mean? Generally they have had tuberculosis a long time,. but it had not been noticed. It had been missed. It should riot have been missed But it was, and still is, in spite of al our work. The late Doctor D. A. Stewart, one of the best authorities in Canada on tuberculosis, said that one hundred middle-aged men who had tuberculosis were studied and it was found out that on an average they had had the disease for eight years before they thought they were sick enough to go to the Doctor. They should have known sooner. Either the man has felt tired — tired all,the time, tired when he wak ened in the morning and tired all day —or else he has seemed to have los energy - and vim and initiative. He has not been able to "get into the game" as he used to do. Or else he has lost the good colour heusedto have. He used to be sun burned in summer, but this summer he has been pale. His good red blood which used to give -him the colour in his cheeks, is not as red or as ' good as it used to be. Or else he has lost weight. Hi weight was about right last year but he has lost five or ten pound since then. He has had a little short cough in the mornings. He thinks it is jus an irritation in his throat. Not at all A cough that has lasted more than a month is a danger signal. Spitting of blood -even a very lit tle—even a trace—is not an early sign at all. It is an urgent sign and so is •pain in the chest. The safest procedure is to have a periodical medical examination every year, including an X-ray chest film If this be properly done, tuberculosis is not likely to be missed. Questions concerning health, ad dressed to the Canadian Medical As sedation, 184 College St., Toronto will he answered personally by letter IN A KITCHEN It breathes of home—this little, four walled room, Swept clean by sunlightfalling on the floor; A red geranium is all abloom; Flowers and sunshine—could I"ask for more In this small kingdom where I reign serene,.. A woman loved and sheltered by her mate? ' A garden with its long, clean rows of green, A cat asleep. beside the glowing grate, The scent of new -baked bread, the smell of earth New washed with summer rain, the wind, the dawn, . The tranquil round of days, of death and birth, Shake me in passing,` ere they go •anon Down the long silence. Yet no echo THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs-Somethnes Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful and Ins Siring. - BUILDING , It's wonderful for men to build, With hammer; drill and forge, A bridge to span the cataract That rushes through the gorge. It's wonderful to write a book, To paint an amber sky, To give the world those deathless things That never fade or die. More wonderful to build a soul, To have a teacher's part In molding dreams and hopes that stir The adolescent heart; Prescribe Treatment For Gladioli Bulbs Some timely advice is offered by the Division of Botany, Dominion Ex- perimental Farms, concerning glad- ioli now that it is time to plant glad- ioli bulbs which were cleaned and put away last fall. If they were stored at the -proper temperature that is about 40 degrees F., they should have come through the winter in good condition. If the skins are removed now, as they should be prior to treating, it may be found that a few corms- have spots of one kind or another on their. surfaces. These are probably the signs of the presence of some bacter- ial or fungus disease, and corms so affected should be burned. If high priced corms become diseased, it may be possible to cut out the lesions be fore treating. All corms should be treated before planting. Soakin a solution of cor rosive sublimate (l oz. to 6 gals. of water for not less than 3 hours. Re move corms from the solution, dry in the shade and plant. A suspension of calomel in water may, be used instF of the corrosive sublimate at the rate of 2 ozs. to each gallon of water. This'. mixture must be stirred vigorously before' corms are dipped into it, since the calomel - tends to settle if left, standing very long. Cortins may be left in the calomel dip for three hours and can then be removed, and either. dried in the shade or planted imme- diately. Use porcelain or wooden vessels for the solutions. The choice of soil depends, of course, on the size of the garden and the number of corms planted. The ideal system is to practice rotation, and place the gladioli in a different spot inthe garden each year. This is desirable since most of the -fungi and bacteria causing diseases of glad- ioli are soil borne, and if established in the garden will prove to be a source .of continual trouble. Protective .spr'ays or dusts such as Bordeaux Mixture or sulphur dust may be applied occasionally during the early summer months if leaf spot- ting, becomes troublesome. rings To my warm kitchen where the ket- tle sings. —Edna Jaques. BEAUTY IN ASHES Lord, help me see some beauty in the sordid things That weigh upon the soul—the drab . and brown ami gray; All is not unbeautiful that wears not silver wings, The sunshine always lingers that will drive the cloud away. Lord, give me seeing eyes to pierce, the mist That shrouds the lovely lurking in the secret place; Things are not drab when by the sunshine kissed, So lend me vision changing , all the And when they win through stress gloom to grace. and strain, —Kenneth Robinson, More wonderful to be The faithful teacher who can say, "They went to school to me." —Anon. -a- HAPPINESS Happiness is like a crystal, Fair, and exquisite and clear; Broken in a million pieces, Scattered far and near. Now and then along life's pathway, Lo, some shining fragments fall, But there are so many pieces, No one ever finds them all. You may find a bit of beauty, Or an honest share of wealth, While another just beside you Gathers honour, love or health. Vain to choose or grasp unduly, Broken is the- perfect ball, And there are so- many pieces, No one ever finds them all. Yet the wise, as on they journey, Treasure every fragment clear; Fit them as they may together; Imaging the shattered sphere. Learning ever to be thankful, Though their share of it be small, For it has so many pieces, No one ever finds them all. —Anon. SCANDAL A woman to the holy father went, Confession of her sin was her intent; And so her misdemeanors, great and small, She faithfully rehearsed them one and all. And chiefest in her catalogue of sin, She owned that she a tale -bearer had been, And bore a bit of scandal up and down, To the long -tongued gossips in the town. The holy father, for her other sin, Granted the absolution asked of him. But while for all the rest he pardon gave, He told her this offense was very grave, And to do fit penance she must go, Out by the wayside where the, this- tles grow And .gathering the largest, ripest one, Scatter its seeds, and that when this was done, She must come back again another day, To tell him, his commands she did obey. The woman, thinking this was pen- ance light, Hastened to do his will that very night, ' Feeling right glad she had escaped so well: Next day but one she went the priest .to tell, The priest sat still and heard her story thro', Then said `There's something still for you to do. Those little thistle -seeds which you . have ';sown, I bid you go re -gather every one." The woman said, "But, father,'twould be vain, To try to gather up these - seeds' again; The winds have scattered them both far and wide, Oyer the meadowed' vale and moun- tain sida" ountain'side." The father answered, "Now I hope from this The lesson S have taught you will not miss, You cannot' gather back the scattered seeds, Which far and wide will grow to.nox- ious weeds, WIND IN THE LEAVES The windspoke gravely In the tall boughs of pine; "I have seen in a far country An anciently -holy shrine— Carved with the winged glories of heaven, And plated with bright plaques of pale gold: I have seen in a far country A. shrine beautiful to behold." The wind spoke sadly In the long branches of fir: "I have been up the broad river, Where once my forests of masts were: Where once all the currents setting southward Before the mad anger of my gales Were splendid with splendor of the morning— - Thick with a silver press of sails." The wind spoke calmly In the green leaves of the plain: "All that is of man passes; The things that are of God remain. I have known strength, I have known beauty, But nothing strong and fair as these— Dark jade, bitter beryl, burning em- erald. Of the tall towers of the trees." ' —Audrey Alexandra Brown, THESE HAVE I HAI) Fret not for me, my friend, when I - am laid Deep in the earth that I have loved so well; Green fields, long roads, new friends, have been to me As a new wine, that quickens in my veins, And every passing mood of Nature gives New meaning to this thing that we call Life. Life, which to some has been—will always be— Dull drudgery, and bitter days and nights, But which to me has given= praised, be God!— Keen edge ofliving, and the singing stars At dawning, with the thought that here it is— Another day, adventure in its clasp. I do not care so much what lies be- yond. Heaven? Oblivion? God knoweth which is best! I only know what I. have here is good— Cool dawn, hot noon, and in the dewy dusk, . The reaching out and clasping of yeti. hand. -E. Anne Ryan. I KNOW SOMETHING GOOD . ABOUT :YOU Wouldn't this old world be better, I£ the folks we meet would say, "I know something good about you," And then treat us just that way? Wouldn't it be fine and dandy, If each handclasp, warm and true, Carried with it this assurance, "I know something good about you?" Wouldn't life be lots more happy, I1' the good that's.' in us , all Were the only thing about us That folks bothered to recall?, Wouldn't life be lots more happy, If we praised the good we see? For there s such a lot of goodness, In the worst of you and me. Wouldn't it be nice to practice Nor can the mischief once by scandal That fine way of thinking too? sown, !You know something good about met' Byany penance be again undone." I know something good about you'll •--Anon. ] —Selected,