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The Clinton News Record, 1937-06-03, Page 7' THURS.,;JUNE .3, 1937. THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS PAGE 7 COOKING HEALTH CARE OF CHILDREN los ell 41'•Yi INVA ••.°AV n°a°a"s' Ve nVAI a .°AV se °o eseo isiV a s , a•. i°.'i a e�'a oa „a e ,4 YOUR WORLD 4ND MINE ... by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD °• (Copyright) q . d'•"6Y1'•aY..1'1'.a•• • w':'•Ys•• •Y■ .'•'d'••. •ife'R'L : • • •"m•a'•S'SPa'.°oR1'o'e r ak Every reader of -The News -Record to reach lands where fortunes could presumably knows that it is said that be made. In the middle of the XV century the Portugese navigators had ventur- ed southward and had discovered the Cape Verde and the Canary and The Asores Islands, and the coast of Gui- nea in Africa; but there was lacking the courage to go farther south or !vest. It was pretty thoroughly be- lieved by advanced navigators that the earth was round, but many felt that this 'very rotundity was perilous -that the waters of the ocean pour- ed themselves into space, and that it wouldbe quite impossible for a ship which went over the curve of the earth to return, for it would be an uphill feat. Yet the Portugese had about 1480 actually sailed to India via the southern route, round the Cape of Good. Hope. General Wolfe did not quote from Grey's Elegy the lines which tradition says he recited as he approached Que- bec preparatory to storming that French city—"The paths of Glory lead but to the grave". It has been said that Wolfe said that he would rather be the author of those words than to take Quebec. But many good people get very cross when old beliefs are "debunked". • I have made severalpersons quite cross by telling them about what I -have been reading about Christopher Columbus. I had read only Washing- ton Irving's Life of Columbus Until a few weeks ago. Irving's book makes Columbus to be a very fine nun. Thou not long ago I read another Life of • Columbus by a French writer arid. like Irving this man painted Columbus In glowing colours. This revived in- terest in Columbus led me to look at Whatever May -lave been the de - re book on my shelves—a book which ,fects in the character of Chistopher I have owned many years but had nev- Columbus, there is not a doubt Gon- er read. All I knew about its con- eerning his faith in the project of tents that it was critical — a book sailing -westward across the Atlantic, which was controversial. I found that as an alternative route to India. He •this book was in reality a defence of more than any other was the sales - Columbus -an attempt to "debunk" a man of this idea. He had to get both belief that Colnmbtis received, his in sponsors and cash for his projected enterprise, rind In the end he got both from the King and Queen of Spain. When Columbus first approached spiration to sail westward from a let- ter allegedly written by an Italian navigator or cosmographer, or both, named Toscanelli. It was alleged these sovereigns, they were preoc- 'that this letter had been pent by Tos- cupied with a war against the Moors: canolli in 1472 to some navigator, and • to expel the Moors from Spanish sail told of the discovery of islands fart and to take the city of Granada were out in the Atlantic. The author of their supreme endeavour, and this this Toscanelli-Columbus book declar-,1 was very costly. Columbus dict get ed that this Toscanelli letter was a audiences with Ferdinand and Isabel - forgery and had not been written un- la, and Isabella in particular was til after the discovery of the New World by Columbus; and it said that the writer of the forged letter was the brother of Columbus Barthol- omew. But the character of Colum- bus was, according to this writer, rather despicable—which was a shock to me who had. accepted Irving's esti- mate implicitly. Then I read another Life of Colum- bus—written only a few years ago by •u Frenchman; and was quite shocked friendly. But eight years went by before Columbus got his ships and money and sailors; got also his own way in respect to title, rewards, and so on. He demanded much, and re- fused to lessen these demands. Thus, he demanded that he should be made an admiral, and he was made an admiral. - I do not mean to tell of Columbus's to find that it was a very bitter "de - doubtless voyages. The tale of them is rs.It - had hardly a good doubtless familiar to every reader of bunking" booto say about Columbus. It de- The -News -Record, But it seems worth dared. him to be a bluffer, a bar, ewordwhile recalling that when he returned incompetent navigator, a. callosal from his third voyage, it was as a cheat, utterly unable to control amen, prisoner, and he went ashore., on his return, in chains! Co vain in the extreme. It did admit lumbus always that Columbus was persistent in his promised to bring back with him ship- loads of gold and spices and precious aim to sail the Western seas in quest stones. }Ie did find negligible quail - .01 anew route to India; but it said titres of gold, and a few pearls; but also that. he had been preceded by it remained for those who followed others, and in particular by a sailor in his trails to find the gold—in-Peru who had reached, along with a coin - and in Mexico -unheard of pany of .otters, some of the Islands quanta- which Iater. became known as the ties of it, West Indies. This sailor had been the It was gold -argosies of gold i sole survivor of the crew that had which in the end corrupted Spain and ventured westward. The ship on its led'to her defeats on land and return voyage had been wrecked; the sea. But Spain wasondonned to eclipse for other reasons. The national character of the Spaniards was very bad, and has remained base through the centuries. As I see it, the cur- rent civil war, in Spain is but the fruitage of her coiruption—the cor- ruption which followed on the dis- covery of America, and of the illiter- acy of the common people of Spain. I confess that I cannot see any very brilliant future for Spain, no matter what happens in that country. Cen- turies will have to, pass before Spain can become Civilized as the British races are civilized. National charac- ter is a very Slow growth, and a sound and admirable national charac- ter'cannot be developed apart from literacy and high ideals.' We in Canada are right now devel- oPing a national character. What we shall be, as a nation, 100 year's hence, will be but an extension -a ripening— of what we are today. National char- acter is but the sums of. individual character. As we ,ourselies are, re- garded as individuals, so is Canada. sailor had been cast ashore and had been succored by Columbus in whose cabin he died, after telling .Columbus of the voyage and the discoveries that he and others had made. - The writer of this Life of Colmnbus declares that it was this sailor's story that fired the imagination of Columbus andhad inspired'hips tore-discover the wes- tern isles, About the time of Columbus :there were many, many persons-particular- ty Portugese-who were deeply in- terested in finding a new route , to India. There were very .Many per- sons—priests anien.g them—who had devotedthemselves to 'the study of navigation, of astronomy, of . the possibility of finding new sea route to India, China and Japan—fabulous ' lands lands where gold and spices abounded, and precious stones, Two hundred years previously Marco Polo ' had returned from China and Japan, with marvelous tales. Marco Polo had gone from *Italy to China across the ..deserts and wildernesses of Asia, and - Notwithstanding special legislation had returned by the same means—a to, encourage the rural population of • caravan: For nearly 200 years this Denmark to remain in the rural dis- • caravan highway had been 'closed to tracts, the movement to the itrban Far Eastern travel by the growing districts has centinued, the Icemen- • power of the Turks. 'Yet for two cep- tage of the total population engaged turies there had burned in 'the hearts in agriculture having dropped grad - of many living by or near the Medi- ually in the 50 years (1880-1930) terranean a'purpose to find new ways from 51 to 31. ICE CREAM—A HEALTH FOOD No longer should ice cream be re- garded as a special treat for holidays and hot days, but rather as -a part of the regular diet,being served as a dessert :at all seasons' of the year, Like all dairy products ice cream is a nutritious food, easily digested, palatable and containing all the ele- ments essential to body building - and good health—fat, protein, cabohy- drates and vitamins. When made from fresh, clean-flav- .oured cream it has a delicacy of taste which makes it an ideal food for young and old. The following reci- pes are recommended by the Milk Utilization Service, Dairy and Cold Storage Branch, Dominion Depart- stent of Agriculture: Vanilla Ice Cream No. 1 (Using Freezer) 1 cup milk 2 teaspoons Dour 1-2 cup sugar Pinch of salt i egg 1 pint cream (16-18 per cent fat) 1 tablespoon vanilla. - Heat 3-4 cup milk. Mix sugar, flour and salt with remaining 1-4 cup mills and add to hot milk. Cook over hot water about 10 minutes. Pour over beaten egg. Return to heat aucl cook 2 minutes. Strain and cool. Add vanilla and cream. Freeze. This makes one quart of ice cream. Note: Flour may be omitted and 2 eggs used instead of 1 egg. 11/ cups milk and 11,E cups cream may be used instead of 1 cup milk and 1 ,Hint cream. Vanilla Ice Cream No. 2 (Refrigerator) 1 teaspoon granulated gelatine 1 tablespoon cold water 1 cup milk 1-2 cup sugar 1 tablespoon flour Pinch of salt 1 egg 11/ cups whipping cream 11/2 teaspoons vanilla Soak gelatine in cold water. Heat 3-4 cup milk. Mix sugar, flour and salt with remaining 1-4 cup milk and add to hot milk. Cook about 10 min- utes. Pour over beaten egg. Return to heat and cook 2 minutes. Add soaked gelatine, Chill, Fold in cream which has been whipped, Pour into refrigerator trays and freeze. Note: The egg white may be bea- ten separately and folded in with the cream, Maple Cream Sauce 1 cup maple syrup 1-2 cup cream Boil syrup and cream to soft -ball stage (232 degrees F.). Beat 1 min- ute. Serve on ice cream either plain or with 1-2 cup chopped nut meats. Strawberry Ice Cream 1 pint cream 1 teaspoon vanilla 1-3 cup sugar - 3-4 cup crushed strawebrries 1-4 cup sugar. Cush the fruit and-spainkle with the 1-4 cup sugar. Mix remaining in- gredients and freeze. Add crushed fruit when mixture is nearly frozen. Any fruit may be used in the sante way, the amount of sugar being kid according to the sweetness of the fruit. Before adding sugar to seedy fruits such as .raspberries, crush through a sieve to remove the seeds. PROTECT YOURSELF ( FROM INSECT BITES The season has now arrived during which those "winged demobs" Offor- estand field, the bloodsucking mos- quitoes, blackflies and biting mid- ges, appear, and often make life un- comfortable for n-comfortable-for rnan and beast. Out- door workers and others, whose oc- cupations or pleasure -seeking activi- ties expose them to the attacks of these insects may secure ,considerable relief by the use of one ' of several repellent mixtures recommended in a pamphlet prepared by the -Dominion Entomological Branch, and available, on application, from the Publicity and Extension Branch, Dominion Depart- ment of Agriculture, Ottawa. These preparations are -made by mixing. Certain, essential oils in a base or car- rier, and are applied to the skin. Their effect is only temporary, but MILK -- A Source of Farm Revenue Stability of farm income and gains in: annual milk production are paral- leled by Stability of employment throughout the industry. Total mills production for Canada in 1929, when employment generally was al- its height, was approximately fourteen and a third billion pounds. But in the depression year, 1933, total pro- duction was sixteen 'billion pounds. Thus increasing milk volume assured stable employment throughout the de- pression period: and for 1935 the total rose to 16,310,836,700 pounds. There is nothing mysterious about such a record. Its cause lies in the very nature of the commodity, the ev- eryday production, its stable and wide- spread demand, and the speed with which milk must be manufactured in to milk products or distributed inbot- tles. - - Milk is ultra -perishable.: The entire. mechanism of its handling must be built around that obvious, stubborn fact. Dairy plants never shut down.. They must at all times be operated so as to receive the product of the cow who knows 'no day of rest.- To be handled atall, milk must be -candled at once, regardless of itsvolumeand regardless of 'the use to which it will. later be put. But cows produce seasonally—an- other stubborn fact which dictates the structure of the industry. One-half of this country's milk supply is pro- duced during one-third of the year. Plant capacity must far exceed nor- mal use. li. the spring of the year, when most cows freshen and meadows grow lush with new grass, production dou- bles and often trebles within a few weeks. Plants are literally flooded with freshets of milk. It mast be handled at once. Today's receipts of milk and cream must be cared for to- day, otherwise a tremendous loss en- sues. It is !Ruing this period of excess production that the manufactured pro- ducts of milk perform an important economic function. The huge market- ed surpluses are then converted into evaporated milk, cheese, butter and dry milk, for consumption later, when seasonal production is lower. Por im- mediate consumption, ice cream also absorbs an important part of the sur- plus, since demand for ice cream is heaviest at the period of heaviest pro- duction. An important element of cost in the handling of nulls and its products is health assurance. This assurance con- sists of eternal sanitary vigilance and the maintenance of purity of the pro- duct from the time it leaves the cow until it reaches the consumer, in the course of which pasteurization and refrigeration play an important part. With the application of this modern control.—pasteurization and refrigera- tion of products, sterilization of equip- ment, quality testing—epidemics of such diseases as typhoid, tuberculosis, septic sore throat, infantile stomach disorders and the like are no longer traceable to hills or its products. —Extract—Farmer's Magazine. they are of great value in warding off attacks, especially when the in - seats are very numerous, ' Several of the recommended formulae follow: 1. 011 of citronella, 3 ounces; spir- its of camphor, 1 ounce; oil of tar, 1 ounce; oil of pennyroyal, 1-4 ounce; and castor oil, 4 to 6 ounees, depend- ing on the sensitiveness of the skin. 2. Oil of citronella, 2 ounces; cas- tor oil, 2 ounces; oil of pennyroyal, ore -eighth ounce. 3. Oil of. lavender, 1 ounce; alco- hol, 1 ounce; castor oil 1 ounce. 4, Gum camphor, 3 ounces; salol,, 3 ounces; petrolatum, ounces. 5. • Another popular repellent is made by !nixing together 1 ounce oil of citronella; 1 ounce spirits of cam- phor, and 1-2 ounce oil of cedar. 6. Still another 'formula is oil of cassia, 1 ounce; camphorated oil, 2 ounces; vaseline, 8 :ounces. - 7. Investigators also report sat- isfaction from using e preparation made as follows: melt together over a gentle fire, vaseline, 1 ounce; bees- wax, 1 ounce and tnediuhn hard par- affin,.1 ounce. Cool until the mixture is just fluid, thenstirin 1 gram, or ane -quarter teaspoonful' of oil of cas- sia, and 2, grains, or a half -teaspoon- ful of ail of citronella. Among the remedies for reliertrng. insect bites, household ammonia, tinc- ture of iodine, boratedvaseline, gly- cerin, and alcohol are widely used.. In many cases, irritation passes -away when ordinarytoilet soap is Moistened' and gently rubbed over the puncture. The pamphlet,' Which is entitled, "Methods of Protection From Moss quitoes, Black -flies and Similar rests in the Forest", also gives advice an the selection of camp sites; the erec- tion of fly -proof tents and shelters; the use of smudges; proper clothing; the value of headnets, veils and groves, and sprays that may used in cabins and tents. 4 A HEALTH SERVICE OF THE'CANADIAN. MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA • A SEA OF MILK Tho milk produced on this contin- ent annually is sufficient to float the British navy! It amounts to hun- dreds of millions of gallons. About one-quarter of this' is used as milk; the remainder goes into cheese, but- ter and ice- cream. Milk, a product of the leaf of thel Plant, is the best and most univer- sally used of foods. When the baby is weaned from its mother's breast, cows' milk, the milk of goats, of the buffalo or - other mammalian is used instead. Dried milk and evaporated milk have the sauce _food value as cows' milk and, in some parts of the world, cost less. Condensed milk has a large proportion of sugar which must be considered if this article be used as a baby food. Milk contains' about 87 percent of water and 13 percent of dissolved substances. The latter are chiefly proteins, milk, sugar - and fats. The cells of one's body are tiny engines which must be supplied with fuel and water in order to perform their daily work. The protein which we eat keeps the cell engines in work- ing order; the sugar supplies the wood for them as it is readily binn- ed and turned into energy; th'e fats may be said to be akin to the coal of the engines since they burn satis- factorily only in the fire already kindled by the sugar. While milk is a fine food for chil- dren, it is too bulky to be satisfac- tory as a sole food for adults. Its value is in supplementing other foods so as to correct their deficiencies. Milk and the leafy vegetables make good the deficiences of cereals, peas, beans, tubers like potatoes, roots ane? meats. They are protective foods. The supplementary value of mills de- pends upon its unique calcium con- tent, ontent, on the quality of its protein and its fat, and to some extent on its contained vitamins. The chief vita- mins found in milk are those known as A and B, The former is essential for both growth and maintenance. The fats' of mills are the most impor tont source of vitamin A ie the diets of Canadian people. It is probable that 90 percent of this vitamin is re- moved in the process of skimming. Lack of vitamin B in a given milks predisposes the child to infection. Vitamin C is found in cows' milk in proportion to the quantity of green food the cows have. Its value is in the prevention of scurvy. In the use of cows' milk or that of other mammals as a food for chil- dren ,there are at least ttvo .essen- tials: the mills must be modified to suit the age of the child and it must be pasteurized or boiled in order to eliminate certain diseases liable to be carried by this fine article of food. Questions concerning -health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 184 College St., Toronto, will be answered personally by letter. Federal Council Of Chur- ches -Planned For Canada Church groups in Canada are dis- cussing the possibility of creating in the Dominion a Federal Council of Churches of Christ similar in princi- ple to the Federal Council created in the United States of America: Ministerial associations in various Canadian cities have sent overtures to the leading non -Roman Catholic de - /lamination asking thatsteps be to :form such a central organization which .might 'thus constitute a policy, especially in matters of common relig- ion and social concern. The United Chureh of Canada is committed to the principle of organic union. It is not only a'united church but a uniting church. It visualizes a national church, not in the sense of a state church, but of a church that ex- presses the genius of the Canadian people in matters of religion. The Church of England in Canada is the second largest non -Roman Cath- olic church in - point - of numbers. While the Church' of England in'Can- ada is committed to union on terms laid down by the Lambeth Council it hesitates to enter fully into a wide field of united action. The Baptists end : Presbyterians,. while loyal to their own denomination- al principles, are ready to ea -operate with other Protestant churches in matters of common concern, There are difficulties in the task of forming a Federal Council of .Chur- ches that are peculiar to Canada, but the urgent problem created by Social changes and international unrest have given particular ,momentum to the movent. THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED'' TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sornethnes Gay, Sometimes ,Sad—But Always Helpful and Inspiring, NOT WORK, BUT WORRY. It is not the work, but the worry, That wrinkles the smooth, fair face, That blend§ gray hairs with the dusky And robs the forma of its grace; That dims the luster and sparkle Of eyes. that wereonceso bright, But now are heavy and troubled With a weary, despondent light. It is not. the work, but the worry, That drives all sleep away, As we toss and turn and wonder About the cares of the day. Do we think of the hands harder la- bor Or tete steps of the tired feet? Ah! no, but we plan and ponder, How to make both ends meet, It is not the work, but the worry, That makes us sober and sad, That brakes us narrow and sordid, When we should be cheery and glad. There+s a shadow before the sunlight, And ever a cloud in the blue, The scent of the rose is tainted, The note of the song is untrue. It is not the work, but the worry, That slakes the world grow old, That numbers the years or its chil- . dren, Ere half their story is told; That weakens their faith in heaven, And the wisdom of God's great plan, Ah! 'tis not the work, but the worry That breaks the heart of than. -Anon. THE BIRD The early morn was drenched with rain, It beat against my window pane. I lay in bed and tried to make A little poem for love's sake. Outside upon the hawthorn tree A thrush was singing lustily. While I was beating round and round For ]nappy sense and happy sound, He sang his effortless sweet song Without a care for right or wrong. And still when I had trade a line He made a better one than mine. Cantil at last it came to Inc Pd better let such strivings be And turn my mind to other things . It seems a poet must have wings. Rose Fyleman. THE DAY "The day will bring some lovely thing"— I say it over each new dawn, "Some gay, adventurous thing to hold Against my heart when it is gone." And so I rise and go to .meet The day with wings upon my feet. No day has ever failed me quite Before the grayest day is done I come upon some misty bloom Or a late line of crimson sun. Each night I pause, remembering Some gay, adventurous, lovely thing. —Grace Noll Crowell. CLEAR SUMMER CAMPS OF POISON IVY PEST The eradication of poison ivy in the vicinity of holiday camps, summer cottages, and tourist resorts is being undertaken - by various communities throughout Canada. Although noth- ing is so effective against poison ivy as tillage, this method is usually out of the question where eradication is most needed in nooks and rocky situ. ations in the close proximity to tem- porary or permanent residences, As pointed out in the circular issued by the Dominion Department of Agri- culture entitled "Poison. Ivy", eradi. cations by hand is a laborious substitute' for tillage, but removal of the pest bodily is often the simplest and sur- est way to dean out small areas a- round dwellings. Incidentally, it is an interesting point that cattle, sheep, and goats -can eat poison ivy with int- pusuty and seem to relish it. Extensive tests of chlorate herbi- cides •have shown. them to have ad- vantages in several respects over oth- er chemical weed -killers. Sodium chlorate is a compound at present cheapest and easiest to procure, as it is sold by all wholesale druggists. A 10 per solution (008 pound to a gallon of water) of sodium: chlorate is applied as a spray -at the rate of a gallon for 200 square feet. The first application may be made about the first of June when the leavesarewell spread. Infornsatiost - on the treat- ment of ivy poisoning, and how to re- cognize and eradicate the plant will be found in the circular which may be obtainedfree on. application to the Publicity and Extension Branch, Do- minion Department of Agricsslture, Ottawa. I READ A BOOK - I read a book last' week. The author dipped his facile pen in fine And seared raw facts into my brain. Up from the »tire he dragged dark truth And flaunted it. He made all youth Abnormal, all love lust, and God .a jest, And as I read, I knew his soul was warped; Isis mind must know despair, think. ing all truth Was ugliness laid bate. And then I read another book. The author sat upon the very `throne of Truth •- And used a pen far mightier than a sword. He wrote of youth triumphant, clean and fine. He wrote of Sin, compassion in each line, Ile wrote of Love it blossomed like' a rose Sprung from good soil. He wrote of One, Giver of that great Trinity of Gifts, Life, love and beauty, and when he was done, , I Imew somehow my stumbling feet had trod The trail he'd blazed for me to his Friend, God. —Clare McClure. A RECIPE FOR A DAY Take a clash of cold water, And a little leaven of prayer, A little bit of sunshine gold, Dissolved in the morning air. Add to your meal some merriment And a thought of kith and Iain, And then as a prince ingredient, A plenty of work thrown in. But spice it all with the essence of love And a little whiff of play; Let the good old Book and a glance ' above Complete the well -spent day. —Anon, LIFE Life is too brief Between the budding and the falling leaf, Between the seedtinse and the golden sheaf, For hate and spite. We have no time for malice and for greed; Therefore, with love make beautiful the deed; Fast speeds the night. Life is too swift Between the blossom and the white snow's drift, ' Between the silence and the lark's uplift, For bitter words. In Scindness and in gentleness our speech - - Mtist carry messages of hope, and reach The sweetest chords. Life is too- great Between the infant's and the man's estate, Between the clashing of earth's strife and fate, For petty things. Lo! we shall yet who creep with cum. bored feet Walk glorious over heaven's golden street, Or soar on wings! —W. M. Vories, i KNOW A GARDEN I know a garden hedged about with trees, With 'graveled walks winding be- tween the green Soft grass, and old-world flowers; and locusts leash - In fragrant loveliness, and myriad bees Plunder' at will the nectared argosies; While aver all broods silence deep as dreamy Scarce heard the traffic of the hu- - man 'stream, Upon the garden's dear and tranquil ease. - Here on the quiet evening when the sun ' Flings crimson banners to the coming night. The vesper sparrow, now the day is done, His links of music one by one lets fall; ' Then from the dusky dome, in swoop. ing flight, The night -jars on the enchanted hour call: —George. Frederick Clarke,