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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1937-06-24, Page 7AUKS., JUNE 24, 1937. THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 7 • HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS COOKING HEALTH CARE OF CHILDREN �j JO • Orange Pekoe lend1�7' ✓y��1 ` Pr , �4•'• fY . w xiN 'i, A sie ir z A rte' , s " ` l�Y#16 I q { TO KEEP BUSY ANTS FROM INVADING HOMES Although the majority of the Vona- than species of ants' live. In Colonies or nests putdoors, they frequentlySing and annoyance by invading kitchens and pantries in search' of food. One of the most common and troublesome household species, known as the red ant or Pharaoh's Ant, confines itself entirely to heated'buildings such as bakeries, restaurants; and houses. This tiny, reddish-yellow ant had its origin in the ,tropics. The common large carpenter ant, although nor- molly an outdoor •species ' nesting principally in decaying wood, fro- quently occurs in dwellings, chiefly frame houses and summer cottages, and may cause injury to woodwork as well as annoyance by its presence. A third common sliecies is the small yellowish -brown lawn ant which nests in lawns and gardens, often entering houses in search of food, The most satisfactory material so far discovered for destroying ants isThe sodium fluoride? sold by druggists in the form of a fine white powder. This Powder should be scattered or dusted lightly in places frequented by the ants and left undisturbed until the insects have disappeared, As sodium fluoride is somewhat poisonous, care should be taken to prevent children or pets from . gaining access to it. Ants may be discouraged Froin en- tering houses by keeping shelves; ta- blas, and floors in kitchens and pan- as free as possible front crumbs and other food fro menta -and b g ' y storing foodstuffs in ant proof con- tamers. Further information on the control of ants is given in a mimeo- graphed circular prepared by the En- tomological Branch, Dominion De- pertinent of Agriculture and may be obtained free on application to tiro Publicity and Extension Branch of the Department in Ottawa. ® c;L A HEALTH SERVICE OF 7HE CANACIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES /N CANADA � "r'•ia' 1 ,F(, THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POEMS -. Mese They Will You Their Songs—Sometimes g SometimesAlways Ike Sack But Helpful and Inspiring. v • .oAGay,� DIABETES The human machine is a sort furnace. Human beings are the sto-: kers. Food is the fuel. Sometimes the wrong fuel or excess of fuel is used, Certain dis- eases result from the mis-use of the fuel or of using some of the fuel excess. Sometimes the machine breaks down and cannot burn even the nest of fuel. Diabetes is a disease in which there is improper burning of the fuel sup- plied as food. In addition to water, foods are three, classes: the proteins, such lean meat and the white of a fats, egg; such as exist in 'butter, cream, nuts, yolk of egg and the fat of. meat; car- bohydrates, including starches and sugars. The latter are found bread and cereals, in vegetables, such as potatoes and corn, and •in fruits, These foods are taken into body, the full amount of energy con- tarred in full•and is supplied to If metabolism be disordered,g there is improper burning of the food, One of the diseases of disordered met- abolism is known as diabetes. There is a small organ in the abda- men called the pancreas, the chief function of which is to secrete a sub- stance known as insulin. If insulin be deficient in amount, little of starches and sugars can be burned: Insulin seems to be necessary to the machinery, as it were. When carbohydrates are not burned, they accumulate in the body, causin •thirst. In consequence the patient drinks large quantities of water and, of course, passes urine frequently. The urine contains the sugar which the patient is unable to use. As body is not properly nourished, he bun r and, moreover, loses •wei g y, g strength and vigor. He may develop boils and in aged persons gangrene a slight injury such as g y paring of a corn. The basis of treatment is regale- tion of the diet, This, as well as use of insulin, should' be prescribed a Physician. Insulin is a crutch, not a cure. diabetic cannot manufacture enough insulin for his needs and artificially supplied insulin takes the place pP what; the normal person makes himself. It is in many cases, a God- send concernin health, g dressed to the Canadian Medical dress ion, the College St, Toronto, will be answered personally by letter, ,' of an to of as in the the the oil the the is ht the the by The of for ad- As- all of - the ex- the dlf- , the lb•; Is- lb.; the t - and a but a . , ' BUTTER MAKES A DIFFERENCE What is it that makes one cake or batch of cookies taste ire much bet ter than another? True, every in- gradient affects the finished product but it- is the shortening that makes the marked difference in palatability.. flavoured shortenings give a pronounced, usually objectionable, taste to cakes and cookies, while on the other hand; flavour is lacking in baked goods made with a tasteless or verymild type of shortening, With- out taking into consideration its nu- tritional superiority, due to vitamin y` content, the distinctive, inimitable fla- your of butter justifies its general use for highest quality -baking. ` The Milk Utilization Service, Dairy ' Branch, Dominion Department of Agriculture in recommending the fol- lowingrecipes for "butter" cakes and cookies, draws attention to the fact that butter is very easily and quickly creamed if left in room tam- q Ybody. perature fora short time before us- in g IP PRAIRIES DREAM if prairies dream, they must at some time wake 1 And stir the coverlet, lift u the head up To ask is day advanced or dawn still red' I saw her so, the prairie—saw her Her misty hair and pile it; saw her break The bread of wonder of'1ife's love- lb css,ad Lift u her Delft -blue ware with a P caress For its balsamic beauty; saw her shake breakfast cloth of linen -colored oats, Then go about her task of feeding all Her brood of creatures with 'their warring throats , To which she brings a wine that does not pall; And then, at eventime, I saw her bend And kneel, thankful of heart, at the da 's end, y • -Flora Shufelt Rivela. POETRY CLASS With timid hands we weave the woof and warp, s And fondlytry for faultless tapes. Y P tries; Tremblingly we pluck upon the harp, In patient hope that out upon the breeze Would float : a deathless chord nc lyricist Had ever struck before; we drinll deep here Upon the dewdrops and the earl P pearl) mist That drench our whole enchanter atmosphere. For two fast -fleeting hours we erase The outside world; the planets satellites, That merrily go whirling by it space— We sing our songs and fly ti dazzling heights. In this small room mad magic casts a spell That all too soon is shattered by tel bell! —Isidore Kisser ;, , ‘ti ��'.'r`.'.LY."'Y.'L'■'.'.'Y.W.•.'.'.Y *' �1 j YOUR WORLD N MINE 'Ltake (Copyright) }Strong '. by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD e' :'.W■W.P.WA.Y■'.'til'.'al".•■°1'r.W5,••nW■Y6,,,,, ars ago two persons,man Somei, left g and Colon England toe go to Ken- themya Colony to farm. They took with £2000. They had been living ine a small town near n the dry ods husband had been in the dry goods business, but had tiled of it, It look- ed a rather hopeless and dreary enter- prise. He had read the alluring lit- of Kenyae produced by the government of Colony. This part of equat- oriel Africa was described in the len- gunge of extravagance. Everything about Kenya Colony was good. 'In this rather enew region of settlement one — especially an Englishman — would find his dreams fulfilled. Sport in abundance was to be had almost at one's door—elephants, lions, hippo- potami, antelope, birds of many va- aieties. One could make a fortune quickly and surely from the life of- tion of coffee and maize. The life the people was carefree. There was a spacious liberty, So off to Kenya sailed the two Eng- halt persons. They did not find the voyage vex? thrilling. The passer- ors were a very mixed company in € P regard to nationality, fortune, qual- ity and objectives. Those that knewHome anything about Kenya were not psora- rug it. When the Englishman and his wife landed, they were merit? a relative e—au Youngman who had gone to Ken- ya several years previously. He was exuberant aftera fashion—and per - haps a Scotch whisky had been aeon- tributes to his spirit of elation. Heme was not too well dressed, and there was a falseness about his welcome which had perception, Yet he was distinctly useful to the newcomers. • — .ose,'■'■'■'smasma; and -chain on him, Coffee never did well. Maize when it matured was just sufficient for. domestic needs. Despairn had taken possession of him. Then one day another Englishman came m his place, and impulsively offered him lE1000 for his 1000 acres. The offer was snapped at, and so back to their little home town in Lancashire went_ this man and his wife You can read this depressing, yet exceedingly! well-written story — a bona fide narrative of actual exper- fence in a.book called "The Land That Never Was" by Alyse Simpson. The book debunks Kenya, and in one chap- ter of it the writer expressed the wish that theygone to Canada . had'tries instead of to Kenya, �- Butterscotch Cookies 1-2 cup butter 1 cup sifted brown sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla 11-2 cups pastry flour 3-4 teaspoon soda 1-4 teaspoon salt 1-2 cup chopped walnuts.g Cream the butter, add sugar and the well -beaten egg. Add the vara =a and the sifted dry ingredients and nuts, Form into rolls, Wrap in wax paper and chill in the refrigerator. 'When required, slice in thin slices q and bake in a moderate oven (375 de- F.) 8 to 10 minutes. _� GREEN TREES The mists of morning, When morning broke, Were as grey waters Or doves M a flock. No kine, slow-moving With breathings deep, Nor birds were stirring, Nor lambs nor shoe p Grey as sea -water, But through the grey What green light rising Has found its way? Like' living flambeaux Of greenest light, g The trees appearing So slim, so bright. Now from the grey mists The trees emerge, Like green maids rising From the ocean surge. They light •green tapers Bytwos b threes, y Like slight maids walking Through the grey seas. In the mists of morning, g' Before the sun, Theyht teen tapers the Holy One, —Katharine Tynan, ROSE DUST A long -forgotten book I held, And turned its pages o'er, When from the leaves there fell s rose In fragments, on the floor. I gathered up the scattered bits To lay them by with care When suddenly I saw a girl With roses in her hair. A winsome maid of long ago, Of charm and id of rare Y , With smiling lips and love -lit eyes - And roses in her hair. 1 feltsmy heart leaps to my throat, surging ecstasy, For on the threshold of the door, She stood and smiled at me! Oh a e , g days of my first lave Without a hint of care , When all my world held just this sit With roses in her hair! The fragrant heap of withered leave Had held a magic ke g y, To open doors that time had closed - And let her smile at me! —Marion Manner _.— There's another book about two English persons who left their native land to go farming—to Canada. Like the other book, it made its first ap- Baran this year. Its title is With the West in her Eyes". The author is a woman—the wife—Kath- leen Strange. You probably have read aboixt her and her book, which won for her a prize of $1000. Mrs. Strange was city -bred. Like Mrs, Simpson she knew, nothingabout farming — though her husband did; for before the war he had been manager of agrees sugar estate in Honolulu, These two people settled in Alberta. Their first home was a shack. Mrs. Strange did not know how to keep house or to cook. But she learned. Her husband became a famous grower of seed „ grains, and won prizes in U. S. A. grain shows. He became wealthy — or near wealthy. In the end he was offered a salaried job in Winnipeg—en an agricultural post This narrative of Mrs. Strange's is a tale of crude conditions overcome, of success built on success. It it true that there were bad years and trials, but steadilythere was an emergence from the hard life of pioneer condi- plenty. into ase and fine This book is a fiadvertisement for Western Canada. And when it is placed along side the Kenya boo, it makes Canadalook re like heaven to an emigrant who is ready to go farming. Cariried $er11eS on the Pantry Shelf As the berry season advances, the housewife is all anticipation, for there satisfyingmayfollow is nothing more to her than the knowledge that in this good berry year there ill be a fine array of different kinds of berries on her well stocked pantry -shelf of home- canned fruit and vegetables, The bar- - r'y family is an efficient source of vitamins. Blackberries contain vita- min A which is essential to the growth Of youth, an -d currants, gooseberries, and raspberries are ex- cellent sources of vitamin G which prevents scurvy. No equipment for canning is ne- cessary other than that found in the ordinary kitchen—sharp knives (pre -To ferably of stainles steel), acolander, bowls, measuring cups, enamel pie plates, wooden spoons, a'widemouthed funnel for filling jars, land a jar lifter to, save burned fingers when taking from the sterilizer. The sten- itself may be the common wash boiler, the steam Pressure cooker, or the oven, Strawberries, raspberries, and rhubarb ma be canned success- y fully by what is known as the raw canning method. Pack in jars; cover with boiling syrup; 'place on news- paper in a tub and pour boiling water into the tub to cover the jars three incites over the, top. Place a blanket or rug over the tub and leave until cold. In oaring the boiling water into the tub, care should be taken not to pour directly on the jars. In the process of sterilizing the one of bourrmothoda, namelyhhot water bath at 212 degrees F.; steam' Pressure of five pounds; oven, to steam' coaIter. For blackberries and blue berries the time is 20 minutes 'in the hot beth; or ten minutes of 5 lb. steam res- suro;.or 36 minutes in b sten at 275 degrees F. or 30 minutes in the steam cooker. Gooseberries require 16 min- utas in the. hot bath, or ten minutes steam pressure, or 30 minutes .in the oven, or 25 minutes in the steam coo- ker. me same times apply to rasp - berries, and strawberries require 35i minutes in the' oven. Full information as the canning of fruits and vegetables will be found fn the Household bulletin `.Canning Plaits and Vegetables" which may be obtained free on application from P h the Publicity and -IlxtensronBianc , Dominion Department o£ Agriculture, Ottawa. Dream Bars 1-2 cup butter 11-2 cups flour 1-2 cup brown sugar g Mix together to a crumbly mass tike pie crust. Pat into a buttered „ „ pan 35 x9 ). Bake in moderate ov- (350 degrees .) until slightly browned, i Mix together: 1 cup brown sugar 2 eggs ggQuestions 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 tablespoons flourg' 1-2 teaspoon baking powder 1-4 teaspoon salt 1 or 11-2 cups cocoanut 1.2 or 11-2 cups nutmeats chapped. Pour this over baked mixture bake at 350 degrees F. until brown - ed (20 to 25 minutes). When cool, cut in bare. —" After many weeks and much tray- chins and distressing frugality in their way of living, the Englishman. found a piece of land -1000 :acres— which he bought far £100U. He had been offered all sorts of properties, y _tions but he learned very earl that a ca till of 12000 was not considered to be enough to start farming in Kenya, Real estate agents were riot very keen men. Indeed people g seemedagain Y to be limp. Whisky was universallyilizer relied upon to keep people going. The tro ical climate had enervated ever tropical p Y body. Doctors, hotel keepers, store- P + keepers -all.. were. weary and dismal. Many Englishmen had become. little better than tramps, They hung about the towns 'because they had no money to take them back home. They had- Mt much desire to de ei home: They felt that they had 'deteriorated to a point that unfitted them for life in Britain. The ' women folk likewise had been pretty thoroughly conquered, by their environment; associations and conditions•: The Englishman was a resolute man. He bought livestock and equip- anent and engaged native labour, in- chiding a man 000lc, and proceeded toh his farm. The farm was pretty much of a erne There was a swamp on it—the only source of water. On the property was as fills=Lloorless, a mass of cobwebs, filled with in- sects and vermin.: These two people stayed in Kenya P p for G ears—hard exhausting, profit, y g, $ lessy'seas, years. A child was born to c child denied association man with other other children, subject to many ail-' menl ,' afflicted with disorders due' to insect bites and perhaps, too, to mal- eight ion. se of no lost her eye-Icream sight because of poisons resulting from insect bites. The motiles toiled v but amenities. She bravely, 1 t had Few meet -was able to get away to any settled community only rarely. , Tfer neigh- bears were few and not too near, and not too agreeable. Snakes were aper petrel' terror, and occasionally. there was the grave peril of wild beasts. Visitors were rare—Were welcomed • after a fashion, but sometimes be came most unweicoihe. The husband toiled manfull-' brave- Y, ly, doggedly. Drouth and grassh°p- p ors and otherpests and conditions were his never absent foes. 'His cat- tle and his mules and his dogs and hispoultrysickened and died, ear y upon year. His capital had been used up and he had to borrow from the 'bank, His 'indeb'tedness 'was a ball- GEOMETRY OF SUNSET Geometricians, you who plot th curves,• And angles of the earth, and wh lay bare Beauty in her nakedness, nerve Projecting theirn own ss, your on nerve th air. Graph the one consummate, perfe( lino With which the day meets nigh the splendid arc, That bends, yet does not seem t bend, so fine And delicate is its gesture tower the dark. these clouds; sheer off thi ' purple crest Of hills; cleave through this twilight leave only The tenuous line described upon th sea , Of nothing by earths pales—omar cipate From the body of this death — thi dying west, The living beauty, stark and aril mate. —Cleanth Brooks, Ji —•l— Despite a decrease in 1936 of over 50 per cent in the imports of condens- ed milk into Hong Kong from countries, Canada's share ($33,818) showed the substantial increase Can $10,360 over 1935, In 1936 also, Can- oda was th e chief supplier of "ver- micelh, including macaroni and nood- les", as stated in the reports, On other hand, Hong Kong is the chief exporter of these commodities to am, to which Canada also countryIs ports a small quantity direct,, For the necessary field and Bider seeds imported into Canada for year ended May, 1, 1937, thirteen ferent countries sent ethiitentions, namely, China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand,'United States, British Isles, Franco, Holland; Germany, Denmark; Italy, Poland, and Hungary. Garden peas to the amount of 3,104,617 Garde formed the largest single item, United States providing 1,899,131 New Zealand, 713,747 lb,; les; 433,602 lb,; Holland? British Japan, 31 lb.; China, 25 lb., France, 20 lb.; and Poland, 1 Bound. SHEEP LAUREL Sheep laurel in the spring Is a bewitching thing. eware— Let foolish lambs beware— This. beauty is a snare, No shepherd likes to think' That clustered green and pink Upon a pasture hill will kill, but laurel will. • Sheep laurel in the fall loveliest of all But never so to sheep. When autumn shoe ds sweep Across the barren hills And • wrathful winter •spilia Its cumulative snows, cumulative laurel glows with everlasting green— A living link between Two promises—a thing Of beauty, born of spring, Eft 0, the little lambs Kneeling by their hams! —Hata Elmore Hurd. Sometimes I think that we who live in Canada fail to perceive our good fortune. We have a liberty not sur- passed elsewhere: We have a climate that is endurable—severe enough to put fibre thio us. Out' land is not filled with pests and wild beasts, Wedo not have the problems that South -baked rico and other pants of Africa have— problems connected with native races, not far or long removed from savage- pu and out -numbering the white sal pnlation. We have not the universal poverty of China and India. We have not the indolence and;the hot blood of South Amedeans. We are not a peasant people as aro the Rus- sians and the larger part of the popu- lotion of the Balkan. countries, We are a literate people. We have no de- serfs, Everywhere the land is ready to sustain tthose who till it wisely and faithfully. What burdens we g-- ry are largely of our own making— burdens which are the aftermath of o Mollie debt own sin Born,;; info hopeless What .discontent we have is because we have not a larger portion g l Weespoons l AVe vas ouhiola whichance is rainbow- G hued. It is true that in some traits -of the prairie provinces'Nat eel scents e to be unkind; but with scarcely anyexec»= On' Nature is our good friend. So orad that man r prosperous is Canada y o its workers have Elie will to nit work — Y cause their wages are inadequate, but because of abstract gy ievanees or be- hem' If you want to see much we have to be thankful for—we who dwell in Canada: read "The Land' That Never Was"and books about life in other countries—China, Japan Russia, It- sly,,, Spain, South American States, and even the United States of Amer -mon • lea. Fresh Strawberry Tarts 1 quart fresh, strawberries, washedk and hulled; 1 cup sugar; 1 package quick -setting jelly powder, 1 cup warm water; 1 cu cream wet ed; 9 ppUnloose 31.2 inch tart shells. Gambino strawberries and sugar and let:stand 1 hour. Dissolve •jelly in. warm water, pour over strawber- ries, and, chill until jelly begins to thicken) stirring frequently. Fold 4 tablespoons thickened jelly into• whip-Its ped cream. Chill Place a layer of whipped cream in bottom of each tart: shell. Chill about 10 minutes. Cover with layer of jellied strawberries, pressing hull -end of each strawberry lightly into cream. Add thickened jelly to fill tart Chill a few minutes longer and serve, . T$E LONELY KITCHEN The clock is ticking quietly, deal upon• the' .kitchen shelf; The kettle on the glowing. heart, g g blithely to itself. The roller towel is hanging clean an the curtains crisp and white;. My pots and pans are singing 'roc and are hanging up just right. How L•yearned for all this 'member' when our children were all here When the table groaned with •dishe everyday throughout the year• How I wanted all this quietness When the weather kept them it M an place . i . ' i And their not child' ch ld>sh dm oar, wit When the masows bore • an imprit1 where their little noses pressed - Oh! myedtheir how I wearied, eve, have y , 9lever. guessed. 'Member 'how I grew impatient o'e the dishcloth, ever lost? And the 'floor all tracked and mudd; where •their' •little feet had cro: sed? ' Now, my eyes, that filled with glad Hess—once when we set out anal Can't seem to find the table, dear, t set it for us two. —Ursula MacMillan, 14Jontrea — — ACORNS reit CANADA Ten thousand acorns came to Canada, Across the wide expanse of churning • . A gift from those who walk far est aisles— Men of the Trees,. ,,, Ten thousand sturdy oaks that bide tilers rime, Cupped in .the chambers of their deep bro o shells, Symbols of, English strength; and English might, patience, Where dwells: Stout-hearted as the race, the ,great oak brings, Beauty and vigor to this friendly home •o An heritage for others to enJoy, For years to come. Here mid the maple and the pine we P • slant, Acorns from the New Forest -may' oaks spring Straight -bold and strong—and in Canadian soil Honor the King! —Lover of Trees, --^— Strawberr 14Iousse Y 1 cup strawberry jam or jell 1 eggsings, white, unbeaten dash of salt; 4 tabl. milk• 3-4 cu hea cream, P Beat. jelly until soft and smooth' Combine e ' 'white, salt, milk and egg , ' and beat with rotary egg beater until stiff. Add jelly and mix Well, Turn into mold. Cover with waled paper, mess covet tightly down ores paper, and pack in equal parts ice and salt, Let stand 4 hours or longer before serving. Or place" g • g ini freezing trays of automatic refrtger- ares• and let stand 4 hours. Makes 1 quart mousse. THE GARDENER; Oh, I wish I were a gardener, sighs infor- the shop. the salesman ee •a gardener, growls Oh, I wish. I were the burly traffic cop! It is nice amongst the.flowers in shade of spreading trees'; Still—the gardener thinks of poison for the cutworms in his peas For the smell of honeysuckle, the per fume of mignonette Longs the lawyer in his office the laidman skimming fat! the of roses sees the orderer, g •scratches •en his •toil -worn hand, While the ladies gush admiring—oh, the roses They arc grand! ! pansies always do remind me of child's mischevious� face, Softly says the tender mother; the tired gardener says-- They remind me of a backache, of • back nigh broke in two Who ,would care to, look at pansies, once he plants a mile or two? —Kerstan, feature, a bay window may be impor- rant, and practical as well. It may serve to increase the apparent size of •a room or increase the window ar- ea. With provisions for flowers and plants •it may beoome •a 'miniature conservatory. With a built-in seat it may conceal heating radiation, and with lass •shelves it may provide g display space' for a hobby. Funds for the' addition of a window of this type May be obtained under the Home Improvement Plan at s low rate of interest. , 1Xt{1ows Pn Cliarm The baywindow once again is con- ing back into its own: Many a• con- p lace room has 'been turned •into a room of charm and individuality with the addition of such a window. It adds both to the interior and ex- terror of the home, Aside from being an interesting READ ALL THE ADS. IN , THE 1)iEWS-RECORD 0 s e d s e s , •