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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1937-09-02, Page 8Thu tS., •SEPT..2, 1937,'; THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 7 HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS HEALTH Try Salad If Or. age Pekoe lend • S'.".' Li•%•rY.•.Y.•.•■ai'•.Aa ali•n•n rtiMa°i s r A '' ' : V i n'' :°i ' :Yr' 14.' ti A YOUR WORLD AND MINE (Copyright) by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD �{ I haye been having a rather famil- bition has transformed domestic . ar- iiar" experience — looking for a new chitecture and house -planning in the hone. I have been married 41 years, British Isles. Each year for many sand in this time my family and I— years prizes have, been offered for ihave lived in quite 25 houses - for house plans, and every year under the !periods ranging from 3 months to .7 roof of Olympia are erected, for the -or 8 years. period of a month (for the'Exhibition When 1 'married I made my own lasts a month, at least 9 full-size home—changed over an old house, al- houses, each fully furnished. There !most a wreck, into a very attractive is always a great queue before each ,and desirable abode. When we left house all day long, for every day—so it, to go to the United States to Iive, general and so intense is the public's `quite 20 persons were eager to live interest in modern andsensible house in the home which we were givling planning. up Tears later I got a long distance -telephone from a young roan who in - 'formed me that he wanted to buy my house then and there—that lie want- ed to make it a valentine to give to his betrothed on the following day. 'He said, "Make your own price and terms," and he went on to say that 'when he had visited us, when we were 'living in that house, he bad acquired tion, a professional organizer of Stich an appreciation of it that he exhibitions. He organized an exhibi- tion in Athens in 1919. He organized two or more exhibitions on the con- tinent of Europe. He organized the huge Buenos Ayres Exhibition in 1931; and the Jubilee Exhibition of Johannesburg in 1936-37. Thus a destiny and a career were shaped. Another roan planned the first two "gardens" of the Daily Mail Ideal Hoene Exhibition. They were of sen- sational interest and attractiveness. The second of these gardens was de- vised in the Tudor style. All atten- dants were dressed in the Tudor style. The'shops were those of Elizabethan style. The tenants of tbse shops were firms' having a life of over 100 years —Crosse S. Blackwell by way of ex- ample. So great 'was the impression made by this Tudor -- period garden that the famous Horse Show held an- nually at Olympia had that year Tu- dor -style decorations. Later a fa- mous society woman organized a great Tudor exhibition at Earlscourt —a historic pleasure ground of, Lon- don, and among the attractions were knightly tournaments. The business manager of the Ideal Home Exhibition told ane that he had chosen his wife as a consequence of my bad handwriting! He, when he was a junior, to my writings to a cer- tain typist, and it 'was she whom he subsequently married. This man has how, as manager of the Exhibition, a very fine and well-paid position. I could tell some very interesting stories connected with the Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition. Thus, a inan whom I employed to help produce the catalogue of the first exhibition has become, as a consequence of his ex- perience with this Daily Mail exhibi- 'wanted it when he 'himself was about to be married. He bought it years .'after we had left it without again go- ing .into that house! That small adventure of mine in making over. an old house had a rath- •er remarkable sequel, Ten years lat- •er I was living in London, England, =and I needed a house—to rent, I was not able to pay a very high rent, which meant that my search was con- fined to a rather cheap, class of house. Now, ,British houses were attractive .on the outside, but when you got in- to thein, you found that they were !atrociously planned with not a thought for step -saving, or Iabour- saving. The dining room hard to be entered from the main hall, and the 'kitchen with its "scullery" was placed about as far from the dining room as it was possible to place it. The scul- lery was always' down a step from the kitchen and lied a cement floor. It was a villanous place, yet here dishes had to be washed. The sink was terrible. There was always a '"copper" -a large vessel in which thu Wash was placed for boiling. The -ground floor was usually on two levs .els, meaning that you stepped down about 6 inches someplace—this with- -out rhyme or reason. The stairway to the stop storey was usually not 'more than 2 feet wide, with a twist in it—which made it hard to get fur- niture up it. No bedroom had a dos - ,et. The English idea was wardrobes. Often rooms were dark, Bathrooms were abominable. So disgusted was I with the dozens -of houses inspected that I proposed to the London Daily Mail, with which newspaper I had employment, that it should offer a prize of £250 for the best -planned house to; cost to erect`a- 'bout £1000. ..The Daily Mail took up this idea, and offered the suggested. prize. Also, it inaugurated an Ideal Home Exhibition,' the first one of a series which continues to this day — =an exhibition which today is of such magnitude that it requires 18 acres of 'floor space to accommodateall ex- hibits! This •exhibition yields a net profit each year, SO I have been told, •of $250,000! In the exhibition held in. 1910 the 'prize-winning house was erected un- der the, roof of Olympia - London's "mammoth exhibition building, and -was opened by Queen Alexandra. • This Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhi- Low Rail Pares to.,, WESTERN ,FAIR LONDON SEPT. 1348 In effect from many points intOntatic SINGLE FARE For the Bound Trip GOOD GOING'SEPTEMBRR61-18 :RETURN LIMIT • SEPTEMBER 21' Full patrfculars'from any Agent ., T.I9o9 CANAD'IA.N NATIONAL 5 A HEALTH SERVICE OF. THE CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES 1N CANADA HEALTH It is often difficult to give a mean- ing to words, which we use every clay. One of these words is "Health," We say that we are healthy and yet, when asked to explain what we mean we likely find it almost impossible to put our meaning into words. In the first place, when we are healthy we are free from any obvious disease. That perhaps is the com- monest idea of health. As long as an individual goes about his work and does not complain; he is thought of as healthy. As -a platter of fact, such people are not necessarily healthy in any- thing like the full meaning of the Word. Freedom from actual disease is desirable, but health is far more than that. Health is something posi- tive, something that brings happi- ness to us. The nerson with health faces the day's work with confidence; finds pleasure in his occupation," is able to do better work, and can fully enjoy the hours of relaxation. It is surprising the number of peo- ple -who spend a more or less miser- able life, unable to accompllish the things of which they are capable be- cause they have not health. These same people are surprised when, on a inedical examination, they learn that there is something wrong with their bodies, something not perhaps serious enough to cause death, but sufficient to handicap them in their daily life, and perhaps, to melte them grow prematurely old. Again, there are those who miss the happiness that comes with health and yet are free from any physical blemish. These are the people who are not following the simple rules of hygienic living. We cannot rob our bodies of rest fresh air or pro- per food and continue to have health. Health is a condition of physical well-being that comes to those who are free from physical defects and who follow the simple rules of hy- gienic living. My present questing for a new home is informing me that despite all that is being written and done in re- lation to well-planned homes, one finds most houses and apartments which'one enters very poorly planned. Kitchens are usually a grief. Quite too often they are miserably Clark: Too often'they are not planned at all -just accidents, one would say. Bathrooms are discreditable. Bath tubs are too often shamefully cheap. Wash -basins are skimpy—as narrow as they can be made. Oh, the joy of a basin of generous size! Three rooms in the house should have a lot of thought — and elven money -- anent spent on them—the kitchen, the bath room,: the living room. Bedrooms now- adays need not be Targe. Likewise, the dining room need not he large. The right idea is to have a good garden with the living room facing to face the garden. Nowadays it is not so prevalent a practice to sit'on the "front verandah" as it cnce vyas. With betterand more attractive gar- deris, and with no ugly ]can-tos at the back of the -house, the verandah can Ile placed at, the rear •of the house with more ,all-round 'satisfaction. Houses ought to be contrived so that walls are not all 'cut up with door's and windows. I incline to the idea 'of a flat roof, reached byn proper stairway, and not just by a ladder—a roof which can be lased for play, and for sleeping on, and for sit- ting on—and even for growing flow- Someday soon, in one of my con- tributions to The News -Record, I feel disposed to say something about farm homes, T am not very happy about most farm home,—they are so badly planned—so thoughtlessly, planned. A well-planned house costs no more 'than one badly 'planned, The L et ,::. wee l (Continued from page 2). rushed themselves ;silent., But the darkness was still deep. It was deep to blackness in the hollow. of 'the evergreen, Marco stood in it, streaming with rein, but feeling nothing because' he was full of thought. He pushed aside his greenery and kept. his eyes on the place in the blackness where' the win'- doves. must be, though he .couid not see them. It seemed that he waited a long time, but he knew 4t 'only seemed so really. He began to breathe quickly because he was waiting for something Suddenly he saw exactly where the windows were — because they were all 'lighted! His feeling of relief was great, but it did not last very long. It was targe that something had been gained in the certainty that his man had not left Vienna; But what next? It svould not be so easy to follow him if he chose only to go out secretly at night. What .text? To spend the rest of the night watching a lighted window was not enough. To -morrow night it night not be lighted. But he kept his gaze • fixed• upon it. He tried to fix all his will and thought- power on the person inside the room. Perhaps he would not know that any one was speaking to him. He knew that thoughts were strong things. If angry thoughts in one man's mind will create anger in the mind of an- other, why should not sane messages cross the line? "I must speak to you. I must speak to youl" he •found himself saying in a low intense voice. "I am outside here waiting. Listen! I must speak to youI' He said it many times and kept his eyes fixed upon the window which opened on to the balcony. Once he saw a man's figure cross the room, but he could not be sure who it was. The last distant rumblings of thun- der had died away and the clouds were breaking. It was not long be- fore the clank mountainous billows broke apart, and a brilliant full moon showed herself sailing in the rift, suddenly flooding everything with light. Parts of the garden were sil- ver white, and the tree shadows were like black velvet. A silvery lance pierced even into the hollow of Mar- co's evergreen. and struck across his face. Perhaps it was this sudden change which attracted the attention of those inside the balconied room. A man's figure appeared at the long windows. Marco saw now that it was the Prince. ]:Ie opened the windows and stepped out on to the balcony. "It is ail over," he said quietly. And he stood with his face lifted, looking at the' great white sailing moon. He stood very still.. and seemed for the moment to forget the world and himself. It 'was a wonderful, trium- phant Cuoon of a moonl But some- thing' brought hila back to earth. -•A low, but strong and clear, boy -voice came up to him from the garden path below. - "The Lamp is lighted, The Lamp is lighted," it said, and the words sounded almost as if some one were utering a prayer. They seemed to call to him,' to arrest hini, to draw him. .. He stood still a few seconds in dead silence. Then he bent over the balustrade. The moonlight had not broken the darkness below. "That is a boy's voice," he said. in a low tone, "ctrl I cannot see who is speaking." "Yes, it is a boy's voice," it ans- wered, in a way which somehow -mov- ed him, because it was so ardent. "It lathe son 'of Stefan Loristan. The Lamp is lighted." "Wait. 1 am coining clown to you," the Prince said. Tn, a few minutes Marco heard a door open gently not far from where he stood.' Then the man he had been following 00 many days appeared at his side. - "How long have you been here?" he asked. "Before the gates closed. I lrid: myself in the hollow of the big shrub there;. Highness;' Marco answered, (Continued next week). OPPORTUNITY We wonder just how many oppor- tunities for. good we allow to slip by us in a day. Opportunity is represented a s saying, "I shall pass through this world but once" and again as saying, "They do nie wrong wilo say I conte no more, When cnce I knock and fail to find you in For every day I stand outside your door And knock and bid you wake and rise and fight and win." We know that the same opportun- ity twill not return, but if we miss it let us not be discouraged. Gori is good and will give as another chance. How often some one has come: to us needing a word of encouragement, and we have failed to give it. Let us think! Can we recall a friend who has been ill for weeks. We had not seized the opportunity. to send :flowers, a book, or pay a visit. One day we were startled to hear that Goal's angel had called to take her home. We expressed our sot - now, hurried around and ordered flowers, attended the funeral ' and said all kinds of nice things about her. Is it not a -sort of 'mockery? - How much more we could have done while she lived! Have we grasped the opportunity to say a -word .for Christ to some one who is clown, or have 'we shunned him .altogether. It may be that last opportunity will lace us at the judg- ment. If we have :failed once let us pray that God will make us more watchful the next time, and that He will lead and guideas when He presents the opportunity. "But 'once I pass this way And then -no more But once—and -then the silent Dooi swing's on its hinges Opens—Closes-- And pens—Closes—A.nd no more I pass this way, So while 1 May With all nay might 1 will essay 4weet comfort and delight To all. I meet upon the Pilgrim Way, Par no roan travels twice The ,groat Highway That climbs through Darkness Up to Light, 'Mirth gh Night, To clay." The. "multiplication table"' of the home gook is—three teaspoons make one tablespoon; 16 tablespoons make one cup; two and one-half cups make one pint; five cups make one 'quart. To Organize Relief For West A tragic picture of conditions in Southern Saskatchewan was painted by Right Rev. Dr. Peter Bryce, Mad- erator of The United Church of Can- ada ancl an-ada:ancl Rev. Dr. George Dorey, As- sociate Secretary, Board of Home Missions, who haSie just arrived back in Toronto after motoring 1500 ,miles through the dried -out areas of Sas- katchewan. Things are just as black as the newspaper reports indicated, they said. They described thedrought as r`a great disaster." They saw few signs of growth' and few gardens. Grasshoppers and army worms were COOKING CHEESE MEALS The following recipes : are taken, from.the`bulletin published by the Dominion Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, "Cheehe for Better Meals" by Laura C. Pepper, Dairy and Cold Storage Branch. The bulletin may e obtained ori request free of charg be q from the Publicity and Extension Branch. Cheese Soup 4 cups milk 2 or ..3 slices onion 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 1 teaspoon salt 1-8 teaspoon pepper 3-4 cup grated cheese Yolks of 2 eggs, . Scald, milk with onion. Remove onion. Melt butter in top part of double boiler. Blend in flour, Add hot milk and seasonings and stir constantly until mixture thickens Cook five minutes. Add beaten egg yolks. Cook one minute and add grated cheese. Beat with egg boatel and serve at once. Egg yolks may be omitted but they make a richer and more delicious soup. Cheese Pudding 4 slices buttered bread 1.2 inch thick. 1 1-2 cups grated • cheese 3 eggs 1-4 teaspoon mustard - 2 cups milk Salt, Cut bread in cubes. Arrange al ternate layers of bread and cheese hi buttered dish. Beat eggs. Add milk and seasonings. Pour over bread and cheese. Set in a pan of hot water and bake in moderate over (350 degrees F.) until pudding is firm -about 45 minutes. Cheese Souffle 3 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons floor 1 cup milk 1-2 teaspoon salt: Yolks of 3 eggs Whites of 3 eggs 11'ew grains cayenne 3-4 -cup cheese, grated Melt butter. Blend hi flour. Adel seasonings and milk. Stir until sauce rias thickened. Add cheese. Add bea- ten egg yolks anti, when mixture is cold, fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour into buttered baking dish or munekins, and bake in slow oven (326 degrees 1'.) until firm -20 to 30 minutes. Serve at once. Cheese Fondue ,1.1.2 cups mills 1.1.2 cups stale bread crumbs 1 1-2 cups grated cheese - Whites of 2 eggs Yolks of 2 eggs 1-4 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon niched butter Soak bread crumbs in milk for a few minutes and acicl cheese and bea- ten egg yolks. Season and add melt- ed butter. fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour into buttered baking dish and bake in moderate oven (350 to 375 degrees F.)—about '30 min- utes. Cheese Icings with Vegetables 1 cup milk 1 cup soft bread crumbs 1 egg 11-2 cups cooked macaroni 1 cup ;cheese, diced 1 tablespoon minced parsley 1 tablespoon Chopped pimento 1 teaspoon minced onion ' 3 tablespoons melted butter Salt and pepper. Scald milk. Add to bread. Add well -beaten egg and other: ingred- ients. Pour into greased ring mould and poach in a moderate oven (360 degrees F.). for ,about 50 minutes.' Turn out on hot platter. Pour filling in centre and garnish with parsley. Filling -1 cup medium' cream sauce, 2 cups cooked- vegetables, such as ° 1 sup cooked peas or :1 cup cooked eairots,. salt and pepper. prevalent. While the people of Sas- katchewan had not lost hope; they were feeling their plight keenly, the clerics reported. The 5United Church of 'Canada will at once •e -organize the Emergency Relief Commit and will seek to send carloads of clothing to the west, Dr. Bryce announced. 4 The joint com- mittee of all churches "would meet shortly, he said, and would seek to send at least 500' carloads of fruit and vegetables westward, • The Uni- ted Church of Canada would, through CARE OF CHITLDREN THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO TIIE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs --Sometimes Gay, Sometimes ,Sad -But Always Helpful and Inspiring. ' . WATERLOO With iridescent neck and turned -in toes The brawny Brahma rooster struts along; His humblefamily follows where he y .r goes Far he is glorious and brave ;and strong. Beside thebrook he tears away the sod That hens` and 'chicks may eat the best that grows, Then, posing with one foot upon, a clod, He arches' his metallic neck and CrOWs. An echo answers from across the stream; His counterblast is echoed back again, And now he rises to a martial scream As silence falls on chittering chick and hen. Unable to outcall his echoed cry, 11e herds his family from this fierce unknown; Vanquished' by fraud, he hastens now to fly Who fears nobody but himself alone. —Gerald Raftery. COMPANIONSHIP And. I would take a country road • That leads into a wood, When Spring presents her green dis- play Of leafy twig and hood, A friendly clog to trot ahead And sniff each coming out Of bug and bee—sometimes a snake Or in the brook, a trout. And when we're tired, a sturdy log Serves for our resting -place Across the brook its length is sprawl. ed, • To green fern -beds of lace; The friendly dog snaps flies and yawns And dozes at my feet, While birds sing carols overhead— Companionship complete. Lula Minerva Schultz, DEI P S JMME1t With raiclbuw'tinted wings alert Nasturtiums, like gypsy thoughts, Now cluster on my wall, To satisfy the call Of summer clown each garden way, 'Where hollyhocks will lean, An oriflamme of beauty on The hedgerow's sober green. Pert zinnias stand tall and straight, In festive masquerade, And scarlet poppies proudly sway In necklaces of jade; Sweet peas and orange marigolds Are fairy things, but then, The fairies and the pixies share Their lovely gifts with men. As beauty trims the border -beds Im blooms of vivid hue, Adorable ?lumbago lifts Her eyes of bluest blue. Brave colors r'onip and iiot, while A redwing flashes by, All comet -swift to follow Love's Par -reaching, golden cry. -Ann M. Robinson. THE BOOK AGENT IIe comes with flattery on his ton- gue, A cane upon his arm, A broadcloth :coat that's trimly hung, A practiced .smile to charm. Like some great nation's diplomat At first he acts and looks, But once he's settled clown to chat I find he's selling books. the sub -executive of General Council, come at once' to the financial aid of ministers in the dried -out area. "The United Church of Canada is one church, from coast to coast, and when Saskatchewan suffers, the whole Church seeks to share that suffer- ing," Dr. Bryce said. UNEARTHS TWO-YEAR OLD CAKE Frank Colwell has a penchant far winning prizes at bowling.' Overa period of years he has won many prizes, so many, in fact that they have been, piling up among'. his ef- fects and f-fects:and taking up ^ too much room. Looking over the prizes, he found a- mong them a cake won at a tourna- ment two years ago. On unwrapping the package, the icing came off the cake, but otherwise the delicacy was unimpaired, as Mr. Colwell and his friends can testify. —Kincardine News. FIe mentions names of famous men As though he knew them all, wonder .just how oft again. For speech like that I'll fall. But he is such :a pleasant man, I lenda willing Iin ear g And wait as meekly as I can Until the books appear, Soon from his pockets; cavern deep Some binding red and blue, All treasures rare at prices cheap He pleads with me to view. "Pay any time," he says to me, "As little as you choose. These books upon your shelves should be. This chance you musn't lose." ; • Time after time to Nell I've vowed I'd go in debt no more. I've sworn I'd show those agents proud Politely to the door. But always when such tempters come I sign the dotted line. As some men spend their pay for rum, For books 1 squander mine. —Edgar A. Guest. z PRAYER FOR A TIRED WOMAN Lord, when nay bedtime comes to- night, 1 pray Sleep shall blot out the problems of this day. Let utter peace pervade, and quiet- ness This Weary frame relax, this. heart possess. But, if through such Nirvana there should gleam The flickering pattern of a little dream, Then, of Thy goodness, lead my lag- ging feet Beside still waters in green pastures sweet. Until I hear a voice or glimpse a smile Of those I've loved and lost, a lonely while, s o v Let ine not forget all care. So, when at length Dawn wakens me, I shall have g.>ined new strength To gird nay armour for another day And with fresh courage get ane on my way! —Mazie Caruthers. BOOMERANG When a bit of sunshine hits you After passing of a cloud: When a fit of laughter gets you And your spine is feeling proud; Don't forget to up and fling it At a man that's feeling blue. For the minute that you fling it. It's a boomerang to you. —Anon. University Coat of. Arms L The University of Western On- tario is a co-educational institution devoted to higher education. 2. Tho University provides regu- lar courses in arts and in science leading to the B.A. degree. 3. The course in Medical Science (M.D.) requires six years. 4. A combination course in three phases, namely, general arts, techni- cal training and ,scientific instruc- tion is offered for candidates quali- fying for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree (B.Sc.). 5.In'.the Faculty of Arts semi- professional courses are offered for women in Secretarial Science and for piei inBusinessAdministration. 6: Saturday,Septemberlath,1937, is registration day for second, third, and fourth year students from Lon- don. Monday, September 20th is registration day for all Freshmen. Tuesday, September;. 21st is ilegis! ,tration day for second, third and fourth year students from centres other than London. Monday, Sep- tember 20th is registration; day for all 'Medical and Public Health students. A penalty is imposed for late registration. r`Theutit:iutu":.standardof edu. cation for the young man wlio would snake his life count in the service of his country is a B.A. degree." For information concerning courses, scholarships,. matriculation requirements, apply to- 1fSITY u�w WE ERN 0 V LONDON—CANADA :77