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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1937-09-16, Page 7•trifl ntS., SEPT. 16 1937. THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS PAGE 7 HEALTH YOUR WORLD AND MINE (Gopyr ght).. by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD There are three classes of business 'not a particle of experience in selling 'easy to enter—the grocery business, 1 a food product. He had listened to the restaurant business, the garage a friend who assured him that he em service station business. Many could sell 75 cases of this product Who enter these three classes of busi- each week, and this looked pretty Mess do not survive a year. These) good. three classes of business enterprises Before this young man had actual - have a heavy infant mortality. ly begun manufacturing this package Many a young and many a middle- food product ,he came to me to talk age man will enter a retail business over his enterprise. I have my own Without adequate capital and without ways of measuring business enterpris- •any experience. They figure it out es, and this man and I proceeded to this way: I can rent a store for $30 make up a budget of operating ex- it month. ' I won't have to hire any help, because I myself and my wife •can. do all the work. My expenses for light and heat and telephone and 'other things won't amount to much. *Perhaps my total expense won't a- liment to more than $2 a day, and merely we'll sell enough to recover 42 a day. But in actual experience they will find it hard to attract enough custo- mers to assure them a gross profit "of $2 a day. S knew a retired farmer who had been very successful as a farmer. Ile was still in his middle years when he retired. He wanted something to do, so he opened up a .candy shop. Ile. and his wife lived over their store. He sold mostly to school children -- whose purchases 'were with coppers and nickels. Also, these children did their buying on the day to and from school, which. 'meant that this store had few cus- tomers during most hours of the day. 'The kind of candy sold was of the :cheapest ,descriptions -for children are not very particular about qual- ity, and want a lot for 1 cent. This experience and competency. 'farmer, childless, had a kindly heart, One of the kinds oftie businesses and gave his little customers big vat- which allure so many of us is the sot } r r penses. We came to the conclusion that the budget would be at least $8000. The profit on a case of the product would be 30 cents. This would mean that sales of 26,666 cases would have to be made each year to get back $8000—or say 500 cases a week. When 1 pointed out these re- quirements, the young man said, "But my machine would turn out 200 cases a week, much less 500 cases!" And all his friend could .undertake to sell was 75 cases a week! This young man has $2500. It would be no time at all before his moderate amount of capital would be consumed, and the young.; man would be insolvent. • In the course of my life I have met 100's of men keen to get into business for themselves—men lacking requisite capital, experience and un- derstanding of the arithmetic of busi- ness. Seine of these men I have been able to dissuade from' making the er- ror of starting up in business for themselves without adequate capital, tie for their money. Ile did not mind giving an extra ounce. It was quite impossible 4or Lt..; Man to eel) enough to pay his expen- ses One suspected that his income derived from his investments paid the expenses of his puny business. In publishing business. We want to publish a newspaper or periodical be- cause we have an itch to write, and we deceive ourselves very easily into thinking both public and advertis- ere will welcome our new newspaper 'the course of time groceries and fruit or magazine or trade paper with en- thusiasm and with practical support. were added, but always the business remained a trifling. one. The store Was about 10 feetwide and say 15 feet deep, and was never larger. Prob- 'ably this mart—he never became insol- vent—carried on his profitless busi- ness just to have something to do. But had he had no income from his investments this man I would have failed, and he would have failed chief - But publishing enterprises are fa- tal for most who start them. The publication may be good, but few publications can live without revenue from advertisers, and advertisers pre- fer to advertise in establishedmaga- zines. Rightly or wrongly I think that ly because he lecke* store -keeping few farmers make' up a budget of experience. About '78 per cent of all their inescapable expenses for the failures are clue to lack of capital, year ahead, and unless they know just lack ofessential experience and per- sonal neglect. Less than 2 per cent *of all failures are due to competition. Any man or woman going into the retail business should know that to for the year ahead amount to $2000, 'succeed, one must have a certain a-. then it becomes clear' that his cash 'Mount of capital, a certain amount of sales must be at least $2000. The stock, and a certain volume .of sales. farmer's income is menaced by so Thus, in the grocery business one's many factors which he cannot control, sales in the year must be 30 timesbutthis circumstance does not take the rent one nays: This means that) anything away from the arithmetical If one nays $400 a year as rent, one's I phases of farming. '_sales (in the grocery business) must I have written what I have in the be quite $12,000 a year,,' or $1000 per, hope that it may he useful to some Montt, It is the same in respect of young man of woman thinking of other classes of business:' one's an- entering• business on his or her own nual sales must be .from 14 to 30 account. My contention is that it is times what one pays per annum as possible to 'measure' business enter - prizes in advance of entering them— and that they need to be pre -measur- ed if one is not to go smash. what their cash expenses are, in ad- vance, they cannot plan their farm- ing Qperations_ very intelligently. If a farmer's inescapable' cash expenses Let us look at this matter a little 'more closely. If' you are in the bak- ery business, you should turn over :'our• stock once every 20 days; or to Pa it another way: your stock in Tirade should never be larger than .:your sales as made every 20 days. • The stock of a druggist should 'Keel his sales for 120 days. The Stock of a grocery store should • equal his sales' for 17 days. The stock of a hardware dealer "Should equal his sales for 130 days. "The stock of a dealer hi men's wear 'Should equal his sales for 127 days. The stock of a shoe store should equal his, sales for 177 days. The stock of a stationery store ''should equal' its sales for 128 days: were painted to carryout the general So, you see, business is not gees- decorative scheme of the hall. The sing. It is arithmetic from first' to black and white floor was copied on Mast. tho walls and panelled white walls I had recently • an interesting con- drawn. 'I'haa effect was a hallway 'tact with a young man who' had de- much larger in size.: • .sided, to go into the business' of mak- Such improvements may now be 'Mg a packaged food product to sell financed under the generous terms of eet 10 cents. This young man had the Home Improvement Plan. COOKING 4 HEALTH SERVICE OF THE CANADIAN MEDICAL. ASSOCIATION ANO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA PLEASE DO NOT SPIT We' have placed, the' title for this hrticle in the form. of a request rath- er than of a command or a threat. It might very well be regarded as a plea for the protection of children. It.would be in the interests of all, but it is the children who are particularly menaced by the careless, thoughtless or ignorant individuals who spit pro- miscuously. • The germs of disease live and mul- tiply in the human body. • A person may have such germs in his body and yet be apparently well. There are thousands of persons with tubercul- osis who do not know that they have the disease, and these persons are passing out -myriads of germs in their sputum. ,. These germs leave the body in its secretions, a n d the most common way is in the secretions of the mouth and nose. Mouth and nose secretions should always be thought of as con- taining disease germs, and should be avoided accordingly.. There is no reason for spitting as so many do. It is simply a bad habit which should never be started. If it is already a habit, then it should be broken without delay. It is not only disgusting to other people, but it constitutes a very real danger to them. In the act of spitting, droplets are sprayed around, and as other indi- viduals come in contact with these droplets they are exposed to infection by the germs of disease from which the spitter may suffer. Most of the common communicable diseases are spread chiefly by such droplet infec- tion, and the danger that results from the spraying around of sputum and saliva cannot be exaggerated because it is so very serious. Sputum on the floor or on the ground is dangerous. Children must and will play, and while they play they are constantly on the floor or on the sidewalk or ground. As a result, their hands are sure to become soiled. It is, of course, true that nei- ther children nor adults should put their fingers into their mouths, but it takes time to train children not to do so. Soiled hands are carried to the face; fingers go in the mouth, and so the sputum from the floor or ground gets into the child's body, and it may carry with it the germs of disease, Because it is a filthy, disgusting habit, because it spreads disease, be- cause it endangers the lives of chil- dren, because there is no reason for its being done, we hope that you will treat favourably the request — PLEASE DO NOT SPIT. CHANGING OVER THE SMALL HALL Have you a small hall . ' in your house which spoils the entrance to your home -a tiny space whose walls seem to crowd you and make `you want to push them away? When redecorating your home you can partly; alleviate this condition by intelligent decoration. A door 'or a panel may be painted to give the ap- pearance of 'distance and apace. This idea was used by a housewife, who had an apartment with an' un- comfortably ncomfortably small hall. The walls' Kitchen Equivalents' Yes, even old housekeepers are fre- quently puzzled regarding certain weights and measuring proportions, and this little schedule will, we are sure, be helpful to all; before start- ing, see that all materials are free from lumps of any kind, and the measuring cup or spoons even full (not running over): Cut this out for reference. 1 large pint of granulated sugar equals 1 pound. 1 pint tapioca equals 12 ounces. About 25 drops of any thin liquid will fill a common sized teaspoon. 1 pint ok dried hominy equals 13 ounces. 2' cups lard malces .1 pound. 4 cups' pastry or bread flour make 1 pound. • 1 quart of unsifted floor equals 1 pound. 4141 cups graham flour make 1 pound. 47-8 cups rye flour Make 1 pound. 2 2-3 cups cornmeal make 1 pound 4 3-4 cups rolled oats make 1 pound. 2 2-3 cups oatmeal makes 1 pound. 41.3 cops of coffee make 1 pound. 2 cups granulated sugar make 1 pound. 31.2 cups con'fectioiters' sugar make 1 pound. ; 2 2-3 cups brown sugar make 1 p'omd. 2 cups chopped meat make 1 pound, 1.7-8 cups rice make 1 patine!.' 2 cups raisins '(packed,' make 1 pound. 2-1-4 cues currants make 1 pound. )2 cups stale bread crumbs make 1 pound. 6 tablespoons baking powder make one ounce. 9 large hens' eggs equal 1 pound. 2 level, tablesjtoonfuls of butter equal 1 ounce. 1 'ounce of flour equals four' level tablespoonfuls, 1 ounce of grated chocolate equals 3 level tablespoonfuls. '1 ounce of cornstarch equals 3 tab- • A 0 Lord, save me from fear! How often that cry has gone up front a troubled heart. As we look back over our lives we realize that many hours are spent in fear, fear of things which never hap- pen. 'Eke inheritance of fear is handed down to us. Medical science tells us that a new-born babe comes into the world with a fear of two things, fear of falling and fear of noise. That same fear follows us all through our lives. Our mental institutions are filled with patients who have been overfearful. Is fear ever any help to us? The fear of something which may happen months ahead will spoil our pleasure from now till then. Our health is un- dermined by fear, and our nights are sleepless. We become irritable, and our home life is spoiled. Just at the present time fear is rampant throughout our country en account of the dread disease, -infantile paralysis, which is sweeping over it. Fear of combatting something, the origin and transmission of which is so obscure. Along with the fear goes the prayer that God will bring to an end this terrible scourge. Can we free ourselves of fear? Not in our own strength. The words of John Rathbone Oliver are very fit- ting here: "There is only one sure help for fear, one sure release from your sere vitude, and it lies near at hand. Sit you down inquiet by the side of the river of God's Presence, and as a boy tosses a stone into a pond, so cast your fears, one by one, into the wat- ers of God's love. They will disap- pear. You shall never see them again and you can walk on, a free man, once more—only--only, in the future, Bio not wander too far from the river brink" , It is only by close contact with Ged that we shall be able to over- come fear. will not be afraid, for I know That Iie .keepeth me safe from harm, And He shall defend His own With a strong and stretched -out arm. Though I grope in perilous paths, In darlcness and danger and doubt, 3 know as He brought me in, So He surely will bring me out. For the God I serve to -day Is one with the God of old; Still doth He guide my steps, And still doth His hand uphold, He giveth me rest from fear, For on Him my mind is stayed, He is the Strength of my life: Of whom 'shall I be afraid?" "PEG." Peaches Now Plentiful and Cheap • This year Ontario and British Co- lumbia are picking a bumper crop of peaches. The crop in Ontario 15 estimated at 503,000 bushels, 101;000 bushels more than in 1936; British Columbia has 125,000 bushels, an in- crease of 97,000 bushels over last year. The fruit will, therefore, be comparatively cheap during the next two weeks. The quality of the crop is excellent. Of all the fillips grown none is more sweetly luscious, nor more healthful as food than peaches. Whe- ther eaten just as they are picked sun-riped from the trees as fresh fruit, in peach salads, or in the many other ways they can be served fresh or preserved, canned or even pickled, they are delicious. Canadian peaches are of incomparable quality and flavour. It is believed that the peach orig- inated in China many generations be- fore the beginning of the -Christian era. The 'Chinese have always as- cribed miraculous powers to the peach. One Chinese sage wrote "The peach, if one is able to eat it enough times, will save the body from corrup- tion till the end of the .world." An- other 'philosopher, Chou -Y -Ki declar- ed "Whoever eats the peach obtains immortal. life." Peaches are sold in Canada by grade, the grades in the order of quality being, Select, No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, Domestic. The grade nark is plainly indicated on the basket or other container. lespoonfuls. 1 ounce e•; fine salt eqdals 2 level tablesp,00nfuls. ounce of cinnamon equals' 41-2 level tablespoonfuls. ' 1 ounce of cloves equals 4 level tab- lespoonfuls. 2 tablespoonfuls equal 1 ounce, liquid. An ordinary tumblerful equals 1 coffee cupful, or ' half a pint. 4 teaspoonfuls make 1 tablespoon- ful., ' 16 tablespoonfuls dry ingredient make 1 coffee cupful. 4 teaspoonfuls equal 1 wine glass or half a gill. 2 wine glasses equal 1 gill, or_half a. cup. SHANGHAI The west Aide of eeaforth's Main Streethas a Shanghai appearance to it, since workmen tore out the side- walk, and telephone and Hydro crews commenced laying conduits and build- ing manholes. Officials expect to have everything in order and the mess cleaned up, within'three weeks. Seaforth Expositor. CARE OF CHILDREN PEACHES IN THE MENU As the result of a" bumper . crop this season, peaches are abundant and are being freely used in the daily. menu as fruit desserts, and in salads, pies, puddings, and in several other ways. Housewives are taking ad- vantage of., the big harvest and... are setting up a winter store of home- canned peaches. In all ways, the peach is pre-eminent. The follow- ing recipes may prove useful. 41.4014017 "'aa' Peach Marmalade 18 peaches 2 oranges Sugar Water. Peel and stone the peaches. Re- move seeds from oranges and put through a food chopper. Mash all together. Weigh and allow an equal amount of sugar. First cook the fruit until tender in a small' amount of water, then add, heated sugar and boil quickly until thick. Pour into hot sterilized glasses, cool, seal with paraffin wax, and store. Peach Cantaloupe Marmalade 12 peaches 1 cantaloupe 3 oranges Sugar Peel and stone the peaches. Peel oranges and remove the skin from the melon. Slice fruit finely. Meas- ure and add an equal quantity of su- gar. Boil quickly until thick. Seal and store. Peach and Apple Marmalade Use equal parts of peaches a n d apples, diced. If the apples are a good colour, do not peel them. Add three-fourths as much sugar as fruit. Cook the mixture slowly until it is thick and clear. Seal in clean, hot jars. Equal parts of rhubarb, peaches and apples may be used. Five Fruit Pickle Sauce 6 peaches 6 apples 6 pears 20 tomatoes 1 pint pitted plums 3 led peppers 5 cups sugar 2 sticks cinnamon 1 tablespoon whole cloves 1 tablespoon mixed sauce 2 tablespoons salt 1 quart vinegar Boil 2 hours. Makes 7 pint jars. Cantaloupes and Peach Preserves 3 cups diced peaches 8 cups sugar 1/ cup blanehed shredded almonds 2 cups diced cantaloupe 2 oranges, juice and rind Mix all the ingredients and cook 'until the mixture is thick and clear. Pour into sterilized glasses. When cold cover with hot paraffin wax. Peach Conserve (Method 1) 24 large peaches 11/4 cups seedless raisins 31/3 lbs. sugar 2 oranges (juice and grated rind). 2 lemons ,(juice and grated rind) Peel' and slice the peaches. Add the sugar, raisins, juice and grated rind of the lemons and oranges and let stand .overnight. In the morning, cook slowly until thick; put in hot sterile glass. Peach Conserve (Method 11) 24 large peaches 31-2 lbs. sugar 3 oranges (juice and grated rind): 2 leinons (juice and grated rind) 1-4 lb. shelled almonds (blanched and cut lengthwise in pieces). ,Same method as, in No. 1, only that ten minutes before removing the conserve from the fire, add the almonds. Peach Conserve (Method 111) 24 large' peaches 2 oranges (juice and grated rind) 1-2 cup seedless raisins. 31-2 lbs. sugar 1.lenton (juice and grated rind) 1-8 ' lb, shelled almonds (blanched and cut lengthwise in 'pieces) Same method as in No. 2. Agnes "I guess Catherine is de- termined to keep that secret." Hlen—"Why?;" Agnes --"I noticed she has rounded up four or five girls to help her." i THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS. Here They Will Sing You Their Songs -Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad -But Always Helpful and Inspiring. SMILES "A smile is quite a funny thing, it wrinkles up your face, And when it's gone you never find its secret hiding place. But far more wonderful it is, to see what smiles can do: And so one smiles makes two. And that one smiled because you smiled, and then that one smiles back, And that one smiles until in truth, you fail in keeping track. But since a smile can do great good in cheering hearts of care, Let's smile and smile and not forget that smiles go everywhere!" —Selected. WHEN I HAVE TIME When I have time, so many things I'll do To make life happier and more fair For those whose lives are crowded now with care; P11 help to lift them from low de- spair When I have time. When I have time, the friend I love so well Shall know no more these weary, toiling days; $'ll lead her feet in pleasant paths always, And cheer her heart with words of sweetest praise, When I have time. When you have time! The friend you hold so dear May be beyond the reach of sweet intent; May never know that you so kindly meant, When you have time. Now is the time! Ah, friend! no longer wait To scatter loving smiles and words of cheer To those around whose lives are now so dear, They may not meet you in the coming year Now is the time, Anon. I AM A TREE I am a tree God made me so. He ' planted me; He made me grow. He made me straight h p toward the sky, He made me great; He made me high. He anchored me , With mighty roote And happily He gave tine fruits, The wind and I Make music sweet; To glorify The dreary street. And this you know, My arms I raise, To daily show The Father's praise. A. lesson here Perhaps we learn; Our head to rear, Our face upturn. To be as tall, And stand erect; And not be small, And not abject. Image of God! Come let us be Above the sod Just like a tree. —John B. Magee. BEFORE APPLE PICKING If there be rain, let it come softly, Wind Be quiet now. If rain must come at all, Let it drip gently from the skies of fall. Be still, 0 storms, lest this rich fruit be thinned By the unruly hands of any gale That charges from a sultry, green - black sky Upon orchards sprawled across the high Plume -crested hills of this, my coup. try. Hail Withhold your knives. Ah, smoke - hazed, blue-sky weather, Sunny and warm at noon, ah, Crisp and still Frost -glittering nights, abide. Wind, be a feather Descending softly past this tree -dark hill, Till every globed red fruit is gath- ered in Safely to slatted crate or cellar bin. KITTY WELLS You ask what makes this darky weep ' . Why he like others 'am not gay, What makes the tears roll down his cheeks From early morn 'till close of day, Chorus: My story darkies you shall hear For in my memory fresh it dwells, 'Twill cause you all to shed a tear O'er the grave of my sweet Kitty Welts. T never shall forget the day When we together roamed the dell, I kissed her cheeks and named the day When I would marry Kitty Wells. Chorus: But death came to my cabin door And tooic from me my joy and pride. And when I found she was no more I laid my,banjo down and cried. I often wish that I were dead And laid beside her in the tomb, The sorrow that bows down my head Is silent in the midnight tomb. Chorus: While the birds were a-singin' in the morning And the myrtle and the ivy were in bloom, And the sun on the hills w a s a-shinin' It was then we laid her in the tomb. From all Stations in Eastern, Canada GONG DAILY —SEPT. 1S — OCT. 2 anciuseve Return Limit: 4S days ' TICKETS GOOD IN • COACHES at fares approximately leper agile. •-TOURIST SLEEPING CARS at fares approximately ilfeper mile. • STANDARD SLEEPING CARS at fares approximately 114c per toile. COST OF ACCOMMODATION IN SLEEPING` CARS ADDITIONAL T.358 BAGGAGE Checked. Stopovers atPort Arthur, Armetroeg, Chicago and wee(, Tiekate Skep,ng Cas reservations, dnd au information from any agent. ASID POR RANDBIGJ.