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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1934-04-05, Page 7THUDS., APRIL 5, 1934 THE CLINTON NE RECO PAGE9r Health, Cooking, Care., of Children PAGE Of INTE.REST Edited By Lebam • Hakeber Kralc "Fresh From the Gardens" I1i1llatIon o[ 6e�z�aV A Column Pt epared Especially for Women- But Not Forbidden to Men Two Sides of the Question (Fay Inchfawn) The One Side It's such a waste of time to cook; I'm just a walking cookery -book. I make and bake, the morning through, The favourite pies and puddings, too. And then in half an hour, or less, My toil has gone to nothingness, It's waste of time to dust the chairs, ' To clean the brass and polish chairs; ' To sweep and pick up bits of fluff; For nothing's ever clean enough. Five minutes after I have done Some one is sure to romp and run, Kick out the stair -rods, flick the mats And slam the doors, and scare the cats; Some sticky hand is sure to press ' The brasses from their sprightliness. I tidy up and do the dusting, But all the while my wings are rust- ing. Then, washing -day, it seems *to 'me, Is just a waste of energy, What use to stand before a tub And soak, and rinse, and blue, and rub? Next week the self -same garment's stain Will come into my hands again. It's such a waste of time to mend; One has no sooner reached the end Of last week's pile than—gleed you ask it?--- ! ' This weeps fills up the mendingbas- ket. The stockings which were hale and hearty Return from each primrosing party Weakly and worn and wanly show ' Great gaping hates in heel and toe, While buttons have a captious way ' 0f disappearing every day. Sponging off spots, and ironing creas- es, Between it all I'm worn to pieces. Woman, from cradle to the grave, is nothing but a galley slave. • • • " The Other Side I have done an angel's work today! Yes, such an honour came my way. Real angel's work! And, lest you doubt it, • I'm going to tell you all about it. Well, first I cooked. Lt was se nice To plan the pies, stewed fruits and rice. God sent I•fis angel, onoe, to make Cakes for a poor wayfarer's sake; But, just today; He honoured me, And sent the task my way, you see. Then, while I tidied up the place, Gave every knob a radiant face, Back of my mind this thought would lurk, That I was still at angels' work, Putting away the coats and dresses And moving small unsightlinesses. For, ohl 'tis such .a'lovesome thing Just straightening out, and freshen, ing. And after that I washed a few Small, woolly garments,old, not new Things I had rubbed and rinsed be- fore Quite forty times, or even more; And as I hung them on the line I thought what Godlike work was mine, To cleanse—ah me!—to wash out stains T111 not a single spot remains, So, later in the day, 'twas sweet To sit and rest my tired feet Mending the clothes, and plan out, too, How to make old things into new. For surely 'tis an angel's way To put things right from day to day. To find thin places and repair The glad rags and the sturdy wear. Since wear and tear must surely be On this side of Eternity. ' I'm feeling very proud to say I have done an angel's work today. I somehow feel that It would be a itT OF THIS 'i'1 0 att 5ctn ebtrat 1 , ar tttgin and Life Insurance Companies in Canada. Edited by GRANT FLEMING. M.D., Associate Secretary BELOW PAR The human family can be divided into those who are sick and those who are well, but such a sweeping division ignores the various grades of health. Obviously, those who are suffering from actual disease —are ar. e not healthy, but among those who are free from disease, there are a vast number who do -not enjoy health. Health has been described as the harmonious 'working' of allparts of. the body:,,Leas of`haamony; -means loss of health, and when discord ea - curs wehave disease. A' certain' lee vel •of health is par. This level is not the °atria' for any two individuals because, no• two •individuals are born with the sanee physical and mental .capacities. When we say that a man is phy- sically below' par, we 'mean that he has fallen below' the -'•health level which , he, pan and, ahopld meintain. This loss of health usually occurs gradually.'''There ''ir're''derthin dis- • eases which strike suddenly, but most 'diseasesare insidious in their onset and for that reason, the term "be- low par" should be accepted as a warning of .the -possible onset of 'dis• ease. One of the most common symp- toms of declining health is fatigue, The individual• may say- •that• he has lost his pep,: or that he is always tir- ed, or that he feels "all in." Every- one experiences fatigue, but can -ov- ercome it by rest. It is the chronic :fatigue or the.ttnusual fatigue which shoxid'be'looked into. .;l:a.. - ly put in the above contrast by that whimsical weaver of words, Fay Inch. fawn. Most of the work given us to do in this old world is hard, weary superfluity to add anything to what. has been so tellingly and so beautiful - work; it taxes our patience, makes our backs and heads ache and gener- ally uses up our energies. But if that work is done in the one way, that is, if it is done under protest and with a feeling that we are too good for our job and are not appreciated anyway, we shall get very 'little satisfaction out of it and we shall make few peo- ple happy while we're at 'et, But if we do it the other way, with a thought of the importance of it; of the cam= fort and happiness we are conferring by our task well done; in short, if we only remember to doso simple and homely as task as "sweeping a room, al as in •God's cause,"it will make all the difference in our feeling about it and will also make those who carne in contact with us very much hap- pier. The normal healthy person keeps his weight at about the same level. IIe may add a few pounds ortake off' a few, ,depending upon his physical activity, but his weight is fairly uni- form. A steady loss :of weight, for no apparent reason, should never be disregarded. Repeated colds, a per- sistent cough, or fainting spells, should be viewed in the same way. The person 'who' has his physical condition checked through a periodic health examination will not drift in- to the below par state. The period- ic health examination wilI reveal; any abnormal condition or faulty habits of living, and these can be corrected before health suffers. The person who has not had his plsysital condition .checked in this manner assumes the serious respon- sibility' espon-sibility' for his own health of notic- ing any condition which suggests that his .health is slipping away from him, and of securing treatment be- fore serious harm results. Unfor- tunately, weare apt to find' some ready excuse for the below par ,feel ing, and so go on in a false sense of security, thus losing the precious time when treatment night be most helpful. Early adequate •treatment is al- ways best becauseit is the most ef, • fective, and it is always the least ex- pensive in the long run. questions concealing Health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As soeiation, 184 College "Street, ,Torone to, will be answered personally . by, letter. —RNI3EKAR, WALTON: Fire of undetermined origin, believed to have started in the attic, completely destroyed the home of 'Russell Marks early Satur- day morning. Part of the contents were saved, although the family was forced te, leave the building only partly attired. The loss is partly covered by insurance. TO NOMEN. Household f) Economics PROMOTIONS IN HURON REGIMENT Announcements have been made sof promotion to higher rank in Military District No. 1, London, : aollowing training gat the Royal Canadian School of Iinfantry held at /tendon. Among the successful candidates -were Aet ing Sergeants J. Sturdy, J. Clare and 14 .Newell of the Huron• Regiment, who have been promoted to the rank of Infantry .held at London. Among COLBORNE Miss Irene Stoll of Stratford Normal is spending the Easter boli. days at her home here. Miss Dorine Webster is spending the Easter vacation at her home at St. Helens. Miss Margaret Mitchell spent the week -end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. it n r 05 Mitchell. itchell. .Miss Gladys • Trebie of Toronto spent the week -end with her par- ents Mn. and Mac: Jna. Treble. Miss Edith Glen o£ Toronto called on friends here on Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Clayton and son, Jacic of Putnam, visited with Mr. and Mrs. .Ino. Treble on Sunday. Miss Doris Hill of Toronto spent the week -end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. ITugh Hill. Miss Mona IvteManus, who tinder- went an operation for appendicitis on Saturday, is making a speedy th- ee -very. _ .. Mr. Ken. Arlin of Detroit spent the week -end with lila parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aldin Arlin. .0403112610141300.43 "THE LIFE F OU LORD by Charles Dickens 9 TWO PRAYERS Written by Charles Dickens for His Young. Children Hear what our Lord Jesus Christ taught to His Disciples and to us, and what we should remember every day of .our lives, to love the Lord our God with all our heart, and with all our mind, and with a]1 our soul, and with all our strength; to love our neighbbrs as ourselves, to do unto other •people as we would have them do unto us and to be charitable and gentle to all. There is no other commandment, our Lord Jesus Chrsst said, greater than these. FOR THE EVENING 0 God, who has made everything, and is so kind and merciful to ev- erything Ire has made, who .tries to be good and to deserve it; God bless my dear Papa and Mamma, brothers and sisters and all my relations and friends. Make me a good little child, and let me never be naughty and tell a lie, which is a mean and 'shameful thing. Make me kind to my nurses and servants, and to all beggars and poor people, and let me never be cruel to an$* dumb creatures, for if I am cruel to anything, even to a' poor little fly, God, who is so good, will never love me. And pray 'God to bless and preserve us all, this night, and for evermore, through Je- sus Christ our Lord. Amon. CHAPTER THE FIRST My Dear "Children. I am very anxious that you should know something about the History of Jesus Christ. For everybody ought to konev about Him. No one ever lived, who was so good, so kind, so gentle, and so sorry for all people who did wrong, or were in any way ill or miserable, as ho was. And as he is now in Heaven, where we hope to go, and all to meet each other af- ter we aro dead, and there be happy always together, . you never can think what a good place Heaven is, with- out ]snowing who he was and what he did. Ile was born, along long time ago —nearly Two Thousand years age— nt a place called' Bethlehem. .His father :and mother lived in a City called Nazareth, but they were forc- ed, by business to travel to Bethle- hem. His father's name was Joseph, and his mother's name was Mary. And the town being very full of people, also brought there by busi- ness, there was no room for Joseph and Mary in. the Inn or in any house; so they went into a Stable to lodge, and in this stable Jesus Christ was born. There was no cradle or anything of that kind there, so Many laid her pretty little boy in what is called the Manger, which is the place the horses oat out of. And there he fell asleep. While He was asleep, some Shop-, herds who wore. watching shoep in the Fields, saw an Angel from God, all light and beautiful, conte moving over the grass towards them. At first they were afraid and fell down and hid their. faces. But it said, "There is a Child born to -day in the City of Bethlehem near here, who; will grow upto be so good that God will love Him as. Hie ,own Son, and He will teach Men to' love one an other, and not to quarrel and sunt one another; and His name wil be Jesus Christ; and people will put that name in their prayers, because they will know God loves it, and will know that they should love it, too." And then the Angel told the Shep- herds to go to that Stable, and look at that little Child in the Manger, which they did; and they kneeled down by it inits sleep, and said "God bless this Child!" Now the great place of all that country was Jerusalem just as London is the great place in England —and at Jerusalem the King lived, whose name was King Herod. Some wise men came one day, from a country a long way off in the East, and said to the King "We have seen a Star in the Sky, which teaches us to know that a Child is born in Beth- lehem who will live to be a Man whom all people will love." When King Herod heard this, he was jeal- ous, for ho was a wicked man. But he pretended not to be, and said to the wise men, "Whereabouts is this Child " And the wise men said. "We don't know. But we think the Star will show us; for the Star has been moving on before us, all the way here, and is now standing still in the sky." Then Herod asked them to see it the Star would show them where the Child lived, and ordered them, if they found the Child, to come back to him. So they went out, and the Star went on, over their heads a little way before them, un- til it -stopped.. over the house where the Child was. This was very won- derful, but God •ordered it to be soy When the Star stopped, the wise Ment went in, and saw the Child with Mary, His Mother. They loved Him very much, and gave Him some presents. Then they went away. Ent they did not go back to King Herod; for they thought he was jeal ous, though he had not said so. So they went away, by night, back into their own country. And an angel came, and told Joseph and Mary tc take the Child into a country called Egypt, or Herod would' kill Him. Sc they escaped, too, in the night the father, the Mother, and the Child- and arrived there safely. But when this cruel. Herod found that the, wise men did not •come back to him, and he could not, therefore, find out where . this. Child, Jesus Christ, lived, he called his soldiers and •captains to him, and told them to go and kill all the •children in his dominions that were not more than two years old.. The wicked men did so. The mothers of the Children rar up and down the streets with them in their arms, trying- to save them, and hide them in' caves and cellars, but it' was of no use. • The soldiers with their swards killed all the children they could find. This dreadful mur-, der wascalled the Murder of the Innocents. Because the little child- ren were so innocent.; Ring Herod hoped that Jesus Gimlet was one ef them. But He was not, as you, know, for Ire had escaped safely into Egypt. And he lived there, with His father, and Mother, until -Bad Ring Herod died. (Continued next week.) (Copyright for l'ibrth and South Asn - erica, 1934,. by United Feature Syndi- eate, Inc; All Rights Reserved,) THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED • .: TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs --Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad=- But Always Helpful and Ins psiring• NATURE'S HEALING' Cliffs that rise a thousand feet Without a break, Lake that stretches a hundred 'miles Without a wave. Sands that are white through all the year Without a stain. Pine -tree woods, winter and Summer Evergreen. Streams that forever flow and flow Without a pause. Trees that for twenty thousand years Your vows have kept: You have suddenly healed the pain of a traveler's heart, ' And moved his brush to write a new. song. —•+Chan-Fang-Sheng, doth Century. CREATION If I had an acre of land --- Oh, -Oh, an acre of land! Within cry of the hills, the high hills, And the sea and the sand, And a brook with its silver voice T would dance and rejoice! I would build a small house on my land So I would, a small home! Within call of the woods, the high woode, Within flight of the foam! And oh, I would dig, T would delve, Make a world by myself! Oh, I would keep pigs, and some hens, And grow apples and peas; All things that would multiply, flow- ers For my hive of striped bees— If I had an acte of Iand Life should spring from my hand! —garnish 14faelaren, FRESHET Down the white hills the freshet conies—. Brooks bursting chains of winter frost, Rushing headlong to meet the spring, All their woodland dignity lost. Through the valley the river roars, Leaping the boulders unrestrained. Cutting new channels, flooding banks All its spirit unleashed, unchained. High in deep woods the snow remains Sleeping still in hemlock shade; Later its pulses will awake, To join new freshets mountain- made. Then will the sun restore to calm The troubled spirit of the spring, Drying the tears 'of brook and stream Heartening every living thing. Beatrice Holman. A SHIP, AN ISLE, A SICKLE MOON A ship, an isle, a sickle moon— With few but with how splendid stars The mirrors of the sea aro strewn Between their silver bars! An isle beside an isle she lay, The. pale p anchored th, While !rt theshi.young mooinn'se portbay, of gold A star -ship --as the mirrors told -- Put forth its great and lonely light To the unreflecting Ocean, Night. And still, a ship upon her seas, Tho isle and the island cypresses Went sailing on without the, gale; And still there moved the moon so pale, A. crescent ship -without a sail! —James Elroy Fleeker in Montreal Star. THE. CARAVAN Wiser I fare forth to Paradise I'll have a 'caravan Of shadowy mules and camels, Go with me, if I can. I'll load there with a west wind, A -blowing' off tie sea, The drowsy, lazy murmur Of a bumble -bee A tumbled poppy smoothing I -Ter rosy skirts at dawn, The smell of new -mown grasses On a plushy lawn. flI load them with a dogwood branch A thrush's lonely flute, song At the close of day, Then will be bales and bales of joy Which doesn't spoil like grief, And lots of Homely human love And shiny young belief. And when I reach the portals The happy folk within Will crowd abort the gateway To see what I bring in. Ancl I shall tell the a angel Who stands there and. directs,. "There's fiotliing'dutiable here, Just personal effects,' For these things' are a' part of me, They're' all that I' could bring Then he'll pass -then) into Heaven e+� By order of the King. —Marion Brown Shelton. *—.-� APRIL WHISPERINGS Don't think you can steal the gold from the marsh' If the Will. -o' -the -wisp is there, He will trick your feet where the mud will hold Then instantly vanish in air. 4 And if you should seethe strange Elf - fire, And deem it the marsh's 'gold, Beware—it's the goblin's glittering eyes Searching the woods for the bold. When a yellow -blue light hangs o'er the swamp, It's the Jack -o' -Lantern; take care, One look at the keeper who guards. the gold Will tingle the roots of your hair. If an infinitesimal Corpse -candle shines, Pause, for the mellow light Is the coming back of insect life To dance on the pools at night. But if you really must have the gold, Come on an April morn, When the red -wings bow as they say "Conk-err-ee," And the peepers are newly born. The march will be filled with marigold Yeu may gather as much as your arms will hold If you come on an April morn. But never, when lured by a ball of light, Must you hunt for gold in the swamp at night. —Anne Kellett. (Ignis fatuus: A strange light seen to flit above the ground above mar- shy places; a misleading influence; popularly known as Will-o'the-wisp, Jack -a' -Lantern, Corpse -candle, Elf - fire.) HERITAGE T -would not leave you wealth nor ease of life, Nor all the shining toys that mon desire, But courage to face bravely each clay's strife; Gond heritage that kindled like a fire Bursts from a tiny spark to sudden flare And sends its glowing them, through winter's gloom, Warming the hearts that in the dark draw near— I would not leave you one cold fireless room. 13ut from the toil and rigor of the day Win to the beauty of the firclit dark; Not looking back to hopes lost by the way, But upwards to the stars of heav- en's wide arc; Not to accept defeat but, smiling still, To climb, unconquered, life's last heavy hill. —Edith Lombard Squire. early song; Each plant, each flower, inhales the a genial breath, And, op'ning into life, again pours forth, Loose' on the zephyr, all its wonted sweets. Again the violet dark resumes its rue, Nor wanting to the rose -bud is its bloom.... --John Jortin, in "Headley's Ancient English Poetry." NOT GROWING OLD They say that I am growing old,:' I've heard'them tell it times untold In language plain' and bold. But I'm; not growing old This frail old shell, in which I dwell, Is growing •old, I knew full well, But I am not the shell. What if my hair is turning grey, Grey hairs are honorable7tiiey'eay, What if my eyesight's growing dim, I still can see to follow Him Who sacrificed His life for me Upon the Cross of Calvary. What should I care if time's old plough Has left the furrows on my brow, Another house not made with hands, Awaits me in the glory land? What though I falter in my walk, What though my tongue refuse to talk, I still can tread the narrow way, I still can watch and praise and pray. My hearing may not be as keen As in the past it may have been, Still I can hear my Saviour say In whispers soft Ibis is the way" , 1 The outward man, do what I Gat To lengthen out my life's short span, Shall perish and return to dust, As every thing in nature must. The inward man, the Scriptures say, Is growing stronger every day: Then how can 1 be growing old When safe within my Saviour's fold? g're long my soul shall fly away And leave this tenement of clay This robe of flesh I'll drop and rise To seize the everlasting prize. I'll meet you on the streets of gold And prove that I'm not growing old. —Whitten by John E. Roberts. Sent in by a lady in her 79th year. YET MARK THE VIOLET Yet -mark the violet how it loads with sweets The pregnant gale, spreading its pur- ple leaves; The painted pink too, with the rose- bud's bloom, And fair narcissus catch th' enchant- ed eye. When winter's frost arrests the rush- ing stream, And binds in icy chains the sadden'd , year; Fled is their beauty, fled that fra- grant breath Want to regale the weary passenger. But when the spring ethereal mild- ness sheds, And bids the brook its former, flow resume, • Up springs the lark, Aurora's mes- songel.', . Gladd'ning the gqat-herd with his BEAUTIFY THE HOME GROUNDS The "More Beautiful Canada" cam- paign carried on during recent years has resulted in a vast improvement in the appearance of many districts, but there is still much to be done in this field. Many farm homes have wonderful natural settings, settings similar to which the more affluent of our people spend thousands of dol- lars to create. But too often we find that the farmer has his house and farm buildings erected and he loaves it at that. A house situated near a bend in the road, and on ground a little ele- vated above the surrounding land, offers a wonderful opportunity for landseaping -with ti very small expen, diture either of time or of money. Beautifying the home grounds is valuable from the practical as well es from the artistic point of view. A little money. judiciously spent on land- scope effects now will undoubtedly trove a good investment should it be necessary or expedient to sell the property at some future date. Suggestions for plant- ing home grounds will be gladly of• fered by the Dominion Experimental Station, harrow, Ontario. A FRANK STA'T'EMENT AND A CHALLENGE (Continued from page 2) This co-operation is offered by and will ahvays bo forthcoming from the Trustees, who are appreieative of the position of the nlen and are sympath- etie with their difficulties. As a final word, let me emphasize that in the management of the rail- way th'e Trustees are not interested in race, religion or politics, but solely in the merit and ability of the men. Every men may expect from the Trustees a fair deal. Merit, not fav- our, is the watchword. —0, P, Fullerton, Chairman of the Trustees, The advertisements are printed fox your convenience. 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