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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1934-04-26, Page 7"THURS., APRIL 26, 1931 mesismiwommatry THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 'f Health,. Care of Children •ORA P1 r4 . 151 "Fresh from the Gardens" 266 A Column Prepared GC 8�6��aV Especially for Women— But Not Forbidden to Men MY NEIGHBOR : aKy neighbor accused me of unfriend- liness-- ' " That I lacked hospitality Neighborly zest. - I thought he was wrong and to prove it spoke thus: "I have not thrown a stone Nor started a fuss. I have left you alone -have not call- ed at your door, "To bother your home. What could I do more? • Never criticized you nor given abuse, Nor arrested you when your chick- ens were loose." IVIy neighbor replied: '"All -you say is the truth, But a neighbordoes more, . to be friendly, forsooth; You never have come to invite me to eat, Tc ride in your car, midst the 'rain and the sleet. You haven't brought ever Some flowers from your yard, Nor offered your help when trials pressed hard." My neighbor was right; the deeds'„ I perhaps, to take note of what our neighbors 'are doing or how they are faring. If .some serious calamity be falls them we are stabbed awake to their need of a friendly hand, a bit of understanding, but ordinarily we let them, go along and paddle their own canoes, without our interference. That's all right, ordinarily, per- haps, nobody likes interfering, med- dlesome neighbors, but most of us like the folk who are interested enough in us to drop in occasionally and ask bow we fare; to take an interest in what we are doing and, if it con, mends itself to them, to tell us so. Such neighborliness is heart-warming. Oh, we could all be a good deal more neighborly than we are if we gave our minds to it. - that you do Are the things that count most, Not the things you don't do. You think you are kind, since you :o'er threw a stone, But living and leaving your neighbor. alone. Your neighbor needs you And your friendly mind Expressed in wards and acts that are kind. -Jane Morse. But rickets are serious for babies. and as Dr. Alton Goldbl000n of Mc- Gill points out exactly how the dis ease may be prevented, we quote for the benefit of the young mothers =long our readers: "The factor which prevents rickets is, in the last analysis, sun-.. light- It is sunlight that menu, factures Vitamin D. whatever may be our medium •of administering it and sunlight is responsible, directly or indirectly, for Vita- min D. wherever it is found or however it is evade; that is why sunlight must, be considered at all times as the most important remedy, -for thecure of rickets or for ars prevention. The direct rays of the sun shining not nec- essarily on the entire body of the infant, but on any part ofhim, preferably tho arms and legs, are quite sufficient to adequat- ely prevent or to :completely cure any ease of rickets. Burning is to be avoided -a slow tanning is all that is required. In cool weather this can be done indoors beside an open window; in warns weather it can be done out of doors. It is not necessary to ex- pose the face. In the beat of summer, exposure of the limbs, not to the direct sun, but only: to ;the reflected light of the bright sky, the child lying in the shade, is quite effective and without Tisk, no matter how long the ex- posure. Many fishes, notably the cod, have this factor, or vitamin stor- We have before us a copy of Can- adian Health," a periodical published quarterly by ,the Canadian Social Hygene Council, ,the object being to develops public •opinion in conncetion with health conservation and prevent- ion orf disease. In the current issue are several articles written by eminent doctors on the most prevalent diseas- to which people are prone. One of one these diseases is one which all bab- iesmay develops and which is easy to avoid, rickets, or softening of the bones. Dr. Tisdall, who addressed the Heine and School Club in Clinton on Saturday night, spoke at length upon this disease, which ie caused by the lack of vitamin D, one of the most recently disheveled vitamins, and can be prevented by sunlight .or cod liver oil. In this zone, during many months in the year, we cannot have sunlight and, as Dr. Tisdall, said, we won't take cod liver oil, •after we pass We are so busy with our own of-. babyhood, so we suffei from decayed :fairs, usually, that we have 'not time, teeth, etc. OF THE eiirat Aotuniatintt and tife Insurance Companies in Canada. Edited by GRANT FLEMING, M.D., Associate. Secretary NEEDLES AND PINS "The known is not always pleasing, but is less terrifying than the un- known." A needle broken off in the body causes fear that is almost ter- ror in some cases ,because of the re- markable stories concerning the sup- posed wanderings of broken needles in the body. The needle' will move- a little be- cause it is usually partially ar whol, ly embedded in muscle, and when the muscle :contracts, the needle will move. There are only a very fewau- thentic cases in which .the broken needle has wandered for any consid- erable distance in the body. Most of ' the stories that are told about broken needles belong to the fairy tale book, This type of accident results, usu- ally, from the carelessness of the.tn- jured person, but sometimes it is - an- -- ether .person who is careless. Need-, les should not be left lying around;' there should be a definite place for them, and they should all be in that place excepting the needle that is in use. The needle which is out of its case should be kept 'threaded, as this makes it' less likely to be lost, It is surprising what parts of the body may receive the jab from a lost or misplaced needle , and the needle •:eotnetianes breaks off. The person who walks barefooted or in his stocking. feet around the house displays a con- fidence in the needle -using member's of the family, which' will be dispelled. when his foot comes dow,. on what was a lost needle, but which he has 'found. The needle which is stuck in the Cooking, ed in •abundance 'in the oils of their livers. Ilenee the value of cod liver oil. Cod liver oil has been known as a' folk remedy for centuries, but it is only quite re- cently that the reason foT its if- 'ficacy has been discovered. It is lone •of the best medicines we have for the prevention and treatment of rickets. More re- cently it has been found that a ;substance known as ergosterol, - when exposed to ultra violet light ,rapidly •acquires the same power as cod liver oil and sunlight, so - far as rickets is . concerned. A aolution •of this irradiated ergos- ' terol in the oil is what is known m North 'America as Viosterol, in England as Riadiostol, on the .continent as Vigantol; very small doses of this oil solution are very effective and never harmful. To prevent rickets and every infant is liable to this disease un- less ooie or other foam of .pre ventative treatments is given, it is necessary to give daily either. two or three teaspoonfuls of a- good, tested cod liver oil ,or about ten drops of Viosterol. Sunlight is not always available, cod liver oil and Viosterol always are. Sun exposures should be given • whenever• possible, and : either cod liver oil•or Viosterol regular- ly, daily, :suninner and winter, from the end of the third week to the beginning of the •third year of life. After that age, the Banti -rachitic medicine need only be given during •the winter arm of a chair or in the wall -paper, or which is left in the mending, does not always stay where it is put until it is wanted again. Hunting for the lost needle seems to be a favourite pastime with some women and an oc- casional diversionfor moot. This could bo avoided if needles were al- ways placed where they belong. A needle will sometimes be left in a garment which isundergoing repairs, and in that event it may be broken off in the body ofthe person who puts on the garment. No matter how it hap- pens, there is no cause for alarm, be. cause there is little or no danger as- sociated with the accident. There are a few' things not to do, and these include all efforts at squeezing and such procedures with the rain hope of getting the Riedeof needle out. This only ,• makes mat; tern worse. It is '' well to keep' the finger or whatever part,. is. .injured at rest; the less. movement the. better because ,all, movement means muscular action which will, more than likely, drive the broken needle or pin deeper into the tissues, making it more difficult to reach later. There are •several ingenious ways of removing such fragmnents'from the body, but none of them is as satis- factory as keeping the fragments out in the first place through reasonable care. Questions concerning. Health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 184 College Street, Toren - to, willbe answered personally by letter, "THE LIFE OF OUR LORD" by Charles Dickens / CHAPTER THE FOURTH There were in that country where Our Saviour performed his Miracles, certain people who were called Phari- sees. They were very proud, and be- lieved that no people were good but themselves; and they were all afraid of Jesus Christ, because he taught the peope better. So were the Jews, in. general. Most of the Inhabitants of that country were Jews. Our Saviour, walking ,once in the fields with his ,Disciples on a Sunday (which the Jews called, and still call, stood up, and raising his arm, said to the rolling Sea and to the whistling wind, "Peace, Be still!" •And imme- diately it was calm and pleasant wea- ther, and the boat went safely on, through the smooth waters. When they carne to the other side of the water they had to pass a wild and lonely burying -ground that was outside the city to which they were going. All burying -grounds were outside cities in those times. In this place there was a' dreadful madman who lived among the tombs, and the Sabbath) they gathered some ears howled all day and night, so that it of the corn that was growing there, made travellers afraid, to hear him. They had tried to chain him, but he broke his chains, he was so strong; and he would throw himself on the sharp stones, and cut himself in the most dreadful manner: crying and howling all the while: when this wretched man saw Jesus Christ, a long way off, he cried out "It is the son of Godl Oh son of God! do not torment me!" Jesus, coming near him, perceived that he was torn by an Evil Spirit, and cast the madness out of hint, and into a herd of swine (or pigs) who were feeding close by, and who directly ran headlong down - a steep place leading into the sea and were dashed to pieoes, Now Herod, the son of that cruel King who murdered the Innocents, reigning over the people there, and hearing that Jesus Christ was doing these wonders, and was giving sight to the blind and causing the deaf to hear, and the dumb' to speak, and the lame to walk, and that he was follow- ed by multitudes and multitudes of people -Herod, hearing this, said: "This than is a companion and friend of John the Baptist" John was the good man, you recollect, who wore a garment made of camels' hair, and ate wild honey. Herod ' had taken him prisoner, because he taught and preached to the people; and had him then locked' up, in the prisons of hip Palace. - While Herod was in this angry hu- mour with John, his birthday came; and his daughter, Herodias, who was. a fine dancer, danced before him, . to please him. She pleased him so inuch that he swore an oath he would giv:i her whatever she would ask ' him for. touchedit with his hand, and said "Then," said she, "father, give me Young Manl'Arise."', The dead man,'. the head of John the Baptist in a coining to life again at the sound of charger" For she hated John, and was a wicked, cruel woman:. The King was sorry, for, though he had John prisoner, he did not wish to kill him; but having sworn that he would give her what she asked for, he great that Jesus Oheist went down to sent sono soldiers clown into the pri the waterside, to go in a boat, to ' a son, with directions to cut off the head niche retired place. And in tho heat, of John the Baptist„ and give it to Ho fell asleep; while his Disciples Herodias. This they did, and took it were sitting on the deck.'. While he to her, as she had said, in a charger,' was still sleeping, a violent storm a- which was a kind of dish. When Je- rose, so that the waves washed over sus Christ heard from the apostles of the boat, and the howling wind so this cruel deed, he left that city, and rocked and shook it, that they thought went with them (after they lead pt'i- it would sink. In their fright the dis vately buried John's . body in the ciples awoke Our Saviour, and said night) to another place, "Lord! Saye us, or we are lost!' He (Continued Next Week) to eat. This, the Pharisees said, was wrong; and in the same way, when Our Saviour went into one of their churches --they were called Synago- guos-and looked compassionately on a poor man who had his hand all with- ered and wasted away, these Pharisees said "Is it right to cure people on a Sunday?" Our Saviour answered them by saying, "If any of you had a sheep, and it fell into a pit, would you not take it out, even though it hap- pened on a Sunday? And how much better is.a man than a sheep?" Then he said to the poor man, "Stretch out thine hand!" And it was cured imme- diately, and was smooth and useful like the. other, So Jesus Christ told. them "Yoe may always do good, no matter what the day is." There was a city called Nain in- to which Our Saviour went, soon, after. this, followed by great numbers of people, and especially by thdse who had sick relations,'. or friends,, or chil- dren. Tor they brought sick people out into the streets and roads through which he passed, and cried out to him to touch them, and when he did, they. became well. Going on, in the midst of this crowd, and near the Gate of the city, He met a funeral. It, was the funeral of a young man,, who was carried on what is called a Bier, which was opeh, as the custom was in that country, and is now in many parts, of Italy. , His poor mother followed the Bier, and wept very much, for she had no other child. When Our Savieur. saw her, he was touched to the heart to see her so -sorry, and said "Weep not!" Then, the bearers of the Bier standing still, he walked up to it, and Household, Economics months. The universal adoption of this practice' would instantly lead to the disappearance of rick- ets. To prevent rickets is very easy. To cure mild :rickets is not diffi- cult. Neglected, late untreated rickets may bo arrested, but the damage done by such neglect may forever leave its mark. The regular administration of cod Jiver oil' or of viosterol must be ,come a daily habit with mothers. Whenever this happens the pro- blem of rickets shall have ceased to „exist." RE03EKAIL, CANARIES REGARDED AS PURVEYORS OF GOOD CHEER The approach of Spring brings sta• tisties to show that for the past twelve months there has been a de- finite increase in the number of eau, aries brought into Canada. Canadian National Express officials concerned with the travel comfort of warblers from England and. Germany state that throughout the depression there has been a tendency to view canaries as purveyors of good cheer and therefor a domestic necessity in- stead of a luxury. THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE 'POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs -Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad- But Always. Helpful and Ins Airing, 1 1 Neaseeseeessamsemaseeseeeeeeseeseeeseeseessweserseseeeseet RETURN Nay, not in any earthly thing Is bliss without alloy, And now the magic distances of Unless we bring the eyes to eee, And in our hearts have joy. -Christine Davis. Spring-. The elfin echoes and the paling light Of later clinks through which the street lamps send A radiance new-born across the night. now tenderly the atmosphere trans- forms The traveled thoroughfare, the bar-, ren room; Turn, turn about, and dose your eyes and then - Another Spring cascading into bloom! -{Muriel E. Woodruff. The Saviour's voice, 5050 up, and bei gen to •speak. '' And Jesus Christ, leaving him with his. Mather -ah how happy they, both were -went' away. By this time the ciowd was so very RESURRECTION Daffodil, lily and crocus, They stir, they break from the sod; They are glad of the sun; and they open Their golden 'hearts to God, They and the wilding families-- Windflower, violet, may-•. They rise from the long, long dark To the ecstasy of day. We, scattering troops and kindreds, From out, of the stars windblown To his wayside corner of space, This world that we call our own. We of the hedge rows of time, We, too, shall divide the sod; Emerge to the light and blossom, WIth our hearts held up to God. Charles G. D. Roberts. MATIN Lo, an a healthy brown and nameless hill By sparkling Asolo, in mist and chill, Morning just up, higher and higher runs ' A child barefoot and rosy.... That bby has crossed The whole hill -side of dew and pow- der frost Matting the balm and mountain cam- omile. Up and up he goes, singing all the while Some unintelligible words to beat The lark, God's poet, swooning at his feet. -Robert Browning, in "Sardello" IN A KITCHEN It breathes of home -this little four- ' walled" room Swept clean by sunlight falling on tho floor; A red geranium is all abloom; Flowers and sunshine -could I ask fbr more In this small: kingdom where I reign serene, A woman loved and sheltered' by her mate A garden with its long, :clean rows, of green, A cat asleep beside the glowing grate, • The eoent o1! new -baked bread,• the dma1l of earth New washed with summer rain, the wind, the dawn, • - The tranquil round of days, of death and birth, Shake me in passing,; ere they go anon Down the long silence. Yet no echo 'rings To my warm kitchen where the kettle sings. -Edna Jacques. HAPPINESS Not in the rase the sweetness, But in our power to feel Its thrilling, living perfume Through all our being steal. Not in the day the glory Of changing wanders rare, But in our hearts the magic That makes us find it fair, FEELING BLUE If you wake in the morning, and feel a bit blue, And wonder whatever's the matter with you, Don't go on a grouch the rest of the day And make other people the penalty pay. Just try to suppress it, and put on a grin And no one will know what has'hap• pened within. Speak a kind word! Yea, do a good deed, And others your action will certainly heed. 'Twas long ago said, but today it is true - As you measure to others, it's meted to you. -John Dale Kempster. SHE LIKED IT gush -but she did! 1 -Edgar Guest. UNTO THE LEAST Wjhat valiant interruption in the throb Of beating hands and words on doors and hearts; This brave demand for promised daily bread, That with a smile so hopefully de- parts. One, night there came a knocking af- ter dark - A little lovely, half -familiar sound And, haloed by the bold verandah light, A child with anxious woman's eyes we found, "Will you please bluer a butterfly?" she asked. "They're nicely made -just fifteen cents for two; My daddy has been out of work a year, I And this is all that he can find to do." "So glad you keep them covered," we remarked, "Snug in a box, after each pairis sold, For butterflies so beautiful as these Should never know the smallest hint of cold." The elfin thought was captured by her smile, And for an instant almost reached her eyes, But sobered by a tender bartering They lighted with an aged, mute surprise. Such little sisters to bo supplicants Out in the night beneath recording stars - "Unto the least" must be their safe• guarding From eyes unheeding and from sharp word -scars. -Amy Campbell in tho New Outlook. I'm just an old fool, twenty years we've been wed. And the craziest notion came into my head, I remembered tho way I'd made love to her then, And I thought to myself; I'll just try • it again. I'll court her again, in my old fash- ioned way, Just to see how she'll act and to hear what she'll say. So I bought her some roses, a few in a box, Just by way of commencing a series of shocks, And all through the supper I looked at her so, With that sad, pensive look which all young lovers know. And I patted her hand and kept cal- ling her "dear!" And sh© said to the children, "Your father is queer!" I kissed iter and rumpled her silver - tinged hair, Rubbed my beard on her cheek, and site seemed not to care. I said "You are lovely! This wide wbrld around I am sure that your equal could nev- er be found." I praised the long lash on her eye's lovely' lid, Thinking :she wouldn't like all that TOO DB1-IP FOR SONG Once more, 0, Spring,,"you walk a- cross the plains; Once more your gifts are scattered graciously; Warm laughter of the sun,swift, ver rains, And drifts of bloom to veil a gnarl- ed tree. Through all the winter's weariness and woo I waited long for you, 0 laggard Spring, And said,, each day, as crimson flres burned low, '"When Spring returns then surely I shall singe" But now that you are here again, 0 Spring, Returned from hills where you have tarried long, I cannot find it in my heart to sing- For all your glories lie too deep for song! -F. Robena Markman.. Relieved/ Mrs. Edward James' baby had two teeth when lessthan three months old. Hew 'writes: : "fro hoe 18 now and I can truthfully say that giviee him Baht t?nre 'I ab- lets while cutting his tcelh kept him fit and well' l eothiug fs a restless feverialt time for babies but the little ono eon always be soothed nod the fever reduced by giving sweet, safe Baby's Own o take, no after effects, easy ts,Price 0 . DeWitliams' room w 12G YOUR GREY HAIR can be restored to its NATURAL COLOUR without the use of a dye or tint. ANGELIQUE - GREY HAIR ' ESTORER is made from roots and bark and restores the ORIGINAL COLOUR. in the NATURAL way, at the same time giving the hair its natural, healthy lustre. Price $1.90 per bottle SOLD UNDER. A MONEY BACII GUARANTEE To keep the hair and scalpclean, use-- ANGELIQUE SPECIAL SHAMPOO Price 25e per bottle HOVEY'S DRUG STORE, CLINTON, ONTARIO HUN SS Fl The economical and delicious table syrup THE CANADA STARCH CO. IWARDSBUR nourishing sweet for the 'a ',whole family IMITED, MONTREAL C8